RAS History & PhilologyЭтнографическое обозрение Ethno review

  • ISSN (Print) 0869-5415
  • ISSN (Online) 3034-6274

"IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, MOTHER, AND THOSE THAT NEED IT" (HEALING STRATEGIES IN PRACTICES OF URBAN SHAMANS)

PII
S0869-54150000596-8-1
DOI
10.7868/S50000596-8-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue №3
Pages
53-60
Abstract
Urban shamanism is a dynamically developing phenomenon of the contemporary culture. Unlike neo-shamans, urban shamans are not successors building on their ethnic shamanic traditions. Three groups may be distinguished among them: 1) followers of traditions; 2) followers of the Core Shamanism concept by M. Harner; 3) "shamans for themselves". Urban shamans employ different notions of health and illness as well as different healing strategies. In practices of most urban shamans these strategies are mainly represented in the form of psychocorrection. Urban shamans use both borrowed and own methods and techniques. Their activities are variously assessed by specialists. As urban shamans frequently lack a proper background in medicine or psychology, the issue of adequacy of psychocorrection in many cases remains open to questioning.
Keywords
urban shamanism, neo-shamanism, shamanic healing, healing strategies, notions of health, notions of illness, modeling of rituals, healing by charm and prayer
Date of publication
01.06.2011
Year of publication
2011
Number of purchasers
1
Views
596

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