Hitchhiker's Guide to Religion

Siberian Shamanism

Mythological Echo Tradition

Stories from across world mythology that resonate with Siberian Shamanism tradition — parallel figures, parallel moments, parallel truths.

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San

1 story echo Siberian Shamanism

  1. The Trance Dance: Half Dead, Half Alive

    San
    Echo in Siberian Shamanism

    The shaman's journey to the spirit world to retrieve the sick person's lost soul — the same structural process of dying, traveling, and returning with healing

    The San healing ceremony lasts all night — the healers dance to exhaustion, die a little, travel in spirit to fight illness and retrieve souls, and return carrying healing in their hands.

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