Month: March 2022

Aldous Leonard Huxley, (1894–1963) – English author, poet, and philosopher, perhaps most famous for his utopian novel Brave New World (1932b) and such important nonfiction…

Hutton, Ronald – Professor of history at Bristol University in England. Hutton has written a critical history of British paganism (The Pagan Religions of the…

Hunting Magic – The notion that shamans believe they can control game via magical means and so ensure a successful hunt. The concept tends to…

Hunter-Gatherers – A lifeway employed by the majority of indigenous peoples, especially shamanic communities, involving the hunting of such game as deer, fish, and whales…

Caroline Humphrey (1943– ) – Professor of anthropology at Cambridge University. Humphrey has carried out research in Siberia and Mongolia in the Soviet and post-Soviet…

Humor – Shamanic initiation and work can be deadly serious, but it can also employ considerable humor. Elements of bear ceremonialism and of sexual encounters…

Huichol – The Mara’akate (sing. mara’akame) of the Huichol (Wixárika, pl. Wixáritari), in the central Mexican Sierra Madre Occidental, make an annual pilgrimage of hundreds…

Høst, Annette – Neo-shamanic practitioner operating with Jonathan Horwitz at the Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies (founded in 1986), which offers a variety of workshops.…

Horwitz, Jonathan – Neo-shamanic practitioner who founded the Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies in 1986, and with Annette Høst offers such basic and advanced workshops…

Hoppál, Mihály – Hungarian ethnographer with wide interests in the shamanisms of Eurasia, particularly those of Siberia and Hungary. In addition to important ethnographic publications,…