‘To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.’
— Henri Bergson
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ShamanismShamanism is the term given by anthropologists to the most basic and universal form of religion: the ritual specialist or shaman. Many many cultures have shamanistic elements, where an individual represents the connection between the mundane and spiritual world, holding the knowledge of the supernatural and sometimes natural world and performing duties of intermediating between the two. Shamanism is often associated with trances of some kind, induced by drugs or physical exertions such as exposure to great heat or cold or pain. In archaeology, shamanism is often a part of the interpretation of rock art and cave paintings. From About.com Locate a Practitioner |
