Providing guidance through psychic skills, healing abilities and communications with Divine spirit. Believed to be learned from a past incarnation and initiations, along with study and practice in the current embodiment. Shamanism is most often associated with Native American practices. But this is actually highly inaccurate. Preferring instead Medicine man or woman.
Shamanism has a long history in Anglo-European countries.
Although given different labels in each culture, the practices of a Shaman or Shamanka are magikal. You might associate this initiation with an Ordination of a minister or priest. Not all practioners of the religion of Witchcraft cast spells or circles at all. A spell is a focus of energy, manipulated and cast for a specific intent or purpose. Focused by energy, intent, sometimes tools or other supports, such as elixirs or potions.