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Shamanism is in practice in Ayyavazhi right from the period of Vaikundar. At present certain people who are considered to be posed by the divine power use to perform shamanism in many Ayyavazhi worship centers. Though a whole acceptance from the followers in not there for this practise, several followers accept this. They claim that this practise was based on quotes on scriptures such as "to convey certain messages to the ordinary folk." Some also believe that through the words of these possessed persons one could be able to know what God tells about him or herself or their activities. As part of shamanic practice, they exhort the people on various matters, practiced divination (''Kanakku'') to discern the causes of sickness and misfortunes, and '' 'foretold future happenings' ''. Some LMS reports attest to the prevalence of shamans and shamanistic practices in centres of Ayyavazhi. This is now in practice in some worship centres. The Akilattirattu Ammanai seems to have recognizes shamanic acts of worship. A quote in Arul Nool reads, '' "For imparting knowledge and making things clear, I kept those who practice divination in the temples." '' Though shamanism was practised in Ayyavazhi, it was accepted by the scriptures only as an ignorant way of worship (beginning stage in worship) or the initial way to teach a beginner the metaphysics. Desika Vinayaham Pillai, the popular poet from Travancore, in his book ''Mammakkal Vali Manmiyam'', alludes to the existence of practice of such '' 'kanakku' '' at Ayyavazhi centres of worship. ==Mudisoodum Perumal as a shaman== Apart from the belief on the triune power within Vaikundar, some people also believe that ''Mudisoodum Perumal'' is carried within Vaikundar after the incarnation of Vaikundar, i.e. sometimes he acts as Vaikundar, sometimes as Mudisoodum Perumal, sometimes as Narayana etc. There is also a belief that 'Vaikundar' is a divine power who was posed by the shaman Mudisoodum perumal. And in that case all the activities of Vaikundar found in Akilam were that of the 'divine posed Mudisoodum perumal'. All these complex ideas are made on the basis of different implications of phrase from Ayyavazhi scriptures. There is also a belief that Mudisoodum Perumal himself is a shaman before the incarnation of Vaikundar, where he is being possessed by Narayana. Mudisoodum Perumal as a shaman had the faculty of ecstatic religiosity that manifested in modes of trances. Many texts from Akilattirattu Ammanai and Arul Nool are believed to point to his giving out instructions to people from a state of such ecstatic religiosity. They speak of this state as that of ‘singing’, uttering predictions in a style of hoot, lamentations etc. For example, a text in Akilam says that he “danced in a circle”, saying, “today a word of instructions ha scome upon me”, and then, from the state, exhorted the people to undertake a tavam. Another text in Arul Nool reads as "I, a 'pallikkanakkan' (one who practises divination in a temple), am coming by dancing on a point”, and another as, “I came to make you dance, sing, and spring you in ecstasy”. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shamanism in Ayyavazhi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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