“If you wish to avenge a wrongdoing you simply pay the local shaman or witch doctor to invoke the spirits on your behalf.”

“Eliza once saved an African shaman who repaid her kindness by bestowing her with the ability to talk with critters.”

“A prehistoric bear shaman figurine was recovered from Ohio Hopewell mortuary contexts at Newark, Licking County, Ohio.”

“He writes about shamanism, paganism, mysticism and feminism, and approaches them all with respect, compassion and mischief.”

“Used in shamanism, witchcraft, and even poisonous murder, nightshades have a history of both mystical danger and scientific caution.”

“Korean shamanism is very, very materialistic and this-worldly, as Koreans tend to be.”

“Universal, reliable and even human-made light, completely independent of diurnal rhythm, has abolished the shamanist aspects of our calling.”

“In Beijing, the Qing reserved the Kunning palace in the Forbidden City for shamanist sacrifices.”

“The Salpuri dance, which is the last ritual process in the Korean shamanist exorcism known as Kut, will also be performed on the occasion.”

“His mother was a Turkish shamaness, his father, a foreigner probably of Sogdian origin.”

“The high-frequency sounds of the maraca have been used by American Indian shamans for healing and by Tibetan lamas to uplift the soul.”

“Among the Sauk, shamans were thought to be capable of transforming themselves into bears and other animals to destroy their enemies.”

“Pagan followers can go by the title of witches, Druids, heathens or shamans, and some adhere to the tradition of Wicca.”