Historical dictionary of shamanism

NEUROTHEOLOGY

The idea that the impulse behind shamanism and other religions originates inbrain chemistry, put forward inMichaelWinkelman’sShamanism:The Neural Ecology of Consciousnessand Healing(2000). Winkelman explains the crosscultural commonality of shamanism and otherhealingpractices in terms of a biological imperative: Since all humans are capable of altering consciousness and suchaltered states of consciousnessare derived from the human central nervous system, so shamanism specifically is “humanity’s original healing practice.”
See alsoNeuropsychological Model.

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