While rituals and paraphernalia may differ somewhat from one place to another, shamanism is one of the earliest forms of religious experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shamanism and the problem of consciousness] Reference

An excellent account of shamanism in Siberia and European.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference

Writer and anthropologist Beebe Bahrami is a specialist on shamanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Books: Tracking the Shaman Across Ancient Europe] Reference

“Organized shamanism,” Grijpstra rubbed his thumb and index finger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just a Corpse at Twilight]

I'll need to hunt around to see if I can find a good definition of "shamanism.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Avatar--An Addendum] Reference

Even the ka, which superficially resembles an idea found in shamanism and simi.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unicorn Trade]

It contains shamanism, shape-shifting, pseudo-science, and a lot of speculation.    From Wordnik.com.  [FAN FICTION: The Talisman, an X-Files Tale] Reference

But shamanism is one of the earliest places that people are into the supernatural.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Stephen Larsen, author, THE FUNDAMENTALIST MIND] Reference

At the same time the old shamanism was legitimized under a Buddhist reinterpretation.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of China] Reference

In some places shamanism has been wedded with Buddhism, particularly among the Buryats.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cold Red Sunrise]

The Qaraqitans followed a blend of Buddhism, Daoism (Taoism), Confucianism, and shamanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in Afghanistan] Reference

The alien rulers, in turn, had brought their own mixture of worship of Heaven and shamanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of China] Reference

'I had turned away from the most important element of my life: the shamanism of my grandfather.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Blade]

At most he should be accused of imprecision; the charge of shamanism is grotesquely out of line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birth & Fortune] Reference

The Eastern Turks before them had exchanged shamanism for Buddhism and then reverted to shamanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 7 The Rise of the Abbasids and Decline of Tang China] Reference

The upsurge of interest in shamanism and psychedelics during the '60s led to a ferocious backlash.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Pinchbeck: Toward 2012] Reference

Finally, I would like to apologize for the suggestion that I thought Easterlin guilty of "shamanism.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Birth & Fortune] Reference

For more than a century, the Qarakhanids followed a blend of Kashgari Buddhism and their native shamanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buddhism among the Turkic People] Reference

Could this be the connection between film and shamanism: the attention to the sublimity of natural objects?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Karin Badt: The Disturbing Vision of Director Carlos Reygadas : "Life is Magic!"] Reference

Now, this is certainly great wordsmithery at best or, at worst, utter shamanism in the art of word-mongering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sexual Terrorism: Bureaucratic Realism vs. Academic Word-mongering Malpractice] Reference

Aum Shinrikyo was a Japanese cult combining bits of Buddhism, Hinduism, shamanism and end-of-days Christianity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

I wanted to eat ritual hallucinogens and talk about shamanism; they wanted to drink whisky and discuss Mr. Bean.    From Wordnik.com.  [End of the Road] Reference

He believes he has rock art evidence for shamanism here in North America that he can date back to 12,000 years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Sun Head"] Reference

Well known as the weapon of choice for Far Eastern Air Elementals, especially the ones associated with Tibetan shamanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phoenix And Ashes]

The emphasis on oracles in Tibetan Buddhism is often confused with shamanism, but oracles and shamans are quite different.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bon and Tibetan Buddhism] Reference

It's interesting how she compares shamanism to technology; both are a means of gaining power over nature and other people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Avatar--An Addendum] Reference

The Khitans followed a blend of the Han Chinese and Korean traditions of Buddhism together with their native form of shamanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 13 The Establishment of New Empires in Central Asia] Reference

Numerous Uighur soldiers, however, undoubtedly still followed a mixture of Buddhism, Tengrism, and Turkic shamanism at this time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 9 The Religious Conversions of the Uighurs] Reference

We even find out -- in this rare documentary -- about the shamanism culture in Korea, and how it was re-incorporated by Kim Sung II.    From Wordnik.com.  [Torture in North Korea: Concentration Camps in the Spotlight] Reference

I have for 18 years practiced a form of Eastern meditation that is primarily Taoist and strongly influenced by Buddhism and shamanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kay Goldstein: Finding a Path that Fits...and Flows] Reference

My first book is a study of tribal shamanism and the psychedelic experience, a subject avoided by the mainstream since the tumultuous '60s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Pinchbeck: Toward 2012] Reference