9: Shapeshifters Part 2 - Shamanic Shapeshifter Complex

This week Moz makes his case for the shaman as the proto-magical practitioner ultimately responsible for so much of the monster encounters reported around the globe. Moz breaks down the theories, the cross-cultural similarities, and gets at the heart of this shapeshifting phenomena. We then explore the 5 key shapeshifting categories and the levels of power associated with these morphing fiends. We also discuss what it might mean to you! …yes, you, huddled in that sleeping bag. 

 

Thanks to Mr. Tim Leavy @ timleavy.com for the greatest theme song in the paranormal realms!

 

References:

Hancock, G. (2007). Supernatural: Meetings with the ancient teachers of mankind. The Disinformation Company, p329 

 

Shamanism 101:  

Pratt, C. (2007). Encyclopedia of Shamanism (Vol 1). Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., p intro xvii 

 

The Mohan: 

Colombia's Most Terrifying Myths and Legends (theculturetrip.com) 

https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/colombia/articles/colombias-most-terrifying-myths-and-legends/ 

 

Jeffery Vadala: 

Cross-Culturally Exploring the Concept of Shamanism | Human Relations Area Files (yale.edu) 

https://hraf.yale.edu/cross-culturally-exploring-the-concept-of-shamanism/ 

 

Shamanic Decline: 

Cowan, T. (1993). Fire in the head: Shamanism and the Celtic spirit. Harper Collins, p437 

 

Helping Spirits: 

Harner, M.J. (1990). The way of the shaman. Harper Collins, p487 

 

iimagat (or tutelary spirit) 

Trask, W.R. (1964). Shamanism: Archaic techniques of ecstasy. Arkana Penguin Books, p89-90 (1^st Ed. Mircea Eliade 1951), p89-90 

 

Ribi on Knud Rasmussen & Therianthropes: 

Ribi, A. (1989). Demons of the inner world. Shambhala Publishing, Inc, p58-70 

 

Black & White Magic: 

Marie Louise von Franz:  

https://wellcord.org/2021/10/01/ancient-shamanism-looking-at-illness-as-initiation/ 

 

Shamanic Ontology: 

Walsh, R. (2007). The world of shamanism: New views of an ancient tradition. Llewellyn Publications, p173 

 

Mongolian Spirit Energies: 

Benedikte M. Kristensen 

http://www.anthrobase.com/Txt/K/Kristensen_B_02.htm 

 

The Bird Woman: 

Rasmussen, K. (1929). Intellectual culture of the Hudson Bay Eskimos. Gyldendal (p-23-24 of the 2014 Internet Archive posting) 

https://archive.org/details/intellectualcult00rasm 

 

Nagual & Brujo: 

Kachuba, J.B. (2019). Shapeshifters: a history. Reaktion Books, Ltd, p37 

 

Nauallotl, Nanahaultin, & Naualli: 

Brinton, D.G. (1894). Nagualism: a study in native American folk-lore and history. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 33 (144) 

 

The Nagual: 

Castaneda, C. (1999). The active side of infinity. Harper Collins, p68 

 

Kewagh: 

LeSourd, P.S. (2000). The Passamaquoddy “witchcraft tales” of Newell S. Francis. Indiana University, p28-31 

 

Shaman turned Sithsorer: 

https://factsanddetails.com/world/cat55/sub350/item1919.html 

 

Mongolian Shaman: 

http://www.anthrobase.com/Txt/K/Kristensen_B_02.htm 

 

Tapas & Siddhis: 

Williams, G.W. (2003). Handbook of Hindu Mythology (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing, p30-31 

 

Shapeshifting Pretas: 

Evans-Wentz, W.Y. (1960). The Tibetan book of the dead. Oxford University Press, p186 

 

Only 4 Incarnations as shamans: 

Schultze, F.M. (1885). Fetichism: A contribution to anthropology and the history of religion. Humboldt Publishing Co., p49 

 

David Lewis-Williams:   

Hancock, G. (2007). Supernatural: Meetings with the ancient teachers of mankind. The Disinformation Company, p83  

 

Marie Louise von Franz: 

Psychotherapy 

Ancient Shamanism: Looking at Illness as Initiation. – WellCord 

https://wellcord.org/2021/10/01/ancient-shamanism-looking-at-illness-as-initiation/ 

 

Mediums: 

Cheung, T. (2007). The element encyclopedia of the psychic world. Barnes & Noble, Inc, p142 

 

Mediumship: 

Walsh, R. (2007). The world of shamanism: New views of an ancient tradition. Llewellyn Publications, p149 

 

Cairo, S.J. (1999). The Significance of shape-shifting and transformation in medieval Welsh and Icelandic literature: The ingenuity of medieval writers. Western Michigan U. 

 

Witchcraft similarities: 

Russel, J.B. (1980). A history of witchcraft: Sorcerers, heretics and pagans. Thames and Hudson, p22 

 

Ontonic Pairing & Cohen’s Pathogenic and Executive Possession: 

Merz, S. (2017). Crocodiles are the souls of the community: an analysis of human-animal relations in northwestern Benin. University of Exeter, p27 

https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/bitstream/handle/10871/32861/MerzS.pdf?sequence=1 

 

Ikiryoh: 

Cheung, T. (2007). The element encyclopedia of the psychic world. Barnes & Noble, Inc, p317 

 

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