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Several centuries ago it was believed that the fly agaric, combined with the bufotenin–containing mucus of toads, was an ingredient of witches' brews, which made flying on their broomsticks possible. Even Santa Claus and Father Christmas are connected to Fly Agaric and their reindeer, which, by the way, like their portion of fly agarics and 'living' water.
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― Entheogens and the Development of Culture: The Anthropology and Neurobiology of Ecstatic Experience
― Entheogens and the Development of Culture: The Anthropology and Neurobiology of Ecstatic Experience
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Inhaling fumes directly from burning foliage, either in a confined space such as a cave or a tent, or scooping up and breathing in the vapors from psychoactive plant materials scattered on a bowl full of hot coals, must be an extremely ancient practice. Herodotus's account from the fifth-century BCE, describing the use of small tents by the Scythians (a northwestern Iranian tribe) for inhaling the smoke of cannabis, is probably the most famous account that confirms the antiquity of the use of ca
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― Entheogens and the Development of Culture: The Anthropology and Neurobiology of Ecstatic Experience
― Entheogens and the Development of Culture: The Anthropology and Neurobiology of Ecstatic Experience
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