Inside and outside the mirror: Mongolian shamans' mirrors as instruments of perspectivism

This article explores the implications of the fact that shamans' mirrors, and mirrors in general, have two quite different sides, one reflecting images and the other a dull blank or imagined as a teeming other world. - (Inner Asia/NIAS-Han)

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Published in:Inner Asia
Main Author: Humphrey, Caroline 1943- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: White Horse Press 2007
In: Inner Asia
Further subjects:B Mongolia Shamanism Religion
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B Shamanism
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Summary:This article explores the implications of the fact that shamans' mirrors, and mirrors in general, have two quite different sides, one reflecting images and the other a dull blank or imagined as a teeming other world. - (Inner Asia/NIAS-Han)
ISSN:1464-8172
Contains:In: Inner Asia