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Literate Shamanism in Southwestern China: Bimo Religion, the State and Christianity
, 2012 International audienceLiterate Shamanism in Southwestern China: Bimo Religion, the State, and Christianity aurélie névot centre for himalayan studies, cnrs, paris The classical definition of shamanism is based on the Siberian example, which excludes the ...
Névot, Aurélie
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Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.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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The Development of Sámi Shamanism
, 2018 The cultural creation developed by practitioners of shamanism in Norway provides insight into processes of religious creation and creativity. These developments and increasing spiritual inventiveness are the focus of this chapter.
Trude Fonneland
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The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT How should we theorize Sufi ethics when the practice of zikr (remembrance) that leads to spiritual enlightenment (tazkiyya) might also bring one to the brink of majzubiyat (madness)? What forms of regulation or restraint are imagined or enacted by practitioners to prevent spiritual boundlessness from perverting into its underside of paralysis (
Muhammad Osama Imran
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, 2013 Bakalaura darba nosaukums ir “Šamanisma rituāli un dziedniecība, un to specifika Sibīrijā”. Šamanisma tradīcijai ir sena vēsture. Šamanisma prakse ir sastopama visā pasaulē.
Poča, Grieta
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Where the Magician Lives: An Ontological Problem in the Anthropology of Magic
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study is to outline a theoretical framework in which the anthropologist can introduce a naturalistic approach, which will not be conflicted with scientific discourses, into his ethnographic work. First of all, I argue that the principles of magic can be understood as a part of social cognitive causal chains, based on
Keishi Okamoto
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Les chamanes contemporains – figures d’instabilité
Quêtes Littéraires, 2016 Antoine Volodine and Christian Garcin both make a distinctive use of shamanism in fictional novels. By multiplying shaman characters and intertwining the shamanistic principles and the narrative, they develop a poetic of instability noticeable through ...
Anne-Sophie Donnarieix
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Contemporary Korean shamanism from ritual to digital
, 2021 "Once viewed as an embarrassing superstition, the theatrical religious performances of Korean shamans-who communicate with the dead, divine the future, and become possessed-are going mainstream.
Sarfati, Liora
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Developing World Bioethics, Volume 26, Issue 3, Page 212-226, September 2026.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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The Conflicts and Compromises of the Two Cosmologies Making Korean Shamanism
ReligionsThis article explores how the unique cosmology of Korean shamanism, which continues to function as a living religion in contemporary Korea, has been shaped.
Dongkyu Kim
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