Shamanism
(noun)
A spiritual practice found in many cultures around the world that involves a practitioner, called a shaman, who acts as a medium between the human world and the spirit world, using trance and other techniques to communicate with spirits and to perform spiritual healing and other rituals.
Origin:
From russian шаманизм (šamanizm), from шаман (šaman, "shaman").
Examples:
- Shamanism is an ancient spiritual practice.
- Shamanism is still practiced in many indigenous cultures today.
- The shaman would enter a trance state to communicate with the spirit world.
- Shamanism is a form of animism, in which everything in the natural world is considered to have a spirit.
- The shamanism practices vary depending on the culture, but all share some common characteristics, such as the belief in the power of the spirits.