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carl jung ...

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  useful video ...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTod5CohoBQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sermons_to_the_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Book_(Jung) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/07/labyrinths-emma-jung-marriage-carl-early-years-psychoanalysis-catrine-clay-review https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Carl-Jung-and-the-Shadow-An-Introduction

the shaman AUA and his wife ORULU ...

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  https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/the-shaman-aua-and-his-wife-orulo/

modern day overlapping practice and observances of christians and shamans in siberia

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  https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodoxy-and-Shamanism-in-Siberia-54613.html

yet another article on the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelic experiences ...

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  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/26/psychedelics-can-change-humanity-for-the-better-its-time-to-unlock-their-power

archaeology ... drugs

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  https://www.openculture.com/2021/11/the-drugs-used-by-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans.html

at burning man ... talk to god ...

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  https://longreads.com/author/leorasmith/

might it be possible to reduce relapse rates amongst alcoholics by using psilocybin ... molecular science article ... possibly, maybe ...

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  https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-alcohol-psilocybin-relapses.html

A short encounter with magic truffles ( i'd never heard of them ) ...

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  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/23/i-have-adhd-and-was-scared-of-psychedelics-then-i-found-myself-eating-magic-truffles- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_truffle

Bardics ... a course for poets, etc ... in Wales

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  https://poetryschool.com/courses/bardics-a-poetics-of-shamanism/

an inuit shaman ... Igjugaarjuk, a powerful shaman of the inland Paallirmiut, met Knud Rasmussen in 1922.

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  https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/igjugaarjuk-the-shaman/

person imitating a god ...

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  https://corvusfugit.com/2017/09/25/1400-rain-god/ https://kimbellart.org/collection/apx-197402

review of michael pollan's latest book in the TLS

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  https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/this-is-your-mind-on-plants-michael-pollan-book-review-josh-raymond/ Horticulture | Book Review Seed no evil Psychoactive stimulants and the modern world By  Josh Raymond IN THIS REVIEW THIS IS YOUR MIND ON PLANTS Opium – caffeine – mescaline 274pp. Allen Lane. £20. Michael Pollan Michael Pollan knows a lot about plants.  The Botany of Desire  (2001) explored how four of them – apples, tulips, cannabis and potatoes – were bred to satisfy four basic human desires: for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. In  This Is Your Mind on Plants  he has turned his attention to three more, or rather, the psychoactive chemicals they contain: opium from poppies, caffeine from coffee and tea, and mescaline from the peyote and San Pedro cacti. Pollan is no stranger to the psychoactive, having tried several psychedelics of increasing potency for  How to Change Your Mind  (2017), culminating with 5-MeO-DMT, derived from ...

a bit of wellcome foundation journalism ...

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  https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/YN7fFRAAACIAwYup?fbclid=IwAR2Dku76Wyno7G9DRlxaI1CdWSGB06vkT2JPuPDyp5Yel7T_rUsPT38eQfE etc etc ...  https://wellcomecollection.org/series/YNGfPhIAACIAkSRB

photographs ... portraits of shamans by Flore-ael Surun

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  https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/06/world/gallery/cnnphotos-shaman-portraits/index.html http://tendancefloue.net/floreaelsurun/en/series/chamans/#container

back to basel ... for dinner with john horgan, john halpern, and evgeny krupitsky ...

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  https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/tripping-in-lsds-birthplace-a-story-for-e2809cbicycle-daye2809d/

what are the effects of psychedelic drugs on other parts of the body ?

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https://psychedelicreview.com/whole-body-effects-of-psychedelics-part-1/

trance music ... in my opinion, a shade more to do with mass hysteria than with self-discovery ... and a little bit monotonous

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_music

shaman's stick ( possibly, maybe ) from finland ...

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https://archaeologicalnews.tumblr.com/post/655349011736346624/possible-shamans-snake-stick-from-4400-years-ago

can psilocybin stimulate damaged brains to repair and re-connect ? possibly maybe ... although i am inclined to believe that damage avoidance is preferable ...

