Archaeology in Oceania
April 1, 1992
Kim Sales
AbstractA ‘neuropsychological model’ has been proposed which links rock art production with shamanistic experiences whilst in altered states of consciousness. The model claims universality, and hence this paper seeks to apply it to a rock art panel from the Pilbara region, Western Australia, in an assessment of its utility. Evidence of shamanism as practiced in Australia is gleaned from the...
The Japanese journal of psychiatry and neurology
December 1991
A Shimoji
This study is the first report regarding the borderland between psychiatry and shamanism in Miyako Islands, Okinawa, Japan. Folk healing practices are still flourishing on the islands. Most mentally ill persons we examined admitted to having consulted shamans. Although there is a need to assess the positive and negative effects of shamanistic practices on Miyako Islands' health care system as a...
The Latin American Anthropology Review
December 1, 1991
Gerald Weiss
26 citations
Tobacco and Shamanism in South America. Johannes Wilbert. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. xix. 294 pp., figures, maps, tables, bibliography, index. $30.00 (cloth). ISBN 0‐300‐ 03879‐8.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
April 1991
J Wilbert
The use of tobacco by South American Indians is deeply rooted in their culture and thought. From early pre-Columbian times to the present, tobacco has functioned as an important psychotropic drug for magico-religious, medicinal and recreational purposes. Native interest in tobacco centers on the nicotine alkaloid it contains. Data culled from about 1800 sources and pertaining to nearly 300...
Anthropology of Consciousness
March 1, 1991
Stanley Krippner
2 citations
The anomalous experiences of shamans have been reported over the centuries, but only recently have they been subjected to rigorous investigation. Although interviews, reports, and informal observations can produce interesting material, their anomalous nature can only be determined by controlled observations and experimental studies. Examples of each are given and recommendations are made for...
Anthropology of Consciousness
March 1, 1991
William S. Lyon
One unique feature found in many of the traditional Native American cultures in North America is that they socially sanction visionary experiences in individuals. How the visionary experience is used in these cultures and, in particular, in shamanism, is discussed. It is suggested that the process of using induction techniques for visionary experiences, in order to acquire shamanic power, may...
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
1991
Rolf Kristoffersson
Research on the Saami shamanic drum has mainly concerned the pictorial world of the drumhead. Therefore, studying the sound picture may give new insights into the Saami Shamanic drum. In my study of the Saami drum I have tried to find the answer to two questions: 1) Is it possible to detect the sound pictogram from some of the drums preserved? 2) Are there marks of usage which might indicate...
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
1991
Donald Bahr
This essay treats three instances of shamanic sung poetry : from the contemporary Pima-Papago, the early 20th century Shoshone, and the 16th century Aztecs. The object is to understand them as poetry and shamanism. The first example, being familiar to the author, is the easiest to interpret : dreamt poems concerned with ghosts and the end of the world. The second, from the famed Ghost dance...
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
1991
Åke Hultkrantz
Shamanism has not been restricted to northern Eurasia and the American Arctic, although it was here that it received its most remarkable forms. It is thus central to consider whether the drum is an integrative part of shamanism and should be examined against a general, and not a regional background. It is important to distinguish Arctic shamanism from other forms of shamanism. Arctic shamanism...
Temenos - Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion
1990
Jordan Paper
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