Revelation of the Continents of Imagination

It has long been argued that one of the main appeals of contemporary Euro-American shamanism lies in its ability to reenchant the world in the disenchanted present. As observed during field research among shamans in the Czech Republic and based on an analysis of their techniques and discourse, the s...

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Auteur principal: Galovič, Roman (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: American Anthropological Association 2022
Dans: Anthropology of consciousness
Année: 2022, Volume: 33, Numéro: 1, Pages: 112-142
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Tschechien / Chamanisme / État modifié de conscience
RelBib Classification:AE Psychologie de la religion
AG Vie religieuse
AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux
KBK Europe de l'Est
ZD Psychologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Phenomenology
B Tisserands
B Heidegger
B Shamanism
B Imagination
B Fantasy
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Résumé:It has long been argued that one of the main appeals of contemporary Euro-American shamanism lies in its ability to reenchant the world in the disenchanted present. As observed during field research among shamans in the Czech Republic and based on an analysis of their techniques and discourse, the source of this reenchantment lies in journeys to non-ordinary reality, internally experienced by participants during drumming. The reason those journeys are experienced as real is found in the autonomy of imagination, in images that come to mind spontaneously without participants' deliberate construction. The faculty of imagination provides a mechanism for the experience of a reenchanted world, whereas shamanic techniques and lectures on the nature of the world provide its emotional and cognitive contours. In ceremonial space, shamanic praxis then tunes a certain mode of being with its intertwined moments of corresponding understanding, attunement, and speech, such as those analyzed by Heidegger in Being and Time.
ISSN:1556-3537
Contient:Enthalten in: Anthropology of consciousness
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12145