Explore the origins of Christmas traditions in a fascinating journey that ties them to the psychedelic Amanita muscaria mushroom. Discover how shamanic rituals influenced gift-giving practices and connect Santa's vibrant attire to these ancient customs. Uncover the link between evergreen trees and mushroom habitats, and learn about the reindeer's trippy experiences. This quirky dive into holiday lore reveals the surreal connections between festive symbols and hallucinogenic experiences.
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Christmas Traditions Have Hidden Roots
Many familiar Christmas traditions have deep historical roots that aren't obvious today.
Tracing origins reveals cultural practices often derive from older, unrelated rituals.
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Santa Colors Mirror A Mushroom
The podcast links many Christmas symbols to the red-and-white Amanita muscaria mushroom.
Evergreen trees, red and white colors, and gift placement echo mushroom-related rituals.
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Shamans Deliver Mushrooms At Solstice
Siberian shamans collected Amanita muscaria, dried them, and delivered them during the winter solstice on December 21st.
Shamans were older bearded men dressed in red and white who entered homes via smoke holes through deep snow.
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The Magic Mushroom Christmas Theory
Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/nxrd30pygahChristmas is the most iconic holiday in the world and it’s full of strange traditions. Activities like hanging stockings and singing songs about flying reindeer have become so deeply ingrained in Christmas, that we don’t even wonder where they came from. When we trace the origin of Christmas traditions, we find that many of them may be linked to the rituals surrounding the Psychedelic mushroom, Amanita muscaria. The large red, white spotted Amanita Muscaria is the most recognizable mushroom on earth. Throughout history and across many cultures, people valued this mysterious mushroom for its powerful hallucinogenic properties.Get the After Skool Kid's book, "Why Don't Country Flags Use the Color Purple?" https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Country-Flags-Color-Purple/dp/0578489244/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3C6UQKGPPXZK&keywords=why+don%27t+country+flags+use+the+color+purple&qid=1575326307&sprefix=why+don%27t+country%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-4Please consider supporting After Skool on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AfterSkool
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Thanks for watching.Sources of video:
https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_48_1_lee.pdf
http://amanitashop.com/amanita-habitat
http://interferencetheory.com/Research/ResearchVenusBlueprintDatabase/files/287ae7753bc781c68415549eae18a8b2-249.html
https://medium.com/@mustaphahitani/santa-was-a-magic-mushroom-d3065b05e76f
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