shaman
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"May all that is bad dissolve into the river and never return," the shaman chanted.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Spear dies a hero at the second season’s close, only for a shaman to reanimate him in the third season premiere as a zombie.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
Maybe the shaman saw something and was concerned because she approached Brown and asked if she could sing to him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
Another woman then informed the victim by telephone that the "shaman" had fallen into a severe coma as a result of the ritual.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2025
He realized that she was some kind of shaman when she said: "Never let someone tell you that you can't do it."
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
He points to the ayahuasqueros, or shamans of the Amazon Basin, as an example of how humans have engaged in radically different methodologies of discovery for generations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Peruvian shamans predict global conflict, a White House shakeup in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
The shamans, like the one seen in “Squid Game,” usually are mediators to the spirit world using divination or other rituals.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
Mr Verrett has said he is the latest in six generations of shamans and once said he died for four minutes and 25 seconds.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
The berdaches are the shamans of the tribe.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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