The drum, often called the shaman's horse, provides the shamanic practitioner a relatively easy means of controlled transcendence. Resea...

The following is excerpted from Sky Shamans of Mongolia: Meetings with Remarkable Healers by Kevin Turner.   For thousands of years, Mongol...

An excerpt from my memoir, Riding Spirit Horse: A Journey into Shamanism .   In November of 1988, my wife and I sold our home in Bend, Orego...

" Nayan Navaa " is the superb new album from Namgar, a band that plays modern sounds rooted in traditional music from the Republic...

Mongolian shamanism is concerned with personal power and bringing good fortune into one’s life. Personal psychic power is called hii (wind)...

In 2014, Mongolian filmmaker Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir went to see a shaman named Uranbold. Although going to shamans was not a new experienc...

When you make or acquire a new drum for shamanic work, it needs to be ritually awakened so that it can be used more effectively. The ritu...

Mongolia is unique in that it has ten sacred mountains protected by Presidential Decree. Paying homage to sacred mountains has been integ...

On the summer solstice last week, Mongolia's Shamans gathered to practice traditions and rituals that are thousands of years old. In ...

Mongolian Shaman Mongolian shamanism, more broadly called the Mongolian folk religion, or occasionally Tengerism, refers to the animist...

Dukha Shaman Some of the world's greatest secrets and mysteries can be found beyond the boundaries of human civilization. With ...

In the book -- " Tragic Spirits ," MIT anthropologist Manduhai Buyandelger chronicles how the revival of shamanism has shaped M...

In Not Quite Shamans , Morten Axel Pedersen explores how shamanism serves to fill the spiritual void left by the collapse of socialism in...

In the post-communist era shamanism is undergoing a dramatic revival in Mongolia. Harshly suppressed during Mongolia's long Soviet ru...

Lauren Knapp is an American videographer/photo journalist living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In partnership with the Vanishing Cultures P...

While traditional shamanism continues to decline around the world, it is currently undergoing a revival in Mongolia. In a bewildering urb...

by Sarangerel Odigon The barisaa , prayer tree, is an important site of worship in Siberian/Mongolian shamanism. This ritual brings p...