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Re:The origins of cannabis smoking: evidence from the first ... by znowcone on Friday November 12, 2021 @05:24AM (#29197892)
Absolutely. For example people who have taken 5-MeO-DMT report having profound religious-like experiences. Some say if there's a god then you can talk to him through tryptamines.

I'd really like to know how much of religion comes from psychedelia.

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Re:The origins of cannabis smoking: evidence from the first ... by celticninja on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:48AM (#29199732)
Religion, probably very little. Religious experiences probably very many.
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Re:The origins of cannabis smoking: evidence from the first ... by quantified on Friday November 12, 2021 @01:03PM (#29202485)
Santa Claus coming down the chimney has been suggested to be a metaphor for the shaman with his Amanita Muscaria entering your yurt around the firepit at its mouth.
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Re:The origins of cannabis smoking: evidence from the first ... by rfd4sgmk8u on Friday November 12, 2021 @04:45PM (#29204906)
One probably does not want the raw agarics without passing through a reindeer bladder first. Which is why Santa has 7 of em! Always found this metaphor quite funny.
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