In 20th-century Maya communities, curers and diviners may show some features of true shamans (such as vocation through illness, trance, communication with a spirit), for which reason they are often loosely called'shamans' by ethnographers.
Curers and diviners may show some features of true shamans (such as vocation through illness communication with a spirit). This is in 20th-century Maya communities. Illness is trance. They are often loosely called'shamans' by ethnographers for true shamans (such as vocation through illness communication with a spirit). Illness is trance.