shamanism
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They were first brutally forced to adopt Christianity and abandon their shamanism, before assimilation efforts intensified in the 19th and 20th centuries as the far north's economic importance grew.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The practice is linked to a sect of esoteric Japanese Buddhism called Shugendo, which has its roots in ancient mysticism, shamanism, and mountain worship.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 19, 2024
Even today, the place is visited by practitioners of shamanism, who organise drumming sessions in the cave.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
From flying reindeer to presents and ornaments to the bearded man with the North Pole address, a ton of iconography overlaps with indigenous psychedelic shamanism in Siberia and northern Europe.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
Of what potency the fearful rites and masked mysteries of shamanism, when daily that living wonder, the steamboat, coughed and spluttered up and down the Yukon in defiance of all law, a veritable fire-breathing monster?
From Children of the Frost by Jack London
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