CAMPOS - Revista de Antropologia Social
April 12, 2017
Nicole Soares Pinto
Resumo:Esse artigo pretende fornecer elementos etnográficos para o estudo do xamanismo praticado pelos povos de região do médio e baixo Guaporé (Rondônia), distribuídos hoje entre a T.I. Rio Guaporé e a T.I. Rio Branco. Focalizarei a constituição corporal dos especialistas xamânicos, processo no qual destaca-se um elemento proeminiente: uma taboquinha inserida na garganta dos pajés, invisível e...
Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie II, Historia Antigua
April 3, 2017
Carlos G. Wagner
Algunos pasajes del Poema de Gilgamesh interpretados desde una perspectiva etnobotánica y psicofarmacológica, sugieren, con la ayuda de los mitos clásicos, la presencia de prácticas rituales relacionadas con plantas visionarias.Some passages in the Epic of Gilgamesh interpreted from ethnobotanical and psychopharmacological perspective, suggest, with the help of classical myths, the presence of...
Mongolian Journal of Foreign Languages and Culture
2017
B Munkhtsetseg
The ancient religion of the tuvans is shamanism. The Tuvans have kept the practice of shamanism alive. Tuvan shamans practice in the Tuvan language and every shaman has his unique calling and invocation. So the invocation for the ongod or spirit vary from shaman to shaman. There are many types of invocations in the Tuvan shamanism because of the origin. Therefore, tuvan shamans are divided into...
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
2017
Jean-Olivier Richard
This paper uses the writings of the Jesuit Joseph-Francois Lafitau (1681-1746) to draw attention to the role that missionary encounters played in the shaping of early Enlightenment attitudes toward magic. After spending five years among the Iroquois converts of the Sault Saint-Louis mission near Montreal, Lafitau developed important insights into the shamanic practices of the New World. Buried...
Transpersonal Psychology Review
2017
This paper explores the possibilities for creating sacred spaces in pluralistic therapy. It examines how the counsellor can achieve client transformation using shamanic methodologies within a flexible Collaborative Pluralistic framework of counselling and psychotherapy. It addresses gender issues in relation to therapy and spirituality, by examining feminist forms of therapy and female...
Voice of Intellectual Man- An International Journal
2017
Eulalia M. Tome
The transnational movement of people around the globe has challenged migrants’ belief systems and their quest for well-being. The movement of people in itself is a form of ritual performance, a journey towards a dream and the aspiration to acquire a new sense of self and identity. The goal of this research is to illumine how Filipino migrants living in South Korea reconstruct their ethnicity...
Prace Etnograficzne
2017
Wojciech PoÅeÄ
1 citation
Will Post-socialism Create "Post-shamanism"? On the Problems of Research on Modern Siberian ShamanismTh e article describes the problem of mutual relations between the "post-Soviet" situation and the process of renaissance or the "rebirth" of shamanism.Th e author asks the question whether a suffi cient explanation for the reappearance of shamanism in Siberia is the collapse of the communist...
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
2017
Michael Ostling
1 citation
Reviewed by: The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic by Thomas Hatsis Michael Ostling KEYWORDS Michael Ostling, Thomas Hatsis, witchcraft, psychedelics, psychedlia, entheogens, drugs, medieval magic, medieval witchcraft, early modern witchcraft, potions, witch flight thomas hatsis. The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic. Rochester, Vt.: Park Street...
2017
Joshua Falcon
The term entheogen refers to drugs—including the artificial substances and active principles drawn from them—which are known to produce ecstasy and have been used traditionally in certain religious and shamanic contexts. The entheogenic experiences provoked by entheogens are described by users in myriad ways, including in spiritual, religious, philosophical, and secular contexts. Entheogenic...
Mental Health Clinician
2017
Benjamin Malcolm, Kelly C. Lee
26 citations
Abstract Ayahuasca is a traditional psychoactive sacrament that's been used in Amazonian shamanic rituals for hundreds of years. Ayahuasca is notorious for its psychedelic properties produced from the combination of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) found in the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and N-N-dimethyltryptamine from Psychotria viridis or Diplopterys cabrerana. Recently, ritual use of...