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1998 William S. Lyon
Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanismfocuses on "medicine" or sacred ceremonies conducted through shamans in which the power of the Creator is made manifest for all to behold. Historically, Native American peoples believed that life was to be lived in a sacred manner. There were ceremonies for nearly every act of life that formed the very basis of Native American religious life and were a...
Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia December 19, 1997 Flávio Silva Faria
Uma amostragem de pinturas rupestres da região do Médio São Francisco (Canyon Fonte Grande, Central, BA) foi comparada com motivos gráficos da arte Tukâno (Reichel-Dolmatoff 1978). Esses mesmos exemplos de pintura rupestre foram paralelamente comparados com os motivos fosfênicos utilizados por Lewis-Williams e Dowson (1987) em um modelo que tenta descrever a origem das representações rupestres...
Perceptual and Motor Skills August 1, 1997 James Houran, Rense Lange, Michelle Crist-Houran
30 experiences of shamanic journeys derived from Harner (1990) were analyzed based on a recent coding scheme for contextual variables proposed by Lange, Houran, Harte, and Havens. Consistent with previous research, the experiential content of the trances was quite consistent with the content of the available contextual variables, and embedded cues in particular ( r = .68, p < .001). As...
Numen 1997 Todd Gibson
AbstractHistorical treatments of the shaman have often been crippled by dubious and untestable assumptions on the nature of shamanic religion. Anthropological investigations in their turn have seldom dealt with historical issues in any depth. The first part of this contribution attempts to point out the advantages and dangers involved in applying an anthropological perspective to historical...
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly June 14, 1996 David Rioux 10 citations
This article constitutes an introduction to shamanic healing techniques as promoters of a holistic addiction counseling process. It describes the shaman as one who, by entering an altered state of consciousness, focuses on inner realities in order to find healing, harmony, wholeness for self and others. It pormays healing (i.e., Recovery from addiction) as a transformation of consciousness. It...
Latin American Antiquity June 1, 1996 Carolyn E. Boyd
AbstractA spatial analysis of rock art located within the lower Pecos region of southwest Texas and northern Mexico reveals the presence of a recurring motif that depicts anthropomorphic figures passing through an opening in a serpentine arch. An extensive review of the ethnographic literature and archaeological record of cultures within Mesoamerica and the Gran Chichimeca indicates that this...
Anthropology of Consciousness June 1, 1996 John R. Baker
The Nature of Shamanism: Substance and Function of. Religious Metaphor. Michael Ripinsky‐Naxon. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. xi. 289 pp. $19.95 (paper). $59.50 (cloth).
Anthropology of Consciousness June 1, 1996 Kirsten Bonde
Sorcery and Shamanism: Curanderos and Clients in Northern Peru. Donald Joralemon and Douglas Sharon. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1993. 306 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
Anthropology of Consciousness March 1, 1996 Leslie Conton 1 citation
A brief description of an experiential approach to teaching shamanism and its pedagogical rewards is followed by a cautionary tale, detailing some challenges inherent in such experiential teaching in the public university environment. Issues addressed include the concerns of ethnic minorities, questions concerning the teaching of "religion,” pegagogical concerns, and issues of sufficient...
Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore 1996 Aado Lintrop
Belief in the hereditary transmission of shaman's gift is common to all Siberian shamanism. One can find corresponding motifs in Nganasan shamanism as well as in Tuvinian one. Often there is impossible to become a shaman without having shamans-ancestors in family. Sometimes they are namely the spirits of shamans-ancestors, who at first reveal themselves to the devotee and force him to...