Why is Shamanism so Attractive to Artists?

Whether in dance, the visual arts or music, shamanism is making an unexpected comeback. Unlike in the 1960s and 1970s, when people wanted to expand their consciousness and step outside of reality, the emphasis is now on healing society and oneself. Humankind and nature are in need of collective awareness, mindfulness and spiritual healing.
What practices of shamanism are artists adopting? What fundamental needs are they tapping into? Do the artists see themselves as shamans or healers? And who are and were the real shamen?
Join us on a transcendental trip that takes in Joseph Beuys, Carlos Castaneda, Marina Abramovic, Jim Morrison, and many others.
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00:00 Intro
01:26 Igor Sakharov-Ross - The artist that burns your ego
04:20 Lu Yang - A spiritual and digital journey
06:19 What are shamans?
07:40 Marina Abramović - transgressive performance art
11:36 Real and fake shamans
12:38 Norwegian band "Heilung"
16:38 Dimitris Tsiamis - How shamans achieve trance and ecstasy
18:53 Jim Morrison's shamanism and the hippie movement
20:38 How shamanism found it's way into modern Europe
22:46 Choy Ka Fai - multimedia shamanism
25:35 Conclusion

[@TheKrampus83]

It is finding the divine and absolute through the mundane. Like Tantra, it is going to the divine realm through the back door

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[@MotDoiAnLac258]

Great video!

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[@raphaelheuer6831]

Thank you DW

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[@worldtheatretraininginstit4622]

Ein gut recherchierter und interessanter Beitrag

[@_KEN_guru]

With all due respect, maestro Igor Sakharoff looks very much like a commercial showman, not a shaman nor an artist.
As a side note , I strongly doubt that a *real* shaman would ever offer people anything like ditching or even BURNING their own personality (Я). It looks absolutely weird.

[@joebentleytheartist]

Germany had Bueys this is another pandering program about nothing.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Thank you for your comment. What do you disagree with?

[@joebentleytheartist]

Thats capitalism ask afew real artists).How Art is made.

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Sorry, we may not be following along yet. Could you please elaborate on your point?

[@drummerspanner4623]

🤣🤣🤣 oh ffs weird hippies

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[@D0J0Master]

Don't knock it till you try it, blessed be

[@KenriqueMaling]

Shamanism exists in our culture as well, tribal of Arunachal in India.