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Thirty-one of the 190 videos—almost a fifth—include disparaging remarks about tribal practices including the Sunrise Dance or medicine men, including two completely dedicated to convincing the congregation of the evil within the Sunrise Dance.
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 28 June 2024
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.
—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
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 28 June 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine man
Noun
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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
Noun
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Even shamans who use traditional medicinal plants to treat illnesses direct HIV-positive patients his way.—
Adam Williams,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar. 2025
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Others whispered that she had been wounded in a battle with an Indonesian shaman and disappeared into the mountains.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Weaver is making her West End stage debut as storm-creating sorcerer Prospero in The Tempest.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2025
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There is the love of Irish and Mexican dance traditions, love challenged by evil sorcerers and family dynamics and the passionate love that ends in tragedy.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Medicine man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine%20man. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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