embrace of the serpent ... shaman travels with modern men in rain forest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace_of_the_Serpent
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a shapeless blog with a few links ... barend ter haar ... an interesting bibliography not just about shamanism but all sorts of social and spiritual stuff in china
http://faculty.orinst.ox.ac.uk/terhaar/shamanism.htm https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/univ-people/professor-barend-j-ter-haar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_shamanism and other stuff ... such as arthur waley ... https://www.amazon.com/Nine-Songs-Shamanism-Ancient-Classic/dp/1330293541
cary grant's therapy
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/12/cary-grant-how-100-acid-trips-in-tinseltown-changed-my-life-lsd-documentary
american clinical trial using psilocybin to treat depression with cancer sufferers
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hallucinogenic_drug_psilocybin_eases_existential_anxiety_in_people_with_life_threatening_cancer_
an improbable memory booster ? they would have to be tiny doses ...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/may/08/daily-dose-of-cannabis-extract-could-reverse-brains-decline-in-old-age-study-suggests-thc
more brain scans ...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-04-evidence-higher-state-consciousness.html