Shaman – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:43:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Shaman – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 El Curandero: Shamans of Mesoamerica and the Amazon https://brewminate.com/el-curandero-shamans-of-mesoamerica-and-the-amazon/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 17:48:03 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=120304 Disease is thought to be caused by intrusion or soul loss, evil spirits, sorcerers, or broken taboos. By

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]]> Curandero: Peruvian Shamans and Nature’s Medicine Cabinet https://brewminate.com/curandero-peruvian-shamans-and-natures-medicine-cabinet/ Mon, 20 May 2019 17:38:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=94773 In Peru, the challenge of providing health care to the country’s citizens has spurred interest in alternative medicines

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]]> Shamanic Trance Journeys: Prehistoric Attempts to Understand the Natural World https://brewminate.com/shamanic-trance-journeys-prehistoric-attempts-to-understand-the-natural-world/ Mon, 20 May 2019 17:38:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=92859 Early spiritual and religious concepts developed to deal with an occasionally but worldwide seen natural phenomenon which suggested

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]]> Supernatural Sound: Science and Shamanism in the Arctic https://brewminate.com/supernatural-sound-science-and-shamanism-in-the-arctic/ Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:40:11 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=83156 The Arctic became a place beyond empirical grasp: the real/fantasy land of orality about which those living within

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