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Katriena Emmanuel's avatar

In hindsight we can see how the story of Alice in Wonderland is like the journey the shaman would take after a psychoactive plant medicine

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It’s funny I never read the book, I tried to read Alice in wonderland when I was like 10 and it felt like I was reading nonsensical words, like you’d have to be high on something. So I only know the story through the movies and it became so obvious with the visuals of giant mushrooms and the scaling of big to small, that it was written by someone who was high as a kite haha

Maybe one day I’ll try reading it

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Myth and Mystery's avatar

Thank you, this is all very interesting! I found Sheldrake's Entangles Life a fascinating introduction into the topic. In literary studies Rhizome by Deleuze and Guattari has become a paradigm of mycelial entanglements. But I am not aware of any evidence for the use of fungi in Eleusinian mysteries or the cult of Mithras. Would be curious to know if you have any references to this?

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𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖚𝖓𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖊's avatar

Thank you for the recommendations! I am actually currently reading Sheldrake’s Entangled Life. As for the use of mushrooms in the ancient cults, The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku is a book that analyzes it very well and first introduced me to the topic.

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Thank you!

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𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖚𝖓𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖊's avatar

You’re welcome; thanks for reading!

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How to Love the World's avatar

this is great! i started incorporating them into my art recently. that Netflix documentary fuled a lot of fungi enjoyers, too, I'm sure. 🍄🍄🍄

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