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Bacalar, Mexico Hosting multi-day ayahuasca retreats in the lagoon-side town of Bacalar, in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, is Peruvian-American healer and curator Amalia Moscoso, who brings together medicine men and women, facilitators, and shamans of all backgrounds to create each of her experiences.
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Michaela Trimble, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2023
Klee’s father, Jones Benally, is a traditional Diné (as the Navajo call themselves) medicine man; his mother, Berta Benally, is an activist and folk musician of Russian-Polish Jewish heritage who grew up in the folk scene of Greenwich Village.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
When Kinsel recently began seeing visions of his late horse Yoyo running toward him, a medicine man held a ceremony to dispel the phantoms.
—David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
Benally, the son of Navajo medicine man, Hoop Dancer and cultural performer Jones Benally and Berta Benally, a folk singer of Russian-Polish Jewish heritage, was born in Black Mesa on the Navajo Nation in 1975.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
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Michaela Trimble, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2023
Klee’s father, Jones Benally, is a traditional Diné (as the Navajo call themselves) medicine man; his mother, Berta Benally, is an activist and folk musician of Russian-Polish Jewish heritage who grew up in the folk scene of Greenwich Village.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
When Kinsel recently began seeing visions of his late horse Yoyo running toward him, a medicine man held a ceremony to dispel the phantoms.
—David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
Benally, the son of Navajo medicine man, Hoop Dancer and cultural performer Jones Benally and Berta Benally, a folk singer of Russian-Polish Jewish heritage, was born in Black Mesa on the Navajo Nation in 1975.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
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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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On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
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The people, fearful, went to the shaman, and despite the initial distrust, more masked spirits appeared, transforming the sadness into joy.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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Playing as characters like a MAGA grandma, a QAnon shaman, or a pink-haired rockstar, participants work their way around the board collecting ballots, aiming to get enough to make it up the golden ladder to join Donald Trump on his helicopter.Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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Merlin: Merlin was a key sorcerer in Arthurian Romance.Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
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Since 2013, the coastal California city of Morro Bay has been the site of witch sightings around Halloween time, as hundreds of people dressed in their finest sorcerer's outfits hop onto stand-up paddle boards for the Witches and Warlocks Paddle.Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Medicine man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine%20man. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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