Shamanism and Shamanology Author(s): ke Hultkrantz Source: Anthropos, Bd. 89, H. 1./3. (1994), p.

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toGill. (1992: 181f.) or thearticle A Rejoinder on thescopeof shamanism and Shamanology. Shamanism - InAnthropos as honorary of the Second scholar whichI wrote, theAmerican 88.1993:596-597, president oftheInternational for American Indian Shamanistic onNorth SamGill,specialist religions, Conference Society heldin Budapest in 1993,for thefirst number a diatribe has fired book,"Shamanic Research against mylatest this Shaman He claims that of the Drama" and Ritual (1/1, 1993). (1992). Society's journal, Budapest Healing of a brief valueis in giving book'sprincipal gives evidence introductory On the whole,Gill's argument mefor He criticizes never the term andreligious of"ritual conceptions confusion. discussing practices description he very wellunderstands He adds, "Hultkrantz"traditional and healing." to health related religion," although in of what it means the of his article. He thinks, those or little offers beginning beyond analysis understanding I makea valuating distinction that between no newtheory." He advances hissources. erroneously, medicine andthemodern "debelowthe thegolden eraofNative is so obviously This criticism presented I to comment of mixed White and Native it that have of intellectual mark medicine; graded" present decency run difficult make out how Gill's has is to it. imagination upon me forusingthegender-limited ofmybook. awayhere.He blames totheintentions First ofall,Gillis blind itdiscusses term manwhen there arealso medicine womthat medicine inthesense treatise Itis notanacademic in general I haveused"mediof en; I haveexplained or thetheoretical of theory newmodels why implication note1). Although he itis,as onereviewer andtheories, methods (Ch.Vecsey) cineman"on p. 169(Introduction, correct he accusesme for as generally educated accepts ofmyknowledge out,a distillation mysurvey points on whatIndians understand outinformation it is devoidof ideas; of leaving Thisdoes notmeanthat readers. andbody.I havehowever ofdisease byhealth, themany observes thesamereviewer sickness, healing, patterns suchsubjects to theextent we haveadequate Last butnotleast, dealtwith thatI have identified. and religion for the knowledge me with of theseideas.He finally of shamanism theimportance I haveunderlined charges in "in not of folk medicine American of Native religious conceptions healing understanding understanding andmore it is only to folkmedicalpractices distinction in, forinstance, a deeper profound way."I suppose as Gillthinks, Dr. Gill that has this I havenotsuggested, understanding. andAfrica. Europe a keHultkrantz have shamedical Indian all American that practices hasoften medicine herbal manistic nothing background; shamanism. to do with Autoren thatSam Gill, who has Zu ParkinsKritik.- Die profiliertesten The trouble is, however, in is unsure zum Thema "Verwandtschaft Caraboutshamanism, neverwritten Sdasien", Barnett, apparently sindkrzlich erheblich kritisiert worWhenhe discusses aboutits import. my observation terundDumont, medicine den.R. Parkin andAlliance inIndia. Tribof indigenous of a "shamanistic (Terminology background" andtheNorth-South Problem. morethan al Systems Contributions in myuse, little thismeans, that he asserts not to IndianSociology He has evidently 24.1990: 61-76) warfihnen u.a. in character. thatit is religious in thebook eine"uniform reliance on slender andsuspect evidence of shamanism understood myprecization indiesen on myuse (70) vor.Nachmeiner Aufnahme Kreis(siehe strictures (1992: 18f.).His ownbewildered he R. Parkin, howlittle MiddleIndian A Critique shows shamanism" and"true of"shaman" Kinship Systems. Amer- of GeorgPfeffer's 88.1993: with this is familiar Anthropos phaseofNative Interpretation. domineering with theconcept 323-336) will ich wie die anderen worked I havemyself Autoren auf eine icanreligions. andshamanistic derKritik aberalle ofshamanism verzichten, continuouslyffentliche Wrdigung phenomena I recommend the Anfragen Gilltostudy zu fachlichen the Einzelheiten brieflich beduring years. pastfifty gern inthis listed book antworten. ofmypapers on shamanism Pfeffer selection Georg
89.1994 Anthropos

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