Shamanism as an experiencing of "the Unreal"

Our usual conception of the shaman is, indeed, that he employs monotonous effects to fall into ecstasy and arrive at the state of trance: he sings and dances alone, or along with others. The auditory stimulations and the motoric movements, in increasing intensity, and the emotional induction from th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Odd Nordland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Donner Institute 1967-08-01
Series:Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67028