| Description |
1 online resource (84 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements |
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Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements.
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| Summary |
This volume takes its starting point in shamanism in the Nordic countries and explores expressions and the lives of shamanic materialities in contemporary Finland and Norway. Shamans interact with spiritual powers and beings, but their religious practices unfold in a material reality. In this 'Element', then, we begin with the materiality of shamanism and focus on how the drum, the sacrificial site, the power animal, and a mushroom bridge the gap between the profane and the divine and create networks and dynamics in a shamanic worldview as well as in the wider society. Throughout its sections, the authors inquire into the ways the construction of the category shamanism makes shamanic materialities come to life |
| Notes |
Also issued in print: 2023 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2023) |
| Subject |
Shamanism -- Scandinavia
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Shamanism -- Norway -- Case studies
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Shamanism -- Finland -- Case studies
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Shamanism.
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Finland.
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Norway.
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Scandinavia.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Äikäs, Tiina, author.
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| ISBN |
9781009376396 |
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100937639X |
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