This document provides an overview of a course on shamans, priests, sorcerers, and prophets taught by Prof. Robin M. Wright. The course examines religious experiences categorized as shamanism and the diverse specialists it encompasses. It is divided into units on: parameters of shamanism; healing and assault sorcery; priestly knowledge and prophecy; and neo-shamanism. The course utilizes readings, films, and the professor's research experiences. Requirements include four short reflection papers and a written test. The course aims to present indigenous forms of knowledge and power through in-depth illustrations and discussions of readings.
This document provides an overview of a course on shamans, priests, sorcerers, and prophets taught by Prof. Robin M. Wright. The course examines religious experiences categorized as shamanism and the diverse specialists it encompasses. It is divided into units on: parameters of shamanism; healing and assault sorcery; priestly knowledge and prophecy; and neo-shamanism. The course utilizes readings, films, and the professor's research experiences. Requirements include four short reflection papers and a written test. The course aims to present indigenous forms of knowledge and power through in-depth illustrations and discussions of readings.
This document provides an overview of a course on shamans, priests, sorcerers, and prophets taught by Prof. Robin M. Wright. The course examines religious experiences categorized as shamanism and the diverse specialists it encompasses. It is divided into units on: parameters of shamanism; healing and assault sorcery; priestly knowledge and prophecy; and neo-shamanism. The course utilizes readings, films, and the professor's research experiences. Requirements include four short reflection papers and a written test. The course aims to present indigenous forms of knowledge and power through in-depth illustrations and discussions of readings.
Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012
Prof. Robin M. Wright
REL3938 (6872), ANT3930 (0587): M3-5; W3. AND-034 SHAMANS, SORCERERS, R!ESTS, AND SA"ANTS# Prof. Robin M. Wright (Off. Hrs: T 10:00 - 2:00; Anderson 107C; offie !hone: "#2-1$2%; &&&.robin'&right.o'; htt!:((&&&.ne&st)diesonsh*'*nis'.o' Ob+eti,es of Co)rse: This course examines the varieties of religious experience that come under the rubric of shamanism and shaman. Originally a Tungus (Siberian tribal people) word shaman has been extended to include the most diverse group of specialists from midwives to 1 Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012 Prof. Robin M. Wright prophets. !art " of this course presents the student with the parameters of shamanic spiritualities the processes of becoming a shaman altered states of consciousness and shamanic transformations and the relations of shamans to the cosmos and its spiritual powers. !art " also considers various scientific paradigms and their potential for understanding the long#range historical development of shamanic consciousness. The next three units (!arts ""#"$) focus on shamanic functions% "". &ealing especially through the so#called 'plant spirit shamanism( among urban mesti)os of South *merica+ """. *ssault sorcery+ "$. !riestly ,nowledge and !rophetic -ounselling. .hile there is overlap amongst all of these functions there are features which nevertheless distinguish each from the other referring to indigenous forms of ,nowledge and power sociality a variety of relations among human and other#than#human beings (spirits especially). /ach will be amply illustrated and discussed through readings audio#visual material and the !rofessors own research experiences of over 01 years. Slides films tape 2 Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012 Prof. Robin M. Wright recordings -2s from that wor, will be used during class. "n 34"T $ '4ew *ge shamans( the course considers several of the contemporary developments of indigenous shamanism by urbani)ed non#indigenous movements% the neo# shamanic movement its roots in .estern nature mysticism the effects of globali)ation on shamanic revitali)ation and Other 5ecent 2evelopments. Co)rse Re*dings: The most important boo,s from which the readings for the course will be drawn are% 6. !iers $itebs,y The Shaman: Voyages of the Soul. 7886 2uncan 9aird. (available for :7.;0 on *ma)on.com)+ re<uired reading. 