Shamanism: Philosophy And Practice Of Healing

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Historically, the use of consciousness-altering drugs has been used in most cultures for the purposes of medicine, religious rituals, celebration, and recreation. Shamanism is just one example of this use. Shamanism is a philosophy and practice of healing done by a shaman in which diagnosis and treatments are based on trance. These diagnosis and treatments are done either on part of the healer which is the shaman or the patient. The shaman is able to conduct these trances to get the diagnosis or conduct treatment by using hallucinogenic drugs. Shamanism was created by utilizing the knowledge of drugs and practicing healing with that knowledge. Shamanism is not the only philosophy to use this knowledge for healing purposes. One document that

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