What is Shamanism and hedgewitchery?
There is a LOT of overlap, considering that you’re looking at different cultures around the world. Shamanism is basically a magic user who helps the community, not an individual working on their own for their own purpose. The Shaman is a central figure in their area who does basically what a priest and a healer do. It’s up to the individual to work the spiritual side to help his people. One aspect that’s consistent in all forms of shamanism is that they use guides, and go on a journey mentally. This is true for shamans on every continent–Australia, South America, Central America, the Inuit, the Asian ones, Upper Russia, Japan, etc. Hedgwitches are individual pagans who use their natural skills to help themselves and/or others, but who do it using mundane, everyday things like natural herbs, cooking, native plants, it’s all nature and food based. It’s one person who is living their own life who is sometimes sought out by others. There are all different forms of the Craft. You’ll find a
