Definition

1. Verb:
   • To practice shamanism: To engage in the rituals, healing practices, or spiritual activities characteristic of a shaman. This involves acting as an intermediary between the human and spirit worlds, often through trance states, to perform healing, divination, or guidance.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • The elder would shamanize to communicate with ancestral spirits for guidance.
  • In some cultures, a person must undergo rigorous training before they can properly shamanize.

Advanced Usage

• "to shamanize for someone": To perform shamanic practices on behalf of another person, typically for healing or problem-solving.
  • The healer was asked to shamanize for the sick child.

Variants and Related Words

• Shaman (n): A person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, typically entering a trance state during rituals.
• Shamanic (adj): Relating to or characteristic of a shaman or shamanism.
  • The ceremony had a deeply shamanic quality.
• Shamanism (n): A practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness to interact with the spirit world.

Synonyms

• Practice shamanism: Engage in shamanic rituals.
• Conduct a shamanic ritual: To perform a specific ceremony led by a shaman.

Related Phrases

• To go into a shamanic trance: To enter the altered state of consciousness necessary to shamanize.
  • The practitioner needed to go into a shamanic trance to shamanize effectively.

Verb

1. practice shamanism