neoshamanism

new forms of shamanism, typically practiced as a type of New Age spirituality without a connection to traditional shamanic societies
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neoshamanism

Summary

neoshamanism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • neoshamanism was influenced by Michael J. Harner[2].
  • neoshamanism was influenced by Carlos Castañeda[3].
  • neoshamanism is a type of shamanism[4].
  • neoshamanism's Commons category is recorded as Shamanism[5].
  • neoshamanism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Neoshamanism[6].

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Definition and Type

neoshamanism is a type of shamanism[4].

Movements and Schools

Acknowledged influences include Michael J. Harner[2], an anthropologist[7], 1929–2018[8], of United States[9], specialised in anthropology[10] and Carlos Castañeda[3], an anthropologist[11], 1925–1998[12], of United States[13], specialised in philosophy[14].

Why It Matters

neoshamanism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[1] neoshamanism has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] neoshamanism is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [7] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [8] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [9] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [10] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [11] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Influenced by Michael J. Harner, Carlos Castañeda
    Topic's main category Category:Neoshamanism
    Subclass of shamanism
    Influenced by
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21488, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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