7. 4. .hitehead = 5. .right In Darkness and Secrecy. 788> 2u,e. (paperbac, used :;.7> on *ma)on.com)+ 0. Stephan 9eyer Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the !!er Amazon. (hardcover 788? @indle edition for 6;.A?+ paperbac, edition for 6?.A>)+ >. Bichael .in,elmen Shamanism: a Psychosocial !aradigm of "onsciousness and #ealing. (expensive to buy+ scanned chapters will be put up on course website)+ 1. Bichael &arner. The $ay of the Shaman. &arper 6?;8. (available for :0.>6 on *ma)on.com)+ C. *ndei Dnamems,i %eauty of the Primiti&e.(hardboo,). Oxford 788A (selected chapters will be scanned and placed on website). The maEority of the boo,s will be put on 5eserve at the Fibrary. -opies of many of the articles will also be ,ept in a folder in course reserves in the 2epartment of 5eligion (*nderson &all 68A) 9esides these a series of 3 Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012 Prof. Robin M. Wright articles can be found on the course website www.newresearchonshamans.com C$%&'( )(*'+,(: /stablished in 7866 this is a growing resource for recent research on shamans in the world. "ts site name 'Baliri Gmen and .orld#Ba,ing( refers to one of the main powers of the shaman and to two names for 'shaman( in two different cultures (Bayan and *rawa,an). To enter the site create a 3sername and !assword and browse+ theres much interesting stuff on shamanismH -hed).e of C.*sses/ Re*dings/ 0i.'s *nd 12*'s: 86H8?% course presentation and introduction to the readings+ 345T 5: PARAM1T1R- O0 -HAMA45-M; 86H66: 610545T5O4A7 831-T5O4-. Ior, 'Shamanism J Traditional( = '3rban Shamanism( in 'ncyclo!edia of (eligion and )ature (hereafter /54) v.7 pp. 6107#0A ($- )(*'+,()+ $itebs,y pp. C#71+ 86H6C% MART54 73TH1R 954: 6A;. 4O C7A--; 86H6;% <TH1 WOR76=- O761-T -P5R5T3A7 TRA65T5O4>. Bichael .in,leman -hs.6 = 7+ 86H70% -TOR51- O0 -HAMA45C 75?1-. 'Iou *re Koing to Save Bany Fives. Fife#Story Of Banuel 2a Silva &ohodene Laguar#Shaman( Shamanism Annual* "ssue 7> 2ecember 7866 pp. 08#0C+ '2iscovering the .ay( B. &arner (on o)rse &ebsite)+ $itebs,y The Shaman pp. 17# ?1+ 86H71% A7T1R54: -TAT1- O0 CO4-C5O3-41--. .in,leman -hs. 0 4 Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012 Prof. Robin M. Wright = >+ film#clip on '"n Search of !ari,a( with ppt. presentation+ .right 'BysteriesM( pp. ?;#687+ -)!!.e'ent*r@ Re*ding: 9eyer !art "" '*yahuasca(+ 86H08% -HAMA45-M A46 CO-MO7O:;.L. Overing 'Shaman as Ba,er of .orlds(+ 'Bandus *pprenticeship and a Laguar# shamans !owers of .orld#ma,ing( .right (on o)rse &ebsite) -h. 7% pp. ;7 J 61>+ 87H86% -HAMA45-M A46 POW1R. L. Fangdon '2au% Shamanic !ower in Siona 5eligion and Bedicine( in Fangdon (ed.) Portals of Po+er pp. >6#C7+ Kerhard 9aer 'The One "ntoxicated by Tobacco( in Fangdon (ed.) Portals of Po+er pp. A?#687+ (on &ebsiteA(short fi.'% 'Laguar#Shamans of Iurupary()+ 87H8C% 65-C3--5O4 O4 R1A654:- 0OR 345T 5 87H8;% AERS ON .N!T ! D.E. 345T 55: H1A754: A46 PROT1CT5O4 0ROM -ORC1R1R- OR -ORC1R1R -P5R5T- 87H60% !iers $itebs,y 'Shamans and -lients( pp. ?C#67A+ /dith Turner 'The 5eality of Spirits( (on o)rse &ebsite)+ '5oberte &amayon 'Kame and Kames Nortune and 2ualism in Siberian Shamanism( (on o)rse &ebsite)+ 87H61% Stephan 9eyer Singing to the !lants% * Kuide to Besti)o Shamanism in the 3pper *ma)on !art "+ 5 Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012 Prof. Robin M. Wright 87H78% -hs. 1 = C .in,elman exact pages T92)+ 87H77% 65-C3--5O4 O0 345T 55. 87H7A% AERS ON .N!T !! D.E 345T 555: A--A37T -ORC1R; 87H7?% '"ntroduction( to In Darkness and Secrecy .hitehead and .right+ B. 9rown '2ar, Side of the Shaman( ($- /$%&'( )(*'+,()+ B. &arner 'Bagic 2arts 9ewitching Shamans and -uring Shamans( in 4arby = &uxley pp. 6?1#6?? ($- /$%&'( )(*'+,()+ MARCH 0" B 10: -PR54: CR1A9. 4O C7A--1-.
