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Routledge eBooks July 13, 2023 Nevill Drury
The Indian, don Juan Matus, said he was a brujo , a term which connotes a sorcerer, or one who cures by means of magical techniques. Born in Sonora, Mexico, in 1891, he spoke Spanish ‘remarkably well’, but appeared at the first meeting to be unimpressed with Castaneda’s self-confidence. Carlos Castaneda found many of don Juan’s ideas and techniques strange and irrational. The world of the...
July 13, 2023 Nevill Drury
The crucial stage had now been reached - the borderland area between sleep, and lucid dreaming or astral projection. The act of transfer was all-important. Modern occultists use the term ‘skrying’ for this type of activity. In essence it resembles the shaman-istic journey into the hinterland of the subconscious. Carlos Castaneda’s transformation into a crow now assumes special significance as...
July 7, 2023 Neil Carrier, Lisa L. Gezon
This chapter focuses on drugs in spiritual and religions contexts, considering their role in altered states of consciousness, divination and healing. The first part of the chapter presents the sub-discipline of ethnobotany and its contribution to anthropological ideas about hallucinogenic plant substances and their wider connection of drugs to shamanism and the spirit world. It also discusses...
Revista Tocantinense de Geografia July 5, 2023 Vanessa Maria Alves Lima Sales, Campêlo Fernanda Cristina da Silva, Marivaldo Cavalcante da Silva
O Santo Daime é uma doutrina religiosa originária da região amazônica, fundada pelo denominado Mestre Irineu. É caracterizado pelo uso ritualístico da ayahuasca, um chá de propriedades psicoativas, e agrega elementos simbólicos de outras culturas religiosas/espiritualistas, como o xamanismo, catolicismo popular, umbandismo, kardecismo, entre outros. Tal doutrina encontra-se em expansão, tanto...
Milli Folklor July 3, 2023 Mayramgül Diykanbay, Moldir İlgi̇sheva
Physicians are the successors of Bakshis among Kazakhs and Kyrgyz and they have made themselves accepted by the society under the influence of the Islamic belief to continue their existence. They have also carried the remnants of Shamanism to the present day with its more traditional aspect. Bakshis, who call themselves physicians today, ask for help from God with their assistant jinns when...
Religions July 3, 2023 Zhuo Ni, Yue Guo 1 citation
With the settlement under the mountains, the Chinese Oroqen has started comprehensive interaction with other ethnic groups, and gradually adapted to the wider society. During this process, the shaman culture, which has accompanied the Oroqen’s daily life and social development for a long time, has changed accordingly. Through looking at the changes of shaman culture, the self-adjustment process...
Interações July 3, 2023 Ana Rosa Cloclet da Silva, Jéssica Martins Alves
A complexidade na configuração das religiões e formas de religiosidade contemporâneas tem desafiado os pesquisadores a buscarem parâmetros interpretativos, adequados ao estudo das recomposições inéditas entre práticas e saberes tradicionais com novos conteúdos. É este o caso do neoxamanismo, cujas práticas e conteúdos simbólicos ressignificam elementos do xamanismo ameríndio, com propósitos...
The Sociological Review July 1, 2023 Alex Dymock 3 citations
Psychedelic substances have undergone a transformation in the public consciousness over the last 15 years. However, the most influential first-person narratives of psychonauts and ‘scientist-shamans’ navigating the frontiers of consciousness have tended to entirely exclude women’s experiences and voices. Psychedelic feminism, has emerged to signify the role consciousness expansion and...
Revue d’ethnoécologie June 30, 2023 Karen Gomes Shiratori, Daniel Cangussu
and the bitterness of the body: shamanism and poisons among the Arawá of the middle Purus (Brazilian Amazon)
Revue d’ethnoécologie June 30, 2023 Verónica S. Lema 4 citations
cola: k´horo, chamanismos y mundos liminales en los Andes centro sur Quand le diable y met sa queue : k'horo, chamanismes et mondes liminaux dans les Andes du Centre-Sud When the devil tucks his tail: shamanisms and liminal worlds in the Southcentral Andes