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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Shamanism, Shamanism - Etymology, Shamanism - History, Shamanism - Asia, Shamanism - Americas, Shamanism - Aspects of the practice, Shamanism - Initiation and learning, Shamanism - Shamanic illness, Shamanism - Practice and method, Shamanism - Shamanic technology, Shamanism - Gender and sexuality, Shamanism - Shamanism and New Age

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Shamanism, Shamanism - Etymology, Shamanism - History, Shamanism - Asia, Shamanism - Americas, Shamanism - Aspects of the practice, Shamanism - Initiation and learning, Shamanism - Shamanic illness, Shamanism - Practice and method, Shamanism - Shamanic technology, Shamanism - Gender and sexuality, Shamanism - Shamanism and New Age

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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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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 - Etymology
• Shamanism - History
• Shamanism - Asia
• Shamanism - Americas
• Shamanism - Aspects of the practice
• Shamanism - Initiation and learning
• Shamanism - Shamanic illness
• Shamanism - Practice and method
• Shamanism - Shamanic technology
• Shamanism - Gender and sexuality
• Shamanism - Shamanism and New Age

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• Ayyavazhi - Symbolism
• Ayyavazhi - Worship Centers
• Ayyavazhi - Pathis
• Ayyavazhi - Nizhal Thangals
• Ayyavazhi - Beliefs
• Ayyavazhi - Santror - The Subjects
• Ayyavazhi - Dharmic Definition
• Ayyavazhi - God
• Ayyavazhi - Dualism in Ayyavazhi
• Ayyavazhi - Pantheism and Panentheism
• Ayyavazhi - Inclusivistic and Exclusivistic Ideas
• Ayyavazhi - View on Gods
• Ayyavazhi - View on Scriptures
• Ayyavazhi - Ultimate Exclusivism
• Ayyavazhi - Shamanism
• Ayyavazhi - Mythology
• Ayyavazhi - Rituals
• Ayyavazhi - The Utopian Formula
• Ayyavazhi - Identity of Ayyavazhi
• Ayyavazhi - New religious phenomenon

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In Christian folklore, the Sabbath (also known as "Witch's Sabbath") was a gathering supposed to have been celebrated by Satanists, witches and warlocks to honor the Devil, offend God, Jesus, the sacraments, the cross, and perform unholy rites. European records tell of innumerable cases of persons being accused or tried for taking part Sabbath gatherings, from the Middle Ages to the 17th century or later. However, there are no reliable reports on what actually happened during a Sabbath; and much of what was written about them m ...

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• Sabbath witchcraft - The Sabbath in history
• Sabbath witchcraft - What has been said about the Sabbath
• Sabbath witchcraft - Ritual elements
• Sabbath witchcraft - Location
• Sabbath witchcraft - Dates
• Sabbath witchcraft - What is actually known about the Sabbath
• Sabbath witchcraft - Origins and connections
• Sabbath witchcraft - Hallucinogens
• Sabbath witchcraft - Old heathen rituals
• Sabbath witchcraft - Shamanism and African rituals
• Sabbath witchcraft - The Sabbath in art

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Certain drugs can affect the subjective qualities of perception, thought or emotion, resulting in altered interpretations of sensory input, alternate states of consciousness, or hallucinations. This general group of pharmacological agents can be divided into three broad categories: psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants. All of these agents act as neurotransmitter mimics, often as agonists or antagonists at neurotransmitter receptors. Their primary effects are markedly different from those of st ...

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• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Psychedelics
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• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Deliriants
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Etymology and alternative terms
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - History of use
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Traditional religious and shamanic use entheogens
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Early scientific investigations
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Hallucinogens after World War II
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Social status of hallucinogens
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Legal status
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Pharmacology
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Pharmacological classes of hallucinogens
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Psychedelics serotonin 5-HT2A receptor agonists
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Dissociatives
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Deliriants anticholinergics
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Hallucinogenic plants fungi and animals
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Plants
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Fungi
• Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Animals

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Exorcism is the practice of evicting demons or other evil spiritual entities which are supposed to have possessed (taken control of) a person or object. The practice is quite ancient and still part of the belief system of many religions. The person performing the exorcism, known as an exorcist, is often a priest, or an individual thought to be graced with special powers or skills. The exorcist may use religious material, such as prayers and set formulas, gestures, symbols, icons, amulets, etc.. The exorcist often invokes some benign s ...

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• Exorcism - Exorcism in Islam
• Exorcism - Exorcism in the Qur'an and Sunnah
• Exorcism - On the nature of the Jinn
• Exorcism - Exorcism in other religions
• Exorcism - Exorcism-related deaths
• Exorcism - Exorcism in fiction

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5-MeO-DMT is a very powerful psychedelic entheogen. It is found in a wide variety of plant species and has been used by South American shamans for over 1200 years. 5-MeO-DMT - Chemistry. 5-MeO-DMT was first synthesized in 1936, and in 1959 it was isolated as one of the psychoactive ingredients of Anadenanthera peregrina seeds used in Yopo snuff. TiHKAL #38 on Erowid, Erowid's 5-MeO-DMT Vault 5-MeO-DMT - History. Traditionally 5-MeO-DMT was ...

