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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. How old is shamanism estimated to be?
2. What is the role of amnesia in a shaman's rituals?
3. Why is the Jivaro shaman who helps Harner worried that the author may not be able to find tsentak?
4. How does Harner end his first shamanic journey exercise for the reader?
5. Shaman's do not challenge the validity of someone else's what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Akachu question when he and Harner are getting to know each other?
2. Describe the tunnel a shaman utilizes to journey into the Lowerworld.
3. What are some of the similarities Harner notes in first-hand shamanic experiences reported by middle-class Americans?
4. Why does the author find it encouraging for Westerners that not all tribes use drugs in their shamanic practices?
5. Harner compares rock-seeing to what Western practices?
6. In the step-by-step instructions for going on a first shamanic journey that the author supplies for the reader in Chapter 2, how does he ask the participant to prepare?
7. How and why is a shamanic state of consciousness (SSC) achieved?
8. Harner emphasizes in Chapter 1 that becoming a shaman involves what?
9. Describe Harner's journey with Akachu.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the deep connection between animals and a shaman.How do the special talents associated with a specific species assist a shaman? Offer examples. Can a shaman do his or her work effectively if this connection was not in place? Support your answer with examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Harner explains that in most shamanic cultures, it's important that people are woken up slowly. Explain why. Also, explain the connection between the belief that power animals travel and the reason for waking someone up gradually.
Essay Topic 3
An important job the shaman does is restore power to a sick individual by retrieving his or her power animal.
1. Define power in the context of shamanism. What is its importance or value?
2. How does the presence or absence of power affect the health and welfare of a person?
3. How does a power animal help an individual? What happens when the person "loses" his or her power animal?
4. How does a shaman's act of retrieving a power animal help a patient?
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