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Shamanism

Shamanism is a religious belief-and-ritual system characterized by the central role of a specialist mediator (the shaman) who, through controlled altered states of consciousness, communicates with a spirit world to diagnose and heal illness, divine information, and regulate relations between the human and non-human realms.

961

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42.4K

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1.1K

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415

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Publications

961

Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

Ilza Veith · JAMA · 1964 · 1.2K citations

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The nature of hypnosis: Artifact and essence.

Martin T. Orne · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1959 · 927 citations

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Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession

Ralph A. Luebben, I. M. Lewis · Sociological Analysis · 1991 · 514 citations

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Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path

David A. Freidel, Linda Schele, Joy Parker · Cambridge Archaeological Journal · 1995 · 498 citations

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Disease Etiologies in Non‐Western Medical Systems

George M. Foster · American Anthropologist · 1976 · 453 citations

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Authors

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  1. MW
    Michael Winkelman

    Arizona State University, United States

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

    17

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  2. AJ
    Adam J. Rock

    University of New England, Australia

    10 publications · 176 citations

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  3. JD
    J. D. Lewis‐Williams

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    8 publications · 331 citations

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  4. CH
    Caroline Humphrey

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 389 citations

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  5. AM
    Ana Mariella Bacigalupo

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States

    8 publications · 134 citations

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Institutions

415

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    14 h-index

    16 publications

    795 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    546 citations

  3. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    357 citations

  4. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    447 citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    538 citations

  6. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    326 citations

  8. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    197 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 88 publications · 5.6K citations

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  2. Man

    27 publications · 2.4K citations

    21

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  3. Anthropology of Consciousness

    AOC · 38 publications · 1K citations

    20

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  4. American Ethnologist

    AE · 16 publications · 1K citations

    16

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  5. Asian Folklore Studies

    19 publications · 782 citations

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