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The Abenaki (also Wabanaki) are a Native American tribe located in the northeastern United States. Religious ceremonies are led by shamans, called Medeoulin (Mdawinno). The history of the Abenaki people is divided into three time periods. In the first, the Ancient Age, humanity and animal-life are undifferentiated. In the second, the Golden Age, animals are still humans, but quantitatively different. In the third, the Present Age, animals and humanity are totally differentiated. Abenaki mythology - Beings of the Golden A ...

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• Abenaki mythology - Beings of the Golden Age
• Abenaki mythology - Gluskab and Malsumis
• Abenaki mythology - Beings of the Present Age
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Burkhanism or Ak Jang is a new religious movement that flourished among the indigenous people of Russia's Gorno Altai region (okrug) between 1904 and the 1930s. Czarist Russia was suspicious of the movement's potential to stir up native unrest and perhaps involve outside powers. The Soviet authorities ultimately suppressed it for fear of its potential to unify Siberian Turkic speakers under a common nationalism. Originally millenarian, charismatic and anti-shamanic, the Burkhanist movement gradually lost most of t ...

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• Burkhanism - Burkhanism today
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Banisteriopsis caapi, also known as Ayahuasca, Caapi or Yage, is a South American jungle vine of the family Malpighiaceae. It is used to prepare Ayahuasca, a decoction that has a long history of entheogenic uses as a medicine and "plant teacher" among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Rainforest. It contains beta-carbolines (which are MAOIs) such as harmine, harmaline, and tetrahydroharmine. Caapi needs sunlight to grow, and most caapi is cultivated by the shamans who use it. According to The C ...

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A Magus (plural Magi, from Latin, via Greek μάγος from Old Persian maguš; Old English: Mage) was a Zoroastrian astrologer-priest from ancient Persia. The best known Magi are the "Wise Men from the East" in the Bible. In English, the term may refer to a shaman, sorcerer, or wizard; it is the origin of the English words magic and magician. Magus - Etymology. Magus - Greek-Persian roots. The Greek word is attested from the 5th century BC (Ancient Greek) a ...

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Hao learns of the Shaman Fight, of which the winner becomes the Shaman King. He comes to believe it is the key to cleansing the world of non-shaman, which he felt were defiling the natural world. His plans are discovered and the Asakura clan gathered again him and defeated him. His mastery of the five elements of nature (fire, water, metal, wood, and earth) prevented his permanant death as he could now control the circumstances of his reincarnation. He chose to be reborn 500 years later, in time for the next Shaman Fight. His new inca ...

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Hao Asakura, Hao Asakura - Character, Hao Asakura - History, Hao Asakura - Events of Shaman King, Hao Asakura - Abilities/Techniques, Hao Asakura - Anime vs Manga, Hao Asakura - Side Note

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(Main article: Ayyavazhi mythology) The mythology of Ayyavazhi makes explicit the fact that the essence of this vision is an account of a history - a past, a present and a future - meant by weaving together of empirical facts as well as mythical accounts. It unfolds around three axiomatic typologies, namely Santror, Kali Yukam and Dharma Yukam. It transverses through a past, a present, and a future in a teleological manner. The basic concepts give a symbolic vision ...

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Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - History, Ayyavazhi - Scriptures and holy places, Ayyavazhi - Symbolism, Ayyavazhi - Worship Centers, Ayyavazhi - Pathis, Ayyavazhi - Nizhal Thangals, Ayyavazhi - Beliefs, Ayyavazhi - Santror - The Subjects, Ayyavazhi - Dharmic Definition, Ayyavazhi - God, Ayyavazhi - Dualism in Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - Pantheism and Panentheism, Ayyavazhi - Inclusivistic and Exclusivistic Ideas, Ayyavazhi - View on Gods, Ayyavazhi - View on Scriptures, Ayyavazhi - Ultimate Exclusivism, Ayyavazhi - Shamanism, Ayyavazhi - Mythology, Ayyavazhi - Rituals, Ayyavazhi - The Utopian Formula, Ayyavazhi - Identity of Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - New religious phenomenon

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Hao is the main antagonist and the evil ancestor and twin brother of Yoh Asakura, the main protagonist. A powerful shaman of the Asakura clan, he strived to become Shaman King one thousand years prior to the start of the story. He had mastered all the arts and techniques of Onmyoudou, including the ability to see the future, use reishi (soul sight), command powerful spirits and allow and co ...

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Hao Asakura, Hao Asakura - Character, Hao Asakura - History, Hao Asakura - Events of Shaman King, Hao Asakura - Abilities/Techniques, Hao Asakura - Anime vs Manga, Hao Asakura - Side Note

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The mythology of Ayyavazhi makes explicit the fact that the essence of this vision is an account of a history - a past, a present and a future - meant by weaving together of empirical facts as well as mythical accounts. It unfolds around three axiomatic typologies, namely Santror, Kali Yukam and Dharma Yukam. It transverses through a past, a present, and a future in a teleological manner. The basic concepts give a symbolic vision which is at once religious and social. It was closely linked to that of Hinduism. The first part, which ta ...

