Evolutionary Religion—Shamanism (Part 1)

As the religious concepts of primitive man evolved, the spirit world was eventually regarded as being unresponsive to the ordinary mortal.  Only the exceptional among humans could catch the ear of the gods; only the extraordinary man or woman would be heard by the spirits.  Thus did mankind come to believe that a medicine man, a shaman, or a priest must intervene between the religionist and the object of worship.

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