shamanic
Of tribal healers
Shamanic describes practices, beliefs, or states associated with shamans—spiritual practitioners who enter trances to communicate with spirits, heal the sick, or guide souls.
The word appears in anthropology and in contemporary spiritual movements: shamanic drumming, shamanic journeying, a shamanic ritual.
It can describe anything reminiscent of such practices: The music had a shamanic intensity.
Formal event marking occasions
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- incantationSpoken magical formula
sage · smudging · ayahuasca · peyote · sweat lodge · vision quest · journeying · altar
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- visionAbility to see
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- astral travelMind journeying outside body
out-of-body · shapeshifting · transformation · altered consciousness · dissociation · spirit possession · rapture · lucid dreaming
Realm of the dead
- animal spiritsInstinctive economic confidence
- power animalSpiritual creature guardian
- spirit guideSupernatural personal protector
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
totem · nature spirits · otherworld · underworld · upper world · possession · channeling · animism
Traditional indigenous healer
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- witch doctorTraditional magical healer
- herbalistPractitioner using plant medicines
- divinerOne who foretells events
exorcist · traditional healer · folk healer · bone setter · seer · wise woman · healing ceremony · extraction
Originating in a region
- elderSenior figure of authority
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
native · initiation · apprenticeship · oral tradition · sacred knowledge · customs · folklore · mythology
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
incantation · sage · smudging · ayahuasca · peyote · sweat lodge · vision quest · journeying · altar · rattle
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- visionAbility to see
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
astral travel · out-of-body · shapeshifting · transformation · altered consciousness · dissociation · spirit possession · rapture · lucid dreaming · psychedelic
spirit world
Realm of the dead
- animal spiritsInstinctive economic confidence
- power animalSpiritual creature guardian
- spirit guideSupernatural personal protector
ancestors · totem · nature spirits · otherworld · underworld · upper world · possession · channeling · animism · fetch
medicine man
Traditional indigenous healer
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- witch doctorTraditional magical healer
- herbalistPractitioner using plant medicines
diviner · exorcist · traditional healer · folk healer · bone setter · seer · wise woman · healing ceremony · extraction
indigenous
Originating in a region
aboriginal · native · initiation · apprenticeship · oral tradition · sacred knowledge · customs · folklore · mythology · cosmology
- Animismanimist, ancestors, totems, spirit mediums, forest spirits
shamanicsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
materialist · clinical · scientific · atheistic · biomedical
shamanicscientific
Of or using research methods
empirical · rational · clinical · materialistic · positivist
shamanicecclesiastical
Relating to church matters
liturgical · institutional · hierarchical · orthodox · doctrinal
- shamanic healingSpiritual cure through trance
- shamanic journeyRitual trance voyage