Seven-year-old sacrificed to the gods for good harvest in India

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53. Lost me there

What was your criticism? You are of course free to define word "religion" any way as you want, but it's also good to keep in mind that
1) historically in terms of cultural evolution shamanhood precedes organized 'prototypical' religions, so the distinction is meaningful and important
2) there is no generally accepted definition of 'religion' especially among academic study, only family resemblance - and in that regard shamanhood and religions certainly do share many common aspects. Which is only to be expected on basis of previous point.

"Shamanism", as I pointed, is an Western invention by Mirca Eliade, which has created much confusion. I myself would be inclined to say that shamanhood is really much wider and deeper phenomenon that (organized) religions.