Shamanism is humanities oldest belief system, going back to Hunter-Gatherer days.
Every tribe or village had one strange man or woman, who’s hut… and life… were off on the edge.
Eating strange things, talking to empty air… but they knew things. Things no one else knew.
Was this knowledge from spirits or the ancestors or thanks to an outsider’s perspective?
… when someone was sick, something the tribe’s wise women had no lore for… they were called.
Fabulous Friday,
Sedim, thank-you for the connect. Many people forget that doctors owe so much to shamans and magick.
Lady Gene 
Terrence McKenna!
Oh the nostalgia this is giving me lol. I had no idea that Jacob was moving into this topic too, I remember when all he did was cover Norse paganism lol. The fragility of these traditions is an unfortunate reality, and it’s a complicated topic when it comes to preserving them.
Shamanism, if treated as a general term akin to paganism, is the original world religion, and essentially the science that led to all the modern sciences. As we studied the world, so did we start to study ourselves and begin to achieve true understanding. It’s a fascinating history.
Thank you for sharing these!