RELIGST 2WW3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hmong Customs And Culture, Mediumship, Astral Projection

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2WW3
• Professor: Hisako Omori

Document Summary

Shamans: one of the common type of healers that we can see in different cultures and could be female or male. He or she is a master of the soul. And they have direct access to supernatural realm and spirits. He or she can take a soul flight. Shamans can see the state of souls that other peeps cannot see. Theres a sense that one would inherit the role of a shaman or other times one is chosen as a shaman. Asc and this is a state in which they directly communicate with spirits. Shamans often have an ally spirit that heps him or her with healing. And typically use specialized dicourse meaning song, chantings and so forth. Debate over shamanism being a universal or particular tradition debate. Shamans are highly diverse but it is possible to recognize core concepts. Another tendency that shamanism has is focus on asc. Often study of shaman has a focus on asc.