The Way of the Shaman Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Michael Harner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Way of the Shaman Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Michael Harner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Shamanism and States of Consciousness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harner speculate about the mandala?
(a) It may represent openings to the sky or the Lowerworld.
(b) It may guard coded instructions reserved for the most advanced shamans.
(c) It could hold the keys to astral time travel.
(d) It could represent the doorway to stars and entrance to spaceships.

2. How does a shaman typically travel into the Lowerworld?
(a) Wearing a special cloak.
(b) By teleporting.
(c) On the wings of a dragon.
(d) Through a hole or tunnel.

3. How does Harner end his first shamanic journey exercise for the reader?
(a) Prolonged string vibration.
(b) Wolf howl.
(c) Four sharp strikes.
(d) Sound of a bell.

4. Harner's reports of the rituals, symbols, and visions of the different tribes he observes are what?
(a) Foreign.
(b) Similar.
(c) Simplistic.
(d) Disturbing.

5. What does the author encounter when he drinks maikua?
(a) Beloved pets he knew as a child.
(b) Winged benevolent beings.
(c) Dangerous creatures.
(d) A frightening emptiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his guided, step-by-step instructions for a first journey, Harner instructs the aspiring shaman to eat:

2. How do the Conibo access the Lowerworld?

3. Who does the author quote as an expert on the subject of altered states?

4. On his or her first guided journey, the shaman student is asked by Harner to visualize what?

5. What do various cultures report noticing the shaman give off when in a shamanic state of consciousness?

(see the answer key)

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