Korean Shamanism Reborn
1 min readFeb 14, 2017
The Korean Shamanism is probably one of the oldest form of shamanism worldwide . It dates back to pre-historic times . It pre-dates even Buddhism and Taoism . Known as Muism(Mu) and Sinism , the shamanic tradition has centuries old roots in Korea .
The Mu is part of the Northern Shamanic Belt . The birthplace of Mu is central Asia . It has common roots with the Siberian and Scandinavian shamanic practices .
The sacred rituals of the Korean shamanism were almost lost during the ages .It all began with the spread of Buddhism and Confucianism . But the greatest strike to the old tradition was dealt in late 19th century …
