How to Use shamanism in a Sentence

shamanism

noun
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  • Chansley’s belief in shamanism has surfaced in court in the past.
    — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Such is the case of Huautla, in the state of Oaxaca, a town well known among tourists for its shamanism and its Day of the Dead traditions.
    — Rodrigo Cervantes, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Rather Moscow is a city west of Siberia in dire need of reform and anarchy, cheerful skies and irony, and perhaps a touch of shamanism, too.
    — The Economist, 21 Dec. 2019
  • The Shuar are the Indigenous people of the region, legendary warriors known for shamanism and for shrinking the heads of their enemies.
    — David Kushner, Outside Online, 28 Dec. 2020
  • This is magic, shamanism, over which language and rational laws do not rule.
    — Leilah Bernstein, Los Angeles Magazine, 23 June 2017
  • The individual was buried with rich burial goods and a costume that Posth says could indicate some sort of shamanism.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Mountains in Korea are sacred places in animism and shamanism, whose traces can still be seen in Korean Seon Buddhism.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The elderly man shared his knowledge of shamanism, yoga, kung fu, and peyote, which Castaneda wrote about in several books.
    — Los Angeles Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Growing up in a Hmong family that practiced shamanism accustomed Mai Der Vang to seeing things in both a literal and figurative way at the same time.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2017
  • As such, technicians at Miraval are versed in shamanism and energetic healing, as well as in more standard practices like massage.
    — Vogue, 1 Nov. 2017
  • No doubt this part of Rytkheu’s story has origins in the real epidemics of the past as well as traditional beliefs in mysterious little people and shamanism.
    — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2020
  • Some weird ones, like occultism, shamanism, and various Eastern spiritual paths.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Henrikson ruminates on other purposes the trees might have served, including rites of passage for young adults, shamanism and even astronomy.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2018
  • Menla offers an array of group retreats focusing on everything from Buddhism to yoga, shamanism, and even conscious dying.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Since these types of stones are not typically found in this region of Panama, researchers have suggested the collection was carefully curated for a specific purpose, such as shamanism.
    — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2013
  • Cohen eventually took a 4-week intensive on Jewish shamanism, and soon started blending games with his religious practice.
    — Eli Reiter, Wired, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Yupik and Chukchi people practiced shamanism, and lived in a time that human history was supposed to have surpassed, without literacy, temperance, science, or gender equality.
    — Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Her practice pulls from Traditional Chinese Medicine, shamanism, Ayurveda, and current studies of energetics.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Norse paganism had a strong element of shamanism, which — to reduce a complex, ancient global practice to one single sentence — allows a worshiper to directly experience the spirit world rather than passively worship it.
    — Katie Rife, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2022
  • His biggest breakthrough came not from a fellow magician but from a historian: Mircea Eliade, a Romanian scholar of religion known for his writing on esoteric subjects like alchemy and shamanism.
    — Shuja Haider, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Working in all media, contemporary artists continue to evolve the form, drawing from a prismatic array of philosophies, traditions and cultural movements — from ecofeminism and shamanism to Mexicayotl and Black Power.
    — Steffie Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Before his sudden, accidental death, Jacob was a maverick researcher whose work connected neuroscience with shamanism.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 9 Sep. 2019
  • He and his political strategists drew heavily on Korean history and culture, in addition to mysticism, shamanism, and Christianity, to craft their singular version of Marxism-Leninism.
    — Jean H. Lee, Esquire, 11 Aug. 2017
  • But witchcraft encompasses a wide range of cultural and regional beliefs, from shamanism to metaphysical ideas to pre-Christian folkloric traditions that historically have been viewed negatively.
    — Joseph Prezioso, National Geographic, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Until relatively recently, only a few botanists, hippies and spiritual seekers gained access to the world of Amazon shamanism, which missionaries drove underground during colonization.
    — Ernesto Londoño and Adam Ferguson New York Times, Star Tribune, 10 Sep. 2020

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