SRS 1110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-9: Liminality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 1110
• Professor: Shelley Rabinovitch

Document Summary

Separation individuals are removed of his or her status . Transition several activities take place that bring about the change in status. Incorporation the coupe reenters normal society, though in a new relationship. Liminality is the state of ambiguous marginality during which the metamorphosis take place. Pilgrimage a journey to a sacred place. Tabu/taboo in some societies some objects and people may be off limits. Mana an impersonal supernatural force that is found concentrated in special places in the landscape, in particular objects, and in certain people. Shamans- receives his or her power directly from the spirit world, he or she acquires status and abilities, such as healing, through personal communication with the supernatural during shamanic trances or altered states of consciousness. Core shamanism the near universal methods of shamanism without a specific cultural perspective. Neo-shamans is focused on an individual, often as a self-help means of improving one"s life.