Anthropology of Consciousness
August 9, 2022
Margit Anne Petersen, Sarah Feldes, Victor Cova
7 citations
Abstract This article addresses the sacredness of Ayahuasca from the perspective of the global shamanic vocation. If encounters with Ayahuasca are said to revitalize forms of sacredness in contemporary societies, this is perhaps clearest in cases where individuals understand themselves to be called to lead ceremonies. Recognizing the global scale of Ayahuasca shamanism, we compare facilitators...
August 5, 2022
Harry T. Hunt
4 citations
Extending this series of papers on a futural spirituality, and considering the numinous as an inherent human capacity for an awe that confers a sense of all-inclusive meaning, communality, and humility, the question arises whether, in the face of a secularization of traditional world religions, globalization of a techno/capitalist economy of perpetual commodification of planet and person, and a...
Research Square
August 3, 2022
Lin Ban, Xiaohong Lv, Dawei Cai et al.
preprint
Abstract Death represents the termination of all biological functions that sustain an organism and is inevitable in the ordinary life of people. Throughout history, death has been a topic of discussion. The emotion of fear of death has existed since the birth of human beings and has become even more so after civilization. To alleviate the fear of death, the unknown thing, primitive people began...
Ege Universitesi Turk Dunyasi Incelemeleri Dergisi
June 30, 2022
Erdi Yüksel
Şor kahramanlık destanları Türkoloji, folklor, etnografi gibi alanlarda çalışan çok sayıda bilim insanının araştırmalarına konu olmuştur. Bir Şor Türkü olan çevre aktivisti Alexander Arbaçakov ve folklor araştırmacısı, şair ve ressam olan Luba Arbaçakova’nın yayına hazırladığı Shor Shamanic Epic Folktales [Şor Şamanik Kahramanlık Anlatıları] eseri de Şor Türklerinin edebî zenginliğini ortaya...
IZVESTIYA VUZOV SEVERO-KAVKAZSKII REGION SOCIAL SCIENCE
June 30, 2022
O. A. Polyakova
The paper explores Michael Harner's “basic shamanism” as a syncretic phenomenon in modern culture. Neo-shamanism is considered as a subculture or syncretic form of new religious consciousness that combines with elements of traditional cultures and elements of modern psychology and mysticism (esotericism) in modern popular culture. The article defines the problem of the emergence and development...
Turkic Studies Journal
June 22, 2022
Burbar Sukru
1 citation
Shamanism is a system composed of various elements of culture and belief,created by people to understand life and come to grips with what is happeningaround them. It has an elaborate structure in terms of existing in well-roundedcommunities. It has various features that have different aspects compared tothe different times and conditions of the society. It also adopts local beliefsand the...
The Pluralist
June 15, 2022
Joshua M H Hall
3 citations
Among Anthropologists, There Is A Fierce Controversy over the figure of the shaman, with some reserving the term for practitioners in hunter-gatherer societies in present-day Siberia (among whom the term originated), and others defining shaman more broadly to include any figure performing similar functions, from prehistory until today. 1 Though the exact nature of these functions (and whether...
KANT
June 1, 2022
O. A. Polyakova
The purpose of the study is to reveal the phenomenon of "basic shamanism" (neo-Shamanism) in modern culture, founded by M. Harner. To determine the specifics of the development of neo-Shamanism and its significance in the spiritual life of society. The article discusses the transmission of knowledge of neo-Shamanism and its transformation through two neo-Shamanic schools ("Foundation for...
Levant
May 4, 2022
S. Mithen
Shamanism is a pervasive form of ritual practice documented within hunter-gathering and farming societies throughout the world, and continuing within some present-day urban communities. Despite exhibiting considerable variation, shamanism has several recurrent features, notably the role of the shaman as a mediator between the spirit and human worlds. Shamanism has been cited to explain aspects...
Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
May 1, 2022
Tarryl Janik
Book Review| May 01 2022 Review: Shamanism and Vulnerability on the North and South American Great Plains, by Kathleen Bolling Lowrey Shamanism and Vulnerability on the North and South American Great Plains. By Kathleen Bolling Lowrey. University Press of Colorado, 2020. 238 pages. $77.00 hardcover; $27.95 softcover; ebook available. Tarryl Janik Tarryl Janik University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee...