SRS 1110 Lecture Notes - Michael Harner, Shamanism In Siberia, Tensegrity
Document Summary
The main role of the shaman is healing! The spirits give him the potential to heal but also the possibility to harm. Yakut shamanism; influenced by christianity because they are a subordinate culture (dominated by russia); combination of shamanic and christianity (revivalistic movement) Tensegrity; tensional integrity- increase awareness of the energy fields that humans are made of through body movements and breathing. Core shamanism; shamanism that is applicable to everyoneuniversal methods of shamanism without a specific cultural perspective. Neoshamans; focus on the positive, focused on an individual to improve the life (not like traditional shamanism who focus on the whole community) Prophets: has a role to communicate the words and the will of the gods, god to his community and to act as an intermediary between the gods and the people. (ex; moses, jesus, Healer; focuses on curing an illness or injury (similar to us medical practitioners) Herbalists; specialists in the use of plant and other material as cures.
