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a great team of psilocybin researchers working in london at imperial college ... and plenty of others elsewhere in the world

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https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analysis/research-briefing/magic-mushrooms-as-a-treatment-for-depression/20204046.article https://www.imperial.ac.uk/department-of-medicine/research/brain-sciences/psychiatry/psychedelics/ https://reason.com/blog/2018/01/22/new-research-on-psilocybin-therapy-sugge https://phys.org/news/2018-02-mushrooms-magic-evolutionary-explanation.html http://reset.me/story/tried-psychedelic-mushrooms-35-years-saw-light/

contains scenes of shamanism, laotian style

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psilocybin with a course of meditation works wonders

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https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/01/19/psilocybin-from-magic-mushrooms-plus-meditation-and-spiritual-training-leads-to-lasting-changes-in-positive-traits/ and https://boingboing.net/2018/01/18/enhance-mystical-type-experien.html https://www.eagleshaman.com/shamanism/psilocybin-mushrooms/

christmas frivolity ... was santa a shaman ? etc ...

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http://www.openculture.com/2017/12/did-santa-claus-his-reindeers-begin-with-a-mushroom-trip.html

rock art out of the jungles of south america

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ucl-vra120517.php

embrace of the serpent ... shaman travels with modern men in rain forest

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

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

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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