Blainey, Marc
Occupation:
Ph.D. candidate
Academic Degree(s):
-Honours B.A. in Anthropology (University of Western Ontario)
-M.A. in Anthropology (Trent University)
Academic Affiliation:
Tulane University
Address:
Permanent Residence in Ontario, Canada
Now residing in New Orleans
Louisiana, USA
Phone:
(504) 322-7156
Area of Interest:
-Cognitive Archaeology (iconography, religion, cosmology, and ideology)
-ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology
-existentialism, metaphysics
-ethnoarchaeology comparing ancient shamanism and neo-shamanism
Current Project:
-Ph.D. studies @ Tulane University:
working title: "Ethnometaphysical Investigations of the Rise of the Santo
Daime Church in Europe"
Publications:
-"The Political, Ideological, and Economic Significance of Ancient Maya Iron-Ore Mirrors" (2007)
M.A. Thesis, published on Wayeb
http://www.wayeb.com/indexresources.htm?/resourceswayebtheses.htm
-"Evidence for Ritual Use of Entheogens in Ancient Mesoamerica and the Implications for the Approach to Religion and Worldview" (2005)
B.A. Thesis, published on Wayeb
http://www.wayeb.com/indexresources.htm?/resourceswayebtheses.htm
-"Deciphering Ancient Maya Metaphysics: Conventional Icons Signifying the King-as-Conduit Complex" accepted for publication in Ancient Mesoamerica, forthcoming
-"Lessons from Classic Maya Metaphysics: The Porous Barrier between the Seen (Nen) and Unseen (Akb’al) Realms"
