As water scarcity threatens their livelihoods, indigenous women in Mexico are relearning how to grow their ancestral foods. When Agustina Ortiz, 45, returned to her...

In the Amazon rainforest, a "living seed bank" is planting the seeds of hope for a greener future. As Reasons to be Cheerful reported, a...

The Mong believe that when a child is born, its soul is still wandering somewhere. They organize a ritual to call the soul to...

Ayahuasca, a sacred drink made from the stem and leaves of a tree vine, has many names: psychedelic brew, hallucinogenic tea, mood medicine and...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 9,000-year-old campsite that may have been frequented by an ancient shaman. The Middle Stone Age (otherwise known as the Mesolithic) site...

Sleep begins in the dead of the night, the opening credits roll accompanied only by the rhythmic sound of snoring. This sound is broken...

A documentary "buddy movie" about a Los Angeles artist and a Native American Shaman in Sedona, Arizona. The artist turns to the Shaman for...

by Martha Winona Travers (Author), Julia Plevin Oliansky (Foreword) Experience the heart-opening wisdom of Andean shamanism • Presents the teachings of revered Ecuadorian Kichwa elder...

There are spiritual traditions, as the shamanic practices, that are spread around the globe, in Asia, South and Central America, and even Europe. These...

As the last surviving boy in his family during a time of severe suffering and black magic, Ketut is the only one who can...