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I'd love to see the paleolithic art in the caves of the Sahara. They date back to the time when the upper African continent was a relatively lush grassy plain, sustaining many animals and plants that are long gone. There are paintings on the walls of these caves that clearly depict psilocybin in a magical-realm context.

I can't imagine that smoking wasn't discovered back in prehistory... humans were much closer to applied botany AND fire.

I agree - it would just come about through inhaling things thrown on a fire - but i don't think shamanic states neccesarily need psychoactive substances to be brought about. At the orkney tombs I had a very strong impression of shamanic practice around the dead. Just being in a darkened spacewith the decaying bodies of the recently (and not so recently) deceased would be state altering i imagine..