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Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - History, Ayyavazhi - Scriptures and holy places, Ayyavazhi - Symbolism, Ayyavazhi - Worship centers, Ayyavazhi - Pathis, Ayyavazhi - Nizhal Thangals, Ayyavazhi - Beliefs, Ayyavazhi - Santror - The Subjects, Ayyavazhi - Dharmic definition, Ayyavazhi - God, Ayyavazhi - Dualism in Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - Pantheism and panentheism, Ayyavazhi - Inclusivistic and exclusivistic ideas, Ayyavazhi - View on gods, Ayyavazhi - View on scriptures, Ayyavazhi - Ultimate exclusivism, Ayyavazhi - Shamanism, Ayyavazhi - Mythology, Ayyavazhi - Rituals, Ayyavazhi - The utopian formula, Ayyavazhi - Identity of Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - New religious phenomenon

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The religious phenomenon of Ayyavazhi made its presence felt primarily by a movement of people accross the country, and their confluence around Ayya Vaikundar. A large number of people criss-crossing the country and their convergence around Vaikundar at Poovandanthoppe created an excitement in the country. The majority of those that participated in this religious phenomenon of Ayyavazhi was from the subaltern section of the society. It was a great challenge right from the beginning stage of the development of Ayyavazhi, for the Christian mis ...

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Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - History, Ayyavazhi - Scriptures and holy places, Ayyavazhi - Symbolism, Ayyavazhi - Worship Centers, Ayyavazhi - Pathis, Ayyavazhi - Nizhal Thangals, Ayyavazhi - Beliefs, Ayyavazhi - Santror - The Subjects, Ayyavazhi - Dharmic Definition, Ayyavazhi - God, Ayyavazhi - Dualism in Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - Pantheism and Panentheism, Ayyavazhi - Inclusivistic and Exclusivistic Ideas, Ayyavazhi - View on Gods, Ayyavazhi - View on Scriptures, Ayyavazhi - Ultimate Exclusivism, Ayyavazhi - Shamanism, Ayyavazhi - Mythology, Ayyavazhi - Rituals, Ayyavazhi - The Utopian Formula, Ayyavazhi - Identity of Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - New religious phenomenon

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The religious phenomenon of Ayyavazhi made its presence felt primarily by a movement of people across the country, and their confluence around Ayya Vaikundar. A large number of people criss-crossing the country and their convergence around Vaikundar at Poovandanthoppe created an excitement in the country. The majority of those that participated in this religious phenomenon of Ayyavazhi was from the subaltern section of the society. It was a great challenge right from the beginning stage of the development of Ayyavazhi, for the Christian miss ...

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Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - History, Ayyavazhi - Scriptures and holy places, Ayyavazhi - Symbolism, Ayyavazhi - Worship centers, Ayyavazhi - Pathis, Ayyavazhi - Nizhal Thangals, Ayyavazhi - Beliefs, Ayyavazhi - Santror - The Subjects, Ayyavazhi - Dharmic definition, Ayyavazhi - God, Ayyavazhi - Dualism in Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - Pantheism and panentheism, Ayyavazhi - Inclusivistic and exclusivistic ideas, Ayyavazhi - View on gods, Ayyavazhi - View on scriptures, Ayyavazhi - Ultimate exclusivism, Ayyavazhi - Shamanism, Ayyavazhi - Mythology, Ayyavazhi - Rituals, Ayyavazhi - The utopian formula, Ayyavazhi - Identity of Ayyavazhi, Ayyavazhi - New religious phenomenon

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The traditional history of the Tlingit people involves the creation myths, the Raven Cycle, other tangentially related events during the mythic age when spirits freely transformed from animal to human and back, the migration story of coming to Tlingit lands, the clan histories, and more recent events near the time of first contact with Europeans. At this point the European and American historical records come into play, and although modern Tlingits have access to and review these historical records, they continue to maintain their own historical record by telling stories of ancestors and events which have importance to them against th ...

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Tlingit, Tlingit - Territory, Tlingit - Culture, Tlingit - Kinship, Tlingit - Property, Tlingit - Potlatch, Tlingit - Art, Tlingit - War, Tlingit - Food, Tlingit - Nutrition, Tlingit - Beach Food, Tlingit - Salmon, Tlingit - Herring and Hooligan, Tlingit - Other Fish, Tlingit - Marine Mammals, Tlingit - Game, Tlingit - Philosophy and Religion, Tlingit - Dualism, Tlingit - Spirituality, Tlingit - Death and the Afterlife, Tlingit - Shamanism, Tlingit - Man and Nature, Tlingit - The Kooshdakhaa, Tlingit - History, Tlingit - Creation myth and the Raven Cycle, Tlingit - The Tlingit migration, Tlingit - Clan histories, Tlingit - First contact, Tlingit - Fur trade, Tlingit - Alaskan purchase, Tlingit - The bombing of Angoon, Tlingit - Territorial education and religion, Tlingit - ANB and recognizing rights, Tlingit - WWII, Tlingit - ANCSA, Tlingit - Today

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