- Shamanistic approach
- (to rock art)See Dowson, Thomas; Rock Art; Southern Africa.
Historical dictionary of shamanism. Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis. 2007.
Shamanistic approach
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Shamanistic remnants in Hungarian folklore — Comparative methods used in analysing ethnographic data of Hungarian folktales, and some historical sources (e.g. files of witch trials) reveal that some features of Hungarian folklore are remnants of shamanistic beliefs, maintained from the deep … Wikipedia
Bibliography — As the scope of the dictionary entries and extent of this bibliography make clear, there is a huge range of literature on shamans, from introductory works, general discussions on such topics as definition, and culture specific ethnographic… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
Dowson, Thomas A. — South African archaeologist and rock art researcher. Dowson initially drew attention to enigmatic geometric imagery in Southern African rock art traditions and later, with David Lewis Williams, proposed a neuropsychological model for the… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
Neuropsychological Model — David Lewis Williams and Thomas Dowson’s neuropsychological model, set out in their Current Anthropology article “The Signs of All Times: Entoptic Phenomena in Upper Paleolithic Art” (1988), proposes three loosely defined and fluid stages in… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
Wallis, Robert J. — (1972– ) Associate professor of visual culture at Richmond University in London, where he coordinates the master’s program in art history, and associate lecturer in the humanities with the Open University. Wallis has published extensively on… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
Winkelman, Michael — Professor in anthropology at Arizona State University, former president of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, and founder of the Anthropology of Religion Section of the American Anthropological Association. Winkelman’s research … Historical dictionary of shamanism
Stone, Alby — In response to Paul Devereux’s reinterpretation of “ley lines” as the spirit tracks used by shamans on out of body journeys, Stone wrote Straight Track, Crooked Road: Leys, Spirit Paths and Shamanism (1998), offering an alternative, though not … Historical dictionary of shamanism
Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo — (1912–1994) Colombian anthropologist with particular interests in Amazonian peoples, especially the Tukano and Desana in Colombia. In addition to general publications about the cultures of these people and their neighbors, Reichel Dolmatoff… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
Tukano — Shamans, or payé, among the Tukano of Colombia use tobacco and ayahuasca in order to engage with such other thanhuman persons as the powerful jaguar. Key research among the payé was conducted by Colombian anthropologist Gerardo… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
