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  2. Regional forms of shamanism - Wikipedia

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    Shamanistic practice and beliefs have been recorded at several parts of this vast area crosscutting continental borders. [68] [69] The term "shamanism" can cover multiple characteristics of various different cultures. [70] Mediation is regarded often as an important aspect of shamanism in general. [71]

  3. 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.

  4. Wu (shaman) - Wikipedia

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    Shamanistic practices of Tungusic peoples are also found in China. Most notably, the Manchu Qing dynasty introduced Tungusic shamanistic practice as part of their official cult (see Shamanism in the Qing dynasty). Other remnants of Tungusic shamanism are found within the territory of the People's Republic of China.

  5. Sámi shamanism - Wikipedia

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    Sámi drum. Traditional Sámi spiritual practices and beliefs are based on a type of animism, polytheism, and what anthropologists may consider shamanism.The religious traditions can vary considerably from region to region within Sápmi.

  6. Category:Shamanism - Wikipedia

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    Shamanistic holidays (4 P) M. Shamanic music (3 P) N. Neoshamanism (1 C, 19 P) P. Shamanism in popular culture (5 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Shamanism"

  7. List of substances used in rituals - Wikipedia

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    Ritualistic practices originated among the Olmec, Maya and Mexica (Aztec). [56] Coffee: Coffea spp. Seed: [57] caffeine 0.06-3.2% Stimulant: The earliest credible evidence of either coffee drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the 15th century, in Yemen's Sufi monasteries. [58]

  8. Chinese shamanism - Wikipedia

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    Hong Taiji (1592–1643) put shamanistic practices in the service of the state, notably by forbidding others to erect new shrines (tangse) for ritual purposes. In the 1620s and 1630s, the Qing ruler conducted shamanic sacrifices at the tangse of Mukden, the Qing capital.

  9. Gut (ritual) - Wikipedia

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    This is a cattle worship rite. It is performed for good harvests, good luck and prosperity of the local community. It is one of the most sophisticated shamanistic performances in Korea. Yangju, Gyeonggi: Seoul Danggut: This gut is for peace and abundant harvest. Mt. Jeongbalsan, Dapsimni-dong, Sinnae-dong, Mt. Bonghwasan, Seoul: Seoul Jinogwigut