I'm amazed you could write beautifully about shaman. I shudder to think of their practices as something good. I always seen the practices as either a scam, taking advantage of people with problems, or a tool of revenge. I met countless of people in my 20s who used shaman to get the woman they wanted to marry or destroy the life of another for the sake of promotion at work and happy life. I have never heard of shaman who help to free people from their bondages or heal them. You wrote a beautiful article and a good message to us.