Shamanism refers to the traditional healing and religious practices of Northern Asia (Siberia) and Mongolia. By extension, the concept of shamanism has been extended in common language to a range of traditional beliefs and practices that involve the ability to diagnose, cure, and sometimes cause human suffering by traversing the axis mundi and forming a special relationship with, or gaining control over, spirits. Shamans have been credited with the ability to control the weather, divination, the interpretation of dreams, astral projection, and traveling to upper and lower worlds. Shamanistic traditions have exist ...

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• Shamanism - Practice and method
• Shamanism - Shamanic technology
• Shamanism - Gender and sexuality
• Shamanism - Shamanism and New Age

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Shamanism: A shaman is one who helps people in their dealings with the other worlds. These other worlds are the realms above, beyond, and deep with the experiences of our lives. These are the realms of the spiritual, psychic vision and pure, natural Earth energies. In shamanism these worlds were traditionally represented as the upper world of the sky, or spirit levels, and the lower worlds of Earth and Nature.

(See also: Shamanism, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

Core Shamanism or Neoshamanism is a system of shamanic beliefs and practices from all over the world. Synthesized by Michael Harner, PhD, core shamanism does not hold a fixed belief system, but instead focuses on the practice of trance travel and may on an individual basis integrate indigenous shamanism, the teachings of Carlos Castaneda and other spiritualities. Specific practices include the use of rapid drumming [about 220 beats per minute] to attain the Shamanic State of Consciousness, communication with power animal ...

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There are a number of shamanistic practices that are developed in Korea, where the role of a shaman is most frequently taken by women. They have deep roots and have inter-influenced Buddhism and Taoism. This meeting is mediated by a shaman. In contemporary Korean, a shaman is known as a mudang. Even though belief in Korean shamanism is not as widespread as it once was, the practices are kept alive. In the past such shamanistic rites have included as agricultural rites, such as prayers for abundant harvest. With a shift a ...

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• Korean Shamanism - Gut
• Korean Shamanism - Naerim-gut
• Korean Shamanism - Dodang-gut
• Korean Shamanism - Ssitgim-gut
• Korean Shamanism - Regional Shaman Rites

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shamanism (shamanic): From the Sanskrit shramana, "ascetic," akin to shram, meaning "to exert."

Generally refers to any religion based on the belief that good or evil spirits can be influenced by priests, or shamans, who serve as intermediaries between man and divine forces. Descriptive of many of the world's tribal, indigenous faiths. See also: folk-shamanic, pagan, paganism, shamanism, incantation, mysticism, Shaktism.)

Image:Shaman.jpg Shamanistic practices are sometimes claimed to predate all organized religions, and certainly date back to the Neolithic period. Aspects of shamanism are encountered in later, organized religions, generally in their mystic and symbolic practices. Greek paganism was influenced by shamanism, as reflected in the stories of Tantalus, Prometheus, Medea, and Calypso among others, as well as in the Eleusinian Mysteries, and other mysteries. Some of the shamanic practices of the Greek religion were l ...

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Different forms of shamanism are found around the world, and practitioners are also known as medicine men or women, as well as witch doctors. Shamanism - Initiation and learning. In Shamanic cultures, the shaman plays a priest-like role; however, there is an essential difference between the two, as Joseph Campbell describes: "The priest is the socially initiated, ceremonially inducted member of a recognized religious organization, where he holds a certain rank and functions as the tenant of an ...

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The word "shaman" probably originated among the Siberian Tungus (Evenks) and literally means "he (or she) who knows"; the belief that the word may be derived from Sanskrit is perhaps due to the relation between the words "shamanism" and "shramanism", from the sanskrit "shramana", Pali and Prakrit "samana"; the samanas were ascetics, not shamans, however. However, in Sanskrit, the word "shamana" also exists, and it means the act of calming, tranquilizing, soothing or destroying - this, through Buddhism, could have led to the formation of the modern word Shamanism. ( ...

