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| Published: March 29, 2017

Initiatory Experiences of Amaibi: A Phenomenological Study

Yumlembam Aditi

Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.178/20170402

DOI: 10.25215/0402.178

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Amaibis are priestesses and healers of the Meitei, one of the ethnic groups of Manipur, India. In the present paper, narratives of two Amaibis were subjected to an adaptation of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore and make sense of the experiences that constitute their life-world. Sickness and initiatory crises; dreams and altered states of consciousness; attempts to shield the initiate; heeding the call and search for “Ema Guru”; training and initiation of vocation; and adherence of rules and restrictions were found to be the six super ordinate themes which encapsulate the participants’ journey of shamanic initiation and ordeals towards the path of Amaibihood.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.178/20170402

10.25215/0402.178

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Published in   Volume 04, Issue 2, January-March, 2017