Shaman

Definition

shaman /'ʃæmǝn, 'ʃɑ:mǝn/ n ( pl shamans ) နတ္ဆရာ။

Examples

1. ‘While performing the ritual
2. the shaman (witch doctor) dances and enters into a trance.’
3. ‘Even the most primitive hunting and gathering bands had their chiefs and matriarchs
4. weapon and tool makers
5. and shamans or witch doctors who had to be supported
6. and their part-time services needed subsidy by the rest.’
7. ‘Among the Sauk
8. shamans were thought to be capable of transforming themselves into bears and other animals to destroy their enemies.’
9. ‘Unlike ‘summoners’
10. mages / shamans / shamanists do not call the spirit and let it fight; they call the spirit and use its power to fight by their own means.’
11. ‘In many rural communities
12. men and women function equally as shamans and healers.’
13. ‘He now suggests they were used as ‘spirit tracks’ by prehistoric shamans who
14. in trances
15. travelled along them on out-of-body travel.’
16. ‘In the past
17. the Kyrgyz people relied on shamans as healers.’
18. ‘Many people consult shamans and other religious practitioners.’
19. ‘Evil shamans involve spirits and have what we would call supernatural powers.’
20. ‘Other religious practitioners include spirit mediums and shamans
21. most of whom are women.’
22. ‘Split into groups to ward off wild animals
23. bad weather and harmful spirits
24. the shamans were confidant of their success
25. though three scouts reportedly were found crying until they fainted.’
26. ‘For millennia
27. shamans and witch doctors
28. the therapists of indigenous and preindustrial cultures
29. made no distinction between physical
30. emotional
31. and spiritual healing.’
32. ‘Religious experts vary from formally installed priests and teachers representing the institutionalized religions to self-ordained shamans
33. healers
34. and sorcerers.’
35. ‘Sometimes
36. magicians and shamans can provide this advice.’
37. ‘Religious roles
38. from shamans to Catholic priests to Muslim imams
39. are dominated by men.’
40. ‘Rituals of traditional belief systems mark life-cycle events or involve propitiation for particular occasions and are led by shamans
41. spirit mediums
42. or prayer masters (male or female).’
43. ‘The rituals are performed under the direction of the shaman.’
44. ‘One becomes a shaman by apprenticing to a shaman and learning the magic formulas to be recited on different occasions.’
45. ‘Even Amazonian shamans
46. when in trance
47. travel to spirit governments to gain the power to cure.’
48. ‘It is said among shamans that each is paired with his or her perfect spirit guide.’