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The Role of Shamanism

The Role of Shamanism

Shamanistic practices in ancient cultures may have been a means of accessing higher knowledge and understanding the cosmos.

Hancock explores how rituals, altered states of consciousness, and psychoactive substances played a role in ancient societies’ spiritual and scientific insights.

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