Assertion: shamanism | /r/HasProperty | a technique of ecstasy
Facets:
value: according to the historian of religion
type: OTHER
value: according to dean edwards
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to Dean Edwards, “Shamanism is a “technique of ecstasy” in which the spirit of the shaman leaves the body and travels to communicate with spirit helpers and other beings for the purpose of obtaining knowledge, power or healing.
text: According to the historian of religion Mircea Eliade writing in 1951, shamanism is the ‘technique of ecstasy’, involving the purposeful invocation and use of dreams and visions to solve problems.