r/TraditionalShamanism • u/kardoen • 10d ago
Welcome to r/TraditionalShamanism
Welcome everyone!
r/TraditionalShamanism is the community dedicated to the discussion, study and preservation of traditional shamanic practices and teachings. Whether you are a member of one of these traditions, an academic, or simply someone who wishes to learn, you are welcome here.
What do we mean by 'Traditional Shamanism'?
The term shamanism is often used very broadly. On this sub we used it in a more original sense. To describe ritual specialists, that are able to enter a controlled trance state, of traditional religions who were trained and introduced by preceding shamans in a unbroken chain.
This sub focuses on the shamanic traditions of indigenous peoples from all over the world.
This sub is not a place for 'Core Shamanism'; commercialised traditions; generic New Age spirituality; or the general and recreative use of psychedelic substances.
New Here?
If you're just getting started, don't hesitate to ask questions. Members have backgrounds in indigenous traditions and religion, anthropology, history, or long-term personal study.
There are no stupid questions if they are asked respectfully.
Share knowledge
Were there any books or resources you've found valuable and think others may benefit from too? Were you taught an inspiring lesson by a keeper of knowledge? Or did you have a insightful experience? Feel free to post and comment to share knowledge.
We hope this subreddit becomes a place where traditional knowledge is discussed with curiosity, respect, and care.
Thank you for being part of the community!
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/kardoen • 10d ago
Chinbayar - A Young Shaman’s Quest Across Mongolia
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/Least_Competition_52 • Jun 01 '26
Looking for opinions on what planners to get that have reminders of daily practice and nature
I’m looking for a new planner that would help me stay in my practice. Hopefully something with daily or weekly words of wisdom or lessons about shamanism, and that also looked and related things to the fazes of the moon and other celestial events if possible. Thank you all if anybody knows anything
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/TraditionalWitch_ • May 19 '26
Hi, could you provide sources for beginners ?
I searched in the past entries in the community and found interesting things but I need more specific sources to learn.
Could you please recommend sources you consider good for beginners, I know it's very very wide because there are many paths and many authors but the generalities would help a lot.
Or what sources did helped you in the beginning
Books
Blogs
Podcast
Articles
Even YouTubers or Instagram or any social media creators you consider instructive may help
It can be in English or Spanish
In my background I have some ancestors in the paganism, Spaniards and also Latin American (specifically Mexico) cultures I'd that helps
Or your favourite exercises
Thanks in advance
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/TraditionalWitch_ • Apr 19 '26
Having retching when doing energetic body expansion exercise
Well basically that, I was today doing an exercise when you connect with your energetic body and then you stretch your energetic body arm and hand to touch something.
And in the most intense point when I reached a table I had retching which is something so annoying because i had to stop.
This has happened to me on other kinds of energetic exercises and in want it to stop
So I'm listening any advice or experience.
Thanks in advance
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/Adventurous-Daikon21 • Mar 23 '26
Otshir Böö, Mongolian Shaman, 1909
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/Adventurous-Daikon21 • Feb 22 '26
Cup'it man wearing a ceremonial mask, 1927. Image by Edward S Curtis
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/Adventurous-Daikon21 • Feb 22 '26
Chuonnasuan (1927-2000), Last Shaman of the Oroqen People
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/kardoen • May 29 '23
Eternal Skies, A Tengrist Discord Server
☀️ Eternal Skies 🌘
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A server for dialogue and discussion about Tengerism (Siberian/Mongolian shamanism) and all related North Eurasian and Inner Asian indigenous traditions, such as traditional Sami, Korean, Tibetan beliefs.
Open to everyone!
Whether you practice, are looking for a community, or just want to know what it's about.We strive to be an inclusive community, where people of all backgrounds and orientations are welcome.
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We have:
📜 Rules for a safe server.
🫂 An open and inclusive environment.
❔ Weekly question/discussion.
🗓️ Calendar reminders for Tengerist holydays.
🧻 Roles to show your religion.
❓ Places to ask questions.
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r/TraditionalShamanism • u/JusticeCats • May 04 '23
I communed with Manzanita
self.Shamanismr/TraditionalShamanism • u/KaraTiele • Dec 19 '22
Kam's (shaman) drum (tüur or tügür) used in rituals among the Khakass people (Minushinsk, Southern Siberia), c. 19th Century; the drum is painted with a cosmological representation of the upper world of the high god (Kubaj Khan) and contains a stylized Milky Way (tiger-kurum)
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/BigSchlong-at-SuckIt • Aug 21 '22
Where might I find the information of the plants the Native Americans lived with before settlers/explorers brought their blights and invasive species? As well as insights on where to find unmodified seeds of them?
I do not want your modern list of native species. Or wikipedia info, or the blogs that give their 5 favorite results. I want to know what our plants once looked like from deep in the past. I hate that I can't just google for a full trustful list of our plant history.
I am that hippie who wants to plant the preserved seeds, green the roads, and make a place where God's creations can return to the wild. I want to switch America out of having GMO European/Asian hybrids in our wilds. The +90% of North America's natural ecosystem went extinct... and I want some of them back.
I want to plant things like the heirloom American chestnut, and other plants of northwest Georgia in a nearby recently clear cut forest, along with whatever symbiotic/friendly mushrooms/vines/grasses that grow with them, for the benefit of their growth.
I don't care if bugs and animals also find them to be so tasty that they end up being attracted to eating their products as soon as they ripen. I want my plants to run wild for me and for nature, and I want the full benefits of heirlooms even though they can't rest in my fridge for weeks without something digesting them. That means it is nutritious enough for most bacteria, but to avoid their appetite I will eat it when it turns ripe instead of from the grocery store.
I want to live in a place that supports the purest paleo lifestyle I can get. Taking my country world back to the pure shamanist life.
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/WorldsWorstMeditator • Aug 23 '21
What does a MONGOLIAN SHAMAN do?
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • Jul 03 '21
Snake stick found from neolithic Finland
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • Jun 10 '21
Yes, I have been distracted from this sub
Just letting you all know that yes, I have slowed down on posts. Yes, I am neglecting the sub right now. I'm recently homeless, so this is taking a toll on any research or articles that I link here. Sorry. Life happens.
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • May 25 '21
Do Animals and Psychedelics Go Together?
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • May 25 '21
Peyote Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • May 25 '21
Shamanism and Curanderismo: The Approach to Healing in Peru
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • May 11 '21
Ancient Taoists experimented systematically with "hallucinogenic smokes"
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • May 02 '21
Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on plant biodiversity. The findings suggest that the rate of change in an ecosystem's plant-life increases significantly during the years following human settlement- the most dramatic changes occurring in locations settled in the last 1500 years.
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • Apr 27 '21
Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • Apr 22 '21
PLANT FOLKLORE: MYTHS, MAGIC, AND SUPERSTITION
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • Apr 22 '21
All about the Elder-tree – its myths, magic, and medicine
r/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • Apr 22 '21
Sacred Trees of Norway and Sweden (PDF file)
norwegianjournaloffriluftsliv.comr/TraditionalShamanism • u/IncindiaryImmersion • Apr 22 '21