One by one the members of our group approached him. The shaman—or the spirit speaking through him—described each person’s past and doled out advice. Then it was my turn; I kneeled next to him.

Greenlanders in recent years have been embracing pre-Christian Inuit traditions like drum dancing or getting Inuit tattoos.

At a small temple in a city park in Seoul, South Korea, Chung Soon-doek is the head shaman leading a daylong ritual called a “gut” in Korean. She’s dressed in elaborate, bright-red silk ...

Each mask represented a particular spirit and was a part of a larger story woven by the shaman, who was the interpreter of the world's unknown forces. Highly distorted, human-face-like masks were ...

SBS’s upcoming drama “The Haunted Palace” has teased the chemistry between BTOB's Yook Sungjae and WJSN’s Bona! “The Haunted ...

Evenki bird spirit poles (as seen below) are carved spiritual items that feature several types of birds mounted on 15-20 foot slender poles. These poles, in conjunction with the moose boards, pike ...