ABSTRACT This article hypothesizes that the root meaning of the concept mana (including cognate terms in other Pacific languages) derives from the direct experience of psychic energy which may then be interpreted in individual traditions as associated with personal power, healing, shamanic skill, transmission of status, political authority, orientation to land, efficacy, and so forth. I posit (1) that the root transpersonal experience of psychic energy is a pan-cultural universal, an experience and concept found among spiritual traditions around the world, labeled under different terms and associations, and (2) that there are neuropsychological data to support such a claim. Evidence for the spontaneous occurrence and ritual evocation of psychic energy experiences is derived not only from traditional spiritual traditions, but also from all the major global religions. Grounding the origins of mana in experience, rather than myth, lore, metaphysics, etc., will clarify the confusion often encountered in the anthropological literature on Pacific spiritual traditions.

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法力：精神能量、精神力量和体验大脑

摘要 本文假设法力概念的根本含义（包括其他太平洋语言中的同源术语）源自精神能量的直接体验，然后可以在个人传统中将其解释为与个人力量、治疗、萨满技能、地位、政治权威、土地取向、效力等。我假设 (1) 心灵能量的根本超个人体验是一种泛文化普遍性，一种在世界各地精神传统中发现的体验和概念，被标记为不同的术语和关联，以及 (2) 有神经心理学数据支持这样的主张。精神能量体验的自发发生和仪式唤起的证据不仅来自传统的精神传统，但也来自所有主要的全球宗教。将法力起源于经验而非神话、传说、形而上学等，将澄清人类学文献中经常遇到的关于太平洋精神传统的混乱。