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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. During the Lakota practice of rock-seeing, a shaman considers a problem while walking through what?
2. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?
3. What does Harner say that middle-class Americans report experiencing on their shamanic attempts?
4. How does the author describe his world during a shamanic state of consciousness?
5. Harner writes that in non-ordinary reality, spirit helpers appear as what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Prompted by similarities he found in books and accounts about shamanic experiences, what did Harner decide to do in order to learn more about shamanism?
2. Who is Akachu, and how does he help Harner?
3. Discuss what Harner says about the humility of shamanism?
4. Describe Harner's experience of spiritually going to a cave beneath a waterfall with a Jivaro shaman.
5. Summarize the first shamanic journey exercise presented to the reader in Chapter 2.
6. What is the practice of rock-seeing?
7. How does Harner say that a shaman can be distinguished from other medicine men?
8. Why does the author find it encouraging for Westerners that not all tribes use drugs in their shamanic practices?
9. What are other names the author mentions for guardian spirits, and what cultures call them by these alternate names?
10. Harner compares rock-seeing to what Western practices?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author thoroughly explains numerous details of shamanism, but two areas he doesn't cover in as much detail are how and why shamanism works. Offer your own explanations to fill in the blanks. How do you think shamanism works? Why does it work?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast shamanistic techniques for healing with traditional Western medicine practices. In our current society, is there room for both modalities to complement each other? Explain why or why not.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the role of guardian spirits, spirit helpers, and power animals. Do you feel there is a significant difference between these entities? How do they differ? In what ways are they similar? Cite three separate instances showing when a shaman would call upon one particular entity over the other two.
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