Celtic shamanism might not have been called ‘shamanism’ – but the various roles and expressions for spiritual exploration ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A group of shamans gathered Monday by the sea in the Miraflores district of Peru’s capital, Lima, to carry out an annual ritual in which they make predictions for the upcoming year.

Adorned in traditional Andean ponchos and elaborate headdresses, a group of shamans convened on Monday atop a sacred hill overlooking Peru’s capital city. The annual ritual saw them perform a ceremony ...

In 2019, 29-year-old Pakistani filmmaker, Nadeem Alam Alkarimi began investigating shamanism in Hunza Valley, his hometown. Since graduating from the National College of Arts (NCA), in Lahore, ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The sound of tinkling bells drifts through an alley in central Seoul, an unmistakable sign that a shaman is near -- although in this case the mystic is a robot powered by ...

For the first time, Amazonian medicine men have drawn up a code of ethics and established a union to police themselves, complete with membership cards. The union of Colombian shamans is trying to weed ...

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, invocations and spells have multiplied in the regions of Buryatia, Tuva, Irkutsk and Altaj where shamanism is widespread. And according to their own account, ...

A Hmong shaman blesses a pregnant woman so that she will have a safe birth. (Photo: Shuka Kalantari) A Hmong shaman dressed in an ornate red and pink costume is standing in a crowded living room in ...

Dozens of sites featuring Indian pictographs (painted figures on rock) and petroglyphs (carved designs on rock) can be found in greater San Diego County, but only one is served by a freeway exit named ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- If you ask the Mapuche people of south-central Chile, they will tell you the Chilean history books have their story all wrong. The Spanish-dominated Chileans write the “official” ...