Santa Claus

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.

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

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

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

Soul Retrieval : Mending the Fragmented Self – Sandra Ingerman

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

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

Psychedelic Shamanism – Jim Dekorne

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hallucinogens and Shamanism – Michael J. Harner

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

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

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

Visual Magick – Jan Fries

The Archaeology of Shamanism – Neil Price

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

In the Shadow of the Shaman – Amber Wolfe

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

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