Shamans are an integral part of communal religious traditions, professionals who make use ... This Introduction surveys research on the topic of shamanism around the world, detailing the archaeology ...

Mongolian shamanism includes religious beliefs and practises of shamans who enter trances to communicate with deities and spiritual beings who then possess the shaman's body. Shamans wear costumes and ...

(Julia Duin/Religion News Service via AP ... Shoog,” one of their early songs, is the shamanic call to ancestral spirits. Front man Temuulen “Temka” Naranbaatar, 34, who plays an electric ...