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i asked Chat GPT if there were any essays linking pop music performance to shamanism ...

  https://chatgpt.com/share/6986287a-b0f0-8010-9b3b-0fa3a4b7556c You said: are there any essays that explore the link between pop musician's performance and shamans ? ChatGPT said: Yes — there **are academic essays, book chapters, and scholarly articles that explore the connection between **popular musicians’ performance (and music performance in general) and concepts drawn from  shamanism  — especially in terms of trance, altered states, ecstatic experience, and the performer as a liminal/ritual figure. Here are some important examples you can look up: 🔎  Academic Articles & Essays “I’ve Got a Spirit Coming through Me”: Music as Hierophany and Musicians as Shamans Mark Jennings (Journal for the Academic Study of Religion)  – This article explicitly discusses the comparison between ecstatic Pentecostal music, popular music performance, and shaman-like symbols using Mircea Eliade’s concepts of  hierophany  and  shamanism . It treats musicians ...
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plastic shamans ... sweat lodges ... derivations and reconstructed ideas on the periphery of shamanism

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_shaman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_lodge https://digpodcast.org/2022/07/24/plastic-shamans-and-spiritual-hucksters-a-history-of-peddling-and-protecting-native-american-spirituality/ https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2020/01/07/dances-with-wolves-and-the-many-abuses-of-lakota-history/ https://www.thepeoplespaths.net/articles/ladecwar.htm
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Eileen Kernaghan's re-telling of THE SNOW QUEEN ... SAID TO DEAL WITH GENDER AND MATRIARCHY ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF SCANDINAVIAN SHAMANISM ... I HAVEN'T READ IT, YET

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen_(Kernaghan_novel)  
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shamanic invocation ... probably an infinitely variable subject for ideas and opinions ... first of all, i "googled" it ...

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Shamanic  invocation  is  a  spiritual  practice  that  involves  calling  upon  the  energies  of  the  natural  world,  spiritual  realms,  and  helping  spirits  to  guide  and  support  one's  journey. Understanding  Shamanic  Invocation Shamanic  invocations  are  integral  to  many  shamanic  traditions,  serving  as  a  way  to  connect  with  the  spiritual  world  and  the  elements  of  nature.  These  invocations  often  honor  the  four  cardinal  directions  (North,  South,  East,  West)  and  may  also  include  the  upper  world,  lower  world,  and  the  inner  self.  Each  direction  is...
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