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The spa In addition to classic spa services like facials and massages, the Post Ranch spa offers more esoteric experiences including shaman sessions (for both individuals and couples), a power animal drum journey, astrology, energy balancing, and forest meditation.—
Lauren Sloss,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Carved from whale bones, reindeer antlers and walrus tusks, these fierce talismans are vengeful spirits traditionally created by shamans to destroy enemies.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The sorcerer’s job is not to run things for them, like a supervised Mickey Mouse, but to create intuitive systems that help people add things AI can’t do.—
Bipul Sinha,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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These sorcerers combat monstrous manifestations of negative human emotion, known as Curses, using a parallel energy source called Cursed Energy.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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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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While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.—
Eric Andersson,
Peoplemag,
19 Feb. 2024
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But prosecutors told a different story, saying the man who was seen by some as a spiritual healer and medicine man used his position to prey on his victims.—
Muri Assuncao,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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An Anishinaabe Sculpture Park features statues of figures in action, from a fisherman to a medicine man and a meat and fish preservation drying rack.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
16 Nov. 2025
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Ask for a side of voodoo sauce, which offers hints of peppercorns, bourbon and butter.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, a religion far more complex than the tired tropes of straw dolls and pins.—
Caitlin Gunther,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 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
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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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The islands will also include the opportunity to battle D&D characters such as Klauth, the ancient red dragon and necromancer Valindra Shadowmantle.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
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Toby’s central role as the witch Solveig — a necromancer who treats death as something to be welcomed rather than feared — embodies the script’s most provocative ideas.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Shamanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamanist. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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