Shamanism Synonyms

shämə-nĭzəm, shā-
An animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Asian shamanism

Words Related to Shamanism

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Shamanism Sentence Examples

  • The popular cult is, however, the propitiation of demons, a modification of the Shamanism of northern Asia.

  • Properly speaking, however, there is nothing to distinguish Shamanism from the religions of other peoples in a similar stage of culture.

  • The Mordvinians are nearly all Orthodox Greek, as also are the Votyaks, Voguls, Cheremisses and Chuvashes, but their religions are, in reality, modifications of Shamanism under the influence of some Christian and Moslem beliefs.

  • In the second place, the Mongols of the 13th century were not as yet, in any great numbers, Mahommedans; the official religion was "Shamanism," but in the Mongol army there were many Christians, the results of early Nestorian missions to the far East.

  • Psychoanalysis and shamanism But might psychoanalysis be akin to faith healing or shamanic ritual?

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