80H67% Lohannes .ilbert 'The Order of 2ar, Shamans among the .arao( Nernando Santos#Kranero 'The /nemy .ithin( and -arlos Nausto '* 9lend of 9lood and Tobacco(. *FF 0 "n .hitehead = .right In Darkness and Secrecy. 0"(1D: (on &ebsiteA .right -h. 0 'Iou .ill Suffer *long Our .ay( (ms.)+ 9uchillet 'Sorcery 9eliefs Transmission of Shamanic @nowledge...( in .hitehead = .right In Darkness and Secrecy+ 0i.'% '%ani+a. A Story ,f Plants And "ures( (on an important 9aniwa political leader victim of assault sorcery and his struggles to heal)+
Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012
Prof. Robin M. Wright 80H6?% 65-C3--5O4 O0 CA-1-; 80H76% AERS ON .N!T !!! D.E. 345T 5?: PR51-T- 80H7C% 5. .right '!ower and -hange in 4ative *merican 5eligions( (unpublished ms. 788?)+ *. Oyuela#-aycedo 'The 5ise of 5eligious 5outini)ation( 7886 in Staller and -urrie pp. 6#6; (on o)rse &ebsite)+ 80H7;% 9ogi Priests/ *nd Their W*rnings. K. 5eichel# 2olmatoff '@ogi !riests((on &ebsiteA+ *. Oyuela#-aycedo 6??; '"deology Temples and !riests% -hange and -ontinuity in &ouse Societies in the Sierra 4evada de Santa Barta(. "n (ecent Ad&ances in the Archaeology of the )orthern Andes. /dited by *. Oyuela -aycedo and L. Scott 5aymond pp.0?#10. 8>H87% 0i.'% -Message to the .ounger %rother/ (and Aluma) @ogi priests as careta,ers of the universe system. 8>H8>% 65-C3--5O4 O0 345T 5?; 0D(0#: PAP1R- O4 345T 5? 631. 345T ?: 41O--HAMA45-M/ -h*'*ni Re,it*.iE*tions/ And Other Reent 6e,e.o!'ents 0D(0#: Bichael Ior, '-astaneda -arlos( in /54 v. 6 7A7#0+ @oc,u von Stuc,rad '&arner Bichael J and the Noundation for Shamanic Studies /54 v. 6 A>0#>+ ! Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012 Prof. Robin M. Wright 8>H66% The %eauty ,f The Primiti&e* *ndrei Dnamens,i (h*!ters to be design*ted)+ 8>H6C% Bichael &arner The $ay of the Shaman. (h*!ters to be design*ted)+ 0D(1F: Re,it*.iE*tion of -h*'*ni Tr*ditions: Mongo.i* *nd the A'*Eon. '* 5evival of Bongolian Shamanism( p. 0#66 Shamanism Annual (on o)rse &ebsite/ iss)e *,*i.*b.e for 2ero2 in de!*rt'ent)+ 'The 5evival of Shamanism in State# Fevel Societies( N. Fipp pp. 66#6A (on &ebsite)+ '"n Search of Traditional Shamans( 2aur in "nner BongoliaM( Krimaldo pp. 6A#7> (on &ebsite)+ 'Soul Foss or 2iminishment( Sifers pp. 7>#08 (on &ebsite). 8>H70% Nilms% '"n !ursuit of the Siberian Shaman(+ 'Malikai Da!ana: %ani+a #ouse of Shamans0 1no+ledge and Po+er./ (with accompanying handout) 8>H71% 65-C3--5O4 O4 345T ?; CO3R-1 WRAP-3P. (146 O0 R1A654: P1R5O6A: AERS ON .N!T " D.E (+- R(0+1+$- D(23&,4(-,, A-5(&'$- 607). Co)rse ReG)ire'ents: Nour (>) short (0#1 pp.) reflection papers on each of the maEor units of the course and a written test on 3nit 6. The four papers count for ;8O of the final grade. -lass participation and the written test% 78O. Students are " Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012 Prof. Robin M. Wright expected to attend all classes and complete assigned readings prior to each class meeting. -lass participation does count in final grade evaluation. Contin)ed *bsene &i.. not be to.er*ted; following the third absence 0 grade points will be ta,en off the final grade for each day of absence. More th*n $ *bsenes &i.. .e*d to *d'inistr*ti,e &ithdr*&*. fro' the o)rse; !op#<ui))es will be administered whenever the !rofessor considers them necessary. R1:37AT5O4- O0 TH1 CO3R-1: 6. P.*gi*ris' or he*ting: Students are expected to uphold the highest standards of academic honesty and integrity. Students caught plagiari)ing or cheating will automatically receive a grade of )ero on the assignment in <uestion and will fail the course. "n addition they will be reported to the appropriate university authorities. !lease ,eep in mind that plagiarism does not consist only in copying verbatim someone elsePs material and presenting it as if it were yours. "t also includes ta,ing ideas (even paraphrasedQ) from an author without according himHher proper recognition (through a footnote for instance). Other forms of cheating (particularly downloading material from the "nternet and presenting as if it were yours) will also be subEect to the same action. See http%HHwww.dso.ufl.eduHEudicialHhonestybrochure.htmhttp%HHw ww.dso.ufl.eduHEudicialHacadem ic.htm for more information on 3N policies. 7. 5no'!.etes *re strong.@ diso)r*ged and will be given only when students who have finished most of the # Shamans, Priests, Sorcerers, Prophets, New Shamans Spring 2012 Prof. Robin M. Wright assignments satisfactorily cannot complete the final re<uirements due to unforeseen events. "f this is the case students must arrange for the incomplete before the end of the semester. 0. M*He-)! e2*'s *nd G)iEEes will be given only under very special circumstances such as a medical emergency. "n that case students must bring a doctors note. >. Students engaging in disruptive behavior will be as,ed to leave the classroom. !lease turn phones and pagers off during class. 1. -t)dents &ith 6is*bi.ities. Students re<uesting classroom accommodation or special consideration must first register with the 2ean of Students Office. The 2ean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the instructor when re<uesting accommodation or special consideration. 10