Meadows, Kenneth – One of a number of neo-shamanic authors whose books in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Shamanic Experience: A Practical Guide to Contemporary Shamanism (1991), popularized shamanic practice, especially
McKenna, Terence (1946–2000) – Psychedelic thinker, writer, and conspiracy theorist whose experiments with LSD, DMT, and especially magic mushrooms (psilocybin) led him to proselytize the perceived benefits of entheogen use in his
Mazatec – People of southern Mexico in Central America. The Mazatec’s shamanic healing use of mushrooms aided Richard Schultes in isolating a curative agent useful in the development of a new heart
Matthews, John and Caitlin – British neo-shamans who, following their work on “the Western mystery tradition,” pioneered the study and practice of “Celtic shamanism.” John Matthews’s The Celtic Shaman (1991a) and Taliesin:
Mastery of Spirits – Shamans are sometimes distinguished from other religious or cultural leaders by their ability to control or master spirits or other other-than-human persons. For example, it may be the
Master or Mistress of Animals – Shamans in many cultures are required to mediate between their community and the powerful other-than-human persons who control the existence and movements of animals. Offenses against
Mapuche – A Chilean indigenous people among whom the revitalization of shamanism was a significant part of the cultural resurgence and political activism that resisted and critiqued the oppressive Chilean regime in
Malaysia – Shamans in Malaysia (called bomoh, pawing, or dukun in various languages), heal illnesses by exorcism or by dealing with the other world, other-than-human persons, or spirits who inflict problems or
MacLellan, Gordon (“The Toad”) – British environmental educator and performer who runs Creeping Toad Education, Training and Workshops with the mission of helping people “discover their own ways of valuing the ‘specialness’
Locus Classicus – Apurist approach identifies Siberia as the classic example of shamanism, since this is where the term shaman originates, among the Evenk. Some scholars include the Arctic as part of
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