Dead people were pretty much just like you.
Well, probably less annoying. Mandatory personal brands are kind of a new thing. But still.
I’ve gotten a lot of "indigenous cultures viewed these medicines as sacred."
They also used them for sexual seduction, disciplining children, divination, sorcery, power & casting spells against rival shamans.
Romanticizing & sanitizing the past, especially the moment the word "indigenous" enters the conversation, is simply ahistorical.
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