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All About Shamanism - Terence McKenna
Aug 5, 2022
Terence McKenna, an expert on shamanism, explores the significance of shamanism in personal identity and compares their provisional scientific approach to the scientific method's focus on predictability. Shamans utilize unleashed psychic energy, speculation, myth-making, and imagination to explain phenomena. They also play a crucial role in cultural evolution and empowerment.
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- Shamanism values personal experience and keeps understanding open-ended, generating culture instead of consuming it.
- Shamans challenge illusions and empower cultural evolution through poetry, dance, mask-making, and chanting.
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Re-valuing Personal Identity
Shamanism is important because it offers a more authentic state of being by stripping away the cultural trappings. It values personal experience and theories about the world based on direct experience. Unlike science, which relies on external information, shamans constantly revise and keep their understanding open-ended. They generate culture instead of consuming it. They tap into the energy of speculation, myth-making, and imagination to explain things.
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