Question

What is the name of the social role in South American indigenous religions that functions through alliances with spiritual forces or non-physical beings from other worlds or dimensions, with whom he (typically a male) communicates through vision, trance, or dream?

Answer 1

Answer:

The general name for the person with this social role in South American indigenous cultures is a shaman.

Explanation:

Shamanism is the name for the set of beliefs that is common among South American indigenous cultures. A shaman is a figure in the community who can speak with spirits and other supernatural forces in the environment. They often use substances like ayahuascar in the jungle regions or perform rites like the pachamama ceremony in Andean cultures. These are practices that are found locally as a part of their rites of purification and purging and appeasing transcendental energies.