Arts asiatiques
1991
Helmut Hermann Ernst Loofs-Wissowa
Les tambours de bronze du type Heger-I, appelés maintenant communément « de Dôngson » d'après le site de ce nom au nord du Vietnam, toujours richement décorés, ont été trouvés partout en Asie du Sud-Est, du nord de la péninsule indochinoise jusqu'à l'est de l'Indonésie, sauf sur l'île de Bornéo et aux Philippines. L'âge des plus anciens de ces grands tambours n'est pas certain mais il doit être...
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
No abstract available
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
1989
E Bourguignon
This article considers the implications of the definitions and typologies of trance and shamanism for the development and testing of cross-cultural hypotheses through a review of definitions, typologies, and use of key terms and related concepts in anthropology. Authors vary widely in their definitions and applications of terms: some uses are based on reasoned criteria, others on traditional...
Music Therapy Perspectives
1989
T. Winn, B. J. Crowe, Juan Moreno
9 citations
Shamanism is an ancient healing practice that utilizes various techniques, including repetitive drumming and singing, to access information from the human unconscious. Current information in neurophysiology suggests reasons for the effectiveness of these ancient techniques of healing. Many parallels exist between modern music therapy techniques and shamanic practices that would be beneficial...
Libraries and Cultural Resources
1989
Judith C. Nagel
Bibliography: p. 120-123.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
1989
H A Senn
4 citations
The literature on shamanism generally describes a specially gifted individual who is able to contact and communicate with a realm where spirit beings offer wisdom and help, and who actively transmits this knowledge to others. There seem to be approximately five features that define shamanism: the necessity of a "call"--an illness or accident that signifies the necessity of the individual to...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
1989
P A Wright
20 citations
A review of the literature suggests that a common psychobiological process is associated with various altered states of consciousness (ASC) utilized by shamans, meditators, and mediums. However, the shamanic state of consciousness (SSC) can be differentiated physiologically from possession trance states. The psychophysiological literature on different types of trances and on seizure conditions...