DAVIS, CA – For over a decade, Manvir Singh, an assistant professor of anthropology at UC Davis, has immersed himself in the study of shamanism, conducting ethnographic fieldwork with Mentawai ...

Shamanism, humankind's oldest spiritual and healing tradition, is in many cultures dominated by men, and Western skeptics often debunk its effectiveness. In a groundbreaking new book published last ...

An Alaska Native leader has asked a non-indigenous shaman to cancel a pricey retreat to Juneau which she says amounts to cultural theft and the commercialization of Alaska Native cultures. In a letter ...

I was in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a few years ago for vacation and stopped by an outdoor bar with flowers climbing up the stone walls. I struck up a conversation with a couple, and while we ...

Bruce Cunningham has been a serious student of shamanic practice for over 15 years. A shaman is one who has been called by spirit, engaged the training and developed the skill to step between the ...

Taking a one-hour journey with Laura Beann of Napa could mean finding ancestors, talking with animals and discovering a part of yourself you had long forgotten – or perhaps had never even known about.

TWO HARBORS — Emily Christenson lightly brushes pigment onto a drum hide, revealing an intricate ethereal snapshot. This instrument’s not for show — it’s for drumming. Christenson is a Northland ...