Korean Shamanism Explained (RFB)

What does a Siberian shaman (Sanskrit shramana) do but communicate between worlds?

Korean Shamanism Explained

(Al Jazeera English, Jan 21, 2022) Buddhists in South Korea rally against gov't 'religious bias'

(ReligionForBreakfast) Feb. 20, 2025: Korean Shamanism (Musok with its trance mansins) is a dynamic religious tradition rooted in spirit mediation (not meditation), ritual healing, and ancestral veneration to appease the spirits all around.

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  Siberian Soviet shamanism

  00:00 Basic overview
• 1:25 What is shamanism?
• 5:46 Shamanic deities explained
• 7:38 Who are the shamans?
• 12:40 Shamanism in Korea's religious landscape
• 14:25 Why the stigma?
• 18:26 Korean shamanism in the 21st century
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• Religion for Breakfast, Feb. 20, 2025; Pat Macpherson, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly