shamanism
shamanism
Definition
sha·man·ism (---iz′əm)
noun
the religion of certain peoples, esp. some indigenous to N Asia, based on a belief in good and evil spirits who can be influenced only by the shamans
sha′·man·ist noun
sha′·man·is′·tic adjective
shamanism
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- people: Drug religion, related to the shamanism of the people of the steppe.
Converse of object
- discuss: Chapter Three will discuss Shamanism with regard to five particular objectives.
- study: She has studied shamanism, and connects her spirituality with her love of form and shape.
- include: These traditional interpretations are now being queried, not least by a renewed interest in the archeology of ancient religious activity, including shamanism.
- do: There are two keys to doing shamanism: Achieving the altered state of consciousness that allows you access to non-ordinary reality.
Adjective modifier
- contemporary: What useful books are available about nontraditional contemporary shamanism?
- Amazonian: The concept of plants as teachers is of paramount importance in Amazonian shamanism.
- archaic: To recap archaic shamanism was geographically extensive in the ancient world.
- traditional: There are a number of relatively common practices and experiences in traditional shamanism which are being investigated by modern researchers.
- modern: Nor can any artificial religion like modern Shamanism do the trick.
- professional: But there was some form of professional shamanism, tho not specialized, since every old woman could shamanize.
Noun used with modifier
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