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So a broad definition of shamanism would include any practi tioners who enter controlled altered states of consciousness no matter which particular states these may be.
Shamans and Religion provides the history of actual shamans' religious practices in Siberia and adjacent Asia, and the imperial Western concept of a primitive, ancient non-Western religion found among the Others––the conquered, colonized non-Western nations.
a Tungus verb meaning "to know" (H ultkrantz, 1973). But whatever its derivation the term shaman has been widely adopted by anthropologists to refer to specific groups of religious healers in diverse cultures who have sometimes been called medicine men, w.
Shamanism is an ancient human institution that recurs because of the capacity of cultural evolution to produce practices adapted to innate psychological tendencies. Keywords: anthropology; culture; division of labor; evolution; magic; professions; religion; shamanism; trance
The purpose of this article is to introduce biblical interpreters to shamanism and the study of the shamanic complex. The shaman represents an identifiable pattern of religious entrepreneurs with … Expand
1 Ιουν 2009 · The paper then presents a methodology for identifying and studying shamanism based on cross-cultural regularities in shamanic tools (sacra) and shamanic experiences.
It explores the beliefs and rituals typical of shamanic traditions, as well as the roles of shamans within their communities. It also surveys the variety of techniques used by shamans cross-culturally, including music, entheogens, material cul-ture, and verbal performance.
