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* [[Spirit]]s exist and they play important roles both in [[individual]] lives and in [[human]] society.
* [[Spirit]]s exist and they play important roles both in [[individual]] lives and in [[human]] society.
* The shaman can communicate with the spirit world.
* The shaman can [[communication|communicate]] with the [[spirit]] world.
* Spirits can be [[good]] or evil.
* Spirits can be [[goodness|good]] or [[evil]].
* The shaman can treat sickness caused by evil spirits.
* The shaman can treat sickness caused by evil spirits.
* The shaman can employ [[trance]] inducing techniques to incite visionary ecstasy.
* The shaman can employ [[trance]] inducing techniques to incite visionary ecstasy.
* The shaman's spirit can leave the body to enter the [[supernatural]] world to search for answers.
* The shaman's spirit can leave the [[body]] to enter the [[supernatural]] world to search for answers.
* The shaman evokes animal images as spirit guides, [[omen]]s, and message-bearers. Shamanism is based on the premise that the visible world is pervaded by invisible forces or spirits which affect the lives of the living.[http://www.kirasalak.com/Peru.html] In contrast to organized religions like [[animism]] which are led by priests and which all members of a society practice, shamanism requires individualized knowledge and special abilities. Shaman operate outside established religions, and, traditionally, they operate alone. Shaman can gather into associations, as Indian tantric practitioners have done.
* The shaman evokes animal images as spirit guides, [[omen]]s, and message-bearers. Shamanism is based on the premise that the visible world is pervaded by invisible forces or spirits which affect the lives of the living.[http://www.kirasalak.com/Peru.html] In contrast to organized religions like [[animism]] which are led by priests and which all members of a society practice, shamanism requires individualized knowledge and special abilities. Shaman operate outside established [[religion]]s, and, [[tradition]]ally, they operate alone. Shaman can gather into associations, as Indian tantric practitioners have done.
==Etymology==
==Etymology==