Category: Shamanism

Shape-Shifting – While the ability to change shape or take on the appearance of an animal, plant, or other being seems to many Westerners to…

Shanon, Benny (1948– ) – Professor of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in the study of human consciousness, cognitive processes, and the…

Shamen, The – British psychedelic-influenced electronic music group popular with dance/rave culture in Great Britain during the early to mid-1990s. The album Boss Drum released…

Shaman’s Drum – A “journal of experiential shamanism” published by the Cross-Cultural Shamanism Network, a not-for-profit educational organization. The magazine seeks to encourage the study…

Shamanic State of Consciousness – Michael Harner’s preferred term for the altered state of consciousness induced by shamans, to distinguish shamanic activity (control over the…

Shamanic Circles – A nonprofit neo-shamanic organization initially founded by a group in the United States to support and foster community, with council members worldwide…

Sham – Neo-shamanism is often alleged to be a false shamanism, a pretense or self-delusion based on the wish by colonialists to acquire the metaphorical…

Shallcrass, Philip “Greywolf” – British Druid and former joint-chief of the British Druid Order. Shallcrass is discussed by Robert Wallis as a neo-shaman engaging with…

Sexuality – Despite significant interest in the gender of shamans, the importance of sexuality in shamanic being and performance is commonly overlooked or diminished. In…

Severi, Carlo – Director of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) social anthropology workshop in Paris. Severi has studied Native American…