By Alberto Villoldo — 2010
The beauty of shamanism is that it is a direct experience of your own personal dialogue with Spirit.
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Neo-shamanism (for “new shamanism”) is a phenomenon that has been mainly developing in recent societies of Europe and of North America since the second half of the 20th century.
The path of shamanism in the West is a curious thing. Dogmatic world religions are crumbling institutions that no longer meet the needs of the modern spiritual seeker.
Neoshamanism is considered to be a contemporary form of shamanism developed to merge indigenous shamanic traditions within today’s society.
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