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Dualism in Yakut Shamanic Practices
Oriental StudiesIntroduction. Yakut shamanism is an important aspect of traditional culture that specifically articulates certain customary beliefs. The paper analyzes various approaches to understanding shamanism, including evolutionist theory, a constructivist ...
Anatoliy I. Gogolev +4 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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СибСкриптThe article describes the social role of shamanism in Yakutia in the 1920s. The newspaper of Autonomous Yakutia served as the main source. The research is the first-of-its-kind attempt to study Yakut shamanism as a socio-cultural phenomenon based on a ...
N. V. Tikhomirov
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Looking at Us Through Their Eyes. The Analytical Process from Ethnographic Perspectives1
Journal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article looks at the analytical situation through the Others’ eyes—through examples from contemporary ethnographies of foreign cultures. It discusses the following issues: a) The analogy between the ontological worlds of the dead, ghosts, animals and dreams in “primitive populations” and the analytical psychological descriptions of the ...
Stefano Carta
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Функция музыкaльных инструментов в шaмaнизме у тюркских нaродов
Әл-Фараби Атындағы Қазақ Ұлттық Университеті хабаршы шығыстану сериясы, 2018 Before the adoption of Islam, the Turkic peoples practiced shamanism and Tengry.. Traditional musical instruments are one of the most complex and important forms of historical ethnography.
Г. К. Кортaбaевa +1 more
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2006 « Counter-natural » female shamanism? Menstruation, gestation and female shamans among the Shipibo-Conibo of Western Amazonia. Amazonian shamanism is often described as a male social role from which women are ‘naturally’ excluded because of taboos ...
Anne-Marie Colpron
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Birds of Prey, Birds of Wisdom: Relating to Non-Humans in Contemporary Western-Based Shamanism
Religions, 2022 Birds of prey appear frequently in contemporary forms of shamanism. For example, Michael Harner’s Core Shamanism references the ‘power animal,’ or the authentic self, which sometimes takes the form of a strong and benevolent eagle. However, precisely how
Carolina Ivanescu, Nienke Groskamp
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Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mental privacy is a growing concern as neurotechnologies and digital mental health tools collect and process sensitive brain‐related data. In South Africa, cultural and religious diversity adds complexity to protecting mental privacy, with traditional healing practices, communal decision‐making, and spiritual beliefs influencing mental health ...
Marietjie Botes +4 more
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A Panpsychist Theory of Shamanism
Suomen AntropologiThis paper develops a quadripartite panpsychist theory of shamanism(s). This fourpart framework revives and combines four theories: (i) mystical constructivism, (ii) role-taking theory, and (iii) mental imagery cultivation as a cultural practice founded
Olof Ohlson
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