Posts Tagged ‘Lauren W Deutsch’
Meeting With Sanshin: An Interview with Hiah Park, Lover of the Mountain God
Manshin is a title of respect identifying a mudang, a female Korean shaman. For centuries manshin had been openly persecuted, their practices disrupted and shrines destroyed, their artistry desecrated to entertainment…
Read MoreKim Keumhwa’s Everyday Shamanism
Kim Keumhwa, Korea’s renowned charismatic naramansin, “national” shaman, is already awake…preparing to greet the spirits lodged in her small sindang (spirits’ shrine room) next to her bedroom.
Read MoreKaresansui and the “inelectable and illuminative thread”
“To begin with a chawan in the palm of one’s hand and end up imagining a garden, poem or painting reveals the richness inherent in Japanese culture.” — Allen S. Weiss
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