When did you first hear the term shaman? What do you associate with this word? What do you know about shamanism (prior to this week) and what surprised you about shamanism after hearing the lectures and reading Langdon and Sullivan?

References

Langdon, E. Jean Matteson. 1992. Introduction: Shamanism and Anthropology. In Portals of Power: Shamanism in South America, edited by E. Jean Matteson Langdon, 121. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Sullivan, Lawrence E. 1994. The Attributes and Power of the Shaman: A General Description of the Ecstatic Care of the Soul. In Ancient Traditions: Shamanism in Central Asia and the Americas, edited by Gary Seaman and Jane Stevenson Day, 2945. Niwot: University Press of Colorado.