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E6 Taxonomy

Fool's Guide to the Occult

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The Different Types of Shamanism

Shamanism involves practices such as ancestor worship, journeying to specific shrine. It is also where we get the idea of the fetish or the puppet and magic from. In Chinese, the word wu is used, meaning shaman or sorcerer. One artifact of ancient Chinese shamanism we can study today is Chinese oracle bones.

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