Drug shamans

[yellowschnee]

Hi,

 

 can anyone elaborate on the kinds of shamans that are out there?

I can remember coming across a few 'Western shamans' who were practicing it by taking drugs to alter their mind and work through psychic stuff of themselves and others .

I have heard of a kind of shaman who lives his calling by putting poisons into their bodies and then others who were gradually doing healthier and more balanced practices.

 

I think that a lot of the things portrayed as mental illness are in reality distinct forms of shamanism and this is most often not easily recognized but always dwelling in the background and those people are unconsciously honored and praised very much but this gratitude is commonly very hard for the shaman to recognize as it is mostly not expressed voluntarily.