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Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid human beings in some other way.
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| Shamanism | is a | spiritual practice that involves a practitioner | 0.90 | text |
| Shamanism | is a | ancient | 0.90 | text |
| Shamanism | is a | cultural technology that adapts to | 0.90 | text |
| the noble savage.Kehoe is highly critical of Mircea Eliade's work on shamanism as an invention synthesized from various sources unsupported by more direct research | instance of | Kehoe also believes that the term reinforces racist ideas | 0.80 | text |
| drumming | instance of | citing practices | 0.80 | text |
| trance | instance of | citing practices | 0.80 | text |
| chanting | instance of | citing practices | 0.80 | text |
| entheogen | instance of | citing practices | 0.80 | text |
| hallucinogen use | instance of | citing practices | 0.80 | text |
| spirit communication | instance of | citing practices | 0.80 | text |
| and healing as definitive of shamanism ignores the fact that they exist outside of what is defined as shamanism | instance of | citing practices | 0.80 | text |
| even play similar roles in nonshamanic cultures | instance of | citing practices | 0.80 | text |
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