Topic: Indigenous Medicine

Indigenous Medicine comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The Higherside Chats Free Show, from July 2020 to May 2024.

July 2020 May 2024

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Erik Davis |  LSD, Drug Portals, Psychedelic Animism, & The Alien Interface
• 18:46 - 21:44

Erik Davis | LSD, Drug Portals, Psychedelic Animism, & The Alien Interface

Ayahuasca Sorcery, Indigenous Context and Modernist Brujeria

Davis compares the Western perception of ayahuasca as a healing tool with its traditional indigenous context, which often involves "brujeria" or spiritual warfare between shamans. He characterizes the CIA's activities as a form of "modernist brujeria," using drugs as black magic to manipulate the world. Despite these dark associations, he argues that the revolutionary potential of psychedelics remains a separate, valid thread of history.

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Howdie Mickoski | Reality Resets, NPC’s Among Us, & The Soul Recycling Trap
• 28:55 - 31:35

Howdie Mickoski | Reality Resets, NPC’s Among Us, & The Soul Recycling Trap

Child Populations, Indoctrination and Lost Indigenous Wisdom

Howdy Mikoski proposes that resets involve the elimination of adult populations to leave behind children who are easily indoctrinated. He shares insights from a Native American medicine man who claimed that modern indigenous ceremonies represent only ten percent of the knowledge held 500 years ago. Mikoski suggests that while much has been lost, energetic doorways are currently opening for those seeking the truth of reality.

Kerry Rhodes & Farzin Toussi | The Medicine: Ayahuasca, Spirit Contact, & Shamanic Healing
• 13:27 - 16:04

Kerry Rhodes & Farzin Toussi | The Medicine: Ayahuasca, Spirit Contact, & Shamanic Healing

Indigenous Wisdom, Big Pharma and Western Medicine

The conversation contrasts the complex botanical knowledge of Amazonian tribes with the limitations of Western pharmaceutical advancements. Kerry Rhodes argues that indigenous cultures have successfully used natural brews for centuries while modern antidepressants often carry severe side effects. He questions why Westerners are dismissive of "primitive" cultures that possess effective healing technologies.