Archetypal Symbols and Altered Consciousness: A Study of Shamanic Rituals in the Context of Jungian Psychology

Abstract

The alteration of consciousness during shamanic rituals is both a physical and mystical phenomenon. It involves psychological and spiritual experiences. Therefore, this study to the mechanism of the altered consciousness phenomenon from the Jungian psychology perspective.Jungian psychology; archetypes symbols; altered states of consciousness; religious rituals; shamanism