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Mysterious Iron Age Burial May Hold Remains of Elite Nonbinary Person

By Livia Gershon — 2021

The Finnish grave’s occupant likely had Klinefelter syndrome, meaning they were born with an extra copy of the X chromosome

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Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge

A survey of five centuries of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries.

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Jeremy Narby (editor), Francis Huxley (editor)
2025
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The Psychotropic Mind: The World according to Ayahuasca, Iboga, and Shamanism

In the Amazon, shamans do not talk in terms of hallucinogens but of tools for communicating with other life-forms. Ayahuasca, for example, is first and foremost a means of breaking down the barrier that separates humans from other species, allowing us to communicate with them.

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Jeremy Narby, Jan Kounen, and Vincent Ravalec
2025
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Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

While undertaking anthropological fieldwork in the Pichis Valley of the Peruvian Amazon, Narby became intrigued by the local community’s claim that they received their phenomenal biochemical knowledge under the influence of hallucinogens.

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Jeremy Narby
1999
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Ritual: Power, Healing and Community

In this remarkable book, Malidoma Some explores the essential role ritual plays in maintaining community and examines the structure common to all ritual.

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Malidoma Patrice Somé
1997
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The Way of the Shaman: The Work of Michael and Sandra Harner

The story of Michael and Sandra Harner in the history and development of core shamanism, the universal, near universal, and common practices of shamanism worldwide.

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Stanislav Grof
2017
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The World of Shamanism: New Views of an Ancient Tradition

Fascinating, comprehensive, and eminently readable, this guide explores shamanism―the world's most enduring healing and religious tradition―in the light of modern medicine, psychology, neuroscience, consciousness disciplines, and religious studies.

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Roger Walsh
2007
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The Way of the Shaman

This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. It is the foremost resource and reference on shamanism.

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Michael Harner
1990
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Hallucinogens and Shamanism

Anthropologists report their findings on the use and importance of hallucinogenic plants in shamanistic practices.

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Michael Harner (editor)
1973
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The Voice of Rolling Thunder: A Medicine Man’s Wisdom for Walking the Red Road

Rolling Thunder’s life and wisdom in his own words and from first-hand accounts and interviews with those who knew him well.

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Sidian Morning Star Jones, Stanley Krippner
2012
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Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon.

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Mircea Eliade, Wendy Doniger (foreword), Willard R. Trask (translator)
2004
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