Recently, an eager young American — who will go unnamed — secured an audience with a modern-day shaman — whose identity is a well-guarded secret. The young man was desperate to know what he could do ...

During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions as the shaman dance tiao tchin meaning ...

Ssitkimkut is the extraordinary Korean ritual for the dead that cleanses the dead spirit, assisting it on its way to the next life. The ritual is layered with singing, dancing, instrumental and ...

When Chris Klaxton forms a band, you listen. When said band, Shaman Denominator, plays its debut gig at the Dance Hall in Kittery on Friday, June 15, you go. You listen. When you interview Chris ...