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shamanism

[shah-muh-niz-uhm, shey-, sham-uh-] / ˈʃɑ məˌnɪz əm, ˈʃeɪ-, ˈʃæm ə- /
NOUN
folk medicine
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Vishnevsky became fascinated by fly agaric through the accounts of explorers in the 17th and 18th centuries witnessing mushroom rituals and shamanism in Siberia.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

A different bookstore offered volumes on religious topics, such as American Indian shamanism, Christianity and the history of Tibet.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

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

Even today, the place is visited by practitioners of shamanism, who organise drumming sessions in the cave.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

The veiled monotheism of Egypt, the dualism of Persia, the shamanism of Etruria, the pronounced polytheism of India are too contrariant to admit of any one explanation, or to be derivative of one single source....

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles




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