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Etzel Cardeña1, Stanley Krippner2
1Lund University,Lund 22100,Sweden.etzel.cardena@psy.lu.sehttp://portal.research.lu.se/portal/en/persons/etzel-cardena(d53593d2-7c3f-492b-98d0-5b28ae46f227).html.
Abstract:
The target article's use of core concepts is confused and excessively broad. Two main types of experiences have been described in relation to shamanism: magical flight and mediumship/possession. The first refers to visual and remembered experiences of events in other realms, the second to embodied experiences of ceding mental control and personality to a preternatural entity. These experiences grossly correspond to two main experience modalities exhibited by highly hypnotizable individuals in a secular setting.
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