Archaeologists in Taiwan unearthed a snake-shaped artifact likely used in ancient religious rituals. The serpentine object, which dates back some 4,000 years, was discovered last year in Taoyuan City, ...

Ssitkimkut is the extraordinary Korean ritual for the dead that cleanses the dead spirit, assisting it on its way to the next life. The ritual is layered with singing, dancing, instrumental and ...

12. Anything I do, including ritual, is only a moment in time: healing, as an ever-constant weaving into the wholeness of things, is an ongoing process; therefore, what I do is only one of many facets ...

The artifact was sculpted and hardened at a low temperature in the Middle Neolithic Age in Taiwan. (all photos courtesy Hung-Lin Chiu) Archaeologists in Taiwan have unearthed a snake-shaped piece of ...

Helena Soholm holds up the five directional flags of Korean shamanism in Dronningmølle, Denmark. (Arin Yoon) It is the day before the ceremony and forty people from different parts of the world will ...

As the Republic of Korea—spurred by the world's fastest-growing economy from the 1960s to the 1990s—has rapidly developed, shamans and the rituals they perform have adapted to their new hyper-modern ...

In 2019, 29-year-old Pakistani filmmaker, Nadeem Alam Alkarimi began investigating shamanism in Hunza Valley, his hometown. Since graduating from the National College of Arts (NCA), in Lahore, ...

This is the second installment of interviews with speakers from the 3rd Annual AltSex NYC Conference, which was held on Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Jerry Orbach Theater in Manhattan. Source: James ...

It is the day before the ceremony and forty people from different parts of the world will converge in Copenhagen to experience a shamanic ceremony facilitated by 46-year-old Helena Soholm, a Korean ...