Shamanism is a religious practice found in many regions of the world that involves a practitioner traversing the ‘axis mundi’ – a channel of communication between parallel worlds. Shamans reach an altered state of consciousness, either auto-hypnotically or through the use of psychoactive substances to interact with the spirit world. In this gallery we feature sculptural depictions of the Shamans of the Andes in South America, some dating back thousands of years.
