It is a bit of a scholarly article, I guess I was hoping the author was more into shamanism rather than anthropology. They dance around "shamanic trance" but don't really go into how shamans achieve non-ordinary states of consciousness.
The beginning of this paragraph made me recoil-
> A second prominent explanation is that shamans exploit human gullibility by taking advantage of psychological biases...
What a sad idea. I think this author might benefit from less psychology classes and more mushroom trips.
Never thought about the use of shamanism as a social organizer though. It is way more personal to me. I guess people that look for answers outside of themselves could see it being used like this.
New site for me, seems pretty cool. Thanks OP
It is a bit of a scholarly article, I guess I was hoping the author was more into shamanism rather than anthropology. They dance around "shamanic trance" but don't really go into how shamans achieve non-ordinary states of consciousness.
The beginning of this paragraph made me recoil-
>>
A second prominent explanation is that shamans exploit human gullibility by taking advantage of psychological biases...
What a sad idea. I think this author might benefit from less psychology classes and more mushroom trips.
Never thought about the use of shamanism as a social organizer though. It is way more personal to me. I guess people that look for answers outside of themselves could see it being used like this.
New site for me, seems pretty cool. Thanks OP
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