Moments later Lia’s eyes rolled into the back of her head‚ her arms jerked over her head‚ and she fainted. The only explanation her family could come up with was her soul was frightened by the noise and fled from her body and became lost. This in the Hmong community is known as qaug dab peg‚ “The Spirit Catches You and You fall Down” (Fadiman‚ 1997 p. 20). In the United States we call this behavior epilepsy‚ a neurological disorder that produces seizures from strong surges of electrical activity that
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unable to care for herself. The patient placed the onset of her arthritic symptoms on a date following a visit from her late father‚ and indicated the illness may have resulted from not observing a clearing ritual after participating in a healing ceremony for another person. This patient also felt that she was going to die‚ that she would be joining her father’s spirit. This patient sought traditional Salish treatment‚ but the medicine men determined the spirit that had attached to her was too powerful
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sacrifices or ceremony to show their holy respect for their belief. (4) Discuss the state of indigenous religions today. Short Answer Questions (2 points each): (5) What is animism? (6) In general‚ what is the relationship between the human and animal worlds among indigenous religions? (7) How do indigenous religions‚ in general‚ select their “sacred spaces”? (8) How are ancestors viewed in most indigenous religions? (9) What “big events” in life are usually marked by ceremonies in indigenous
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States. America is based off Western Culture and traditional medicine practices which focus on preventative and curative medicine. Most cultures around the world practice folk medicine‚ which focus more on the person as a whole with remedies and ceremonies rather than medicine and treatment. Even though each one believes in a different practice‚ all medical professionals should have the knowledge and awareness of each culture’s health beliefs to properly treat their patients in a respectful and kind
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songs”? Is there a cost to both native and non-native communities as a result of the practice of corporate Shamanism? Please be specific and cite examples from the reading. Native American religion has become a commodity due to the fact that Neo-Shamans are more focused on giving a presentation and making a profit rather than the spiritual aspects of Native American religion. According to Cohen‚ “It is my belief that Westernized religion in general has become a commodity almost ad hoc in North America
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In chapter 2‚ the textbook author uses various terms for “indigenous religions”: traditional‚ aboriginal‚ indigenous‚ tribal‚ nonliterate‚ primal‚ native‚ oral‚ and basic. Select four or five of these terms and discuss why you believe each of those terms is applicable to the religions covered in this chapter. “Native”. The word native relates well with the religions in this chapter because many of these religions are native to the place they come from. For instance the indigenous religion in
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The word “shaman” is Siberian‚ meaning one who moves freely among the spirits on subtle planes of perception or soul travel. These men and women are singled out by the Divine to deal with spiritual things by receiving special ecstatic powers. The shamans can also be referred to as medicine men and women‚ or witch doctors. (Ellwood‚ 31) Shamanism is found in land of evergreen forests‚ endless birch‚ dark subzero winters‚ wide skies‚ and broad rivers. The shaman serves as matters of the spirit‚ such
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language; or the thousands of Hispanics at an international soccer match in Los Angeles who booed and threw garbage at the American team; or the decline in educational and environmental standards in areas dominated by Hispanics; or the Hmong people from Laos who bring shamans and witch doctors into hospital rooms; or the customs of voodoo and animal sacrifice and forced marriage and female genital mutilation that have been imported into this country (America) by recent immigrants; or the pushing aside
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shamanism): A.What is a shaman? This section discusses the definition (and issues of defining) the traditional concept of a shaman. It provides a brief overview of the origin and distribution of shamanic practices around the world throughout history. b. How does one become a shaman? This section discusses a shaman’s initiation process‚ training‚ and death-rebirth experience. c. What does a shaman do? This section examines the methods of healing performed by shamans‚ (for either individuals
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The Eskimos are found in the northern tip of Russia across Alaska and northern Canada to Greenland. The term Eskimo comes from a Native American word that may have meant eaters of raw meat netter of snowshoes or speakers of foreign language. They are also referred to as Inuit meaning people. They lived in groups varied in size depending on the amount of food available. They gathered in large groups especially during and the fall so that they could hunt migrating animals. Gathering in groups was
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