[PnP] pnp Digest, Vol 140, Issue 14

[Scott Adams]

Very good answers.
As I read I recall a in search of or some other show talking about it 
(nova?).  A couple decades ago.
IF I recall they did mention the drum had that natural beat like a 
heart and such.
Rattles is a good idea. Easy ot find a rattle snake. :)
Thanks.


At 11:40 AM 8/25/2017, you wrote:
>I did some web wandering.  I couldn't find much else as an 
>option.  I did see that the 'drum' would often look more like a 
>tambourine.  The drum could be carried in a decorated satchel bag.
>
>The thing about the drum is it helped the shaman connect to the 
>rhythms of nature...and from there enter into their trance from 
>which the magic could more easily flow.  So...if you had some other 
>way to connect to those natural rhythms, you might be able to use 
>that...but I don't know what kind of instrument it could 
>be.  Sometimes maybe bells/gongs...?  Cymbals, sticks to hit 
>together, blocks of wood, castanets, sistrum (bells/cymbals on a 
>stick or staff), scrapers (wood with corrugated carvings where you 
>run a stick up and down the ridges), maybe even a cabasa.
>
>Anyway, I think you would need to stick with something primitive 
>cultures could make by hand.
>
>Some other things.  Rattles were fairly prevalent.  They could be 
>made from wood, hide, or other natural materials.  Think of them 
>like a wizard's wand.  The noise-making parts could be inside the 
>rattle or even on the outside.  They uses rocks and dried seeds to 
>make the rattle noise.
>
>Masks were very common.  Highly decorated and made from all sorts of 
>materials.
>
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>Sent from my iPad
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 09:30:20 -0400
> > From: Scott Adams <longshotgm at comcast.net>
> > To: pnp at list.powersandperils.org
> > Subject: [PnP] Shamanic Drum
> >
> > I will have ot check my files that Alex did a lot of Q&A with Richard.
> >
> > But do you think he meant for only the Drum or something else?
> >
> > Why can't a diff shaman use a totem of bones or totem of feathers or such?
> >
> > Do yo uguys allow non-drum shamanic focus? Focii? (sp)
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