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10 Reasons the Knights Templar Were History's Fiercest Fighters Here are the most astonishing facts about Christianity's holy warriors....

Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention...

A witch doctor was originally a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft and is now more commonly a term...

Let’s say you’re sick. Could be anything: heart attack, broken leg, serious infection. Chances are, you want your doctor to prescribe a...

Also known as a ‘soul flight’, the shamanic journey is when a shaman leaves their body intentionally and enters the spirit realms in...

Ayahuasca is a South American entheogenic brew commonly made out of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, the Psychotria viridis shrub or a...

Herbal medicine (also herbalism) is the study of pharmacognosy and the use of medicinal plants. Plants have been the basis for medical...

A medicine man or medicine woman is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of indigenous people of the...

A vision quest is a rite of passage in some Native American cultures. It is usually only undertaken by young males entering adulthood....

Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner, a shaman, who is believed to interact with a spirit world through altered...

Palo, also known as Las Reglas de Congo, is a religion with various denominations which developed in Cuba among enslaved Central African...

The naga morsarang, also known as sahan, is a container which is used to store medicine in the culture of Toba people of North Sumatra,...

Pupuk is the name given to a magical substance which was used by the Batak shamans of North Sumatra. The pupuk is the main feature to...

A tunggal panaluan is a magic staff used by shamans of the Batak people, who live in the highlands of North Sumatra, Indonesia....

A magick staff has many names; a spirit staff, a walking stick, a traveler’s weapon, a weary wanderer’s companion. It has been used as a...

When the shaman’s helping spirits work through objects, such as a staff, it is possible to amplify the available spiritual power. For...

Over the centuries, a shaman’s regalia has often included a ritual staff. Different forms of this ritual garb are seen in cultures around...

Navaratna (Sanskrit: नवरत्न) is a Sanskrit compound word meaning “nine gems” or “ratnas”. Jewellery created in this style has important...

In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal (“Queen of the Great Earth”) was the goddess of Kur, the land of the dead or underworld in Sumerian...

Inanna is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess associated with love, beauty, sex, war, justice, and political power. She was originally...