"the seance [is] the main ritual drama of shamanism and includes possession"
"Seances may be held to make contact with the spirits of the upper or lower worlds"
a "brass mirror" is "one of the commonest incarnations of a Tungus shaman's familiars"
> from I. M. Lewis' Ecstatic Religion (2002)
> tagged with #ecstasy, #magic, #tools
> created Feb 19, 2025 at 4:21:47 PM
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