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  • n  any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
  • n  an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans

  • Similarly, shamanism has always been a trait of the Russian national character: we cough and infect everyone around us, but when we all get sick, we throw stones at the shaman .
  • Eliminating with long shears great pieces of libretto, ballets, choruses, recitatives, invocations clouded with Italian melody and Egyptian shamanism, the Hippodrome, Manhattan .
  • We're talking Siberian shamanism, telepathic healing, trance dancing, past-life regression, herbalism, Tantra toning, spirit walking, aura reading, reflexology and aroma .
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  • Shamanic healing has a foothold in Lawrence
    Shamanic healing has a foothold in Lawrence, and followers of the practice say it seems to be growing here as it grows in Western culture as a whole. Shamanism is not widely accepted as effective, but those who practice it say it's filled voids in their lives they previously couldn’t quite put their fingers on. By Sara Shepherd
    June 10, 2013 - Lawrence Journal-World

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