Not to Be Aware Anymore

Indigenous Sumatran Ideas and Shamanic Experiences of Changed States of Awareness/Consciousness

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2262317
AutoresNathan Porath (Phetchabun Rajabhat University Thailand, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume24
Fascículo1
Páginas7-31
Data de publicação2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnthropology of Consciousness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1053-4202 • E-ISSN: 1556-3537
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/anoc.12001
OpenAlexW1973146907
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas15

Anthropologists working on altered states of consciousness (ASC) have suggested that we should do away with psychologizing concepts and use people's own terms for these experiences. With material drawn from the Orang Sakai of Sumatra this paper shows that practitioners who utilizeASCdo recognize the alteration of states of awareness as preconditions for numinous interactions. Also critically discussed is the termASC

Altered state · Consciousness · Epistemology · Indigenous · Numinous · Political science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History · Law · Neuroscience · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Ecology