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Soul Loss
In shamanic traditions, this is the notion that psychological or physical illness is caused by the loss or spiritual abduction of the soul from the physical body.
Through rituals, dancing or entry into a trance (sometimes induced by hallucinogenic drugs such as mushrooms or peyote), an experienced shaman allegedly undergoes a mystical voyage to return a lost, wandering or abducted soul to its body.
Reasons for leaving the body could be severe trauma, such as those associated with accidents or sexual abuse.
While the shamanic view of soul loss is an intriguing idea not too difficult to imagine in our age of digital graphics, video games and films like The Matrix, critics of Shamanism believe that shamans are lost in a world of fantasy or possibly astral, even demonic realms.
Along these lines, Sri Ramakrishna once said that all religious and spiritual paths lead to the same place and involve the same type of numinosity; but not everyone agrees with this view. For some, Ramakrishna’s claim is facile and throws his entire project and status as a ‘holy man’ into question.
» Illness, Laing (R. D.), Possession, Spiritual Attack
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If the soul leaves the body, that body can be declared “dead.”
If the spirit leaves the body it can be:
During transcendental meditation
Removed and healed by another party, then replaced
Astral traveling
To dismiss Shamanism completely, is disregarding a vital element found within most forms of organized religion. Specifically, by tampering with the foundation of any structure, that structure is weakened….
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