Shamans believe that unseen spirits permeate ... she told me, because the path to becoming a shaman is above all a highly individual one. Similarities do exist, though: The ecstatic trance ...

Vladimir Putin allegedly met shamans during his recent trips to Siberia and Mongolia to seek their blessing for the use of nuclear weapons, according to Russian opposition figures. The Russian ...

Aymara shamans, or amautas, in Bolivia are refusing to leave their homes in El Alto despite being just feet away from a deadly drop. Locals call the shacks on the edge of a cliff "suicide homes ...