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Michael Harner

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Michael James Harner (April 27, 1929 – February 3, 2018) was an anthropologist, educator and author. [1]

21 relations: Ayahuasca, Columbia University, D. T. Suzuki, Ethnic religion, Ethnology, Evenks, Hank Wesselman, Hinduism, Jivaroan peoples, Neoshamanism, New Age, New York Academy of Sciences, Norwalk, Connecticut, Paramahansa Yogananda, Plastic shaman, Shamanism, Shiwiar language, The New School for Social Research, Washington, D.C., Yale University, Zen.

Ayahuasca

Ayahuasca, iowaska, or yagé, is an entheogenic brew made out of Banisteriopsis caapi vine and other ingredients.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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D. T. Suzuki

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (鈴木 大拙 貞太郎 Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō; he rendered his name "Daisetz" in 1894; 18 October 1870 – 12 July 1966) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen (Chan) and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West.

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Ethnic religion

In religious studies, an ethnic religion (or indigenous religion) is a religion associated with a particular ethnic group.

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Ethnology

Ethnology (from the Greek ἔθνος, ethnos meaning "nation") is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationship between them (cf. cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology).

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Evenks

The Evenks (also spelled Ewenki or Evenki) (autonym: Эвэнкил Evenkil; Эвенки Evenki; Èwēnkè Zú; formerly known as Tungus or Tunguz; Хамниган Khamnigan) are a Tungusic people of Northern Asia.

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Hank Wesselman

Henry Barnard Wesselman (born 1941) is an American anthropologist known primarily for his Spiritwalker trilogy of spiritual memoirs.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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Jivaroan peoples

Jivaroan peoples refers to groups of indigenous peoples in the headwaters of the Marañon River and its tributaries, in northern Peru and eastern Ecuador.

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Neoshamanism

Neoshamanism refers to "new"' forms of shamanism, or methods of seeking visions or healing.

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New Age

New Age is a term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s.

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New York Academy of Sciences

The New York Academy of Sciences (originally the Lyceum of Natural History) was founded in January 1817.

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Norwalk, Connecticut

Norwalk is a U.S city located in southwestern Connecticut, in southern Fairfield County, on the northern shore of Long Island Sound.

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Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda (পরমহংস যোগানন্দ.) (5 January 18937 March 1952), born Mukunda Lal Ghosh (মুকুন্দলাল ঘোষ.), was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced millions of Indians and westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization Yogoda Satsanga Society of India and Self-Realization Fellowship.

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Plastic shaman

Plastic shaman, or plastic medicine people,Hagan, Helene E. Sonoma Free County Press. Accessed 31 Jan 2013.

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Shamanism

Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world.

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Shiwiar language

Shiwiar, also known as Achuar, Jivaro, Maina, is a Jivaroan language spoken along the Pastaza and Bobonaza rivers in Ecuador.

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The New School for Social Research

The New School for Social Research (NSSR) is an educational institution that is part of The New School in New York City, USA.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Zen

Zen (p; translit) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as Chan Buddhism.

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Harner, Michael, Michael Harner, PhD, Michael J. Harner.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Harner

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