Astral projection
Indigenous traditions
### Indigenous traditions

#### Amazon

The *yaskomo* of the [Waiwai](/wiki/Wai-Wai_people "Wai-Wai people") is believed to have the ability to perform a soul flight that can serve several functions, such as healing; flying to the sky to consult [cosmological](/wiki/Cosmology "Cosmology") beings (the Moon or the Brother of the Moon) to obtain a name for a [newborn](/wiki/Newborn "Newborn") baby; flying to the cave of [peccaries](/wiki/Peccary "Peccary")' mountains to ask the father of peccaries for abundance of game; or flying deep down into a river to seek the aid of other beings.

#### Inuit

In some [Inuit](/wiki/Inuit "Inuit") groups, individuals with special capabilities, known as [angakkuq](/wiki/Angakkuq "Angakkuq"), are said to be able to travel to ([mythological](/wiki/Inuit_mythology "Inuit mythology")) remote places, and report their experiences and important matters back to their community. Those abilities would be unavailable to individuals with normal capabilities. Among other things, an angakkuq was said to have the ability to stop bad hunting luck or heal a sick person.


Can an angakkuq heal a sick person?