shamanism
noun
sha·man·ism
ˈshä-mə-ˌni-zəm
ˈshā-mə-,
also shə-ˈmä-
: a religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans
also
: any similar religion
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