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Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. [3] [4] The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid human beings in some other way. [3]
Shaman is the common English translation of Chinese wu, but some scholars [2] maintain that the Siberian shaman and Chinese wu were historically and culturally different shamanic traditions.
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Shamanism is a part of Vietnamese folk religion, three branches of shamanism are known today as Đạo Mẫu, Thánh Trần worship and Nội Đạo Tràng (of which the most famous is Đạo Mẫu). In Vietnam, this ritual practice is called lên đồng or also known as hầu bóng , or hầu đồng , sessions involve artistic elements such ...
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But the 29-year-old shaman - also known as Aegi Seonnyeo, or "Baby Angel" - reaches her clients in a thoroughly modern way: through social media accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers.
María Sabina Magdalena García (22 July 1894 – 22 November 1985) [1] was a Mazatec sabia (wise woman), [2] shaman and poet [3] who lived in Huautla de Jiménez, a town in the Sierra Mazateca area of the Mexican state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. [4]
Gathering to perform a ritual at their end of year ceremony, shamans danced and played instruments to predict the year ahead.