Altai – The Altai Kizhi, Telengits, Teles, and Teleuts are pastoralists of mixed Turkic-Mongolian descent. After the great changes brought by Russian colonization in the 18th century, there arose shamans who, not
Environmentalism – Shamans cannot strictly be identified as environmentalists because, as animists, they are members of a large community of life rather than being surrounded by an impersonal environment or “nature.” However, the common indigenous requirement to be respectful and
Cave art – European Paleolithic painted and engraved rock art imagery, especially in the caves of France (such as Lascaux) and Spain (such as Altamira), has been interpreted as evidence of “art
Carson, David – Creator of “Medicine Cards,” a style of Tarot deck that uses illustrations of animals, especially those indigenous to North America and of significance to various Native American nations, to
Caribbean – A variety of practices evolved in the Caribbean interaction of indigenous-, African-, European-, and Asian-derived religious traditions. Some of these (e.g., Comfa, Myal, Obeah, Quimbois, Santería or Lucumí, and Vodou)
Cannibalism – The seemingly ubiquitous fear of cannibalism is expressed in many similar myths and allegations about cannibals in many cultures. Shamans may be expected to protect their communities from human or
Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) – American scholar best known for his work on world mythology, as well as a popular public speaker and storyteller. In the first of a prolific number of books
Campbell, Alan T. – Anthropologist (then at Edinburgh University) whose book Getting to Know Waiwai (1995) is a reflexive ethnography of the Wayapí of Amazonia. Campbell struggles to find ways to convey
Californian Rock Art – The idea that the rock art of California might plausibly be linked to shamanism was revived by David Whitley in a paper entitled “Shamanism and Rock Art in
Eduardo Calderon- Peruvian shaman studied by Douglas Sharon, whose practices stand at the interface of indigenous shamanisms and neo-shamanisms. SOURCE: Historical Dictionary of Shamanism by Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis 2007
Simon Buxton – Founder and director of the Sacred Trust and a member of the faculty of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. According to the Sacred Trust website, Buxton “has worked and
Buryatia – Located in south-central Siberia along the eastern shore of Lake Baikal, and part of the Russian Federation, Buryatia is home to the nomadic hunter, herder, and pastoralist Buryat, of Mongol
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