Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik
August 30, 2017
Nur Ika Anisa' Ul Jannah, Siti Zurinani
People in Sidodadi village believe that shaman and their shamanic power have ability to heal health problems. However, a shaman is usually reluctant to be called „shaman‟ since the term of shaman is highly associated with a form of black magic. They prefer to be called „tyang saget‟ (capable people). This research focuses to describe shamanic power inheritance within shaman practice in Sidodadi...
Radical Thoughts on Ethical Leadership
August 1, 2017
Sandra A. Waddock
Abstract In traditional cultures, shamans are leaders within their communities. As medicine women and men, shamans focus on healing individuals and cultural mythologies on which communities make sense of their world. Shamans are dedicated to making their world a better place, an important aspect of ethical leadership. This chapter explores how shamanism can enhance today’s ethical...
Antropología Cuadernos de investigación
August 1, 2017
Pablo Andrés Hermida Salas
3 citations
La etnia Napo runa, se ha caracterizado por su configuración histórica de carácter aglutinante y por contener un rico bagaje de saber etno-médico. Evidentemente, es una etnia que ha tenido sucesivos contactos a lo largo del tiempo, razón por la cual se los ha revestido de innumerables imaginarios según los intereses establecidos y el tipo de encuentros. Uno de los encuentros a los que aludimos,...
Zhonghua yi shi za zhi
July 28, 2017
X Y Fang, P F Fei, J P Zhu et al.
The development of medicine experienced a long history, and the origin of medicine is not appeared overnight. Due to the lack of historical data, the question of the origin of medicine has not been agreed upon. As an ancient primitive religion, Shamanism retains the use of hallucinogenic drugs in its early religious activities rather well, providing a guidance for exploring the cognition on...
Mundo Amazónico
July 1, 2017
Jimmy Weiskopf
3 citations
This is the first of a three-part account of a visit to Iquitos at the time of the New Millennium by the narrator, who lives in Colombia, has been drinking yajé (ayahuasca) with its indigenous shamans and for a book he is writing about the subject, decides to investigate the rituals in Peru. It is in the form of a travelogue divided into vignettes: his voyage upriver from Leticia to Iquitos,...
June 30, 2017
C. Araya
espanolEl presente articulo es resultado de una investigacion que tuvo por objeto recoger versiones contemporaneas del mito mapuche Kai Kai -Treng Treng con la intencion de elaborar un guion teatral y su posterior puesta en escena. La investigacion, basada en el metodo etnografico, reflexiona respecto al aporte de la antropologia y el teatro para contribuir a la difusion de las creaciones...
Ponto Urbe
June 30, 2017
Henrique Fernandes Antunes
Ayahuasca, um ser divino, uma planta mestra, enteógeno, alucinógeno, remédio, terapia, droga, ferramenta cognitiva, commodity, chá.As definições associadas à ayahuasca são quase tão diversas quanto seus usos.De fato, o uso da ayahuasca em todo o mundo é composto de diversas práticas -xamanismo indígena, grupos religiosos, uso terapêutico, grupos neoxamânicos associados ao movimento da nova era,...
June 15, 2017
J. Luciani
The Yanomami ceremonial dialogues (wayamou) are a ritualized form of verbal exchange aimed at inter-community conflict resolution. This paper is devoted to describing and analyzing these ceremonial dialogues, taking a closer look at a. the significance of their tropic nature; b. the role played by knowledge acquired in dreams; and c. the manner in which « naming » the forest socializes space,...
Religions
June 8, 2017
Kyriacos C. Markides
3 citations
It is generally assumed by western scholars and spiritual seekers that mystical, experiential religion and spirituality are primarily a hallmark of the far East, as exemplified by Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and tribal religions like native American shamanism. In this overview, based on thirty years of field research as a sociologist, I have tried to show that such mystical practices and...
Multiple Nature-Cultures, Diverse Anthropologies
June 1, 2017
Andrew Pickering
I discuss different scientific and nonmodern worlds as they appear in a performative (rather than representational) idiom, situating my analysis in relation to the recent ontological turns in STS and anthropology. I propose an ontology of decentred becoming that can help us take seriously the multiplicity of ‘found’ ontologies. A key concept is that of ‘islands of stability,’ which enables a...