Toornarsuk, or Shamanism Upside Down

Toornarsuk, or Shamanism Upside Down

In our time “spirits” have been reduced to mythical beings often objectified in the form of masks. The mask-figure of Toornarsuk, this cunning and mischievous Eskimo shamanistic spirit-figure’, seems to offer us both a mirror image of the various ways shamanism has been observed and a reflection of...

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