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Essay heading: Technoshamanism
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Some users classify these drugs as mystical substances that produce meaningful experiences in themselves, while others maintain that psychoactive drugs are simply tools that allow mind-expansion, and that the altered states of consciousness that they produce may or may not be constructive, depending on how the user deals with and ultimately integrates them... displayed 300 characters
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A public proponent of the latter view is Timothy Leary.
Technoshamanists tend to embrace eccentric metaphors and imagery when describing the role of drugs in their practice. This is possibly an adaptation of traditional spiritual language to modern technological terms. For example, Steve Mizrach, in an article titled "Modern Primatives: The Accelerating Collision of Past and Future in the Postmodern Era" says that to many self-described technoshamans:
The hallucinogenic mushroom really becomes an extraterrestrial colonizing spore, seeking to link human consciousness with its cosmic roots... displayed next 300 characters
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