Well Im sure we can all agree that their was a significant difference between Altered States and the Field. What I personally liked was the relationship described between animals and humans in shamanistic societies. Now for me shamans never had much of a meaning except for a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game called world of warcraft. But after reading this specific entry primarily on native american shamans. "Indians were put here on this earth with trees, plants, animals, and water, and the shaman gets his power from them." (Hughes 21)
What I personally find intriguing about shamanistic societies is that they use their "abilities" with nature for the use of healing. If anything shamans were the first and original doctors before modern medicine came into play. They ahd an acute knowledge of plants and animals and certain substances in nature that can be used for healing or other helpful uses. There are other beliefs that involve similar relams like voodoo for example and its known uses of hallucinegons. But unlike shamanism it has a dark side. Shamans use their "abilities" for good. That itself interests me the most.
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