NEOSHAMANISM: BACK TO THE PROBLEM OF DEFINITION
The paper deals with the problem of definition for neoshamanism as a controversial modern culture phenomenon. Despite the significant interest taken by anthropologists, religious scholars and psychologists in neoshamanism, the common definition has not been formed yet. Furthermore, nowadays the whole complex of definitions looks like weak-coordinated semantic canvas and this fact is able to slow accurate studies for this phenomenon. The article demonstrates the analysis of different definitions for neoshamanism and reveals its essential points. Being based on the most congruent terms, the author offers a working classification for modern forms of shamanism and finds place for neoshamanism segregating it from other “shamanic” streams (as core shamanism, crosstraditional shamanism etc.).