Pásztor Emília (szerk.): Sámánizmus és természethit régen és ma - Bajai dolgozatok 23. (Baja, 2019)

Andrzej Rozwadowski: Varázslyukak: Átjárók a szellemek világába a szibériai sámánizmusban

Sacred holes: Portals to the world of spirits in Siberian shamanism

Fig. 19. This element of a shaman's coat also symbolizes entrance into the lower world - through the metal circle. Attached are two human figures - female guardians of the entrance to the other world, Evenki culture (after Anisimov 1958: fig. 24).

19. kép. A sámán kabátján ez a díszítő elem szintén az alsó világba való belépést jelképezi - a fémkörön keresztül. A csatolt két emberi figura - a másik világ bejáratának női őrzői.

archaeological data, this observation may be helpful in, at least, considering this possible symbolic dimension. The idea of Siberian "sacred hole" is furthermore interesting as it is associated with shamanic ritualism, which often included experiences of altered states of consciousness. It was proved that trance experiences often imply similar feelings and imaginations, it cannot be excluded then that this particular belief belongs to archetypal beliefs (Halifax 1982; Hume 2007; Lewis-Williams 2010). If rooted in experiments with the spectrum of consciousness, it is possible they could developed independently in different cultures and different times.

The research presented has been done within the frame of the project DEC-2017/25/B/HS3/00889 funded by the National Science Centre, Poland.

Consideration is based on the book by A. Rozwadowski, Rocks, cracks and drums: In search of ancient shamanism in Siberia and Central Asia. Budapest: Molnár & Kelemen Oriental

Publishers 2017, chapter 7.

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