Origins and Implications of Korean Shamanism.

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This paper refers to Eliade and other assorted sources on the origins and implications of Korean shamanism. This paper discusses the survival of elaborate tradition through time, the arrival of formal religions and the present revival of different forms of shamanism. Reference is made to theoretical arguments to do with modernization and secularism vs. religious revival and intensification.

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"The Origins and Implications of Shamanism in Korea. Introduction Shamanism or `Mu' reached the Korean peninsula with early migrations from elsewhere in beliefs and practices that are also sometimes found, in Siberia, Manchuria, Mongolia and other parts of China, and Japan. As Mircea Eliade explained, whatever seems gone from a culture is usually found again, in old supernatural understandings to resurface. (Myth 97-98) What was dismissed as `primitive' in 19th century Korea is seen again, sometimes combined with other religions, or in renewed interest in Korean shamanism, alone. Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism or Christianity did not dislodge Korean shamanism, as new religions had to cope with its practices and ideas that remained deeply entrenched."

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