WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Shamanism is a belief that there is an unseen spirit world and that special healers can interact with it. In shamanism, practitioners called shamans enter deep trance states in which they communicate with the spirits of ancestors, gods, and demons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shamanism is part of the indigenous Ainu religion and Japanese religion of Shinto. Since the early middle-ages Shinto has been influenced by and syncretized with Buddhism and other elements of continental East Asian culture.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shamanism is a healing tradition, a spiritual practice with its own symbolism and cosmology, inhabited by beings, gods and totems. Built on four pillars – connection with nature, healing of self and of community, spiritual practice and pilgrimage – for those who practise it seriously, it is a way of life.

Detailed explanation-4: -These sacred deities included the sun god, the moon god, the gods of the stars, the god of thunder, the wind god, the water deities, the river god, the fire god, the mountain spirit, the. dragon god, the hawk god, the grass god, the badger god, the bear g9d, and the gods of the ancestors, to name but a few.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is a religious practice wherein a “shaman” acts as an intermediary between the visible world and the world of spirits and gods. Shaman is a priest who is called to a household to solve problems that a family face. The problems range from illness, fertility issues to crop failure.

Detailed explanation-6: -Shamans are powerful in that they are continuing ancient traditions and beliefs, that work, and have worked for thousands of years. They’re powerful in their connection to the spiritual world, and their deep grounding with nature. Yet their power isn’t imposing. It isn’t condescending, or forceful.