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What do shamans mean by "spirits"?

When shamans talk about "spirits," what do they mean? What exactly is a spirit? The most important thing to know is that they are not...

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Plant Spirit Shamanism is a book by Ross Heaven and Howard G. Charing. Heaven is a therapist who leads workshops and has written other books on...

Real shamanism is quite different from the shamanistic practices that most of us are familiar with here in Houston. To be effective we need to...

In talking or writing about shamanism, people often use terms like animal guide, power animal, spirit animal, and totem without really defining...

Many indigenous peoples in the Americas use smoke for spiritual cleansing. Traditionally people primarily used sacred plants from their own areas....

People seem to be fascinated by the idea of taking psychedelic drugs as some kind of shortcut to shamanism. They are not. There are no shortcuts...

This is part 2 of the previous column, Masks and fetishes in animism and shamanism, part 1.African spirit masksIn Africa there is an ancient...

Art mask from Indonesia Fetishism seems to be a very hard concept for many Americans, including Houstonians, to understand. To understand animist...

Are there shamans in Houston? The best answer is "maybe."Why not?Two main things define a shaman. The first is obvious: A shaman is a...