Shaman
A Shaman is an indigenous individual who engages in Connection Practice, typically with the aid of Connection Supplements, in order to make a strong Connection to The Fabric for the purposes of healing, gather information, or harm or kill another person.
Syncretic Terms
Mystic > Arendiwane, Karadji, Shaman, Shamanic Principle, Wise One
Related Terms
Drums, Guardian Boards, Holy Ones, Quartz Crystals, Sacred Pipe, Sacred Stones, Shamanic Principle, Spirit Lodge
Notes
"A shaman may be defined as a man or woman who is in direct contact with the spirit world through a trance state..." [1]
"In other words, it would be more correct to class shamanism among the mysticisms than with what is commonly called a religion.[2]
"In Central and Northeast Asia the chief methods of recruiting shamans are: ( 1) hereditary transmission of the shamanic profession and ( 2) spontaneous vocation ("call" or "election")."[3]
The Jivaro Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon recognize two types of Shaman, a bewitching shaman or a curing shaman. Both kinds take a connection supplement, natema, in order to enter the supernatural world. [4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Harmless, William. Mystics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. p. xi.
- ↑ Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. New York: Penguin Books, 1989. p. 8.
- ↑ Eliade, Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. New York: Penguin Books, 1989. p. 13.
- ↑ Harner, Michael J. “The Sound of Rushing Water.” In Hallucinogens and Shamanism, edited by Michael J Harner, 15–27. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.
