(Image source: Pinterest) J. M. Atkinson (1992) uses the plural term 'Shamanisms' in the article "Shamanisms Today" citing M. Taussig (1989) that, "S hamanism is… a made-up, modern, Western category, an artful rectification of disparate practices, snatches of folklore and overarching folklorizations, residues of long-established myths intermingled with the politics of academic departments, curricula, conferences, journal juries and articles, and funding agencies", she refutes the assumption that there is a uniform monolithic shamanism. " Krinvanto Visham-aryam " meaning " Make the world noble " is an essential teaching of the Vedas. From the point of view of the historical texts within Indian traditions, of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, one finds an interesting narrative again and again that the from the beginning of mankind till recent times, the entire world was filled with people who were either Aryas or else An...
Traditionalist Perennial Philosopher