Korea – Shamanism in Korea is almost entirely a women’s phenomenon: both shamans and their clients are normally women. Shamanic rituals, kut, involving trance and the entertainment of ancestral and other spirits,
Serge Kahili King – Leading proponent of the Hawaiian Huna tradition. The addition of the family name Kahili to his name derives from his adoption by a kupua, or “shaman of the
Kim, Chongho (1954– ) – Korean scholar whose doctoral research at the University of New South Wales, Australia, entailed fieldwork among Korean shamans, their clients, and wider society. In contrast with Laurel
Kharitidi, Olga – In her book Entering the Circle: Ancient Secrets of Siberian Wisdom Discovered by a Russian Psychiatrist (1997), Kharitidi suggests that her experiences with indigenous shamans began at a psychiatric
Kenin-Lopsan, Mongush – President of the Society of Tuvan Shamans, founder and honourary chairman of Tos Deer (Nine Skies), the centralized religious organization of shamans in the Republic of Tuva, as well
Kendall, Laurel – American anthropologist best known for her books about Korean shamans: Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits (1985) and The Life and Hard Times of a Korean Shaman (1988). She
Karen Kelly – Neo-shamanic practitioner living in Cambridge, England, who studied with Jonathan Horwitz of the Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies. With a background in core shamanism, Kelly offers healing to private
Katz, Richard – Clinical anthropologist whose research in the late 1960s on San (Bushmen) healing practices in the Kalahari Desert is published as the seminal volume Boiling Energy: Community Healing among the
Karuk – A people indigenous to northwestern California who typically refer to their shamanic healers and ritualists as “doctors,” êem. Traditionally considering themselves to live at the center of the world, their
Kardecism – Beginning as a spiritualist movement called Spiritism, founded by the self-named Allan Kardec in France in the mid-19th century, but reaching its most popular contemporary form in Brazil, Kardecism now
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