shamanism
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They were first brutally forced to adopt Christianity and abandon their shamanism, before assimilation efforts intensified in the 19th and 20th centuries as the far north's economic importance grew.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The practice is linked to a sect of esoteric Japanese Buddhism called Shugendo, which has its roots in ancient mysticism, shamanism, and mountain worship.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 19, 2024
Hytönen-Ng also interviewed and observed a modern-day practitioner of shamanism who uses the Devil's Church for rituals.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
From flying reindeer to presents and ornaments to the bearded man with the North Pole address, a ton of iconography overlaps with indigenous psychedelic shamanism in Siberia and northern Europe.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
The old unorganised animism passes into an organised shamanism, such as still prevails among certain Siberian tribes.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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