Shaman
[ˈʃɑː.mən]Meaning
English word for a practitioner in shamanism
Background Story
Shaman is the English word for a practitioner in shamanism, a spiritual practice in which the practitioner interacts with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness such as trance. It is recorded as a given name in Indian, Tao and African American use in user-submitted entries.
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