A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.
Priest who channels spirits for his or her religious community.
A healer-priest who communicates with the spirit world, often in a trance. Such priests were found among medieval Balkan Vlachs. (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 626)
A term from the language of the Tungus people in Siberia, used by anthropologists to encompass other terms such as "witch doctor," "medicine man," "wizard," " sorcerer," "medium" and "seer." Narrowly defined, it means: "One who, at will, enters into Transpersonal Consciousness and experiences her/his mind or spirit journeying to other, normally hidden, realities and interacting with other entities to acquire knowledge and power and to help other people." More broadly, it means: "one who, at will, enters into Altered States of Consciousness in service of her/his community." See text, Chapter 12. See also, " Altered State of Consciousness," " consciousness," " mind," " State of Consciousness," " Transpersonal Consciousness" and " Transpersonal Experiences."
A spiritual leader believed to communicate with the gods or spirits.
mediator, who has access to other world via helping zoomorphic spirits; engages in prophecy and curing via ecstatic communication; typically uses drumming to obtain altered, tracelike state in to mediate with god(s) or dead for curing or prophecy
an ancient practice of healing, believed to have began in Russia, and most commonly associates with the Native American Indians.
A priest or priestess who communicates with the inner planes by self-induced trance. Obtaining knowledge of the subtler dimensions of the Earth, during these periods of alternate states of consciousness. Usually ritualistic or magical in nature, sometimes religious.
Someone who obtains their contact with divinity and the earth through the use of substances which induce altered states of consciousness.
The priest or magician who performed rituals for a community. He had access to secret knowledge and was possessed by supernatural energies, enabling him to have visionary experiences and make oracular utterances. According to Frazer, the shaman was the predecessor of the divine king who embodied the spirit of fertility and, as such, was periodically killed in order to restore the land to fertility. These rituals were the basis of seasonal myths such as those of Demeter and Persephone, Theseus, and Osiris.
A spiritual medicine man/woman.
Medicine man responsible in an Indian tribe for curing disease and contacting the spiritual world.
A tribal or aboriginal witchdoctor or medicine (wo)man who possesses the power of "healing" and the ability to communicate with spirits. Very often, these figures play the key roles in the religious and spiritual beliefs of the society in which they live.
A person who mediates between people and the spirit world, in which case the practitioner's authority is dependent upon his or her own personal ability.
A tribal healer, advisor, and medium. Shamans sometimes used hallucinogenic drugs to achieve their visions.
One who uses a set of spiritual techniques to enter into a trance state called ecstasy in which the practitioner travels to Other Worlds in order to diagnose, heal, gain information, divine, guide souls, etc.
A religious leader who possesses spiritual enlightenment and assists in the health and well-being of others.
priest or medicine man (sometimes woman) of tribal groups who intercedes with the spirits for the well-being of his or her tribe.
(from Tunguso-Manchurian aman, "he who knows") In the religious systems of Siberian and Ural-Altaic peoples and in certain analogous systems of other peoples worldwide, a person believed to have the power to heal the sick and to communicate with the world beyond. The shaman is medicine man, priest, and psychopomp; that is to say, he cures sicknesses, directs communal sacrifices, and escorts the souls of the dead to the other world. He is able to do all this by virtue of his techniques of ecstasy; i.e., by his power to leave his body at will during a trancelike state.
a medium of the supernatural who acts as a person in possession of unique curing, divining, or witchcraft capabilities.
a medicine man in North American native culture. Someone with special spiritual gifts and the ability to heal.
