-Caveat Lector-
See Mircea Eliade, *Shamanism* for a very thorough scholarly investigation
of shamanism.
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> From: earthman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 7:52 AM
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> Subject: [CTRL] Shamanism
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> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Hey guys, remember the fuss I caused re wicca, well try this one on for
> size
> too..
>
> Peter
>
> http://www.newageinfo.com/bus/cymry/shamanism.html
>
> Shamanic ecstasy is the real 'Old Time Religion,' of which modern churches
> are but pallid evocations. Shamanic, visionary ecstasy, the mysterium
> tremendum, the unio mystica, the eternally delightful experience of the
> universe as energy, is a sine qua non of religion, it is what religion is
> for! There is no need for faith, it is the ecstatic experience itself that
> gives one faith in the intrinsic unity and integrity of the universe, in
> ourselves as integral parts of the whole; that reveals to us the sublime
> majesty of our universe, and the fluctuant, scintillant, alchemical
> miracle
> that is quotidian consciousness. Any religion that requires faith and
> gives
> none, that defends against religious experiences, that promulgates the
> bizarre superstition that humankind is in some way separate, divorced from
> the rest of creation, that heals not the gaping wound between Body and
> Soul,
> but would tear them asunder... is no religion at all!"
> Jonathan Ott
>
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