Art& desi

gnAest
het
ics

Kri
shnaMal
viya
(Bat
ch3)
Shamani
sm
Shamanism i
sapr act
icethati
nvolv
esapract
it
ionerr
eachi
ngal
ter
edstat
esofconsci
ousnessi
n
ordert
opercei
veandi nt
eractwit
hwhattheybeli
evet
obeaspir
itwor
ldandchannelt
hese
tr
anscendent
alenergi
esintothi
swor l
d.

Bel
i
efs

Therearemanyvar
iat
ionsofshamanism t
hroughouttheworl
d,butsev
eralcommonbelief
sar
e
sharedbyall
for
msofshamani sm.Commonbel ief
sident
if
iedbyEli
ade(1972)
[29]ar
ethe
fol
lowing:

Spi
ri
tsexi
standt
heypl
ayi
mpor
tantr
olesbot
hini
ndi
vi
dual
li
vesandi
nhumansoci
ety

Theshamancancommuni
cat
ewi
tht
hespi
ri
twor
ld

Spi
ri
tscanbebenev
olentormal
evol
ent

Theshamancant
reatsi
cknesscausedbymal
evol
entspi
ri
ts

Theshamancanempl
oyt
rancesi
nduci
ngt
echni
quest
oinci
tev
isi
onar
yecst
asyandgoon
vi
sionquest
s

Theshaman'
sspi
ri
tcanl
eav
ethebodyt
oent
ert
hesuper
nat
ural
wor
ldt
osear
chf
oranswer
s

Theshamanev
okesani
mal
imagesasspi
ri
tgui
des,
omens,
andmessage-
bear
ers

Theshamancanperf
orm otherv
ari
edf
ormsofdi
vi
nat
ion,
scr
y,t
hrowbonesorr
unes,
and
someti
mesfor
etel
loffut
ureevents
SoItri
edt oshowshamani sm thr
ough3di nstal
lati
on.Inthisinstal
lati
onIhavemadeahal fbody
ofmanwhi chiscomi ngoutofdrum.Dr um hererepresentthemusi cofshamani sm.Sowhen
thi
smusi cofdr um comesoutt hesamant akehi sconsciousnesst ospri
itwor
ld.Sointhi
s
i
nstall
ati
oni hav eshowt hi
smanhal fi
nt wopor t
ion.Upperpor ti
oni sspi
ri
tworl
danddownwar d
port
ionisearthywor ld.Theri
ngsalsorepresentthespiri
twor ld.Abovetherei
seaglewhichalso
repr
esentaspi ri
tbird.
Sothi
scompletei
nstal
lat
ioni
scombinatofvi
sual
,musi
candl
i
ght
.Thi
swhol
ecombi
nat
ionwi
l
l
cr
eateagoodinst
all
ati
onandunder
standingf
orshamani
sm

Spir
it
sareinvi
sibl
eentit
iest
hatonl yshamanscansee.Theyar eseenasper sonsthatcan
assumeahumanorani malbody.Someani mal sint
heirphysi
calfor
msar ealsoseenasspir
it
s
suchasthecaseoft heeagl
e,snake, j
aguar,
andr at
.Beli
efsrel
atedtospir
it
scanexpl ai
nmany
dif
fer
entphenomena.Forexampl e,theimportanceofstor
ytel
li
ng,oract
ingasasi nger,
canbe
underst
oodbetteri
fthewholebeliefsystem i
sexamined