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psilocybin research at imperial college and at johns hopkins

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http://www.zmescience.com/research/studies/fmri-scan-psilocybin-effect-on-brain-404234/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/how-psychedelic-drugs-can-help-patients-face-death.html?pagewanted=all

gundestrup cauldron

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundestrup_cauldron

parakana, shamanism without shamans

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http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/parakana/73

colombian stuff in the british museum

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http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/c/cast_gold_pendant_of_a_winged.aspx

edward curtis on the pacific coast of canada

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Holmengrå laksefiskevær ... this is too far south and west to be part of traditional sami culture but it might be the kind of place in which similar beliefs first encountered medieval christian ritual

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as was expressed so beautifully in the labyrinth design for the cathedral at chartres ... http://www.labyrinthos.net/photo_library14.html

sami folk

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