Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine by Papaspyrou, Maria -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgments Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Part 1. Archetypal Dimensions of the Feminine Principle

Chapter 1. Femtheogenic Consciousness: Archetypal Energies of Regeneration

Archetypal Feminine Realms Femtheogenic Consciousness The Links Between the Archetypal Feminine and Altered States of Consciousness The War on Femtheogenic Consciousness As Within, So Without; As Above, So Below Invoking Archaic Vestiges: Anima Mundi Mythopoetic Metamorphosis

Chapter 2. In Search of Goddess Consciousness: Archetypal and Embodied Paths to Interconnectivity

Jung and the Archetypal Anima Goddess Consciousness Interconnectivity We-Consciousness Interconnectivity on the Quantum Level Embodied Ritual Work as a Path to Goddess Consciousness

Chapter 3. The Dark Feminine: Mediators of Transformation

The Nurturing Feminine and Numinous States The Devouring Feminine Salome and the Anima The Destructive Feminine and Holotropic Breathwork Dismemberment The Crushing Feminine

Part 2. Ancient Roots of Female Shamanism

Chapter 4. Woman Shaman: Uncovering the Female Ecstatics

Oracular Women in Africa Constructing Shamanism as a Male Domain Oral Histories of Women as Original Shamans Reinterpretations of “Shamanism” Reclaiming the Real Power of Women

Chapter 5. Her Share of Divine Madness: The Role of Women in the Ancient Rites of Dionysus

The Women of Amphissa God of Nature and Ecstasy To the Mountain! Madness Divine They Work Strange Deeds The “Feminine Thing” The Liminal Space In Search of the Goddess of Ecstasy

Chapter 6. The Lady Who Served the Mystery: The Botanical Symbolism behind the Mysteries of Eleusis

The Dwarfish Grotesquerie Dirty Dancing The Almond Gateway Fungal Anthropomorphisms Food of the Thunderbird Persephone’s Abduction and the Bacchanalia Fleabane The Meaning of the Mystery

Chapter 7. The Vǫlva: Women in Norse Witchcraft

The Wands of the Vǫlvas The Vǫlva’s Practice of Seiðr The Germanic Precedent of the Norse Witch Other Applications of Seiðr

Part 3. Embodied Paths to Ecstasy

Chapter 8. She Dances and Trances Again: Exploring, Healing, and Developing Feminine Aspects through Trance Dance

Searching for the Embodied Feminine and the Ecstatic through Shamanic Trance Dance Contemporary Trance Dance

Chapter 9. She Who Births: The Psychedelic Nature of Procreation

The Sanctity of the Birth Field Hormonal Elixirs and Expanded States of Consciousness Forever a Mother, Forever a Father Birth’s Imprint on the Psyche Reclaiming Our Psychedelic Nature

Chapter 10. Rebirth of an Ancient Calling: The Modern Medicine Woman

Borka Julieta Beth Sarah Uma My Own Journey

Part 4. Psychedelic Feminine Principles

Chapter 11. The Embodiment of Feminine Qualities in the Psychedelic Self: The Realm of Mystery and Potential

Awareness Embodied Nothing Is as It Appears to Be Awakening to Animism Vessels of Transformation Corazón: Heart Means Courage Nature Presents Character

Chapter 12. Toward a Radical Uncertainty: Into the Darkness Chapter 13. The Bioethics of Psychedelic Guides: Issues of Safety and Abuses of Power in Ceremonies with Psychoactive Substances

Cultural Appropriation and the Commodification of Traditional Indigenous Practices Basic Cautions Why Abuse Goes Unreported Grassroots Community Involvement Considerations for the Future

Part 5. De-gendering Psychedelics

Chapter 14. De-essentializing Notions of the Feminine in Psychedelic Research: Western Women, Ayahuasca, and Possibilities for Transformation

Notions of the “Feminine” in Western Ayahuasca Culture De-essentializing Femininity—Multiplicity and Possibilities for Transformation

Chapter 15. The Feminine Enshadowed: The Role of Psychedelics in Deconstructing the Gender Binary

The Feminine Cross-Culturally and Its Link to Psychedelics Defining Gender Identities The Power of the Feminine

Part 6. In Service of Vision

Chapter 16. Creating Portals into Other Worlds: Sharing My Visionary Symbolism

A Preponderance for Expanded Consciousness Illustrating My Inner Landscapes The Mission of Visionary Art

Chapter 17. Eggstatic Creations: Remembering Our Feminine Core

Remembering the Mother Active Intentional Creating

Chapter 18. Feminine Flowers of Consciousness Bloom Chapter 19. Reflections on the Gift of Blood

Part 7. Feminist Psychedelic Activism

Chapter 20. Creating a Community of Wisewomen: The Women’s Visionary Congress

Conversations with the Skeptics A Decade of Women’s Congress Discussions The Evolution of the Women’s Psychedelic Community

Chapter 21. Beyond Psychological Patriarchy: Plant Medicines and the Resurgence of Medical Eros

Patriarchy and Psychiatry Reconnecting Medical Logos with Medical Eros Ayahuasca and the Erotic

Chapter 22. Cognitive Dispossession: Ecofeminism, Entheogens, and Neuroqueering Drug Policy

Intersectional Necessity in Psychedelia Conceptualizing Gender Variance Feminist Revelations Drug Policy Processes and Hegemonic Discourse Policy Implications Cognitive Dispossession and Transcending Paradox

Chapter 23. Psychedelics, Self-Creation, and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective

Human Rights and Drug Prohibition The Right to Self-Creation A Qualified Right Stigmatization and Coming Out Is Law the Answer?

Conclusion Contributors Footnotes Bibliography About the Authors About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright & Permissions Index

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