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Shaman
A person who have magic powers resulting from contact with
the supernatural, often through dreams and
trances. Something
of a medicine man/priest/healer, yet the shaman is more than that. While a medicine man will tend
to the sick, working with herbs, barks and the like, the shaman works more on the
psychological level. He will go down on "a journey" for the benefit of the one
who is ill; he will direct sacrifices, he will seek out new knowledge, and he will
accompany the spirits of the dead on their journey to the afterlife.
The word shaman comes
from the Siberian tribal language of Tungus (of the Ural-Altaic peoples of the arctic and
central Asian regions), though the practice of shamanism is by no means limited to that
area. The Eskimos,
Maoris, Polynesians, Mongolians and the American Indians are some of the
peoples that believe in the abilities of shamans. Their powers are often
believed to be hereditary and their assistants ancestral spirits. Many
have to undergo initiation ceremonies before fully realizing their
powers.
Members of the societies in which shamans
operate believe that the human soul can leave its body and that this results
in illness. Shamans alone can enter the spirit world and recapture the soul,
returning it to the sick individuals, thereby restoring health.
Recommended
books:
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Circle of Shaman:
Healing through Ecstasy, Rhythm, and Myth.
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Dreamtime and
Inner Space: The World of the Shaman.
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Finding the
Sacred Self: A Shamanic Workbook.
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Fire in the Head:
Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit.
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Hallucinogens and
Shamanism.
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Jung and
Shamanism in Dialogue: Retrieving the Soul/Retrieving the Sacred (Jung and Spirituality).
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Medicine Grove: A
Shamanic Herbal.
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Pocket Guide to
Shamanism (The Crossing Press Pocket Series).
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Principles of
Shamanism (Principles Of).
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Psychedelic
Shamanism.
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Secrets of
Shamanism: Tapping the Spirit Power Within You.
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Shaman: An
Illustrated Guide (Living Wisdom).
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Shamanic Voices:
A Survey of Visionary Narratives.
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Shamanism:
Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy.
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Shamanism: As a
Spiritual Practice for Daily Life.
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So You Want to Be
a Shaman: The Mystic Crafts.
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The Body of Myth:
Mythology, Shamanic Trance, and the Sacred Geography of the Body.
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The Celtic
Shaman: A Handbook (Earth Quest).
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The Celtic
Shaman's Pack: Exploring the Inner Worlds/Book and Cards.
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The Sacred
Heritage: The Influence of Shamanism on Analytical Psychology.
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The Shaman's
Doorway: Opening Imagination to Power and Myth.
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The Way of the
Shaman.
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Click
HERE for more related
books.
Further info:
Shamanism.
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