Shamanism: The Siberian Paradigm in the Analysis of ShamansTHE SHAMAN ANALYSIS: A BRIEF INTRODUCTIONKing Louis IX of France, a devout Roman Catholic revered as a saint and monarch an exemplary Christian, he received a heartbreaking report from a Franciscan monk in 1255. The monk Wilhelm av Ruysbroek, who had been sent to the Mongolian court on behalf of France, told the tale of an oracle who invoked spirits with witchcraft and stoked a dark evil with drum music and boiled meat. Scholars now realize that this tale describes the first encounter a Westerner experienced with shamanic rituals (Siikala, AL & Hoppál, M. 1998). More importantly, despite his subjective representation, the French monk introduced the concept of the shaman to the West. Through much subsequent eyewitness testimony, it would be seen that the role of the shaman has remained relatively unchanged from century to century. The shaman, as a spiritual-religious specialist, is now at the center of much Western study with research analyzing the role of this individual within shamanic belief systems. However, it is within this study that the scholar of shamanism must learn about the characteristics of the shaman through the collection and examination of primary data in order to appropriately interpose the established conclusions to the discipline. These findings should introduce original claims to the field, such as shaman identification criteria, detailed research methodologies, and deconstructions of clan-specific shamanic history. More importantly, the data to be analyzed must come from first-hand accounts of shamans and their otherworldly journeys, ceremonial rituals, and specialized paraphernalia. The purpose of this piece of research is… half of the paper… different worlds and interaction with otherworldly beings are juxtaposed with reliance on a participatory community. Ultimately scholars are given an understanding of the shaman that is in accord with the reality of cultural circumstances. Bibliography Eliade, M. (2005). In L. Jones (Ed.), Encyclopedia of religion (2nd ed. ed., pp. 8269-8274). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. Pharo, L. K. (2011). A methodology for a deconstruction and reconstruction of the concepts "Shaman" and "Shamanism". Numen: International Review of the History of Religions, 58Sidky, H. (2010). Ethnographic perspectives on the differentiation of shamans from other ritual intercessors. Asian Ethnology, 69(2), (pp. 213-240). Siikala, A. L. & Hoppál, M. (1998). Studies on shamanism. Helsinki: Finnish Anthropological Society.Stutley, M. (2003). Shamanism: an introduction. London: Routledge.