An existential perspective on the psychological function of shamans
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In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 41, e85, 01.01.2018.
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T1 - An existential perspective on the psychological function of shamans
AU - Schindler, Simon
AU - Greenberg, Jeff
AU - Pfattheicher, Stefan
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Shamans deal with events that involve the threat of death. They help buffer death anxiety because, through their claimed supernatural abilities, they can provide both hope for averting death and evidence for existence of a spirit world offering continuance beyond death. Thus, managing the threat of mortality probably played a major role in the development and maintenance of shamanism.
AB - Shamans deal with events that involve the threat of death. They help buffer death anxiety because, through their claimed supernatural abilities, they can provide both hope for averting death and evidence for existence of a spirit world offering continuance beyond death. Thus, managing the threat of mortality probably played a major role in the development and maintenance of shamanism.
KW - Psychology
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/dff4b59c-bffd-38c9-896f-c4d319a2a8a8/
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X17002163
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X17002163
M3 - Comments / Debate / Reports
C2 - 31064473
AN - SCOPUS:85065795028
VL - 41
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
SN - 0140-525X
M1 - e85
ER -