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Shamanism (/ˈʃɑːmən/ SHAH-mən or /ˈʃeɪmən/ SHAY-mən) is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world. A shaman is a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing.
The word "shaman" probably originates from the Tungusic Evenki language of North Asia. According to ethnolinguist Juha Janhunen, "the word is attested in all of the Tungusic idioms" such as Negidal, Lamut, Udehe/Orochi, Nanai, Ilcha, Orok, Manchu and Ulcha, and "nothing seems to contradict the assumption that the meaning 'shaman' also derives from Proto-Tungusic" and may have roots that extend back in time at least two millennia. The term was introduced to the west after Russian forces conquered the shamanistic Khanate of Kazan in 1552. The term "shamanism" was first applied by western anthropologists to the ancient religion of the Turks and Mongols, as well as those of the neighboring Tungusic and Samoyedic-speaking peoples. Upon learning more about religious traditions across the world, some anthropologists began to also use the term to describe unrelated magico-religious practices found within the ethnic religions of other parts of Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas, as they believed these practices to be similar to one another.
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Plot: Confronted with pictures of nature catastrophes and seeing the global financial system collapsing I go on a journey through Europe to find answers on a burning question: How can we go on? With a camper van I visit places where heaven and earth are very close to another. I meet spiritual teachers, shamans and priests and come into contact with mysticism. A new understanding of my being is dawning. On Iona I have a transpersonal experience feeling one with all. Back in Germany I share my new being in a circle-way meeting with Manitonquat. I feel seen. Everywhere people are gathering in circles to co-create new forms of living. My journey ends with hope that a change in the world is possible.
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Plot: Listen to my heart, not my tongue. Crooked Tongue highlights the journey of self-discovery of a young adult Hispanic stutterer, his trials and tribulations, his yearning to be able to speak freely, and the characters he meets along the way.
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Plot: Eccentric Jeffrey Mannus is 29 years old and still lives at home with his mom, Jan. He sees no reason to alter this arrangement, but his perfect world is upended when Jan meets Mert, a motivational speaker. Mert successfully woos Jan and moves in on Jeffrey's territory, something Jeffrey will not tolerate. Jeffrey enlists the aid of an unlikely ally, an aspiring singer-songwriter, Nora, with an anti-establishment penchant and a soft spot for him. As the war between Mert and Jeffrey escalates, something unprecedented happens -- slowly, to both his own surprise and horror, Jeffrey discovers his inner adult.
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Genres: Music,Times are coming back
When nights are getting longer
And I can read the promise
In your mind
To yourself again, that you will
Play the strong one
But you burn inside, bleed inside -
And you remain the same!
Someday you'll be gone
Where to, you'll never know...
See you there!
Should you fall apart,
Should you remain entire
Now that I can breathe
Inside your dreams
Laugh into your face,
Set yourself on fire,
Burn inside, bleed inside -
Tell me how it feels...
The time will come
When I'll be there forever
To take your soul
And make you part of me
So, take care...
(You'll never be the same...)
The time will come
When I'll be there forever
To take your soul
And make you part of me