Associations to the word «Shamanism»

Wiktionary

SHAMANISM, noun. Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.

Dictionary definition

SHAMANISM, noun. Any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes).
SHAMANISM, noun. An animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin