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Mysticism and success: The role of shamans in South Korea
Learn about shamanism in South Korea.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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The Ecstasy of St. Teresa
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, marble and gilded bronze niche sculpture by Gian...
Kelsey Carroll
soma sacrifice
A soma sacrifice in Pune (Poona), India.
C.M. Natu
Diagram of chakras
Tantrika painting of the chakras in the body.
Wellcome Collection, London
A Taoist ritual
Taoist monks taking part in a ritual at the Temple of the City God, also called Old...
© Shawn McCullars
Tungus shaman
Tungus shaman, detail of an engraving from Nicholaas Witsen's Noord en Oost Tartarye...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
Reclining Buddha
Reclining Buddha, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
© Michael Abishek/stock.adobe.com
Aristotle
Aristotle, marble portrait bust, Roman copy (2nd century bce)...
© A. Dagli Orti—De Agostini/Getty Images
Rudolf Otto
Rudolf Otto, 1925.
Foto-Jannasch, Marburg/Art Resource, New York
John Wesley
John Wesley, detail of an oil painting by Nathaniel Hone, 1766; in the National Portrait...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London