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A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism

Shamanism

The cult, found in many parts of Buddhist Asia and elsewhere, which centres round an intermediary whose psychic powers are so developed that he can link the ordinary daily world with the world of spirits. It has affinities with Bön (q.v.).

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Shamanism from A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism. ISBN: 0-203-98616-4. Published: 12-16-1997. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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