Results 11 to 20 of about 1,300 (196)
A Swedish female folk healer from the beginning of the 18th century
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1967 Catharina Fagerberg was a tailor's daughter from Marbäck in Småland, South-Sweden, where she was born in 1700. For a period of seven years she was afflicted with severe vexations of spirit, and was visited by blasphemous and murderous thoughts.
Carl-Martin Edsman
doaj +1 more source
A Study on the Xiuxing of Contemporary Horchin Mongolian Shamanism
Religions, 2019 Research has been carried out on the procedures for recruiting and training shamans among the Horchin (mainly in Tongliao City, China). This well-known problem is crucial to the development of Horchin shamanism.
Yumin Lun, Xiaomei Dong
doaj +1 more source
Why do religious leaders observe costly prohibitions? Examining taboos on Mentawai shamans
Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2020 Religious leaders refrain from sex and food across human societies. Researchers argue that this avoidance influences people's perceptions of leaders’ underlying traits, but few, if any, quantitative data exist testing these claims.
Manvir Singh, Joseph Henrich
doaj +1 more source
American Journal of Islam and Society, 2009 Few people in North American academia are more knowledgeable about Islam in Southeast Asia, and especially in Indonesia, than Howard Federspiel. The forte of his own research contributions lays not so much in innovative analyses as in presenting ...
Carool Kersten
doaj +1 more source
Nature-human relations in Shamanism and other ancient Turkic literature
Uluslararası Türk Lehçe Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023 Shamanism has been a rich belief system in ancient Turkic history. The shamans considered the heavenly god to be a supernatural force. The shamanistic worldview, which regulates the relationship between spirits and people and is based on practical ...
MAHMUDOV YUSUF MUHAMMEDOĞLU
doaj +1 more source
Chemical Reactions, Drowning Swimmers, Owner's Manuals: The Power of Metaphors in Couple Therapy. [PDF]
Fam ProcessABSTRACT Over many years of working with couples, I have found that certain metaphors—drawn from images, films, stories, jokes, song lyrics, research findings, or events in my life—can be especially effective and memorable in clarifying and normalizing the diverse experiences of distressed couples.
Nielsen AC.
europepmc +2 more sources
Old Testament Prophets and Shamans: Comparison of the Phenomena (Anthropological Approach)
Концепт: философия, религия, культураThe article provides a comparative analysis of the phenomena of Old Testament prophets and shamans against five key aspects: their social status, calling, intermediation, fortune-telling and magic, rituals and cosmogony, and gender.
A. V. Andreev, A. B. Gasymov
doaj +1 more source
Spiritual Cannibalism in HRD: How Workplace Spirituality Devours Sacred Traditions
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper interrogates how the discourse of workplace spirituality in human resource development (HRD) operates as a tool of colonization. Through a systematic review of 48 articles published between 1997 and March 2025, the study uncovers recurring patterns of spiritual appropriation in which non‐Western traditions are detached from their ...
Shoaib Ul‐Haq
wiley +1 more source
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.The ability to predict climate fluctuations at seasonal timescales offers significant socio‐economic benefits. However, limited understanding of predictability mechanisms and model errors hinders forecast quality. Recent research has improved forecasting systems and data quality.
Gualdi Silvio +12 more
wiley +1 more source
La formation du chamanisme amazonien au Brésil : guérisseurs, leadership et pouvoir rituel
Brésil(s)This article examines some of the transformations in the ritual and religious life of indigenous societies over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries who lived in the Eastern Amazon.
Mark Harris
doaj +1 more source