1. Some aspects of our contemporary celebrations can be seen as a survival of the prehistoric celebration of light at the darkest time of the year and the value of a "cosmic tree" as a mystical center. [Hint]
A spiritual adept who is "called" to his/her vocation through catastrophic initiations and powerful spiritual ordeals is called a . [Hint]
A is a Japanese shamaness found today in the far northern part of the Island of Honshu. [Hint]
The basic worldview that sees the universe as flooded with spirit is part of the aspect of cosmic religion. [Hint]
The tribe as the basic spiritual unit, and the institution of Shamanism is part of the aspect of prehistoric and tribal religion. [Hint]
