How to Use shamanism in a Sentence

shamanism

noun

• 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

Last Updated: 9 Oct 2024