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shamanistic

shamanistic

1 9.9
Relating to shamans and their spiritual healing rituals
  • adjective
  • /ˌʃɑːməˈnɪstɪk/
: chamanístico
  • Within shamanistic cultures, it is secrecy rather than publicity that sanctifies.
  • shamanistic experience
  • shamanistic and animistic

Examples

  • I had some important experiences with shamanistic journeying.

    Academic text (1993)
  • According to Li, social behaviors (which are always ritually significant) began in shamanistic ceremonies and gradually became accepted social norms.

    Academic text (2016)
  • More often than not, his religious views are more connected to the views of animistic or shamanistic faiths than to Christian tradition.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Unbeknownst to me at that early stage of my fieldwork, there were two men with recognized shamanistic power in the settlement.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Music for the Wa is thus highly functional in maintaining the group's social collaboration and accompanying shamanistic rituals and festivals.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The Proteus story, as well as that of the Sumerian Enki-Oannes, has definite shamanistic and totemic elements.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Recently, Wilber (1986:75ff) placed shamanistic experience within the context of a transpersonal view of evolution.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The ritual behind the ceremony of the full moon brew is shamanistic.

  • Much has been written about the shamanistic elements in Di Mare's art.

  • The surrounding walls are covered in shamanistic murals.

Synonyms

shamanic
vsshamanistic
3 7.8

Related to people who talk to spirits and lead healing ceremonies

is broader applying to general characteristics not only rituals
shamanist
vsshamanistic
1 9.9

Relating to people who connect with spirits and their ceremonies

refers more to the people who perform those roles

Surface Forms

shamanistic positive
shamanistischer comparative
shamanistischste superlative

Morphology

shamanistic = shaman (transparent) = shaman + istic

Clear adjectival formation from 'shaman' with productive suffix '-istic', meaning 'relating to shamans or shamanism'.

Etymology

Shamanistic comes from shaman, an old Siberian word meaning 'one who knows' or 'seer'. A shaman acted as a healer and spirit guide, so shamanistic describes ceremonies and practices about healing and the spirit world.