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  https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/14/psychedelics-boxing-brain-trauma-mike-tyson-therapeutic-use

interesting art photography featuring modern korean shamanism ...

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  https://monovisions.com/dirk-schlottmann-korean-shamanism-spirit-possession/?fbclid=IwAR2HtQuVzh38LwEYsfgjDn_Rr1EvvuCgv8rtuqevJ1UdyoSsClJMntLFkkU

the idea that the energy requirements for brain-state transitions are reduced under psychedelics had remained untested, until a recent prodigious study performed by Stephen Parker Singleton and colleagues

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  https://psychedelicreview.com/lsd-and-the-anarchic-brain/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-HT2A_receptor https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.31.429016v1 http://help.brain-map.org/display/humanbrain/Allen+Human+Brain+Atlas

imperial college psychedelic research ... state of play report ...

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  https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/220873/the-future-psychedelic-science/

LSD and the REBUS model of consciousness ... experiment not yet peer-reviewed

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  https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/19/acid-test-scientists-show-how-lsd-opens-doors-of-perception https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.14.444193v2.full.pdf

not sure if i can wrap my brain around this notion of separating hallucination from psychedelics ... i'll spend an hour trawling for articles that might offer some perspective, even clarity ...

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/28/non-hallucinogenic-psychedelics-scientists-close-in-on-compound https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-3008-z https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/new-psychedelic-drug-could-treat-addiction-and-depression-without-hallucinations-344072 https://academic.oup.com/schizophreniabulletin/article/46/6/1396/5908041 https://goop.com/wellness/health/the-science-and-shamanism-of-psychedelics/ https://psychologycompass.com/psychedelics/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-math-theory-for-why-people-hallucinate-20180730/ https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19010035

the eleusinian mysteries ...

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a fairly random selection of articles that i googled ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries https://thereaderwiki.com/en/Eleusinian_mysteries https://medium.com/@mustaphahitani/eleusinian-mysteries-and-psychedelic-enlightenment-c9622cacfa6f https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302998435_Ritual_Path_of_Initiation_into_the_Eleusinian_Mysteries http://baringtheaegis.blogspot.com/2016/09/pat-ritual-announcement-eleusinian.html https://femminaclassica.com/unraveling-the-eleusinian-mysteries/ etc, etc .. https://maps.org/images/pdf/books/eleusis.pdf

alex grey's paintings of albert hoffmann ...

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann

i was wondering about reported or fictional encounters with psilocybin in literature and found an interesting list ...

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_literature

Etc, etc ... therapy with psilocybin ...

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/14/magic-mushroom-psilocybin-show-promise-treatment-depression-clinical-trial-finds?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2T5G3Il0VM37dc50i7ihZtrmRVxuU4Mgqyogk8PsFw4AIlHHK-XLJpESM#Echobox=1618435226

attempt to quantify the benefits of lsd microdosing ... IF ANY !

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  https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/02/microdosing-lsd-benefits-might-be-placebo-effect-study-finds?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2Qp1r_4ucccAcEL2ftEeKRTvHfggbLZ0qCnOPHY4WUg3InueFCAgQR81o#Echobox=1614693945

shamanism revived / celebrated / borrowed by folk/rock musicians ?

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/16/blood-sacrifice-the-rise-of-dark-nordic-folk-heilung-wardruna etc etc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRg_8NNPTD8&fbclid=IwAR1XXcsN2dNl0905MSluccHH2vIx1UDd-lmJXJF_QSiKs_QUSFhzWu0sOXo

attempting to identify contents of mayan "drug" containers

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https://phys.org/news/2021-01-scientists-contents-ancient-maya-drug.html

beginning to figure out what psilocybin can and cannot do for people ...

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  https://psychedelicreview.com/the-effects-of-psilocybin-on-morality-and-empathy/