#  Video: Shamanism: The Timeless Religion – a Conversation Between Manvir Singh and Charles Stang 

 





October 15, 2025

 

 

Anthropologist Manvir Singh, PhD, joined Professor Charles Stang for a conversation about Singh’s new book, *Shamanism: The Timeless Religion* (Knopf, 2025), which draws on immersive research with shamans in Indonesia and the Colombian Amazon. Singh explored how shamans use trance, music, and plant medicine to heal, prophesy, and confront life’s uncertainties—and how these ancient practices reveal deep insights into belief, transformation, and the human mind.



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

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