Journal of Islamic Studies
August 12, 2011
Arthur F. Buehler
This monograph is written by an experienced practitioner of a Malaysian ‘embodied war magic or warrior religion’ (p. vii) called silat. The author approaches the subject anthropologically, seeking to integrate theories of embodiment, magic, and performance with indigenous categories of Malay animism, shamanism, and ritual. ‘Performance of enchantment’ and ‘enchantment of performance’ are...
Anthropological Quarterly
June 1, 2011
Jesook Song
Reviewed by: Shamans, Nostalgias and the IMF: South Korean Popular Religion in Motion Jesook Song Laurel Kendall , Shamans, Nostalgias and the IMF: South Korean Popular Religion in Motion. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009. 251 pp. Shamans, Nostalgias and the IMF demonstrates Laurel Kendall's rigorous and masterful observation that the aboriginal belief system and its practices can...
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
June 2011
Arturo A Vitale, Alicia B Pomilio, Carlos O Cañellas et al.
N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a strong psychodysleptic drug, has been found in higher plants, shamanic hallucinogenic beverages, and the urine of schizophrenic patients. The aim of this work was to gain better knowledge on the relationship between this drug and hallucinogenic processes by studying DMT behavior in comparison with tryptamine. (131)I-labeled DMT and tryptamine were injected into...
May 25, 2011
Danylo Kosovych
This thesis explores the use of ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic plant concoction from the Amazon, by people from the English speaking world. This thesis argues that there is no “original” or “typical” use of ayahuasca; it is a dynamic practice that has undergone massive change. In order to show this change, this thesis describes the different roles that shamans have had as a result of colonialism...
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
May 1, 2011
Matthew W Johnson, Katherine A Maclean, Chad J Reissig et al.
134 citations
Salvinorin A is a potent, selective nonnitrogenous kappa opioid agonist and the known psychoactive constituent of Salvia divinorum, a member of the mint family that has been used for centuries by Mazatec shamans of Mexico for divination and spiritual healing. S. divinorum has over the last several years gained increased popularity as a recreational drug. This is a double-blind, placebo...
British Academy eBooks
April 14, 2011
Rebecca M. Empson
1 citation
This chapter explores the relationship between memory and kinship, showing how people's bodies can also be viewed as the containers that ‘house’ deceased kin. This is necessary because a sense of being separated from one's relatives embraces many levels of life for pastoral herders in Ashinga. Primarily, there is a sense of absence from place as the Buriads escaped war and disruption in Russian...
NeuroQuantology
March 3, 2011
Stanley Krippner, Cheryl L. Fracasso
2 citations
We are pleased to present this special edition on Dreams, Telepathy, and Various States of Consciousness. This edition includes a broad array of articles from well-known authors in the field that address topics such as anomalous experiences of mediums and advanced meditators, shamanic experiences, near-death experiences, experiences related to dreams and body wisdom, and the various ways that...
Anthropology of Consciousness
March 1, 2011
Mark A. Schroll, Susan Greenwood
8 citations
This article is an extended commentary inspired by Alan Drengson's paper “Shifting Paradigms: From Technocrat to Planetary Person” (Drengson 2011). In this article Susan Greenwood and I echo Drengson's criticism that Euro-American science is incomplete, having committed what Thomas Roberts calls “The Singlestate Fallacy: the erroneous assumption that all worthwhile abilities reside in our...
Toronto Journal of Theology
March 1, 2011
Dietmar Neufeld
Reviewed by: Paul in Ecstasy: The Neurobiology of the Apostle’s Life and Thought Dietmar Neufeld Colleen Shantz . Paul in Ecstasy: The Neurobiology of the Apostle’s Life and Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. v + 267. Cloth, US$64.00. ISBN 978-0-521-86610-1. In a provocative, long-overdue correction of a primarily cognicentric approach to Paul, Shantz charts a finely...
The Open Information Science Journal
February 8, 2011
Marcus Bussey
9 citations
This paper explores microvita theory and its relevance to information science.There are two parts to this, the first is theoretical and outlines microvita theory as an epistemological product of the Tantric theory of consciousness and mind.The civilizational value of such a theory is contextualized via a consideration of Gilles Deleuze's concept of transcendental empiricism.Links to information...