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=== Definition of "shamanism" === |
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Within his study of the subject, [[Mircea Eliade|Eliade]] proposed several different definitions of the word "[[shamanism]]". The first of these was that shamanism simply constituted a "technique of ecstasy", and in Eliade's opinion, this was the "least hazardous" definition. Other definitions for the word "shamanism" are used interchangeably. "[[Medicine man]]", "[[Magic (supernatural)|sorcerer]]", and [[Magic (supernatural)|"magician]]" are a few examples used to describe people with [[Magic and religion|magico-religious]] powers by Eliade in his book ''Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy.''<ref name=":0" /> |
Within his study of the subject, [[Mircea Eliade|'''Eliade''']] proposed several different definitions of the word '''"[[shamanism]]"'''. The first of these was that shamanism simply constituted a "technique of ecstasy", and in Eliade's opinion, this was the "least hazardous" definition. '''Other definitions for the word "shamanism" are used interchangeably. "[[Medicine man]]", "[[Magic (supernatural)|sorcerer]]", and [[Magic (supernatural)|"magician]]" are a few examples used to describe people with [[Magic and religion|magico-religious]] powers by Eliade in his book ''Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy.''<ref name=":0" />''' |
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== References == |
== References == |
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"To the best of our knowledge the present book is the first to cover the entire phenomenon of shamanism and at the same time to situate it in the general history of religion. To say this is to imply its liability to imperfection and approximation and the risks that it takes."
In his foreword, Eliade explains the approach that he has taken in the book, noting that his intention is to situate world shamanism within the larger history of religion. Disputing any claims that shamanism is a result of mental illness, he highlights the benefits that further sociological and ethnographic research could provide before explaining the role of a historian of religions. Describing shamanism as "precisely one of the archaic techniques of ecstasy", he proclaims that it is "at once mysticism, magic and "religion" in the broadest sense of the term."
Chapter one, "General Considerations. Recruiting Methods. Shamanism and Mystical Vocation", details Eliade's exploration of the etymology and terminological usage of the word "shamanism".
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Definition of "shamanism"
Within his study of the subject, Eliade proposed several different definitions of the word "shamanism". The first of these was that shamanism simply constituted a "technique of ecstasy", and in Eliade's opinion, this was the "least hazardous" definition. Other definitions for the word "shamanism" are used interchangeably. "Medicine man", "sorcerer", and "magician" are a few examples used to describe people with magico-religious powers by Eliade in his book Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy.[1]
References
- ^ Eliade, Mircea (2004-02-08). Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11942-7.
- ^ Rothenberg, Jerome (1985-05-08). Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-04912-3.
- ^ Lévi-Strauss, Claude (1963). Totemism. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0-8070-4671-5.