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Along the way, travelers will meet local shamans, experience traditional llanero (cowboy) culture, and be led by a Mayan spiritual guide and archaeologist.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
The twice-weekly two-hour temazcal experience, led by a local Mayan shaman, guides participants through an ancestral purification ritual focused on physical and spiritual detoxification.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

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The sequence featuring Circe, the sorcerer who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs, might be the most disturbing of them all, not so much for what’s shown as for what’s implied, as the men’s body-horror-like transformations occur in tight shots.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026
But that apprehension is directed toward monsters, goddesses, sorcerers, and nymphs.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026

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Blacks were not treated by white doctors in all-white hospitals but were sent to inferior facilities to be treated by men who were little more than witch doctors.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 3 May 2026
Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.

— Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025

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Authorities say Chasing Horse spent nearly 20 years abusing his position as a Lakota medicine man to take advantage of women and girls.

— Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
During his trial in January, prosecutors said the former actor weaponized his reputation as a Lakota medicine man, exploiting cultural traditions and spiritual beliefs to prey on Indigenous women and girls.

— Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of medicine man

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On Friday and Saturday evenings, the dinner menu features standout dishes like shrimp and grits and the flavorful voodoo pasta, combining shrimp, chicken, and andouille sausage in a spicy, creamy sauce.

— Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
She’s set on turning a frog prince, Naveen, back into a human after he’s cursed by an evil voodoo witch doctor, Facilier.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2026

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For years Johnson, the disheveled political magus, was the golden boy of Britain's Conservative Party.

— Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022
But other students are there for Wittgenstein the sage, the magus, the riddler—the man who left Russell bewildered by a turn to mysticism at the end of a book that was supposed to be about logic.

— Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022

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That’s more than can be said for the sequel, which is just driven by pandering, up to and including bringing back characters who’ve died, usually with the help of necromancer Quan Chi (Damon Herriman).

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Who to face this strange, ancient magic but the last of the Grim Lords, the sleeping necromancer Kaiataris?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026

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