shamanism

Scientists Discover Rich Trove Of Ancient Mind-Altering Drugs In South America

Feed your head: Cocaine and ayahuasca compounds were likely used by shamans during funerary rituals, researchers say.

North Korea: The World's Worst Religious Persecutor

The Essential Universal Song

What words signal to us the presence of a great character, leader, friend? What sounds bring us closer to the sacred? There is a sound, a resonance, beyond words. This universal song holds language and intention. It is where we come together in what is essential: supporting life; protecting the Earth, our brothers and sisters; and being a better person.

Celeste Yacoboni

Dive Into a World of Ancient Wisdom, Music and Art at Tribal Gathering 2016 in Panama

Tribal Gathering's intent is not to end after 18 days but rather to develop programs that have a lasting effect creating longevity for the ideas conceived there. It is a fundraising event for the public charity GeoParadise.

Morena Duwe

In The Oneness Of Time: The Education Of A Diviner

I stood and stretched. The pine rounds we used for seats offered shortlivedcomfort. Turning to take in the mountains rising behind the house,I was struck once again by the timelessness of the scene.

William Douglas Horden

The Shamanic Narrative in 'Star Wars'

Kelley Harrell

A Modern Shaman in Seoul

Eunmi has a new, and markedly different, job. She is a modern-day shaman in Seoul, practicing a 4,000 year-old folk religion in which mediums communicate with nature spirits to help the living with their most profound problems.

Rachel Stine