TSD 8007 - Traditions of Ecstatic Shamanism

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California Institute of Integral Studies

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Ecstatic shamanism is the earliest form of transformative practice and is based upon heightened feelings that inspire music, shaking bodies, and enhanced states of consciousness. Its improvisational nature and emphasis upon wild experience distinguish it from routinized shamanism, the maintenance of stabilized rituals and guided fantasies. We will review several traditions of ecstatic shamanism, including the Zulu, Inuit, Japanese Seiki Jutsu, Shakers of St. Vincent, Kalahari Bushmen, and contemporary forms of ecstatic shamanism. Ecstatic shamanism will be considered as a well-formed model for whole mind/body/heart/soul transformation and will be used to evaluate subsequent historical approaches to transformation. We will question whether the latter approaches evolved or devolved from the earliest shamanic forms.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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