Shamanism in Thailand has roots in ancient animism, predating Buddhism and Hinduism. Animism involves belief in supernatural beings and forces that influence lives and the natural order. In this ...

Korean Shamanism, known as Mugyo, continues to thrive in contemporary South Korea, blending ancient rituals with modern needs. This video explores the diverse practices of shamans (mudang), their ...

What is a shaman, and how does someone become one? Here's a beginner's guide to shamanism that will help you understand the spiritual background and healing powers of elemental shamans.

Colourful flags snapped in the sea breeze as more than a dozen Korean shamans, dressed in bright colours, danced and chanted prayers in front of a huge cow's head stuck to a trident.

Shamanism: The Timeless Religion Manvir Singh. Knopf, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-0-59353-754-1 New Yorker contributor Singh (Zoostalgia) brilliantly traces the evolution of shamanism across history.

Michael Fobes Brown, Shamanism and Its Discontents, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Jun., 1988), pp. 102-120 ...

The article lays out in schematic fashion a composite of socio-intellectual processes, arguabley evident in respect of all cosmologies, which might appropriately be labelled 'religous'. It does so by ...