Shamanism & Plant Medicine
Indigenous healing traditions, ayahuasca, and shamanic journeying.
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60 termsShaman
A healer who journeys between worlds to access spiritual guidance and healing.
Shamanic Journey
An altered state practice using drumming or other methods to access non-ordinary reality.
Ayahuasca
A sacred brew from the Amazon used in ceremony for healing, visions, and spiritual insight.
San Pedro (Huachuma)
A sacred cactus from the Andes used in ceremony for heart opening and healing.
Peyote
A sacred cactus used by Native American traditions for spiritual communion and healing.
Psilocybin Mushrooms
Fungi containing psychoactive compounds used in indigenous and therapeutic settings.
Iboga
An African plant medicine used in Bwiti tradition for initiation and healing.
Rapé (Hapé)
Sacred tobacco snuff blown into the nostrils for grounding, clearing, and prayer.
Kambo
Amazonian frog secretion applied to small burns for purification and healing.
Sananga
Eye drops made from Amazonian plants for clearing vision and spiritual sight.
Icaro
Sacred healing songs sung by shamans during ayahuasca ceremonies to guide the experience.
Dieta
A period of restricted diet and isolation to commune with plant spirits and receive teachings.
Maestro/Maestra
A master healer or shaman who has trained extensively with plant medicines.
Curandero/Curandera
A traditional healer in Latin American cultures using herbs, rituals, and spiritual practices.
Power Animal
A spirit guide in animal form that provides protection, guidance, and medicine.
Soul Retrieval
A shamanic healing to recover soul fragments lost through trauma or life experiences.
Smudging
Burning sacred herbs like sage or palo santo to cleanse energy and space.
Palo Santo
"Holy wood" from South America burned for cleansing, healing, and inviting good spirits.
Tobacco Ceremony
Sacred use of tobacco for prayer, offerings, and communication with the spirit world.
Vision Quest
A rite of passage involving fasting and solitude in nature to receive spiritual vision.
Curandero/Curandera
Traditional healer in Latin American cultures using herbs, ritual, and prayer.
Huachuma (San Pedro)
Sacred cactus medicine used in Andean healing traditions for millennia.
Peyote
Sacred cactus used ceremonially by Native American Church and indigenous peoples.
Iboga / Ibogaine
African plant medicine used in Bwiti tradition for initiation and healing addiction.
Rapé
Sacred tobacco snuff from the Amazon—used for grounding and clearing.
Sananga
Amazonian eye drops for clearing vision and energetic blocks.
Kambo
Amazonian frog medicine used for purging and strengthening the immune system.
Mapacho
Sacred tobacco used ceremonially in Amazonian traditions for protection and prayer.
Dieta
A period of dietary and behavioral restrictions for deepening relationship with plant spirits.
Mesa
A sacred altar used in Andean and Amazonian shamanism with power objects.
Limpia
A spiritual cleansing ceremony using eggs, herbs, or other items.
Sobada
Traditional Mexican healing massage addressing physical and energetic imbalances.
Shamanism
Ancient spiritual practice accessing other realms for healing.
Shamanic Journey
Traveling to non-ordinary reality through drumming.
Power Animal
Spirit ally in animal form providing guidance and protection.
Spirit Guide
Non-physical being offering wisdom and support.
Lower World
Realm accessed through descent for power and healing.
Upper World
Celestial realm accessed through ascent for wisdom.
Middle World
Spirit aspect of ordinary physical reality.
World Tree
Cosmic axis connecting the three shamanic realms.
Shamanic Drum
Frame drum used to induce trance states.
Soul Loss
Parts of the soul leaving due to trauma.
Shamanic Extraction
Removing spiritual intrusions causing illness.
Psychopomp
Guiding souls of the dead to the afterlife.
Shamanic Dismemberment
Initiatory vision of death and rebirth.
Medicine Wheel
Sacred circle representing cycles and directions.
Pipe Ceremony
Sacred prayer ceremony using ceremonial pipe.
Tobacco Offering
Giving tobacco to spirits in gratitude and prayer.
Mesa
Peruvian shamanic altar containing power objects.
Curandero
Latin American traditional healer using plants and spirit.
Ayahuasca
Amazonian plant medicine brew for healing visions.
Peyote
Sacred cactus medicine used in Native American ceremony.
San Pedro
Andean cactus medicine for heart-opening ceremonies.
Rapé
Sacred snuff used for clearing and grounding.
Kambo
Amazonian frog medicine used for purification.
Sananga
Amazonian eye drops for clearing and vision.
Dieta
Restrictive practice building relationship with plant spirits.
Icaros
Sacred songs sung during plant medicine ceremonies.
Ancestor Work
Healing practices connecting with ancestral spirits.
Plant Spirit Medicine
Healing through relationship with plant consciousness.
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