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MYSTICISM IN JAVANESE SHAMANS: Morality toward God

open access: yesJournal of Indonesian Islam, 2021
This article explains the mystical practices of Javanese shamans (dukun) called wong pinter and analyzes different types of these practices by comparing definitions, actions, and mystical features discussed in various studies.
Sartini Sartini
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Food storage facilitates professional religious specialization in hunter–gatherer societies

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences, 2022
Professional religious specialists centralised religious authority in early human societies and represented some of the earliest instances of formalised social leadership. These individuals played a central role in the emergence of organised religion and
Joseph Watts   +4 more
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Assessing digital preservation frameworks: the approach of the SHAMAN project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
How can we deliver infrastructure capable of supporting the preservation of digital objects, as well as the services that can be applied to those digital objects, in ways that future unknown systems will understand?
Elena, M.   +5 more
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Ce este demonologia? O altfel de viziune asupra științei demonologice [What is demnology? A different view on demonological science] [PDF]

open access: yesIncursiuni în imaginar, 2021
The article proposes a phenomenological vision on the history of demonology and the demonic imaginary starting with the shamanic model. Three qualities of the shaman are important in the birth of demonology: sense perception, knowledge and self-control ...
Petru Adrian Danciu
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The professional ecstatic in his social and ritual position

open access: yesScripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1982
The professional ecstatic is a religious specialist, who has become recognized as a person able to carry out an ecstatic ritual, corresponding with the local cultural expectations in force.
Birgitte Sonne
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Build n burn: using fire as a tool to evoke, educate and entertain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The visceral nature of fire was exploited in the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Britain by the burning down of timber buildings and monuments, as well as the cremation of the dead. These big fires would have created memories, perhaps even ‘flashbulb
Brophy, Kenneth   +2 more
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The Inheritance and Change of the Contemporary Daur Shaman

open access: yesReligions, 2019
The Daur people are a minority living in Northeast China. They have adhered to a form of shamanism since ancient times. They believe that all things are spiritual.
Minna Sa
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Eksistensi Paranormal dan Penyembuh Alternatif dalam Kehidupan Masyarakat Medan

open access: yesAnthropos: Jurnal Antropologi Sosial dan Budaya (Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology), 2015
The word shaman becomes one that smells negative, when it is associated with witchcraft or obscene. Many people who look skewed towards shaman because tesebut profession related to the occult and mystical.
Agung Suharyanto
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Peran Dukun dalam Pemilihan Kepala Desa Pasir Putih

open access: yesPalita: Journal of Social - Religion Research, 2023
The role of shamans in the 2019 local elections is the focus of this study. In addition, the issue of the shaman's position in village elections is discussed in this paper. This study uses a qualitative method.
Andi Husnul Hatimah   +2 more
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Source of Kazakh Folk Medicines / Kazak Halk Hekimliğinin Kaynağı [PDF]

open access: yesFolklor/Edebiyat, 2021
Folk Medicine, which is as old as human history, still maintains its functionality with the practical methods applied in the diagnosis and treatment of some diseases, although modern medical science is advancing and developing day by day.
Karlygash Ashirkhanova
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