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June 1, 1986 Edith L. B. Turner
Abstract. Knowledge of the working of the brain is of prime importance to anthropologists studying ritual and symbol. The play between the neocortical hemispheres can be inferred from the varying styles at different stages of ritual: one can begin to hypothesize archetypes for general processes such as self-healing social dramas that are at the roots of ritual: the concept of preparedness as a...
Cross-Cultural Research February 1, 1986 Michael Winkelman 57 citations
A typology of magico-religious practitioners is determined in a cross- cultural sample. Shamans were found in hunting and gathering soci eties ; Shaman/Healers and Priests in agricultural societies; and Healers, Mediums, and Malevolent Practitioners in societies with political integration. Analysis of selection procedures and activities suggests three bases for magico-religious practitioners: a...
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry December 1, 1984 D Joralemon
On Peru's north coast, curanderos perform night-long curing ceremonies in which the mescaline-bearing cactus San Pedro is used. The concept of autonomic nervous system tuning is presented as the best explanation for the overall physiological effect of the ritual. An assessment of the possible therapeutic impact of this condition is provided. Organic response and symbolic message are seen to...
Journal of Ethnopharmacology July 1, 1984 L E Luna 78 citations
The use of psychotropic plants among the mestizo population of the northwestern Amazon has already been the subject of some research. However, the field is far from fully investigated. Practitioners locally known by the name of "vegetalistas" or simply "maestros" have preserved considerable knowledge of plant lore, and still today contribute substantially to the health care of both rural and...
Institutional Repositories DataBase March 28, 1984 Kokan Sasaki 3 citations
This chapter deals with one form of magico-religious phenomena in Japan and in the Ryukyu Islands south of Japan, known as Seirei-Hyoi, possession. These occurrences are to be considered within the wider context of shamanistic beliefs and practices that maintain their socio-cultural meaning fbr contemporary Japanese. It is to illustrate the conspicuously animistic or manaistic character of...
Medical Anthropology 1984 Marlene Dobkin De Rios 15 citations
This article examines the vidente, or seer phenomenon in the Peruvian Amazon city of Pucallpa, Peru, where fieldwork was conducted in 1977 and 1979. With the discovery of natural opiate-like substances in the body, called endorphins, researchers in the brain sciences were intrigued by man's ability to create his own opiate-like response to pain, ecstacy and stress. Paranormal phenomena, often...
Journal of Ethnopharmacology May 1, 1983 Leander J. Valdés, J L Díaz, A G Paul 166 citations
Salvia divinorum is a perennial labiate used for curing and divination by the Mazatec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico. The psychotropic effects the plant produces are compared to those of the other hallucinogens employed by the Mazatecs, the morning glory, Rivea corymbosa L., Hallier f. and the psilocybin-containing mushrooms. A discussion of the role of ska María Pastora in the native "pharmacopeia"...
Medical Anthropology Newsletter August 1, 1982 Paul Stoller 1 citation
Man Cures God Heals: Religion and Medical Practice among the Akans of Ghana. Kofi Appiah‐KubiHuman Spirits: A Cultural Account of Trance in Mayotte. Michael LambekEcstasy and Healing in Nepal: An Ethnopsychiatric Study of Tamang Shamanism. Larry Peters
Reviews in Anthropology September 1, 1981 Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano 3 citations
Abstract G. Reichel‐Dolmatoff. Beyond the Milky Way: Hallucinatory Imagery of the Tukano Indians. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1978. x + 159 pp. Index, illustrations. $25.00, cloth. Richard Evans Schultes and Albert Hofmann. Plants of the Gods: Origins of Hallucinogenic Use. New York: McGraw‐Hill, 1979.192 pp. Index, illustrations. $34.95, cloth. R. Gordon Wasson. The Wondrous...
May 1, 1981 Noriaki Akaike
There has been a considerable amount of research published on the Mt. Ontake cult and the religious associations (k6) dedicated to the worship of this mountain. Since the main characteristic of the Ontake cult is the spirit possession rite, performed by the nakaza ("between seat," or medium), the maeza ("front seat," or officer who summons the spirit, interrogates him and sends him away), the...