Letter to Reverse Cowgirl on Shamanism
Reverse Cowgirl uses words like Animism and Shamanism, and is bold enough to accost men who are busy reading and ask them about their masturbation habits.

Dear Reverse Cowgirl,

Of course, I remember you. Good to hear about your journey.

I’ll check out the documentary ( ‘Shaman of the Himalayas’) that you mentioned. There is no literature that can help you internalize the concept [of Shamanism] but the actual shamanic experience in itself. That said, there are some excellent books that help ‘rationalize’ the experience. Julian Jaynes’ Origin of Consciousness — a breakthrough work in the field of psychology — is a great book on the shamanic experience though he does not mention the term ‘shamanism’; according to him, and I’m paraphrasing his central idea in my own words, we were all shamanic before our rational side began to dominate. Rick Strassman’s DMT: The soul of prophecy is another recent work that correlates ‘religious experience’/shamanic experience with that sandal-wood smelling endogenic substance called DMT.

The last two books I recommend strictly from a scientific point of view. From a more open-minded and artistic — that is being able to make inferences freely from patterns without gravitating around a set of established models — — I recommend Mircea Eliade’s Shamanism and Patterns; I cannot emphasize on how revelatory his book on Shamanism is. Now if you want to dig into something a little heretical which connects modern (<~2000 years) religions like Christianity and Buddhism, I recommend The Jesus Mysteries by Timothy Freke. Also, watch this video towards the end to see ‘simulated’ Tibetan Buddhist Shamanism in action. Ask yourself why modern religions veil the Gods or demote them in ranks and archetypal quality.

As I mentioned earlier, no amount of literature can convince you of the shamanic experience; early scholars always referred to shamans of the tribes that they studied as being ‘schizophrenic’; the rationale as to why these ‘crazies’ dominated their society is always skipped. One of the few books that correlate shamans with modern-day priests and freemasons is The Shaman and the Magician: Journeys Between the Worlds by Neville Drury. I always recommend Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict because it post-mortems three tribes with the analysis that shamans always dominated them; Ruth Benedict is one of those under-rated early feminist anthropologists who deserves more attention.

The true core of humanity has always been those involved in shamanism; maybe you heard of the modern shamanic scandal in South Korea... The reason why people have a hard time accepting this is by design. Things are occulted for the very purpose of creating a caste system based on limiting knowledge (by defining what is science and what is ‘superstition’)

Enjoy these books. I recommended the very best. That said, I also write about caste/occult propaganda. My writing is shitty (I have no editor) and is more of an attempt to express what I’ve learned about reality (also, I do not aspire to be a ‘writer’):

On caste-based propaganda in video games:https://medium.com/@100and9/divinity-unveiled-and-the-nature-of-the-gods-1f0d08f1491f

On the reign of Aryan Brahmanism in India:https://medium.com/@100and9/the-reign-of-aryan-brahminism-in-india-a326337248d9

On Christ-Superman Masala:https://medium.com/@100and9/do-fishes-bring-spring-or-death-a45024471453

On a very related note check out these ‘Controversial’ short videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0c5nIvJH7w

Cheers,

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(Letter Edited for GramHEIR Nazis, typos, context etc)
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['Anthropology', 'Freemasonry', 'Conspiracy Theories', 'Shamanism', 'Sociology']