Shenmiao Wang - Week 3

Week 3 - Shamanism in Trouble by Chongho Kim

Chongho Kim aims to establish the exclusivity of Korean Shamanism as a medium that individuals and shamans use to avert or prevent experiences of misfortune. For example, the writer says that the shamanism ritual assisted him to counter the disgrace accrued from supporting the ancient practice. He proclaims that past researches failed to thoroughly explore the cultural paradox of shamanism. For instance, Western radical Laurel Kendall views Korean Shamanism as women’s religion that sprouted from their suppression by the patriarchal system (Kim 7). Kim’s analysis examines the hopeful as well as negative aspects of this religious practice. Additionally, the analysis demonstrates why Korean natives rely on shamanism as a form of Spiritual Realm and why the theme relates to new medical fields despite the universal prejudice against it.

One of the positive impacts of Korean Shamanism is the ritual’s ability to heal the ailing through a transformational thesis.anism rituals allow the sick to connect with existing spiritual realms that foretell the reasons for a person’s misfortune; the transformational argument equals the psychological conversion of clients in modern times. For instance, Kim defends that through a transformational thesis, the Korean Shamanism permits their victims to change their negative attitudes (Kim 153). The ritual converts expressions of guilt, frustration, and low-spiritedness by communicating with ancestral spirits to create an outlook of hope, joy, and confidence on the patient.

However, it is doubtful that Shamanism rituals value the transformational hypothesis as the primary objective for treating the sick. The ceremony must focus on curing the suffering as the principal purpose of his smpoorather than concentrate on converting the victim’s anxiety and worries to hope and joy. Korean Shamanism connects to the Coronavirus pandemic theme and illustrates why the epidemic is probe in Eastern Asian regions as the Korean shamanisms treasure transformational from gonne/the as the significant objective against the leading urgency to cure their patients.

Work Cited

Kim, Chongho. Korean Shamanism: The Cultural Paradox. Ashgate, 2003.