“Before she is an individual, a shaman is foremost a vehicle for receiving and expressing the grief and indignation of the people within society. The otherworldly strength that you see during a gut is the raging effort to forget and overcome the weakness of the self and is possible because it bears all the wrath and indignation of the people against oppression. Extraordinary acts performed with remarkable exaggeration encounter the human instinct to demolish one's own limitations, producing catharsis.” PeopleIndividualForgetEffortGriefWeaknessOvercomingInstinctExtraordinaryRageOppressionLimitationGutsRemarkableVehicleExaggeration Author:Hyon Gyon
“For a shaman, all things considered taboo get ripped apart, and one feels the satisfaction of being freed from agony through vituperation and laughter. Hence, shamanism could be said to have developed a means to tackle and override the barriers, oppression, and despair that tend to obstruct life.” MeanDespairLaughterOppressionBarriersTabooBeing Free Author:Hyon Gyon