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shamandrummer · 6 months

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The Many Lives of Mongolian Shamanism

The following is excerpted from Sky Shamans of Mongolia: Meetings with Remarkable Healers by Kevin Turner.

For thousands of years, Mongolia has been a nexus of Eurasian shamanisms that competed, mixed, and meshed across our planet's largest continent. Shamanism appears to have emerged with the very dawn of human consciousness, but archeologists can probably speak with confidence about only the past 30,000 to 70,000 years.

Archeological discoveries in Eurasia alone indicate that the practice of shamanism reaches back at least to 35,000 BCE, easily making shamanism the oldest spiritual practice known to mankind. Modern religious faiths such as Buddhism and Christianity are toddlers in comparison, and psychology is a mere newborn.

The word shaman originated from the Tungusic tribal language groups (from areas to the north and east of Mongolia), which are related to Mongolic languages. These are both part of the broader Altaic language group, which includes Turkic, Manchurian, and scores of other Inner Asian and Siberian languages, and may include Korean and Japanese at the easternmost reach. The modern term "shaman" has now been adopted by many as a catch-all word to describe those who by spiritual means seek direct access to information and healing power not ordinarily available.

The nomadic northern Siberian shamanic traditions tend to retain the highly individualistic aspects of shamanism; by contrast, a most interesting facet of Mongolian and Inner Asian shamanism is the amalgamation of the shamans' direct experiences of other realities with a religious belief system known as Tengerism (Heaven or Sky God-ism). Tengerism originated in Sumeria, one of humanity's earliest civilizations, and probably derived from the early experiences of the shamans, prophets, and mystics of pre-Mesopotamian eras.

The modern Mongolian term Tenger (or Tengri), meaning both "sky realms" and "sky spirits," almost certainly derives from the Sumerian word Dingir, also meaning both "sky realm(s)" and "deity(-ies)." The concept of divinity in Sumerian was closely associated with the heavens, evident from the shared cuneiform sign for both heaven and sky, and from the fact that its earliest form is a star shape. The name of every deity in Sumerian is prefixed by a star symbol.

Mircea Eliade proposed that Tengrism may be the closest thing we have found to a reconstructed proto-Indo-European religion. It is also evident that Tengrism's three-layered worldview is nearly identical to the tripartite world found in many kinds of shamanism, as well as the Vedic triloka ("three realms") world structure.

In Mongolian, one who travels the realms of the Tengers is called a Tengeri--"sky-dweller; sky-walker." I like to think that Luke Skywalker, the young warrior-shaman Jedi knight of the fictional Star Wars films, may have inherited his name from this tradition. Interestingly, the BBC reports that in censuses taken in 2001 regarding spiritual beliefs, hundreds of thousands of people selected "Jediism" as their faith of choice--such is the power of shamanism even in our modern myths and legends.

The earliest authenticated records of Mongolian shamanism go back to the beginnings of the Hunnu Dynasty, 209-93 CE (also known as the Xiongnu in Chinese records). Mongolian legend tells us that, during this time, a nine-year-old Hunnu boy united with a she-wolf, engendering the modern-day Mongolian people. The headdress of a shaman (circa 300–100 BCE) was found in one of the graves of Noin-Ula (Mongolian: Noyon uulyn bulsh) in northern Mongolia, and is strikingly similar to the Mongol Darkhad headdress of today. The fabric's colors, weaving methods, and embroidery are also similar to those found in fabric produced by Scythians in the Greek colonies on the Black Sea coast, leading scholars to draw links between these ancient cultures. (Scythian tribal areas were just west of Mongolian territories.)

According to historian and researcher Otgony Purev, shamans played an important role in diplomatic efforts and treaties with neighboring nations. The Hunnu emperors even constructed permanent shamanic shrines, and encouraged individual shamans to synthesize their diverse practices into a national religion. "Shamanist religion" then became part of the organizational basis of governmental and military activity.

Shamanism became the main source of education and ideology for the earliest pre-Mongol states. This continued for nearly 400 years, and ties to education remain influential in the Mongolian shamanic revival even today. With the disintegration of the Hunnu Dynasty, institutionalized shamanism returned to its more natural, individualistic and autonomous forms across a series of disparate Inner Asian kingdoms that spanned a millennium.

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herrpercyperkins · 1 year

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Hara Hara Mahaadeva Shaambho (Vam Vam) Kaashi Vishwaanaatha Gange.

