Cannabis Culture explores the origins of the Santa Claus myth:
Santa also dresses like a mushroom gatherer. When it was time to go out and harvest the magical mushrooms, the ancient shamans would dress much like Santa, wearing red and white fur-trimmed coats and long black boots.
These peoples lived in dwellings made of birch and reindeer hide, called “yurts.” Somewhat similar to a teepee, the yurt’s central smokehole is often also used as an entrance. After gathering the mushrooms from under the sacred trees where they appeared, the shamans would fill their sacks and return home. Climbing down the chimney-entrances, they would share out the mushroom’s gifts with those within.
Cannabis Culture: The Psychedelic Secrets of Santa Claus
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October 15, 2009 at 1:23 pm
most of the symbols and icons we associate with Christmas celebrations are actually derived from the shamanistic traditions of the tribal peoples of pre-Christian Northern Europe.
ive herd that same jazz about all kind of different things we supposedly get imagery and tradition from, from satan worshipers to the actual saint Nicholas…