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Shamanistic practices are sometimes claimed to predate all organized religions, and certainly date back to the Neolithic period. Aspects of shamanism are encountered in later, organized religions, generally in their mystic and symbolic practices. Greek paganism was influenced by shamanism, as reflected in the stories of Tantalus, Prometheus, Medea, and Calypso among others, as well as in the Eleusinian Mysteries, and other mysteries. Some of the shamanic practices of the Greek religion were l ...

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Most characters' names are in Western order, with the given name before the family name. The names of the Taos and other Chinese characters are in Chinese order, with the family name before the given name. The English anime name is to the right of the Japanese name. The English manga uses the Japanese names. Shaman King - Humans. Yoh Asakura (麻倉 葉 Asakura Yō) - The main character and fiance to Anna Kyōyama. He is easy-going, laid back, and carefree, which causes him to have an open min ...

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The traditional rites are not linked to the Gregorian calendar. They are linked either to a particular event, such as a death, or the lunar calendar. ...

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Korean Shamanism, Korean Shamanism - Gut, Korean Shamanism - Naerim-gut, Korean Shamanism - Dodang-gut, Korean Shamanism - Ssitgim-gut, Korean Shamanism - Regional Shaman Rites

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Shaman King - Anime. Note: Japanese titles used The Boy Who Dances With Ghosts Waiting Samurai Another Shaman Hyoi 100% A Shaman Who is Mature for Her Age Kung Fu Master Pailong, Fists of Fury Shaman Life The Boy from the North Fate of 600 Years Rain That Falls In Spring The Star that Signals the Beginning Over Soul Shaman Fight Bone Killers 15th Round Faust Love ...

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The gut is a shamanistic rite where the shaman offers a sacrifice to the spirits. Through singing and dancing the shaman begs the spirits to intercede in the fortunes of the humans in question. The shaman wears a very colourful costume and normally speaks in trance. During a gut a shaman changes their costume several times. There are three elements of a gut. Firstly there is the spirits as the object of folk beliefs. Secondly there is the believers who pray to those spirits. Finally there ...

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Korean Shamanism, Korean Shamanism - Gut, Korean Shamanism - Naerim-gut, Korean Shamanism - Dodang-gut, Korean Shamanism - Ssitgim-gut, Korean Shamanism - Regional Shaman Rites

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Text courtesy of AlphaFlight.Net Michael Twoyoungmen was one of Canada's top surgeons, who had given up his ancestral heritage for a wife and family in the white man's world. When he discovered that his wife Kathryn was diagnosed with cancer, he dedicated himself to healing her, promising his daughter, Elizabeth that he would not let her mother die. When he failed to rid his wife of the cancer, and she died, Elizabeth hated him for not saving her. Elizabeth ended up moving in with Heather Macneill (Later to be Hudson) and her l ...

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The oldest layers of Finnish paganism are probably shamanistic. A Shaman is a wise and respected person, believed to have a special relationship with the spirit world. Shamans go into a trance to commune with spirits and ancestors or to take a journey into the spirit realm. In trances shamans may ask their ancestors or various nature spirits for guidance. They believe that nature has the answers to all questions. According to tales, foreign seafarers bought from Finns ropes tied in knots. By opening the knot a bit, a seaman could rais ...

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Finnish paganism, Finnish paganism - Shamanism, Finnish paganism - Mythology

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Refers to the activities of the shaman when he or she is engaging in the religious or healing practices of shamanism.

(See also: shamanizing, Magic, Shamanism, Pagan Dictionary)

A religious or healing practitioner who practices shamanism.

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The characteristics of someone who is using the techniques of shamanism or the qualities of beliefs or techniques that make them part of shamanism. This term is also used to refer to techniques and practices that are "shamanistic," meaning that they are like shamanism or adapted from it, but the person using them isn't actually a shaman.

(See also: shamanic, Magic, Shamanism, Pagan Dictionary)

include magi, healing, shapeshifting, communication with
ancestral spirits, and divination

(See also: Shamanic Practices, Magic, Shamanism, Pagan Dictionary)