Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 3: Burial-Confessions This term, originally employed only for the beliefs of the north-east of Europe and of Asia, has in comparatively recent times received an extended signification, which has been cd hered to in the work of the Moscow scholar Mikhailovski on this subject - a work which, unfortunately, has not been completed. Taking a general, ethnolo 'cal point of view, he includes as Shamanism the beliefs of he American Indians and the ab origines of Africa, ...
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Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 3: Burial-Confessions This term, originally employed only for the beliefs of the north-east of Europe and of Asia, has in comparatively recent times received an extended signification, which has been cd hered to in the work of the Moscow scholar Mikhailovski on this subject - a work which, unfortunately, has not been completed. Taking a general, ethnolo 'cal point of view, he includes as Shamanism the beliefs of he American Indians and the ab origines of Africa, Polynesia, etc. Without here entering into an unsuitable polemic, we shall merely remark that, for con venience' sake and to be strictly methodical, we shall speak of Shamanism only in the restricted sense of the word. We do not dispute that in the New World and in southern countries we meet with forms of belief at the same stage of development as contemporary Shamanism; but, indeed, we also know that there exists a whole series of monotheistic religions, whose monotheism does not prevent their differing from one another in their conce tions about the Deity and His relations to men and to the wor d, in ritual, forms of worship, and ideas about the destiny of mankind, etc. One must not lose sight of the fact that in the various beliefs of the Siberian tribes a very close connexion is noticeable, and, likewise, there can be observed an uninterrupted identity in the foundations of their mythology and in their rites, even extending as far as the nomenclature all of which gives one the right to suppose that these beliefs are the result of the joint work of the intellectual activity of the whole north of Asxa. The Buriat Shamanism is one of the most highly developed forms, but, in order to elucidate certain rites and beliefs, we must draw parallels from other Shaman beliefs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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