Hey folks, if you're looking for a generalized term to use in place of "shaman," a number of academic folks have been using the term "ritual specialist."
(If anyone needs an explanation why you ought to use a different term, one is over here.)
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A shaman watches TV inside the Tos Deer ( nine skies) association in the Siberian town of Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva, Russia. Photographed by A. Abbas.
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"Celtic shamanism" literally does not exist. The Celts never practiced shamanism. Whatever spiritualism that is Celtic in origin, it is not shamanism. White people actually learn your own histories and stop stealing shit from people of color challenge 2024.
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Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.
Of all the gifts we have received, self-importance is the cruelest. It converts a magical, vivid creature into a poor, arrogant, graceless devil.
When a warrior learns how to toss self-importance aside, his spirit unfolds, jubilant, like a wild animal liberated from its cage and set free.
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it–-what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
Carlos Castaneda
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No, "shamanism" is not found within many cultural practices. The word "shaman" was appropriated from Tungusic spiritual practices and applied to a number of unrelated practices with superficial resemblances to each other instead of just using the local word for whatever said practice was called.
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Artwork by Alexandre Luiz Segregio
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Sun Xun (孙逊) — Shamanist in the Distance (oil, resin, wood, 2023)
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