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Shamanism In Paleolithic

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This reading is talking about shamanism. Shamanism is a religion practiced in the Paleolithic period. Shaman is a person who is the leader of the religion shamanism. It could be healer, magician, or a person who has knowledge and could travel around the world. A shaman can be a male or female however, not everyone can become a shaman. To become a shaman one has to inherit from his ancestors, or to be called by spontaneous vocation. There are other ways a person can be called a shaman like when the person shows strange behaviors. Additionally, his clan can only recognize a shaman if he receives two kinds of teaching that proclaim his initiation, static and tradition. The practices of a shaman are very diverse. He goes from the present world

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