Celtic shamanism might not have been called ‘shamanism’ – but the various roles and expressions for spiritual exploration ...

Tens of thousands of years before the first cities rose, humanity was already bound together by ritual, sacred burials, and the power of those who walked between worlds. This is the story of how the ...

Dozens of sites featuring Indian pictographs (painted figures on rock) and petroglyphs (carved designs on rock) can be found in greater San Diego County, but only one is served by a freeway exit named ...

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, invocations and spells have multiplied in the regions of Buryatia, Tuva, Irkutsk and Altaj where shamanism is widespread. And according to their own account, ...

The view is dizzying from the row of small huts that dot one of the mountainsides surrounding Bolivia’s capital. Inside the precarious structures, Aymara shamans pray to the Andean gods to protect ...

The sound of tinkling bells drifts through an alley in central Seoul, an unmistakable sign that a shaman is near -- although ...

Adorned in traditional Andean ponchos and elaborate headdresses, a group of shamans convened on Monday atop a sacred hill overlooking Peru’s capital city. The annual ritual saw them perform a ceremony ...

In 2019, 29-year-old Pakistani filmmaker, Nadeem Alam Alkarimi began investigating shamanism in Hunza Valley, his hometown. Since graduating from the National College of Arts (NCA), in Lahore, ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A group of shamans gathered Monday by the sea in the Miraflores district of Peru’s capital, Lima, to carry out an annual ritual in which they make predictions for the upcoming year.