Like the Peruvian curandero, these people typically fulfill healing and psychic leadership roles in animist tribes.
In Mayan myth, people in this role may travel "the good path" guided by Tlaloc through the world of dreams. The Korean word for people in this role is mudang; they are typically female. The American Zen Buddhist writer Joan Halifax's 1988 book titled for this religious role took its subtitle, "Wounded Healer," from a Jungian archetype. Like the Peruvian curandero, these people typically fulfill healing and psychic leadership roles in animist tribes. FTP, what name is given to those who connect the spiritual world with the physical, sometimes mistakenly called "witch doctors"?
In Mayan myth, people in this role may travel "the good path" guided by Tlaloc through the world of dreams.
shaman