shamanism
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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
His biggest breakthrough came not from a fellow magician but from a historian: Mircea Eliade, a Romanian scholar of religion known for his writing on esoteric subjects like alchemy and shamanism.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 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
Some of these are connected with thaumaturgy and shamanism, some are connected with the powers of nature, and the several devices overlap and interlace in puzzling fashion.
From The Siouan Indians by W. J. (William John) McGee
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