Sacral experiences: new evidence on the characteristics of types of altered states of consciousness and the differentiation of Kyrgyz shamanism
Based on the systemized published ethnographic materials and new evidence retrieved from Togolok Moldo's manuscripts of 1929 as well as on the results of author's field research carried out in the Kyrgyz regions of Chui, Talas and Jalal-Abad in 2013-16, the author attempts to comprehend the specificities of ways of reaching altered states of consciousness and trance by black and white shamans-bakshy in the Kyrgyz culture.