hello everyone it's great to see you again happy holidays today we have a
super special episode for you the video you're about to watch was
actually made for a great documentary by Collective evolution called psyched out
this is the documentary about psychedelics their use throw time and
how our perspective of them has changed over the course of human history as well
as the healing benefits and practical applications of these substances the
documentary is not out yet but it's slated for the beginning of 2017 if you
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holiday announcement for you without further adieu enjoy
the first humans to ever use psychedelics in history is widely
debated and discussed in the worldwide entheogen communities Terence Mckenna
pioneered the idea that early prehistoric men found and ate
psychedelic mushrooms which became a stepping stone for cognitive evolution
allowing humanity to emerge as the powerful mental beings that we have
become today this would have taken place in Africa and being at the fundamental
basis for shamanism and animism the earliest forms of spiritual beliefs on
the planet that we know of today events such as these are of course not recorded
in history then thus our only theories at this time it's important to note that
until we actually have a recorded history placing tangible dates on
psychedelic usage many of these dates are theories and in theory they could
have been used a lot earlier in history as well
that said support for this idea is found in the numerous cave paintings found
around the world dating back as early as 40,000 years and seeming to depict a
very similar pattern of geometric waves emerging from the minds of the various
indigenous people as well as humanoid figures with mushroom heads the first
tangible evidence of psychedelic cultivation is debated some claiming to
find evidence of cannabis and psychedelic mushroom cultivation as
early as 15,000 BC across Asia where the more concrete evidence lies in 8000 BC
in Taiwan with twisted strands of hemp being used in the making of patterns on
clay pots as early as 4000 BC we find more evidence of the Amanita muscaria
mushrooms used by the shamans of Siberia around the same time and shortly
thereafter we see evidence of various psychedelics being used for spiritual
practices in ancient Egypt the blue lotus flower was revered along with the
Amanita muscaria mushroom for their psychedelic and transcendent properties
meanwhile in the Amazon jungle evidence of ayahuasca is seen as early back as
3,000 BC by around 2800 BC the Chinese tradition
holds that hemp and cannabis cultivation officially began being grown both for
its fiber as well as the medical properties of cannabis itself it was
used as a treatment for malaria berry berry constipation
rheumatic pains absent-mindedness and menstrual cramps during the Classical
period of ancient Greece in roughly 1700 BC the Greek mysteries emerged as an
evolution from the ancient Egyptian mystery schools which became widely
popular and they used a substance called Chi kyun after several days of fasting
which led to profound visions giving the initiate Sande understanding of life
after death in 1500 BC the rig Vedas were written in
India talking about a plant / God called soma introduced by the Aryans there is
not too much known about this except that based on the writings it's highly
likely that soma was a potent psychedelic drink of some kind of
immense importance to spiritual ceremonies it was known for increasing
awareness imparting mystical experiences poetic inspiration and even immortality
in 1200 BC a substance called bong made up of dried cannabis leaves seeds and
stems are mentioned in the verses of the Hindu atharvaveda as one of the five
sacred plants of India around 1000 BC some of the original ideas of Judaism
were written down for the first time of course it has been speculated by many
historians that many of these traditions were passed down orally for a very long
time in a newly emerging theory the concept of the tree of life and the tree
of knowledge of good and evil are believed to be the combination of the
Siberian birch and the Amanita muscaria mushroom which often grow symbiotically
together during the same time period we see that peyote and San Pedro cacti were
discovered and used by the American Indian shamans on the Western continent
as well as many stones carved into magic mushrooms appearing in the Mesoamerican
cultures beginning with the Olmecs and stretching through the Incas Mayas and
other Mesoamerican cultures for the next 2,500 years psychedelics in Greece
continued to be used for another thousand years in different forms - in
800 BC at the temple of apollo in greece priestesses would deliver messages from
apollo while intoxicated with smoke from henbane seeds and in 700 bc corroded
describes Scythians entering into Eastern Europe from Asia and introduced
cannabis for the first time in the first century AD josephus flavius writes about
the supernatural properties of Mandrake and Pliny the Elder discusses hemp at
great length completing his book Natural History in 77 ad though it's widely
debated there is evidence now that even Jesus Christ himself used cannabis oil
in his healings a substance called cannibalism is mentioned several times
in the Hebrew Bible and recent investigations have led to the discovery
that this substance was most likely made up of cannabis oil in the 4th century AD
Christianity became the legal religion of the Roman state and dogmatically
condemned all other beliefs mankind entered into the dark ages yet hemp
cultivation became very popular in Europe for the next six hundred years
use and abuse of hashish became widespread and eventually was suppressed
by 1000 AD European contact in China caused shamanism to decline and along
with it the psychoactive use of cannabis though it was still cultivated for its
fibers in 1500s this European culture sailed to the Americas and destroyed the
Aztec empire beginning the Spanish colonies in the Americas after the
Renaissance between the 14th to the 17th centuries there is now widespread
discussion though in smaller focused groupings of people discussing and
exploring psychedelics in all manner of forms everything from mushrooms to cacti
and of course cannabis were discussed and written about all over the world in
various formats however due to the dark ages there was still a general religious
stigma around them and often those who cultivated or practiced with these
plants were labeled as warlocks and witches or considered crazy
as the white largely Christian culture moved west and took over North America
Native American use of psychedelics were suppressed and demonized as well
although as integrations of cultures did happen by the 20th century many groups
of people formed organizations to support their spiritual uses such as the
Native American church being formed around the protection of the use of
peyote cactus in spiritual ceremony in 1938 LSD is
created and discovered and the earliest psychiatric experiments with it begin by
1948 in 1951 the first CIA experiments of the psychological effects of LSD
began in 1957 Life magazine published a story on psychedelics which was one of
the first major boosts of popularization of psychedelics in America shortly
thereafter psychedelics become widely popular in America during the 60s before
the American government shuts it down through the 70s and they once again
become a taboo subject nevertheless psychedelic use has prevailed through
the course of its suppression and people still find themselves interested in the
secrets of the mind which psychedelics have been demonstrated to unlock today
and thanks to the power of the Internet information about psychedelics has
become widespread and the information can no longer be contained many
documentaries are created leading to a newfound global respect for psychedelics
shamanism and the power of the mind
thank you for watching through this new documentary and new spirit science
videos to come we'll be cracking open the psychedelic
discussion even further however in the meantime we've been working really hard
on another new project and wanted to share it with you to celebrate the
spirit of the season and the new year for a long time we've been dreaming of
creating a fully animated taro video series but decided that before we could
make a tow-rope video series we'd have to make our own deck so a lot of work
has gone into it this past month especially and while the full deck
itself is not yet ready the major arcana is and so we've decided to put together
a digital download pack with printable HD images just for you this holiday
season and we encourage you to make tons of posters along with this we've also
compiled a 50-plus page e-book on what Tarot is and how it works
describing the connections between the Kabbalah and the astrological signs and
in-depth readings on each of the major arcana so that you can really begin
observing the connections between the symbologies and using these images in
your daily meditations in the spirit of the season there's a free holiday bundle
that everyone can download and the complete printable poster package with
the full book is about half off til the end of the year and you can go and check
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there's a lot more in development and we're so excited for what's to come till
next time
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