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Santa Claus

Lux Ferre March 15, 2022

Santa Claus – Also known as Father Christmas, St. Nicholas, or Saint Nick. A popular myth asserts that Santa Claus was originally a shaman among reindeer herders and ate fly agaric mushrooms (redandwhite spotted fungi that are somewhat hallucinogenic after careful treatment) to enable him to journey. Andy Letcher has traced the recent origins of this story and demonstrated that it arose no later than the screening of Miracle on 34th Street (1947) in which Santa Claus wore the red and white colors of the Coca-Cola brand rather than those of the mushroom.

SOURCE:

Historical Dictionary of Shamanism by Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis 2007

BOOKS FOR YOU TO READ IN OUR LIBRARY:

The Shamanic Journey: A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Shamanism – Paul Francis

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Hallucinogens and Shamanism – Michael J. Harner

Cherokee Medicine Man: The Life and Work of a Modern-Day Healer – Robert J. Conley

In the Shadow of the Shaman – Amber Wolfe

Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality – Michael Harner

A Little Bit of Shamanism : An Introduction to Shamanic Journeying – Ana Campos

Patients, Doctors and Healers: Medical Worlds among the Mapuche in Southern Chile – Dorthe Brogård Kristensen

Advanced Shamanism: The Practice of Conscious Transformation – James Endredy

Healing States: A Journey Into the World of Spiritual Healing and Shamanism – Alberto Villoldo, Stanley Krippner

Shamanism for the age of science: Awakening the energy body – Kenneth Smith

Visual Magick – Jan Fries

The Hollow Bone: A Field Guide to Shamanism – Colleen Deatsman

Jaguar in the Body, Butterfly in the Heart: The Real-life Initiation of an Everyday Shaman – Ya’Acov Darling Khan

The Teachings of Don Juan : A Yaqui Way of Knowledge – Carlos Castaneda

Courageous Dreaming: How Shamans Dream the World into Being – Alberto Villoldo

Historical Dictionary of Shamanism – Graham Harvey, Robert J. Wallis

A Shaman’s Guide to Deep Beauty : Connecting with the Mojo of the Universe – Francis Rico

The Archaeology of Shamanism – Neil Price

Wisdom of the Shamans: What the Ancient Masters Can Teach Us about Love and Life – Don José Ruiz

The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan – Carmen Blacker

Shamans of the Foye Tree: Gender, Power, and Healing among Chilean Mapuche – Ana Mariella Bacigalupo

A Shamans Tale : Path to Spirit Consciousness – Richard L. Alaniz

Shamanic Qabalah : A Mystical Path to Uniting the Tree of Life the Great Work – Daniel Moler

Vodou Shaman: The Haitian Way of Healing and Power – Ross Heaven

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