http://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/sedna-goddess-of-the-frozen-depths/ Reflections Concerning Art, Nature, and the Affairs of Humankind (also some gardening anecdotes) Sat, 18 May 2013 11:38:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/sedna-goddess-of-the-frozen-depths/#comment-1821 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:02:23 +0000 http://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-1821 Hmm. I too found references to the druglessness of Inuit culture (particularly in sites concerned with the social welfare of the first nations), but when I looked further I also found allusions to powerful psychoactive fungi used in shamanistic rites. Particularly mentioned was the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom which grows in the boreal forests ringing the permafrost. In Northern folklore the infamous red mushroom with white spots has long been associated with magic, witchcraft, poisoning, and hidden realms.

]]> http://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/sedna-goddess-of-the-frozen-depths/#comment-1795 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:33:34 +0000 http://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/?p=4558#comment-1795 This is such an amazing tale. I’m most interested in the “drugging” moment, as the Inuit (purportedly) are the only people who had no access to any drug (including alcohol and caffeine) as they were unable to grow any. So I’m interested in what was used or assumed to be used at the time the tale was created…

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