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Attainment of higher states of consciousness by natural means: North America: The vision quest of the Sioux; Indian: Transcendental meditation of the Vedic tradition

Milota, Robert S. (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)

The mind is able to transcend so-called ordinary or gross perception to come to the Sacred or inner perception by natural means, and furthermore, this experience is an actual change in one's consciousness--hence the ...
Culture shock in paradise

Holmes, Ellen Rhoads (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)

Self-observation of professional anthropologist on her first field trip to American Samoa.
Female circumcision in two contexts

Jervis, Lori L. (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)

Female circumcision is a practice which j.s appalling to many Westerners, yet in cultures where it occurs, it is often considered only a custom. Yet the failure of repeated attempts to eliminate the practice by both ...
Lambda Alpha Journal of Man, v.20 (complete version)

Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)

This issue of LAJ consists of seven articles: Culture shock in paradise by Ellen Rhoads Holmes; Attainment of higher states of consciousness by natural means (North America: The vision quest of the Sioux; Indian: ...
A possible historical basis for La llorna legend

Agogino, George A. (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)
Psychology and biochemistry in the shamanic world

Damrose, John (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)

The idea that and may be employed by us to uncover information, to heal the sick or injured, and to punish or to maim others is something that boggles a Western mind. Perhaps even more perplexing is the fact that ...
Smiles on faces and thumbs in the bread: self-esteem maintenance in a service occupation

Dawson, Sherri (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)

"Dr. Jekeyll and Mr. Hyde" was a term used by an informant, a grocery store cahsier, to assess accurately how a cashier's attitudes, actions, and self-esteem change with each customer. Every day a cashier will have to ...
Two perspectives on the etiology of pibloktoq

Lister, Janet (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1989)

Mental illness may be viewed as a disorder common to the human condition and has long been the sUbject of investigation by various disciplines. Anthropology brings a cross-cultural perspective to this inquiry. Two ...