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Michael James Harner (April 27, 1929 – February 3, 2018) was an American anthropologist, educator and author. His 1980 book, The Way of the Shaman: a Guide to Power and Healing, [1] has been foundational in the development and popularization of core shamanism as a New Age path of personal development for adherents of neoshamanism. [2]
Shamanism in various cultures shows great diversity. [1] In some cultures, shamanic music may intentionally mimic natural sounds, sometimes with onomatopoeia. [2] Imitation of natural sounds may also serve other functions not necessarily related to shamanism, such as luring in the hunt; [3] and entertainment (katajjaqs of the Inuit). [3] [4]
Recently in Siberia, music groups drawing on knowledge of shamanic culture have emerged. In the West, shamanism has served as an imagined background to music meant to alter a listener's state of mind. Korea and Tibet are two cultures where the music of shamanic rituals has interacted closely with other traditions. In shamanism, the shaman has a ...
The Journal of Shamanic Practice 1: pages 21–25. "Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation" (with Sandra Ingerman) - March 2010. This book was awarded the gold medal first place award by the Independent Publishers Association in 2011 for the best body Mind Spirit book of the year.
The ecstatic Kouretes dancing around the infant Zeus, depicted by Jane Ellen Harrison, 1912. Little is known directly of ecstatic dance in ancient times. However, Greek mythology does have several stories of the Maenads; the maenads were intoxicated female worshippers of the Greek god of wine, Dionysus, known for their "ecstatic revelations and frenzied dancing".
Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021) was a writer and workshop leader, primarily in the field of spirituality. Born in a Dagara community in Dano, Burkina Faso, West Africa, he was raised by Jesuit priests from the age of four, pursued higher education in the West, and spent most of his adult life in the United States and Europe.
The Shaman's Heart II: The Healing Journey is a collaborative album by ambient musicians Byron Metcalf with Steve Roach, as guest. [3] [4] This is the second of Byron Metcalf's The Shaman's Heart series album, focused around a continuous "heartbeat" pace. Unlike the first volume, this disc contain ten seamless untitled tracks.
He began recording his own music and he formed Spirit Music, one of the first [citation needed] record labels dedicated to the therapeutic use of sound and music. The label has recorded and released music by Goldman, as well as Don Campbell , Sarah Benson, Sam McClellan, Laraaji , the Gyume Monks and more recently, Lama Tashi , among others.