shaman
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When that didn’t cure him, he turned to a Santa Monica shaman who believed generational trauma caused the actor’s ailments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Wu Shaohua, a 28-year-old from Jiangxi province, was dressed in what one imagines a Tibetan shaman might wear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
"May all that is bad dissolve into the river and never return," the shaman chanted.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Spear dies a hero at the second season’s close, only for a shaman to reanimate him in the third season premiere as a zombie.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
“It’s good that you have it. You will need its strength,” the shaman said, and then his gaze fixed itself once again upon some faraway point.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
He points to the ayahuasqueros, or shamans of the Amazon Basin, as an example of how humans have engaged in radically different methodologies of discovery for generations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Peruvian shamans predict global conflict, a White House shakeup in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
“Historically, Korean shamans are mostly women, which was kind of perfect for us. They were women, but they actually wore male garb, so they were dressed looking like men.”
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
Greek photographer Athanasios Maloukos's portfolio of shamans performing rituals on Siberia's frozen Lake Baikal was the judges' choice in the People and Cultures category.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2024
I saw the words of the shamans hang in the frigid air as they chanted the traditional prayer together.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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