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  2. Ayahuasca - Wikipedia

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    Shamans believe one of the purposes for this is to steal one's energy and/or power, of which they believe every person has a limited stockpile. [93] The shamans lead the ceremonial consumption of the ayahuasca beverage, [94] in a rite that typically takes place over the entire night. During the ceremony, the effect of the drink lasts for hours.

  3. Traditional Siberian medicine - Wikipedia

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    Shamans were able to prescribe different remedies such as different herbal tea for their people to drink in order to feel better and strengthen their immune systems. Shamans were also noted to perform rituals to cleanse the souls of people. Much of traditional Siberian medicine lies in the hands of shamans who practiced and prescribed various ...

  4. Shamanism - Wikipedia

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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]

  5. Medicine man - Wikipedia

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    There are many fraudulent healers and scam artists, known as plastic shamans who pose as Native American "shamans", and the Cherokee Nation has had to speak out against these people, even forming a task force to handle the issue. In order to seek help from a medicine person, a person needs to know someone in the community who can vouch for them ...

  6. Salvia divinorum - Wikipedia

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    Ritual use traditionally involves being in a quiet place after ingestion of the leaf—the Maztec shamans say that "La Maria (S. divinorum) speaks with a quiet voice." [ 11 ] It is also used in smaller amounts, as a diuretic , and to treat ailments including diarrhea, anemia , headaches, rheumatism , and a semi-magical disease known as panzón ...

  7. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy - Wikipedia

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    Shamanism is a flexible custom that is embedded in a framework of cosmological beliefs and practices. [13] Shamans believe there is a spiritual connection between everything in the universe, and therefore, do not consider Shamanism to be a religion, nor a science. Instead, Shamanism can be viewed as healing or helping technology. [14]

  8. Regional forms of shamanism - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  9. Hoodoo (spirituality) - Wikipedia

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    Historians from Southern Illinois University in the Africana Studies Department documented that about 20 title words from the Kikongo language are in the Gullah language. These title words indicate continued African traditions in Hoodoo and conjure. The title words are spiritual in meaning.