shamanism

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Shamanism, a belief that it is possible to communicate with and harness the energy of what practitioners perceive to be the spirit world, is practised in certain parts of Russia.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2021

Shamanism has been practiced for centuries, in various forms and by various cultures, from the Indigenous people of the Amazon to the native Inuits of the Canadian Arctic.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2020

For 10 years, he had been a “shaman,” or leader of the ancient religious practice known as Shamanism — a role that typically involves communicating with the spirit world, followers believe, in a trancelike state.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2019

For the last nine years, Mr. Shoemaker has organized the International Amazonian Shamanism Conference in Iquitos, a gathering of hundreds of shamans from all over the world.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2013

The ‘creeds and characters of the observers’ are as ‘different’ as Neoplatonism, Shamanism, Christianity of divers sects, and probably Agnosticism or indifference. 

From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew