Word: shamanism
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...western narrative, some elements of which (the captive innocents, the scout who owes his skills to his intimacy with the natives) can be traced back to James Fenimore Cooper and beyond. What sets The Missing apart is a potent mystical element. The raiders are led by an unrelievedly evil shaman called Chidin (Eric Schweig), who can throw a handful of dirt in a man's face and permanently blind him or send a dark thought across the miles and bring a woman near to death. He brings out Jones' shamanistic side, and their struggle becomes one of mind as well...
...Even without a copter, we eventually reach our destination and unwind with a lakeside game of basketball on a packed-dirt court. The Mongols got game-one even wears a Michael Jordan T shirt. Tomorrow we'll explore the shoreline and meet a shaman. (Buddhism dominates in Mongolia, but Shamanism thrives as well.) For tonight, we're happy inside our tent with our wood stove crackling and with thoughts of the Asian steppe rolling out before...
According to Nesbeda, a shaman is a person who “intentionally shifts his or her consciousness to journey to the spirit world...
...role of the shaman is to be in touch with two different forms of reality. She discussed differences between “ordinary” and “non-ordinary” reality, where “time is fluid and you can be in two places at once...
...life on the circuit, and that escapism has fueled his emergence as the cultural figure most synonymous with the Asian rave scene. Few DJs have ridden the peculiar admixture of talent, trend and attitude that makes a career behind turntables further than Tsuyoshi. He has achieved near shaman-like success. His band Joujouka's new single Invade, featuring Kyono, the lead singer for the popular metal band The Mad Capsule Markets, is a clubland smash. (The band also scored the PlayStation 2 shooter game, Rez.) With a catalog of over 20 albums and mix CDs, Tsuyoshi, whose return to Tokyo...