The human brain doubled in power, very suddenly, 200,000 years ago. Why?
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/stoned-ape-return/
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psychedelics used to treat depression ... interview/podcast
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/medical-psychedelics-clinical-trial/?fbclid=IwAR1wNhuCVSO8L5ZbKLdFPOkqjef2ht6blld9YYcvHeHbj1mc6VkpalT02GY
can psychedelics repair broken neural circuits ?
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/psychedelics-research-paralysis-treatment-jim-harris/
psilocybin update from the guardian
Magic mushrooms’ psilocybin can alleviate severe depression when used with therapy | Medical research | The Guardian
interesting map ... the link to the wikipedia article on shamanism with its long list of reference material ... other links and some additions to my semi-comatose image library
Shamanism - Wikipedia The Shamans Of Siberia (rferl.org) Portraits of shamans from around the world | CNN The Shaman Masters of Hohhot Have Returned – Foreign Policy Tsentsak - Wikipedia Plants, Shamans, and the Spirit World (usda.gov) The surprising story of Mongolian shamanism | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology SHAMAN on Behance Thunder Shaman (degruyter.com)
guardian article about black women trying to deal with trauma by using psilocybin
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/28/mushrooms-psychedelic-black-women-mothers-microdosing?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3x89XsRwpj-yXj_ZshPo5DY2cDbB6QSP454xo5F7b2n6Z9wegLsSitqvU#Echobox=1661686654
maybe pseudo-shamanism ...
https://youtu.be/SVbc_Fwbt50 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/18/its-so-alien-ive-never-heard-anything-like-it-folk-collective-heilung-on-recording-the-worlds-oldest-song
the huichol or wixarika people , shamanism with peyote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichol#:~:text=The%20Huichol%20or%20Wix%C3%A1rika%20are,%2C%20New%20Mexico%2C%20and%20Texas. https://wilderutopia.com/international/humanity/wixarika-huichol-people-protecting-sacred-lands-of-mexico/ https://soundcloud.com/socal350/wixarikahuichol-people-protecting-sacred-lands-of-mexico?utm_source=wilderutopia.com&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fsocal350%252Fwixarikahuichol-people-protecting-sacred-lands-of-mexico https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/travel/mexico-peyote-pilgrimage.html
the guardian's john crace ... already famously anxious ... tries a breathing therapy ... and it works !
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/may/23/i-feel-totally-seen-john-crace-on-how-guided-breathing-soothed-a-lifetime-of-anxiety
a "serious" polish artist who experimented with drugs
https://www.openculture.com/2022/05/the-polish-artist-stanislaw-witkiewicz-made-portraits-while-on-different-psychoactive-drugs.html
sami shaman drum
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/15/the-guardian-view-on-returning-a-sami-shamans-drum-a-sign-of-hope
sebastiao salgado ... maturaca shaman
https://picturethis.art/en/product/241/shaman-a-ngelo-barcelos-from-the-community-of-maturaca-interacts-with-xapiri-spirits-in-visions-during-an-ascent-to-pico-da-neblina-yanomami-indigenous-territory-state-of-amazonas-2014
shamanism & hunting ... google led me to damien hope's rarther wonderful blog ... full of information and ideas ... and wonderfully illustrated
https://www.patreon.com/posts/57769494
professor david nutt ... not a shaman but with important things to say about human emotions and the way people use drugs and alcohol
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/20/curb-drink-culture-says-drugs-expert-david-nutt https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001382y
shamanism and hunting ... there ought to be plenty to say on the connection so we'll start here ... you have to start somewhere !
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/717554?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&deptids=1&ao=on&ft=diker&offset=40&rpp=20&pos=43 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naskapi Numerous cases have been documented in which the Hudson’s Bay Company relocated the Naskapi from post to post purely for its own commercial purposes, and without any concern as to whether the areas where the posts were situated offered the Naskapi the possibility of harvesting the fish and game that they required for food as well as the fur-bearers that the Company sought. In several instances, individual managers, apparently dissatisfied with the Naskapi’ seeming lack of commitment to trapping withheld from them the ammunition that they needed to hunt for food, thereby directly causing a considerable number of deaths from starvation.