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globalworship · 4 years

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‘Yeshu Raja’ with Maha Prasad ritual

Yeshu Raja - येशु राजा Words by Mumtaz Masih, Music by Hasan Ali Khan Arrangement by Peter Hicks and Chris Hale (Aradhna)

Performed and recorded by Yeshu Satsang Toronto Miranda Stone - vocals & tabla Chris Hale - vocals & sitar Luke Parker - harmonium

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Yeshu Raja Lyrics:

येशु राजा त्रिलोक नाथ Yeshu Raja Triloka Naatha* King Jesus, Lord of the three worlds

दीन दुखी के तुम हो विधाता Deen dukhi ke tuma ho Vidhaata You are the God of the wretched and distressed

1. लाज शर्म मोरी रखियो जगत में Laaj sharam mori rakhiyo jagata mein Protect my honour, save me from shame in the world

तुम बिन नहीं कोई दूजा रे Tum bin nahin koi duja re Without you there is no other

2. पापिन कारण लियो अवतारा Paapin kaaran liyo awatara On account of sin you became incarnate

दियो प्राण दियो छुटकारा Diyo praan diyo chutkaara You gave up your life and released us

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* The word trilok means, the three worlds of sky, atmosphere, and earth, but can also refer to heaven, earth and the lower regions. The word also means, “the Universe.” Trilok Nath refers to “The Lord of the Three Worlds,” or the “Lord of the Universe.” http://aradhnamusic.com/discography/amrit-vani/lyrics-amrit-vani/

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Miranda and Chris write,

This puja is not something we do for show. It's a deeply devotional practice we do in our home....

Breaking open a coconut with a hammer symbolizes sacrifice; the breaking of something whole in itself, leads to nurture and life for others. An older friend and mentor of ours in India first shared this symbol with us during a ceremony in 1999 and it deeply impacted us. It brings to life the verse, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (from the Book of John 15:13).

In an earlier chapter of this same book, in chapter 10 vs. 11, Jesus/Yeshu talks about how seriously he takes his service to humanity when he says, “I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” In a world where powerful leaders resort to throwing colleagues or vulnerable people “under the bus” to avoid having to face their own mistakes, I wonder at the kind of love that could pay the bill for the mistakes of others; not just of friends, but of enemies also. I sing to remind myself of that grace, but more so, I am asking for help from that source of grace to transform how I respond to situations where I’m more likely to attack or defend, rather than listen.

You’ll see Miranda pick up the coconut about 3:50 into the video, then hit it multiple times until the coconut water drains out below. Eventually the coconut breaks into two halves, showing the white coconut meat inside.

The ritual is called Maha Prasad (”Great Grace”), a contextualized ceremony referring to the crucifixion and rich in symbolism. It is not meant as a substitute for Communion as instituted by Yeshu at the Last Supper.

Learn more in this helpful article: https://margnetwork.org/is-maha-prasad-the-same-as-the-lords-supper/

You’ll see such ‘breaking of a coconut’ in this animated video about Yeshu. Go to about 5:30 in the video below and you’ll see a boy asking about the crucifixion. The older man who is telling the Bible stories strikes a cococut, collects the coconut water that drains out, and splits the coconut into two halves - the same ritual we see as ‘Maha Prasad’ in the music/worship video above, used here in a storytelling context.

See the animated video (with English subtitles) at http://www.indigitube.tv/video/coconuts-hindi-language-engsub/

More about Maha Prasad below.

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An earlier studio version of the song, by Chris Hale and Peter Hicks of Aradhna, is on their 2007 album ‘Amrit Vani.’

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My colleague Michael Thomas writes this about Maha Prasad from much experience:

In my experience, this ritual has been taken very well by those present, as a way of physically showing the messiness and rawness and beauty of Prabhuji's sacrifice. *The coconut on the outside, alone, before being broken, has no real value...it is a hairy thing that truly has no worth (except I suppose for throwing at someone). It is only when it is taken and broken, violently smashed open and apart, that it is now available and we can access its literal life-giving nectar and eat of the nourishing flesh. This raw, hard, hairy thing of little value becomes literally life-giving, but only when it is broken for us! In the same way, Prabhuji was broken for us, and sometimes as we smash the coconut during this, pieces may fly around and it can be a mess. It was not a neat, painless experience. But because of that sacrifice, and only because of that sacrifice, we can take and eat, and take and drink of this life-giving nectar, naturally-occuring and more nourishing than Gatorade. But it can only be accessed through the breaking of the coconut. So as we break it open and apart, we remember Prabhuji being broken for us - for the sins of the world, for all who would come and taste and see and take and embrace the gift of this life-giving sacrifice. **When explained in this manner, we have had VERY positive responses. One guy from a very Christian background was saying that he kept expecting it to cross a line of Syncretism at any point, but was thrilled that it didn't but stayed focused on Jesus. Another said that it really made the sacrificial element come alive more, seeing it hammered and broken apart as it was. ***Hindu Background people (in my experience) have also seen it as a positive experience if done and explained in this way. When doing it for Hindu-Background people especially, I just make NO mention of a Christian Ritual, etc, at all. Instead, I may introduce it by talking about how coconuts have different meanings to Hindus across India, but that breaking a coconut is in some traditions an important part of their worship experience, and that as followers of Yeshuji, coconuts can have a special meaning to us as well, as they remind us of His sacrifice. Introducing it in this way, instead of as an adaptation of a Christian Ritual of PrabhuBhoj (Lord's Supper) seems to really increase its acceptability to Hindu Background friends.

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00:40 – Ravi

02:34 – Alice

04:41 – Ravi

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Translinear Light is the last studio album released by Alice Coltrane on Impulse Records in September 2004. Produced by her son, Ravi Coltrane, who also played, it is the final album of Ms. Coltrane's career. Her third son with her deceased husband John Coltrane, Oran, also plays on the record.

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