Water drums are a category of membranophone characterized by the filling of the drum chamber with some water to create a unique resonant sou...

An excerpt from The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney   In the old days, the beasts, birds, fish, insects, and plants could ...

The Sacred Hoop Magazine " Guide to Shamanism " is 128 pages of wonderful, image-rich shamanic information. This special (PDF ...

I began making rawhide frame drums in 1989 after attending my first shamanic drum circle. Birthing shamanic drums became a passion that c...

The Mountain Chant: A Navajo Ceremony by Washington Matthews   Among the Navajo Indians of Arizona, the nine-day Mountain Chant marks ...

This eBook is a reprint of the classic 1891 ethnographic study of Cherokee shamanic practice by the gifted anthropologist James Mooney....

Divination is the art of seeing and interpreting signs in everything around us. The goal of shamanic divination is to encourage well-bein...

Maria A. Czaplicka was a Polish anthropologist who is best known for her ethnography of Siberian shamanism. First published in 1914, Sham...