Plastic shaman
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Plastic shaman is a pejorative colloquialism applied to individuals who are attempting to pass themselves off as shamans, holy people, or other traditional spiritual leaders, but who have no genuine connection to the traditions or cultures they claim to represent. In some cases, the "plastic shaman" may have some genuine cultural connection, but is seen to be exploiting that knowledge for ego, power or money.
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See also
- Cultural appropriation
- Cultural imperialism
- Curandero
- Ear candling
- Fraud
- Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951 - British legislation that both combats plastic shamanism and repeals the 1735 Witchcraft Act
- The Modern Parents- an English Cartoon strip lampooning New Age beliefs and their followers
- Neoshamanism
- New Age
- Noble savage
- Ethnocentrism
- Plastic Paddy
- Quackery
- Early film racism in the United States
- Stereotypes of East Asians in the Western world
- Stereotypes of African Americans
- Stereotypes of Hispanic and Latino Americans
- Stereotypes of Native Americans
- Shamanism
- Transamerica — a character in the film calls himself a "peyote shaman"
- Wannabe
- Witch doctor
- Xenocentrism
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