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Replica of a Saami rune drum,
confiscated in 1691
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In a recent post, blogger and author David Warner Mathisen
presented the argument that the shamanic worldview is an integral part of the
shared history of all humanity, but that this worldview has been deliberately
stolen and suppressed, beginning at a specific time and place in Western Europe
and that the suppression spread from there. The shamanic worldview was
perceived as an extremely potent threat -- to the point that possession of a
shamanic drum has in almost every case been outlawed, and a policy of
confiscation and destruction of drums implemented. The sameness of this policy
of outlawing drums, whether for ostensibly theological reasons (in
literalist-Christian cultures) or political reasons (in officially atheist and
communist regimes), and its persistence through several centuries and in many
different nations, is astonishing and notable. Read more.
