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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. What does Harner point out about the Lakota Sioux and the Coast Salish tribes?
2. While working, why must a shaman remain lightly connected to the material environment?
3. Harner writes that in non-ordinary reality, spirit helpers appear as what?
4. What similarity does Harner point out between shamanism and science?
5. Included in the reports from participants of Harner's first guided shamanic exercise are:
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Akachu question when he and Harner are getting to know each other?
2. 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?
3. Harner emphasizes in Chapter 1 that becoming a shaman involves what?
4. What are some of the similarities Harner notes in first-hand shamanic experiences reported by middle-class Americans?
5. How does a shaman take care of his or her tsentak?
6. Summarize the first shamanic journey exercise presented to the reader in Chapter 2.
7. Describe the tunnel a shaman utilizes to journey into the Lowerworld.
8. Describe Harner's journey with Akachu.
9. Why does the author find it encouraging for Westerners that not all tribes use drugs in their shamanic practices?
10. 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?
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
Harner names humility, respect for nature, and the ability to honor an experience as three traits needed by a good shaman. Explain why each is important in shamanic practices. How do the three traits work together to help the shaman? the patient?
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