shaman

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  1. noun A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a medium between the visible world and an invisible spirit world and who practices magic or sorcery for purposes of healing, divination, and control over natural events.

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  • And the shaman -- I did a whole series on shamanism, which is a-- an interesting phenomenon. —  Phil Borges on endangered cultures
  • Have you forgotten about the evening spirits But the shaman was here not three days ago and Aagh. —  Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 2005
  • Do you know what a shaman is Um—a kind of sorcerer, a medicine man In traditional human cultures, a shaman is a person who travels on behalf of his people into the spirit world. —  FSF,October2007
  • When you think of the term shaman or medicine man it might conjure up images of African witchdoctors. —  ScreenTalk
  • The hopeful end of the exploration of the shaman is the ability to attain profound altered states of conscousness without the use of the substance. —  Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums
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  1. Russian, from Tungus šaman, Buddhist monk, shaman, from Tocharian B ṣamāne, monk, from Prakrit ṣamana, from Sanskrit śramaṇaḥ, from śrámaḥ, religious exercise.
 

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