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shamanize

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[shah-muhn-ahyz, shay-muhn-, sham-uhn-] / ˈʃɑ mənˌaɪz, ˈʃeɪ mən-, ˈʃæm ən- /

verb (used without object)

shamanized, shamanizing
  1. act in the role of a shaman.


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The tribes of the Altai believe that "the ability to shamanize is inborn; instruction only gives a knowledge of the chants, prayers, and external rites."

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.