Particulars of cultural identification through the opposition "organism - the environment", and their embodiment in a tradition of Siberian shamanism
The article actualizes a particular importance of the identification strategy «organism - the environment» in a shamanistic tradition of Siberian peoples. Differentiation between a human organism as a certain psychosomatic entity and the environment held a prominent place among cultural adaptation mechanisms with peoples of Siberia. Different parts of a human body determined most important characteristics of the existence, serving channels of communication between the worlds. The consideration of a shamanistic tradition through particulars of the opposition «organism - the environment» offers prospects to construct a worldview model built upon the hierarchy of vital principles correlating to this or that extent with a human organism.