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Shamanism logo #10101) Faith 2) Religion 3) Religious belief
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Shamanism logo #10101) Sorcery
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Shamanism logo #21854Refers 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 spec...
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Shamanism logo #21000 Shamanism (n {respell|SHAH|mən} or n {respell|SHAY|mən}) is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to encounter and interact with the spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world. A shaman is a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevole...
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Shamanism logo #21002• (n.) The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors.
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shamanism logo #21003a religious phenomenon centred on the shaman, an ecstatic figure believed to have power to heal the sick and to communicate with the world beyond. ... [63 related articles]
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shamanism logo #20688Possibly the oldest world religion, originating among the Tungus peoples of Siberia over 8,000 years ago and spreading into China and Southeast Asia and across into Russia and into North and Central...
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shamanism logo #20973An intermediate stage between polytheism and monotheism, which assumes a 'great spirit', with lesser deities subordinated. With the beginnings of shamanism there was the advent of the medicine man or witch doctor, who assumed a supervisory relation to disease and its cure. Formally, shamanism is a religion of ural-altaic peoples of northern asia an...
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Shamanism logo #20972Sha'man·ism noun The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors.
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Shamanism logo #21217Shamanism is the religion of the Inuit of north America and Siberia.
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shamanism logo #20400[n] - any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) 2. [n] - an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
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Shamanism logo #24015an ancient spiritual and medical tradition practiced in native cultures around the world. Using ritual, shamans often enter altered states of consciousness to promote the healing of their clients. Shamans regard themselves as conductors of healing energy or sources from the spiritual realm.
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shamanism logo #20974 noun an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
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Shamanism logo #21203(from Tungusic shaman) A type of religion common in Siberia and neighboring regions without systematic beliefs but entirely inspired by the shaman (priest or priestess) who, working up a frenzy bv dancing, puts himself in touch with the spirits of animals or deceased humans for purposes of magic or divination. -- K.F.L.
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Shamanism logo #22842A spiritual tradition that involves both healing and gaining contact with the spirit world.
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