{"id":6973,"date":"2015-01-24T12:31:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T19:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6973"},"modified":"2015-01-24T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T19:34:02","slug":"what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6973","title":{"rendered":"What Does It Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6974\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seeing-a-human.jpg?resize=454%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Seeing a human\" width=\"454\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seeing-a-human.jpg?w=454&amp;ssl=1 454w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seeing-a-human.jpg?resize=150%2C104&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seeing-a-human.jpg?resize=300%2C208&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[200,11],"class_list":["post-6973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-humor","tag-shamanism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1Ot","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=133","url_meta":{"origin":6973,"position":0},"title":"Estonian shamanism site With thanks\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"March 2, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Estonian shamanism site With thanks to the dashing Odious and Peculiar, a link to a site on Estonian shamanism created by Aado Lintrop. Most of the links are in English, some in Estonian. But Lintrop links to the dreaded Michael Harner's site. Quick, call the Culture Police! (No, not them;\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3994,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3994","url_meta":{"origin":6973,"position":1},"title":"Introduction to Mongolian Shamanism","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"March 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Introductory ten-minute video about Mongolian shamanism, revived in the post-Communist decades. Just enjoy the visuals, unless you understand the language. Jenghiz Khan shows up, of course, as does Buddhism. This well-made video shows the drumming and trance dancing of both male and female shamans. Some of the drums seem to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Mongolia\"","block_context":{"text":"Mongolia","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=mongolia"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4030,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4030","url_meta":{"origin":6973,"position":2},"title":"University Courses that I Wish I Could Have Taken","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"April 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Anthropology 666, \"The Anthropology of Shamanism and Occult Experience,\" with Professor Neil Whitehead at Wisconsin. 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