Chumash Shamans, Rock Art and Datura (Jimsonweed)   Leave a comment

Reblogged from Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure:

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A panel of rock art in the backcountry of Ventura County, California showing the ravages of wind erosion, which is slowly erasing the paintings. The anthropomorphic figure has survived the best by being tucked behind a protrusion in the rock.

“Strong circumstantial evidence indicates that some of the finest examples of ancient rock art on this continent reflect shamanistic involvement in rituals and experiences related to the taking of drugs.”

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Datura, pathway to “the other world.”

Posted February 8, 2012 by kenneturner in Information

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