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Fantasy

August 5, 2025, 3:49 PM

From page 6:

“A notable example of this reductionist tendency in scholar of religion, Daniel C. Noel’s book: ‘The Soul of Shamanism.’ Noel IMPLIES that the proper way for Westerners to enter the shamanic realm is by EXERCISING THEIR IMAGINATIONS BY READING NOVELS.”

(SEE endnote #6 on page 349: Daniel C. Noel, 1997, “The Soul of Shamanism: Western Fantasies, Imaginal Realities, (New York: Continuum) page 60.