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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 is the most famous method of acquiring a guardian animal spirit?
2. Frequently, a patient has bonded with his or her power animal in:
3. Harner presents one shaman's drawings of the tunnel to Lowerworld. What does it look like?
4. What does Harner recommend to a shaman student if he or she meets frightening creatures, such as fanged serpents or fish with teeth?
5. What should a shaman NOT do when feeling dis-spirited?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the power restoration exercise presented to the reader in Chapter 5, what typically happens when the participant goes through the tunnel and reaches the Lowerworld?
2. How do power animals first show themselves to a shaman?
3. How can a shaman tell whether or not an individual has a guardian spirit?
4. Why does a power animal need to be danced regularly?
5. What is the bone game?
6. Describe what Harner refers to as the "Calling The Beasts" ritual.
7. How do the Jivaro know if a person has or doesn't have a guardian animal spirit?
8. What might a restless or shocked power animal do?
9. How does a shaman obtain a power song needed to retrieve a power animal?
10. What does a shaman do upon successfully retrieving a power animal for a patient?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author strives to show commonalities between the world's various shamanic traditions and systems.
Part 1) Describe spiritual and practical commonalities Harner describes between different shamanic traditions.
Part 2) Why do you think there are similarities in shamanism even between cultures that are geographically separated and have had no contact with each other?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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