Quotes:Shamans

H. P. Blavatsky

Shamans. An order of Tartar or Mongolian priest‐ magicians, or as some say, priest‐sorcerers. They are not Buddhists, but a sect of the old Bhon religion of Tibet. They live mostly in Siberia and its borderlands. Both men and women may be Shamans. They are all magicians, or rather sensitives or mediums artificially developed. At present those who act as priests among the Tartars are generally very ignorant, and far below the fakirs in knowledge and education.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Shamans