Harvey, Graham (1959– ) – Lecturer in religious studies at the Open University, Great Britain. In addition to an edited volume (2003) collecting some of the most significant writings about shamans, their
Harner, Michael – Arguably the most prominent figure in the introduction of practical shamanism to Westerners and its reintroduction into indigenous communities, via the Foundation for Shamanic Studies in Mill Valley, California,
Hamayon, Roberte – French linguist and ethnologist. Hamayon has conducted extensive research on Mongolian peoples and shamanism in Mongolia, Siberia, and China. She has drawn attention to the negative connotations of isolating
Hallowell, A. Irving “Pete” (1892–1974) – Anthropologist at the University of Pennsylvania whose research among the Ojibwe of south-central Canada between 1930 and 1940 led him to coin the influential phrase “other-than-human
Halifax, Joan – According to her website, Joan Halifax Roshi is “a Buddhist teacher, Shaman and anthropologist,” having been a faculty member of Columbia University, the University of Miami School of Medicine,
Grof, Stanislav (1931– ) – Internationally known psychiatrist, one of the founders of transpersonal psychology, and a pioneer of LSD research. Grof’s early research on the clinical uses of psychedelics began at
Grim, John (1946– ) Professor of religion at Harvard University and cofounder and codirector (with Mary Evelyn Tucker) of the Forum on Religion and Ecology. Grim’s published research has engaged with Native
Greenwood, Susan – Anthropologist and Pagan teaching undergraduate courses on shamanism and altered states of consciousness at the University of Sussex in Great Britain. Greenwood has written widely on nature religion and
Greenland – The world’s largest island, situated in the Arctic, Greenland has indigenous Inuit and immigrant Danish inhabitants. The Inuit angakkoq (shaman), discussed by such scholars as Knud Rasmussen and Merete Demant
Goodman, Felicitas(1914–2005) – Anthropologist who claimed that various prehistoric remains and the imagery of certain indigenous artistic traditions point toward specific stances or “postures” that can automatically induce a trance. Ethnographic instances
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