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Altered States of Consciousness
Animal Displays
Author_Michael J. Winkelman
Biological Perspective
Brain Waves
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Cave Art
Chimpanzees
Consciousness
Dancing
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Evolution
Healing
Meditation
Mediums
Music
Opioids
Possession
Psychedelics
Psychology
Religion
Ritual
Serotonin
Product details
- ISBN 9780313381812
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 05 Aug 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book examines shamanism from evolutionary and biological perspectives to identify the origins of shamanic healing in rituals that enhance individual and group function.
What does the brain do during "soul journeys"? How do shamans alter consciousness and why is this important for healing? Are shamans different from other kinds of healers? Is there a connection between the rituals performed by chimpanzees and traditional shamanistic practices?
All of these questions—and many more—are answered in Shamanism, Second Edition: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing. This text contains crosscultural examinations of the nature of shamanism, biological perspectives on alterations of consciousness, mechanisms of shamanistic healing, as well as the evolutionary origins of shamanism. It presents the shamanic paradigm within a biopsychosocial framework for explaining successful human evolution through group rituals. In the final chapter,"the author compares shamanistic rituals with chimpanzee displays to identify homologies that point to the ritual dynamics of our ancient hominid ancestors.
Michael Winkelman, PhD, is developing permaculture-based sustainable communities in the central highlands of Goias, Brazil.
