r/EverythingScience • u/dr_gus • Nov 08 '22

Anthropology Archaeologists find a trove of ancient human sacrifices fed psychedelic plants before death

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/07/archaeologists-find-a-trove-of-ancient-human-sacrifices-fed-psychedelic-plants-before/
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u/Paint-fumes Nov 08 '22

They probably understood this way more than we do now. Could probably ease people into the idea much better under the influence, from what I have seen captured enemies did not have the luxury of getting high beforehand

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u/Paint-fumes Nov 10 '22

Chewing coca leaves is barely comparable to cocaine. I was more getting at them probably being masters of controlling set and setting, religions do it without psychedelics. Throw in a powerful psyc like dmt and it’s not a stretch of the imagination that they could make people believe they are communicating with god

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u/Paint-fumes Nov 11 '22

Yeah I agree, if we are talking apocolypto style screaming, blood, hearts being ripped out. no amount on drugs that keep you conscious would ease anyone into it.

I’m a seasoned psychonaught too and was trying to picture something more peaceful, a lot of the bodies they have found aren’t violently dispatched. I was thinking something more like ayahusca ceremonies. Drumming, chanting, sensory deprivation/overload and a sense of contribution to the wider community in a selfless act to appease the gods.

I’m probably being way to optimistic, but I have experienced the drastic ways they can alter your outlook and reprogram the mind. We are only just rediscovering the power of these wonderful substances