Lux Ferre

Schultes, Richard Evans (1915–2001) – The founder of ethnobotany as a scientific discipline. Much of Schultes’s work was devoted to the discovery of the active ingredients in plants used by shamans. He

Schaefer, Stacy B. – Cultural anthropologist specializing in Mesoamerica, focusing on Huichol (Wixáritari) shamanism, art, and weaving (and the interface of these). Schaefer’s doctoral research examined backstrap loom weaving and the role

Scandinavian Center for Shamanic Studies – Neoshamanic organization founded in 1986 by Jonathan Horwitz. With Annette Høst, Horwitz teaches core shamanism and other neoshamanic practices, including seidr. SOURCE: Historical Dictionary of Shamanism

Sar – A“possession cult” discussed by Ioan Lewis that particularly attracts women in East Africa, giving them a religious role unavailable in locally dominant forms of Islam. SOURCE: Historical Dictionary of Shamanism

Santo Daime – A movement that began in Brazil and spread in various organizations to many other countries during the 1990s. Creatively fusing indigenous Amazonian, African (especially Umbanda), Christian, Spiritism (especially Kardecism),

Santería – A ceremonial and trance or possession complex that evolved from the interaction of African- and European-derived religious traditions in Cuba. It is sometimes called Lucumí after one of the names

Santa Claus – Also known as Father Christmas, St. Nicholas, or Saint Nick. A popular myth asserts that Santa Claus was originally a shaman among reindeer herders and ate fly agaric mushrooms

San Pedro – A cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi) indigenous to the northern Andes in South America, valued by indigenous doctors, curanderos, for inducing vomiting and visions. It is a common source of mescaline,

San – Also known as Bushmen (both terms are problematic). The San are the descendents of the original indigenous inhabitants of Southern Africa. Currently, San communities are focused in the Kalahari Desert,

Samuel, Geoffrey – Australian professor of Tibetan religions, now at Cardiff University in Wales. In addition to important ethnographic discussion of Tibetan shamanism and Tantric Buddhism, Samuel has also proposed a “multimodal