Pásztor Emília (szerk.): A fény régészete. A természetes fény szerepe az őskori ember életében - Bajai dolgozatok 20. (Baja, 2017)

Andrzej Rozwadowski: Utazás a Naphoz. Égi szimbólumok a sámánizmusban és a szibériai, valamint a közép-ázsiai sziklarajzokon

man figures with circular patterns replacing their heads (figs 13 and 14). Some of these patterns indeed resemble a radiating sun which resulted in labeling such petroglyphs as solar-headed beings. Relationships in which such petroglyphs appear with other petroglyphs in the Tamgaly, suggest that their shamanic context is truly possible (Rozwadowski 2001b). They would therefore be very ancient traces of shamanic beliefs which would also include the worship of solar symbols. It should be added, however, that studies on altered states of

Kilátás a 3200 méter magasan fekvő Szaimali-Tasról, ahol a legtöbb sziklarajz található Közép-Ázsiában. Ferganahegység, Kirgizisztán.

View from Saimaly-Tash situated 3200 meters above sea level in the Fergana Mountains in Kyrgyzstan. This site is one of the largest concentrations of rock images throughout Central Asia.

consciousness, a very important aspect of shamanic experience, demonstrate that very similar patterns are visualized by persons while in trance ('entoptics'

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