Philology. Theory & Practice
November 30, 2022
Alexander Nikolaevich Varlamov
The paper aims to determine the specifics of Evenki anthroponymic traditions associated with shamanism. The study is novel in that it is the first to consider the shamanic anthroponymicon of the Evenki in the plots about shamans of various genres of Evenki folklore and historical documents. On the basis of the shamanic vocabulary of various groups of the Evenki published in the editions of...
Studia Mythologica Slavica
November 23, 2022
Zmago Šmitek
1 citation
Are there elements of shamanism in Slovenian folklore tradition, or is it more adequate to use terms like spirit possession or ecstasy? The author’s conclusion, which is based Slovenian data and on comparative literature, is that it is difficult to differentiate these terms in practice. He also explains the possible original meaning of the names kresnik and vedomec.
International Journal of Integrated Medical Research
November 15, 2022
Patricio Trujillo Montalvo
The use of sacred plants with high hallucinogenic power characterizes one of the forms identities of the peoples of the Amazon. The imaginaries about disease and death processes are seen as an internal rupture, product of magical agents, generally related to arrows that are sent by enemies and that cause contamination that produces ills or damages in the body. The shaman, turned into a...
Process Studies
November 1, 2022
Alessandro Gonçalves Campolina
Abstract Alfred North Whitehead famously compares the philosophical method of knowledge acquisition with the process of flying an airplane. Likewise, “shamanic flight” marks stages of cognitive processing in navigation through perceptible and imperceptible worlds. This article focuses on the cosmovision of the Amazon people Huni Kuin, the Whiteheadian method of imaginative rationalization, and...
Journal of contemporary Islamic studies
November 1, 2022
Khairulnazrin Nasir, Rahim Kamarul Zaman, Muhammad Adam Abd. Azid et al.
Shamanism is a term in anthropology that refers to activities related to charmers, shamans, and witchcraft. Shamanism is a form of belief and practice performed by individuals who are considered to have power and influence over supernatural elements and supernatural beings. Ethnicities and races in this country also have various beliefs and practices of shamanism, including indigenous...
ECAH Official Conference Proceedings
September 25, 2022
Hang Sun, Eunyoung Kim
Shamanism is a primal shape that transcends ordinary consciousness as a cross-cultural phenomenon. From the universal analysis of Shamanism. During the process of religious rituals, shamans use visual elements, such as costumes and masks, to form a spatially based graphic narrative relationship that generates an experience of sacred perception. However, the study of shamanic rituals has focused...
Religions
September 22, 2022
Xiaoli Jiang
With the Qing armies marching into Beijing through the Shanhai Pass, the Manchu bannermen under the Eight Banners system saw great changes in their everyday lives. However, they continued with the practice of shamanic sacrifices. This paper analyzes the “Sacred Books”, genealogies, and other historical materials about shamanic rituals, to place shamanism in the lives of the bannermen of the...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
September 21, 2022
Thais Guimarães Bourscheid, Leonardo Corrêa Cardoso, Marcelo Henrique Nascimento Santana et al.
3 citations
Abstract Snuff is a fine aromatic powder composed of dried and thin leaves combined with tobacco, roots, peels, and seeds. Its use for indigenous religious purposes has appeared since pre-Columbian period in various localities of American continent. Practice is considered sacred in indigenous culture and suffered from trivialization of consumption due to influence of colonizers, which triggered...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2022
Mat Keel
3 citations
Abstract This paper argues for reorienting our investigation of the psychedelic zeitgeist towards the longitudinal history of psychedelia with a committed attention to its relationship to colonialism. It demonstrates that clinical psychedelic medicine appears to sustain the reproduction of modern colonial whiteness in line with Elizabeth Povinelli’s theorization of late liberalism. It also...
Journal of public health
August 25, 2022
Virgilio A Rivas
There can be no doubt that tourism has contributed to the popular understanding of folk Christianity, including shamanistic practices that, since colonial times, have formed part of the dominant Filipino faith. However, faced with the pandemic, the island's co-existence with tourism risks losing vital economic lifeblood through commerce-driven spaces for cultural exchange and the psycho-noetic...