Religion Shamanism FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Shamanism.
This FAQ about Religion-Shamanism was compiled and written by Dean Edwards, Stef Jones, Jilara, Jane Beckman, Ann Albers with numerous contributions by others.
01 soc.religion.shamanism: - Who Are The Moderators?...
- 03 Why is this news group in the soc.religion hierarchy?
- There have been some questions raised about the name of ...
- 04 Where does the word "shaman" come from and how does it relate to "shamanism"?
- The practice, study and experience of the shaman is ...
- 05 soc.religion.shamanism: Submissions details
- A. At USENET sites that provide automatic mailing in support of ...
- 06 soc.religion.shamanism: Comments on etiquette
- The following suggestions are offered for your consideration ...
- 07 soc.religion.shamanism: Comments on flames:
- The newsgroup will be subject to conventions of network etiquette....
- 08 Shamanic Terms And Concepts
- There are a number of terms which are used frequently in discussions ...
- 09 Shaman
- A master of archaic techniques of ecstasy. (Eliade, 1951)....
- 10 Shamanism
- The religious psychic and spiritual practices of a shaman,...
- 11 Historical Shamanism
- Traditional native systems and traditions of ...
- 12 Contemporary Shamanism
- The practices of contemporary shamans ...
- 13 Traditional Shamanism
- Native traditional practices of those ...
- 14 Non-traditional Shamanism
- Often at least loosely based on ...
- 15 Neo-shamanism
- A movement which has grown out of a ...
- 16 Pseudo-shamanism
- A term applied to non-ecstatic visionary traditions ...
- 17 Core Shamanism
- A term used by Michael Harner and others associated ...
- 19 Shamanics
- A term used by Kenneth Meadows which focuses on many of ...
- 20 Techno-shamanism
- The use of technology to enhance and enter ...
- 21 Shamanic Tradition
- Systems of religious and spiritual practice ...
- 22 Siberian Complex
- The native cultural traditions of Siberia,...
- 23 Circumpolar Shamanic Tradition
- The native traditional ...
- 24 Post-Shamanic
- While shamanism may be readily identified among ...
- 25 Guardian Spirit
- A spirit which protects, instructs or assists a ...
- 26 Spirit Guide
- An entity which provides guidance or answers in non-standard ...
- 27 Tutelary Spirit
- A spirit which instructs a shaman or other person....
- 28 Spirit Teacher
- A spirit or energy being that acts as a teacher for a person. Can be ...
- 29 Spirit Helper
- A spirit, often subordinate to the shaman who assists ...
- 30 Power Animal
- A spirit perceived as taking an animal form which ...
- 31 Nature Spirit
- A spirit which embodies the essence of an ...
- 32 Spirit Wife/Husband/Spouse/Lover
- A spirit who engages the ...
- 33 Totem
- animal spirit that is among your mythological ...
- 34 Totem Place/Totemic Site
- A location (most often) without specific ...
- 35 Totemism
- A system of practice, belief in or use of totems....
- 36 Soul
- In shamanism, soul is the life force of a person, animal, plant,...
- 37 Mystical Ecstasy
- In the ecstatic experience of a mystic, ...
- 38 Shamanic Ecstasy
- The ecstatic experience by which the shaman ...
- 39 Shamanic Flight
- The journey of a shaman while in trance into ...
- 40 Journey/Journeying/Journey of Soul/Soul Travel
- The journey of ...
- 41 Ascent of Soul/Ascension
- The experience of the ...
- 43 Shamanic Counseling
- Shamanic consultations, healings and soul ...
- 44 Soul Loss
- The loss of the spiritual or psychic energies of the ...
- 45 Soul Retrieval
- The retrieval of lost or stolen life essence ...
- 46 Psychopomp
- A spirit or individual or divine entity which ...
- 47 Shamanizing
- The experience of the shaman working while ...
- 48 Call (shamanic)
- Shamans are 'called' by Spirit, Soul or by ...
- 49 Shamanic Sickness
- When someone is called to become a shaman this ...
- 50 Shamanic Initiation
- There are both inner and outer initiatory ...
- 51 Great Shaman/Celestial Shaman
- This numinous figure is found ...
- 52 First Shaman
- The first shaman may be either a reference to ...
- 53 Runesinger
- In historical Finnish shamanism a runesinger was ...
- 54 Shapeshifting, Shapechanging
- A motif frequently encountered in ...
- 55 Axis Mundi
- The Axis of the World around which the Earth and ...
- 56 World/Cosmic/Universal Tree
- A symbolic representation of ...
- 57 World/Cosmic Pillar/Column
- A symbolic representation of Spirit as ...
- 58 World/Cosmic Mountain
- A symbolic representation of Spirit as ...
- 59 The Sacred River
- Another representation of Spirit, the river may ...
- 60 The Pole Star
- In Siberian shamanic tradition, the northern is ...
- 61 Otherworld/Faerie
- The realm of the Tuatha de Danann and other ...
- 62 Non-Ordinary Reality
- In the Harner Method of shamanic journeying,...
- 63 Ordinary Reality
- Normal everyday reality and the physical world ...
- 64 Lower Earth/Netherworld/Underworld
- These may be lower ...
- 65 Middle Earth
- Middle Earth may be either a parallel physical ...
- 66 Upper Earth/Upper World
- The heavens are the traditional upper ...
- 67 Dreamtime
- The original state of being; the energetic template or ...
- 68 The Dreaming/Dreamings
- The Dreaming is the continuing ...
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