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Meditation across cultures: a neuroanthropological approach
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Laughlin, Charles D.
- 학회/출판사/기관명Taylor and Francis
- 출판년도2018
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기TIME AND MIND
- 발행사항Vol.11No.3[2018]_x000D_
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- 소개/요약While discussions of meditation by psychologists tend to focus upon various forms of East Asian yogic practice, other systems of meditation occur across cultures. Meditation is defined in neuropsychological terms that allow the phenomenon to be examined in ethnographic situations. Anthropologists have found that meditation on culturally salient symbols is widespread among the world’s spiritual rituals and is very likely one of the earliest religious practices that arose during the Paleolithic. All systems of meditation are shown to be embedded within a cycle of meaning which operates to evoke spiritual experiences, anticipates the experiences that arise because of ritually controlled volition, and provides culturally appropriate interpretations of these experiences. Using this description of cultural–phenomenological interaction, it is possible to discern those societies that have meditation cultures and those that do not. Such meditation systems as prayer, dream yoga, shamanic journeying, trance dancing, and visualization in aid of healing are examined.
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