shamanist
Tribal healer's follower
A shamanist is someone who practices or believes in shamanism—the spiritual tradition in which a shaman serves as intermediary between the human and spirit worlds.
The term can describe either a practitioner or an adherent: The shamanist entered a trance to commune with ancestral spirits.
As an adjective, shamanist describes practices or beliefs associated with this tradition: shamanist rituals, shamanist healing ceremonies.
Formal event marking occasions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
invocation · altar · sacrifice · offering · amulet · talisman · fetish · seance
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- visionAbility to see
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
omen · trance · dreamwork · soothsayer · clairvoyant · medium · psychic · sibyl
Spiritual clan symbol
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- soulInnermost animating essence
mana · life-force · essence · animus · vitalism · numinous · sentience · ethereal
Latin American folk healer
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
- peyoteHallucinogenic desert succulent
- extractionAct of removing
cleansing · purification · holistic · remedy · poultice · restoration · recovery · wellness
Originating in a region
- elderSenior figure of authority
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
tradition · kinship · community · heritage · folklore · customs · aboriginal · ethnicity
Realm of the departed
- upperworldSociety's privileged echelon
- journeyTravel from place to place
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- dimensionMeasurable extent or scope
mythology · creation · deity · transcendence · sacredness · metaphysics · supernatural · ethereal
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
trance · invocation · altar · sacrifice · offering · amulet · talisman · fetish · seance · exorcism
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
augury · omen · trance · dreamwork · soothsayer · clairvoyant · medium · psychic · sibyl · scrying
totem
Spiritual clan symbol
soul · mana · life-force · essence · animus · vitalism · numinous · sentience · ethereal · pneuma
curandero
Latin American folk healer
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
- peyoteHallucinogenic desert succulent
extraction · cleansing · purification · holistic · remedy · poultice · restoration · recovery · wellness · naturopathy
indigenous
Originating in a region
ancestry · tradition · kinship · community · heritage · folklore · customs · aboriginal · ethnicity · patriarch
underworld
Realm of the departed
- upperworldSociety's privileged echelon
- journeyTravel from place to place
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
dimension · mythology · creation · deity · transcendence · sacredness · metaphysics · supernatural · ethereal · otherworld
shamanistmonotheist
One-god believer
atheist · materialist · Christian · Muslim · rationalist
shamanistmonotheist
One-god believer
deist · theist · Calvinist · Puritan · Orthodox Jew
shamanistCatholic
Papal church adherent
institutionalist · fundamentalist · dogmatist · ecclesiastic · papist
- shamanic healingSpiritual cure through trance
- shamanic journeyRitual trance voyage