shamanistic

English

shamanistic (comparative more shamanistic, superlative most shamanistic)

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 109:
  From Christ to the Fisher King of the Grail legends, the man suffering from a magical wound is no ordinary man; he is the man who has transcended the duality of sexuality, the man with a vulva, the shamanistic androgyne.
- 2007 July 7, Choe Sang-Hun, “Shamanism Enjoys Revival in Techno-Savvy South Korea”, in New York Times‎:
  There are an estimated 300 shamanistic temples within an hour of Seoul’s bustling city center, and in them, shamans perform their clamorous ceremonies every day.

of or pertaining to shamanism

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