Shamanism

C. 40,000 BCE

Shamanism

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A magico-religious tradition built around a practitioner who contacts the spirits

“Shamanism is the general magico-religious tradition built around the figure of shaman, and is a phenomenon both ancient (dating back to the least 40,000 BCE) and global. Most of the oldest art in the world – “The Sorcerer” cave painting in France, for example – is shamanistic, and most of the oldest texts in the world – Mesopotamian and biblical texts, fir example – allude to shamanistic practices such as necromancy (contacting the spirits of the dead).

The word “shaman” is derived from the Tungus word saman, which refers to a “priest” or person – either male or female – who, in an altered state (such as a trance or a drug-induced hallucination), contacts the spirit world for help . . .”(AB)id.

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A wooden figure representing a shaman associated with the Inuit spirit Taqhisim. The shaman relied on the spirits with whom he was associated for help in his duties.⬆️

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“It was not I who cured. It was the power from the other world, and the visions and ceremonies had only made me like a hole through which the power could came to the two-legged.”

Black Elk, Oglala Sioux shaman

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