Among tribal people, a magician, medium, healer who owes his powers to mystical communion with the spirit world. Characteristically, a shaman goes into auto-hypnotic trances, during which he is said to be in contact with spirits. Shamans are found among Siberians, Eskimos, in SE Asia, Africa, some Native American tribes, and in Oceania. There is also a development of shamanic healers and practitioners in North America. (See Spiritual/Shamanic Healing.)
in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
a bridge between this world and the invisible worldof the spirit
a conduit to the spirit world
a healer and a guide to the spirit
a healer, a visionary and a soul doctor who walks between the worlds of the everyday and spiritual realms, the visible and the invisible with the aid of special spiritual helpers
a healer in MC
a healer, someone with extrasensory abilities, a hypnotist, a person aware of the past and future, chosen to build harmony between the world of nature and the person
a healer who changes world views in order to become more effective
a healer who masters the body by controlling the intake of food, subscribing only to certain healthy foods, meditation, connecting to nature, animals, and uses their body to heal themselves and others
a holy man that is well acquainted with a form of spirituality that incorporates plant entheogens that facilitate the NDE or out of body experience
a hybrid because it can deal damage in lieu of a Rogue/Hunter/Mage, but also heals in lieu of a Priest
a link between this world and the next, and teams up with ghosts and spirits to achieve their goals
a man (or, less commonly a woman) who mediates between this world and the supernatural realm of ghosts, demons, witches, ancestors, and the like
a man or woman who is able, at will, to enter into a nonordinary state of consciousness in order to make contact with the spirit world on behalf of members of his or her community
a mediator between the human world and the world of spirits, and possesses special skills and clairvoyance
a medicine man or woman
a "medicine man, wizard, witch doctor, or priest-magician
a member of the community who is able to change his or her state of consciousness and thereby come into contact with another reality, which he often refers to as the world of the spirits
an actual, serious religious practitioner while the trickster is an imaginary god-like jokester
an animist who actively communicates with spirits, usually by going into a trance
an explorer of doorways from ordinary reality into nonordinary reality
an Indian medicine man or doctor, but reason for Mansfield's choice of name is not known
an induvidual, also called a Wounded Healer, who has usually encountered extremely difficult experiences in life, and as a result of this, receives a special call to work as an intemediate between the people and the spirits
a person who can interface with the world of gods and spirits, which allows them to do amazing things
a person who can walk in both worlds, the reality that we all agree upon and the one in which she communes with God, the divine, whatever we want to name the spirit we connect with
a person who communicates (or is possessed by) Gods, Spirits and the Dead using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, and influence events
a person who, generally in an altered state of consciousness, acts as an intermediary between the mundane and invisible worlds to foresee and control the future, heal, and generate miracles
a person who goes through great suffering, usually in the form of a mental or physical illness, and then goes on to heal himself or her- self
a person who incorporates wisdom, magic and medicine in many traditional societies in the Northern Hemisphere
a person who is able to journey between this world and the others in order to find healing, information, knowledge or help for themselves or others
a person who is able to perceive the world of souls, spirits and gods
a person who is, by nature, a healer, and has obtained, through spiritual practice and a natural 'gift', the capacity to hold both positive and negative charges within their body
a person who is not part of an organized religion and is in direct contact with the spirit world, usually through a trance state
a person who is profoundly aware that the world is alive with spirits and spiritual energy, and who does something with that knowledge
a person who knows how to reach contact with the divinities, les souls of the dead and other roaming spirits
a person who sees things differently, a walker between worlds, a wounded healer, a tender to the soul of the community who combines self-knowledge, vision and service to become a link in the continuity of life
a person with the ability to access experiences, open consciousness, and extend beyond normally-perceived reality, to connect with other realms of consciousness
a priest or medicine man whom the Mapuche believe has direct contact with spirits (usually women)
a priest or medicine man who (purportedly) can influence good or evil spirits
a priest/priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing the sick, divining the hidden, and controlling events
a priest who gets his powers through summoning spirits and worshipping them for special spells and spell-like abilities
a religious leader among the barbarian tribes
a religious leader who usually functions in an animistic culture to contact the spirit world in order to be empowered by it
a religious or mystical expert (male or female) who in FIRST NATIONS and INUIT societies undergoes initiation experiences in altered states of consciousness (trance or possession)
a ritual or religious specialist who is believed
