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Bhola Nath Banstola

He graduated in cultural anthropology and spent many years with shamans in the Himalayan area (Nepal, India, Bhutan, Tibet), adapting shamanic techniques that...

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Angaangaq

Angaangaq is a shaman, traditional healer, storyteller and carrier of the Qilaut (winddrum), whose family belongs to the traditional healers of the Far...

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Machi Carmelita Huenchul

The Mapuche is a group of native indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to...

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Don Oscar Miro-Quesada

Originator of the Pachakuti Mesa / Transmitter of Wisdom Traditions / Vision Keeper of The Heart of the Healer Shamanic Mystery School Oscar Miro-Quesada Solevo...

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Sandra Ingerman

Sandra Ingerman, MA, a world-renowned teacher of shamanism, is recognized for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods with modern culture. She’s taught for 40 years,...

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Kim Keum Hwa

The first time I saw Kim Kumhwa (김금화) was unknowingly and on a screen. It was in Ulrike Ottinger’s documentary movie The Korean Wedding...

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Davi Kopenawa Yanomami

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami is a shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami people. He led the long-running international campaign to secure Yanomami land rights, for...

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Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami leader and shaman

‘We can do our part to stop the destruction’ YANOMAMI LEADER AND SHAMAN DAVI KOPENAWA TALKS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RAIN FOREST IN ADVANCE...

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Donna María Sabina

The Earthly Journeys of María Sabina Who was María Sabina and how did she change the history of ethnomycology? María Sabina lived in Huautla de Jiménez,...

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Black Elk Wallace

Wise Elder & Teacher Grandfather Wallace Black Elk was a traditional Lakota Elder and Spiritual Teacher. He was the descendant of the legendary Nicholas Black...

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HANK WESSELMAN

Research paleoanthropologist and shamanic teacher, Hank Wesselman was one of those rare cutting edge scientists who truly walked between the worlds. He did his...

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Don Alberto Taxo

BY Martha Travers, one of Taita Alberto’s students On February 1, 2022, Taita Alberto (formally known as Don Alberto Taxo) departed this life—to continue walking...

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One Amazonian Nation’s Battle to Return Home

BY AMAZON FRONTLINES / FEBRUARY 2023 Many Indigenous peoples can identify their heartland: an area so critical to their physical and cultural livelihood that without...

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