Shamanism and the Eighteenth Century
Anthropology of Consciousness December 1, 1993 Marilyn Walker
Shamanism and the Eighteenth Century. Gloria Flaherty. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. 320 pp. $35.00 (cloth).
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The experiential foundations of shamanic healing.
The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine April 1, 1993 J Mcclenon 12 citations
An experience-centered approach reveals empirical foundations for shamanic healing. This article is based on data derived from surveys of Chinese, Japanese, Caucasian-American, and African-American populations and participant observation of over thirty Asian shamans. Respondents reported anomalous events such as apparitions, extrasensory perceptions, contact with the dead, precognitive dreams,...
Shamanism: Soviet Studies of Traditional Religion in Siberia and Central Asia
Anthropology of Consciousness March 1, 1993 Michael Ripinsky‐naxon
Shamanism: Soviet Studies of Traditional Religion in Siberia and Central Asia. Marjorie M. Balzer. ed. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1990. 195 p. $39.95 (cloth)
Shamanic Elements in Some Early Eighteenth Century Russian Woodcuts
Slavic Review 1993 Dianne E. Farrell
While several authorities have held that the shamanism of indigenous Finno-Ugric and Turkic peoples influenced the Russians with whom they lived in close proximity, particularly via pagan Slavic volkhvy or sorcerers, little concrete evidence of that influence persisting in the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries has been discovered. However, several early eighteenth century woodcuts (lubki)...
Mnemodrama : Alessandro Fersen's parashamanic training technique for the occidental performer.
PEARL (University of Plymouth) 1993 John C. Green
This thesis is the first full-length study of the experiments in performer training undertaken by Alessandro Fersen in his studio laboratory in Rome between 1957 and 1983 and practiced since then in the codified technique which he calls Mizemodrama ( literally, "a drama of memory"). The purpose of my research is twofold: firstly, to focus on the development of the core technique of mnemodrama...
Shamanic Rites Seen from a Shamanic Perspective
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 1993 Jonathan Horwitz 3 citations
Most of the previously practiced methods of investigating the shamanic rite have only shown half the picture. For a deeper understanding, it is also necessary to examine the rite's content. Taking the shaman's point of view into consideration, listening to how the shaman describes his experiences, and honoring that description as valid, is the first step.The work of the shaman has always been a...
A shamanic etiology of affliction from western Nepal.
Social Science & Medicine September 1992 G G Maskarinec
As a central feature of every ceremony, Nepali shamans (jhãkris) publicly recite lengthy oral texts, whose meticulous memorization constitutes the core of shamanic training. These texts include passages that explain the origins of diseases and afflictions, and provide elaborate instructions for their alleviation. Through a discursive analysis of key passages, I demonstrate that shamans possess...
Toornarsuk, or Shamanism Upside Down
Diogenes June 1, 1992 Michel Matarasso
In our time “spirits” have been reduced to mythical beings often objectified in the form of masks. The mask-figure of Toornarsuk, this cunning and mischievous Eskimo shamanistic spirit-figure’, seems to offer us both a mirror image of the various ways shamanism has been observed and a reflection of the complex picture shamanism presents to contemporary researchers. Shamanism, like Toornarsuk,...
The Renaissance of Shamanic Dance in Indian Populations of North America
Diogenes June 1, 1992 Wolfgang G. Jilek 5 citations
Consecutive waves of paleolithic migrants crossing the Bering land bridge from Siberia to North America between 80,000 and 7,000 b.c. brought with them the shamanic way of harnessing supernatural powers. This way prevailed until the White intrusion 400 years ago, into the living space of the aboriginal peoples of North America. Wherever European political, religious, and economic dominance was...
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Shamanism and Rock Art in Far Western North America
Cambridge Archaeological Journal April 1, 1992 David S. Whitley 79 citations
Ethnographic data on the production of rock art in far western North America - the historic hunter-gatherer cultures of California and the Great Basin - are reviewed and analyzed to identify widespread patterns in the origin and, in certain cases, symbolism of the late prehistoric/historical parietal art of this region. These data, collected in the first few decades of this century by a variety...