What is shamanism? Initial part of a four part video series on shamans in Himachal Pradesh, North India
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism:
Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world.[1 - Singh, Manvir (2017). "The cultural evolution of shamanism". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 41: e66: 1–61. doi:10.1017/S0140525X17001893. PMID 28679454.]
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"Shamans of the Himalayas" is a four episode series by Anu Malhotra covering shamans in Himachal Pradesh, North India. Anu Malhotra seems to be quite well known as she has a wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu_Malhotra.
Here's an article on her Shamans video series: A Himalayan mystery, https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/A-Himalayan-mystery/article15680543.ece, October 2010
The article quotes Dr. Karan Singh, President, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR), as saying, “What is called Shamans is a part of an unbroken tradition since the dawn of civilisations. The idea that it is possible to interact with invisible forces and those invisible forces can have a direct impact on our lives. Five thousand years ago, before the evolution of religion, the Shamanistic cults were prevalent. Whether it was the indigenous tribes of North America or Siberia or in India, or any other place, you will see that the Shamanistic tradition was prevalent.”
Here are two videos covering the initial part of this video series, which are available on youtube, and which I found to be quite interesting:
* The shamans of the western Himalayan valley part 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKddZDTOMR4, 22 min. 22 secs.
* The shamans of the western Himalayan valley part 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChkZKeydpng, 24 min. 42 secs.
Here's one website where one can view all the episodes on payment: https://www.gaia.com/series/shamans-himalayas.
[I thank wikipedia and thehindu.com and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above small extract(s) from their website on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]
Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world.[1 - Singh, Manvir (2017). "The cultural evolution of shamanism". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 41: e66: 1–61. doi:10.1017/S0140525X17001893. PMID 28679454.]
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"Shamans of the Himalayas" is a four episode series by Anu Malhotra covering shamans in Himachal Pradesh, North India. Anu Malhotra seems to be quite well known as she has a wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu_Malhotra.
Here's an article on her Shamans video series: A Himalayan mystery, https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/A-Himalayan-mystery/article15680543.ece, October 2010
The article quotes Dr. Karan Singh, President, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR), as saying, “What is called Shamans is a part of an unbroken tradition since the dawn of civilisations. The idea that it is possible to interact with invisible forces and those invisible forces can have a direct impact on our lives. Five thousand years ago, before the evolution of religion, the Shamanistic cults were prevalent. Whether it was the indigenous tribes of North America or Siberia or in India, or any other place, you will see that the Shamanistic tradition was prevalent.”
Here are two videos covering the initial part of this video series, which are available on youtube, and which I found to be quite interesting:
* The shamans of the western Himalayan valley part 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKddZDTOMR4, 22 min. 22 secs.
* The shamans of the western Himalayan valley part 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChkZKeydpng, 24 min. 42 secs.
Here's one website where one can view all the episodes on payment: https://www.gaia.com/series/shamans-himalayas.
[I thank wikipedia and thehindu.com and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above small extract(s) from their website on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]
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