What Is a Shamanic State of Consciousness, Anyway?

Before there were therapists, there were drummers, dreamers, and shape-shifters. Long before brain scans and bio-hacking trends, humans were slipping into expanded states of awareness through breath, drum, dance, plants, fasting, ritual, and dreams. In his article, The Epistemology and Technologies of Shamanic States of Consciousness published in Journal of Consciousness Studies, Stanley Krippner (2000)Continue reading “What Is a Shamanic State of Consciousness, Anyway?”