Shamanism and Ritual Healing
... The field of ritual healing of people afflicted by evil spirits presents another aspect of possession and trance where unlike shamanism; the host is not in voluntary control of the mounting spirits. This type of possession being socially undesirable is taken to be an affliction or malady that needs ...
... The field of ritual healing of people afflicted by evil spirits presents another aspect of possession and trance where unlike shamanism; the host is not in voluntary control of the mounting spirits. This type of possession being socially undesirable is taken to be an affliction or malady that needs ...
New Perspectives of Shamanism in Brazil - Civilisations
... Anthropologists have been no exception to the fascination of Europeans with shamanic practices over the last 500 years (Narby and Huxley 2001). Early anthropologists, such as Tylor, Frazer, Mauss, and others, included shamanism in their discussions of analytical categories and oppositions such as pr ...
... Anthropologists have been no exception to the fascination of Europeans with shamanic practices over the last 500 years (Narby and Huxley 2001). Early anthropologists, such as Tylor, Frazer, Mauss, and others, included shamanism in their discussions of analytical categories and oppositions such as pr ...
Wu (shaman)
Wu (Chinese: 巫; pinyin: wū; Wade–Giles: wu; literally: ""shaman"") are spirit mediums who have practiced divination, prayer, sacrifice, rainmaking, and healing in Chinese traditions dating back over 3,000 years.