Just Believe
Shamanism, a person believed to achieve various powers through trance or ecstatic religious experience. Although shamans’ repertoires vary from one culture to the next, they are typically thought to have the ability to heal the sick, to communicate with the otherworld, and often to escort the souls of the dead to that otherworld.
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Shaman
The term shamanism comes from the Manchu-Tungus word Shaman. The noun is formed from the verb ša- ‘to know’; thus, a shaman is literally “one who knows.” The shamans recorded in historical ethnographies have included women, men, and transgender individuals of every age from middle childhood onward.
Healing
However, shamanism is also used more generally to describe indigenous or person in which roles such as healer, religious leader, counsellor and medium that heals in all forms and ways. At a distance or up close without frontiers with God...
