Kuna Art And Shamanism
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Kuna Art And Shamanism
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Author : Paolo Fortis
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-01-02
Kuna Art And Shamanism written by Paolo Fortis and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-02 with Social Science categories.
Known for their beautiful textile art, the Kuna of Panama have been scrutinized by anthropologists for decades. Perhaps surprisingly, this scrutiny has overlooked the magnificent Kuna craft of nuchukana—wooden anthropomorphic carvings—which play vital roles in curing and other Kuna rituals. Drawing on long-term fieldwork, Paolo Fortis at last brings to light this crucial cultural facet, illuminating not only Kuna aesthetics and art production but also their relation to wider social and cosmological concerns. Exploring an art form that informs birth and death, personhood, the dream world, the natural world, religion, gender roles, and ecology, Kuna Art and Shamanism provides a rich understanding of this society's visual system, and the ways in which these groundbreaking ethnographic findings can enhance Amerindian scholarship overall. Fortis also explores the fact that to ask what it means for the Kuna people to carve the figure of a person is to pose a riddle about the culture's complete concept of knowing. Also incorporating notions of landscape (islands, gardens, and ancient trees) as well as cycles of life, including the influence of illness, Fortis places the statues at the center of a network of social relationships that entangle people with nonhuman entities. As an activity carried out by skilled elderly men, who possess embodied knowledge of lifelong transformations, the carving process is one that mediates mortal worlds with those of immortal primordial spirits. Kuna Art and Shamanism immerses readers in this sense of unity and opposition between soul and body, internal forms and external appearances, and image and design.
Shamanism And Art Of The Eastern Tukanoan Indians
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Author : Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1987
Shamanism And Art Of The Eastern Tukanoan Indians written by Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Religion categories.
Historical Dictionary Of Shamanism
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Author : Graham Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-12-15
Historical Dictionary Of Shamanism written by Graham Harvey and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-15 with Religion categories.
A remarkable array of people have been called shamans, while the phenomena identified as shamanism continues to proliferate. This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Shamanism contains with examples from antiquity up to today, and from Siberia (where the term “shaman” originated) to Amazonia, South Africa, Chicago and many other places. Many claims about shamans and shamanism are contentious and all are worthy of discussion. In the most widespread understandings, terms seem to refer particularly to people who alter states of consciousness or enter trances in order to seek knowledge and help from powerful other-than-human persons, perhaps “spirits”. But this says only a little about the artists, community leaders, spiritual healers or hucksters, travelers in alternative realities and so on to which the label “shaman” has been applied. This second edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and extensive bibliography. The dictionary contains over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on individuals, groups, practices and cultures that have been called “shamanic”. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Shamanism.
Shamanism And Art Of The Eastern Tukanoan Indians
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Author : Reichel-Dolmatoff
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-09-20
Shamanism And Art Of The Eastern Tukanoan Indians written by Reichel-Dolmatoff and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-20 with Architecture categories.
Guardians Of The Life Stream
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Author : Armand J. Labbé
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 1995
Guardians Of The Life Stream written by Armand J. Labbé and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Art categories.
Sacred Art A Hollow Bone For Spirit
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Author : Imelda Almqvist
language : en
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Release Date : 2019-03-29
Sacred Art A Hollow Bone For Spirit written by Imelda Almqvist and has been published by John Hunt Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-29 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Sacred Art - A Hollow Bone for Spirit: Where Art Meets Shamanism tells the story of sacred art across cultures, continents and historical periods and makes a plea for sacred art to once again take its rightful place in our perception. Making sacred art means stepping outside the realm of ego-led consciousness to become a hollow bone for spirit so art becomes a mystery school process. When we connect to Divine forces greater than ourselves, creative blocks do not exist and healing occurs naturally. The greatest piece of art we will ever make is our own life!
Shamanism In The Interdisciplinary Context
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Author : Art Leete
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 2004
Shamanism In The Interdisciplinary Context written by Art Leete and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The understanding of shamanism in its variety of forms and manifestations has become vital in our understanding of the origins and development of ideological systems of the human family. Though not a religion, shamanism is the first formalization of the human quest for meaning, understanding and participation in the mysteries of the cosmic drama. It is a global phenomenon; cultural specific practices and beliefs reflecting and embodying universal "truths." This book is a collection of the papers presented at the 6th Conference of the International Society for Shamanistic Research held at the Viljandi Kultuurikolledz, Viljandi, Estonia in August of 2001. It represents the contemporary work of international scholarship in its attempt to understand the complexities of shamanism, both ancient and surviving. Increasingly the study of shamanism is interdisciplinary. These papers and articles offer, as well, an example of the mix of disciplines presently coming to bear on the study of shamanism.
Spirits And Stones
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Author : Andrzej Rozwadowski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Spirits And Stones written by Andrzej Rozwadowski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art, Shamanistic categories.
The Art And Politics Of Wana Shamanship
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Author : Jane Monnig Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-09-01
The Art And Politics Of Wana Shamanship written by Jane Monnig Atkinson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-01 with Social Science categories.
Rituals are valued by students of culture as lenses for bringing facets of social life and meaning into focus. Jane Monnig Atkinson's carefully crafted study offers unique insight into the rich shamanic ritual tradition of the Wana, an upland population of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Shamanism In Performing Arts
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Author : International Society for Shamanistic Research
language : en
Publisher: Akademiai Kiads
Release Date : 1995
Shamanism In Performing Arts written by International Society for Shamanistic Research and has been published by Akademiai Kiads this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Contains papers and lectures from two 1993 conferences of the International Society for Shamanistic Research, reporting on current research in artistic aspects of shamanism and focusing on shamanic practices in Asia and Eurasia. Topics include Manchu shamanic dance; shamanic visual art of Nepal; ancient Hungarian folk songs and shamanic songs of the minorities of North China; the poetry of shamanism; and the revival of shamanism in the contemporary North. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR