Shamanistic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Shamanistic is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.
Meaning
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.
Example Sentences
There are an estimated 300 shamanistic temples within an hour of Seoul’s bustling city center, and in them, shamans perform their clamorous ceremonies every day.
From Christ to the Fisher King of the Grail legends, the man suffering from a magical wound is no ordinary man; he is the man who has transcended the duality of sexuality, the man with a vulva, the shamanistic androgyne.
In this film Ute Gebhardt looks at shamanistic healing rituals in Tuwa, which today is part of the Russian Federation. In Tuwa shamanism was able to survive five and a half decades of Soviet communism. Even today there is a shamanistic clinic in Tuwa’s capital Kyzyl.
Synonyms for shamanistic
Depending on context, synonyms include shamanist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shamanic, shamanly, techno-shamanic, spiritualistic, animistic, neoshamanistic.
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