Iatromantis
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Iatromantis
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Iatromantis is a Greek word whose literal meaning is most simply rendered "physician-seer." The iatromantis, a form of Greek "shaman", is related to other semimythical figures such as Abaris, Aristeas, Epimenides, and Hermotimus.
In the classical period, Aeschylus uses the word to refer to Apollo and to Asclepius, Apollo's son. According to Peter Kingsley, iatromantis figures belonged to a wider Greek and Asian shamanic tradition with origins in Central Asia. A main ecstatic, meditative practice
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Greek term
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2023-03-18T20:38:03Z
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