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tlingit shaman's drum

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https://www.adn.com/arts/2017/05/11/with-help-of-infrared-photography-tribes-hopes-to-repair-timeworn-tlingit-drum/ https://beautifulbritishcolumbia.net/2018/07/26/philosophy-and-religion-of-the-tlingit/

psilocybin is therapeutic ... but ...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/06/1229298615/psilocybin-magic-mushrooms-drug-bust    

mushroom symbolism in ancient art ...

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https://tripsitter.com/mushroom-symbolism/  

Tassili N'Ajjer ... fungoid rock art ... enigmatic image thought to depict a human outlined with mushrooms ... so possibly shamanic in intention ... dated approximately 7000BC to 5000BC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tassili_Mushroom_Figure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tassili_n%27Ajjer https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/179/

Big Capital Muscles In to Psychedelics Medical Research and Development ... and Their Greed Will Fuck Things Up ...

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  https://japantoday.com/category/business/as-investors-pile-into-psychedelics-idealism-gives-way-to-pharma-economics

Do the therapeutic effects of psilocybin involve actions in the gut?

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A representative serotonin (5-HT) neuron and synapse. The figure shows predominant cellular locations of 5-HT receptors discussed in the text (5-HT 1 , 5-HT 2 and 5-HT 7 ), with their net effect on cellular activity denoted as excitatory (+) or inhibitory (−).  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165614723002766  Approximately 90% of the serotonin the  human body  produces is in the  gastrointestinal tract 's  enterochromaffin cells , where it regulates intestinal movements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin A Focus on Enterochromaffin Cells among the Enteroendocrine Cells: Localization, Morphology, and Role https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/7/3758 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterochromaffin_cell