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Shamanistic practices involve ancient traditions that have been found in similar cultures around the world. The roots of shamanism in practices of healing, prophesy, group leadership, art, and mythology reflect neuropsychological bases that underlie the often surprising effectiveness of its practice. This book examines shamanism from evolutionary and biological perspectives to identify the origins of shamanic healing in rituals that enhance individual and group function. What does the brain do during "soul journeys"? How do shamans alter consciousness and why is this important for healing? Are shamans different from other kinds of healers? Is there a connection between the rituals performed by chimpanzees and traditional shamanistic practices? All of these questions and many more are answered in Shamanism, Second Edition: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing. This text contains crosscultural examinations of the nature of shamanism, biological perspectives on alterations of consciousness, mechanisms of shamanistic healing, as well as the evolutionary origins of shamanism. It presents the shamanic paradigm within a biopsychosocial framework for explaining successful human evolution through group rituals. In the final chapter, the author compares shamanistic rituals with chimpanzee displays to identify homologies that point to the ritual dynamics of our ancient hominid ancestors. - Publisher.
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Shamanism: a biopsychosocial paradigm of consciousness and healing
2010, Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, Praeger
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Shamanism: The Neural Ecology of Consciousness and Healing
2000, ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Shamanism: The Neural Ecology of Consciousness and Healing
March 30, 2000, Bergin & Garvey
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"The anthropological study of consciousness has been primarily concerned with phenomena associated with altered states of consciousness (ASC), particularly shamanism and possession."
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