### belief | religion:

Shamanism
* are animism
* awakens for the recipient deeper states of consciousness and soul searching.
* can be therapeutic in counteracting anxiety and other psychic and psychosomatic disorders.
* enables people to reconnect with the living earth and hear again nature's voices.
* exists intribal cultures aroundthe world and hasdone so for centuries
  - with or without ritual, and with or without religion
* has a long history in Anglo-European countries
  - many fetishistic elements
  - obvious connections with nature and the countryside
* honors a reverence for all of life.
* is about being within and a part of the world, a knowing rather than an unconscious part
  - ageless wisdom
* is an ancient technique of spiritual empowerment basic to all humans in every culture
  - older practice than that of a priest
  - based upon the principle that there are other realms of existence other than our own
  - closely related to Mongolian nomadic culture
  - compatible with other spiritual traditions
  - different from animism
* is one of the most ancient and unifying practices within our human heritage
  - universal, and most primitive forms of religion on earth
  - oldest psycho-spiritual practices known to man
  - option in the holistic approach to schizophrenia
  - our common human heritage
  - probably the oldest spiritual practice on the planet
  - synonymous with the intake of powerful hallucinogenic substances
* is the belief in an unseen world of many gods, demons, and ancestral spirits
  - oldest spiritual system in the world
  - original religion of Inuit
  - religious practices of some Aboriginal healer
  - science of faith, and faith can profoundly direct evolution
  - use of shamanic practices within a shamanic value system
* is the world's oldest healing and teaching tradition
  - tradition, and is found in all cultures of the world
  - spiritual tradition that has beenpracticed for thousands of years
  - thousands of years old and has been practiced or lived in all quarters of the world
  - viewed as a way to to maintain communication between the Hmong and the spiritual world
  - well developed
* means something different to each person who uses the title.
* often involves a healing circle.
  * is different from animism. Unlike this kind of religion, it is not an organised movement.
* practice which sees spirit in all the manifestations of nature.
* recognizes that everything is alive, sacred, and connected.
* relies heavily upon ceremony and ritual to evoke the desired trance.
* religion in the broadest sense.
* represents a fusion of the experience and practice dimensions.
* speaks of beliefs, attitudes, convictions or ideological practices.
* supports a passionate way of being.
* teaches one to be healthy, joyful, and eager to be of service to others.
* term applied in Siberia to belief in spirits and supernatural powers.
* typically includes animal guides and spirit guides.

Sikh religion
* prohibits idolatry, caste system, sati, use of wine and tobacco smoking.
* rejects distinction based on ownership of economic resources.

Traditional religion
* All traditional religions view homosexuality as a sin.
* cites heterosexual marriage as the ideal for sexual expression.
* is about beliefs
  - the stomp dance
* provide no ethical certainties.
* tends to be very suspicious of anything that is related to astrology.

Tribal religion
* Many tribal religions are polytheistic in that they have belief in many gods.
* embrace ancestor worship.