Shamanism and Spirit Possession in Chinese Modernity:Some Preliminary Reflections  

作　　者：杨美惠 Mayfair Yang

机构地区：[1]美国加州大学宗教研究系

出　　处：《宗教人类学》2014年第1期3-36,共34页Anthropology of Religion

摘　　要：Shamanism(巫wu)in China is an archaic religious tradition tracing back to the beginning of Chinese ideographic writing on the oracle bones of the Shang dynasty(1700-1027 BCE),and probably stretching further back to the Neolithic age.I will define shamanism as a religious culture that revolves around certain gifted and respected holy men or women who have rare abilities to communicate withShamanism（巫wu）in China is an archaic religious tradition tracing back to the beginning of Chinese ideographic writing on the oracle bones of the Shang dynasty （1700-1027 BCE）, and probably stretching further back to the Neolithic age. I will define shamanism as a religious culture that revolves around certain gifted and respected holy men or women who have rare abilities to communicate with or be possessed by spirits or ancestors, go into trance or ecstatic states, or travel to divine realms and other worlds, whether Heaven above, or the Underworld below.

关 键 词：萨满教 中国 文化传统 宗教 

分 类 号：B933[哲学宗教—宗教学] G12[文化科学]