Most of what's recorded about Amanita muscaria comes from Siberian shamanic practice. Since muscimol isn't fully metabolised and leaves in urine, shamans reportedly urinated into a vat, drank the liquid and passed it to townspeople — reindeer urine was also consumed. Wild, and hard to verify. 🧣
Siberian shaman Amanita rites: yurt chimneys, reindeer urine and a proposed Christmas link
Key facts
- The video states that most of the recorded information about Amanita muscaria comes from Siberian shamanic practice.
- Muscimol is not fully metabolised in the body and is excreted in urine; according to the video, shamans urinated into a vat and drank the liquid and handed it to townspeople, and reindeer urine was also consumed.
- The video describes the shamans as wearing red and white garments and entering yurt chimneys, because winter snowdrift covered the yurts, in order to deliver mushrooms to the inhabitants.
- Pine and other conifer trees were kept indoors for winter solstice rituals, and mushrooms were hung on the tree or on the mantel above the fireplace.
- The video proposes that these red-and-white shamanic customs from northern Eurasia were absorbed into later Christian Christmas and Santa imagery; this is presented as conjecture rather than a documented finding.
Sources
How Do We Know Siberian Shamans Used Fly Agaric ...amanita-store.com
Nearly every Amanita muscaria article asserts that Siberian shamans used the mushroom ritually. The claim is broadly true.
The history and folklore relating to Amanita muscariapremiumjane.com
Indeed, the incorporation of this mushroom in Siberian shamanistic practices may date back to as early as 6000 to 4000 BCE. Intriguingly ...
Let's travel with Amanita Muscaria - Mediummickaeleskinazi.medium.com
Amanita muscaria was used for shamanic purposes (medicine, communication with gods, divination, and maintaining collective myths).
Amanita muscariaen.wikipedia.org
Siberia. edit. Eastern Siberia. A. muscaria was used by northern Eurasian shamans in a non-sacred, non-obligatory, often recreational way; its use was ...
The Influence of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms on Christmasffungi.org
Rituals were conducted that were guided by shamans who collected the Amanita muscaria mushroom, also called fly agaric, which has powerful ...
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