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Spirit Power

The use of hallucinogenic plants in shamanism

Nicholas Rankin examines the role of hallucinogenic plants in shamanism and visits South Korea where it is still strong, and considers the survival of such aboriginal cultures.

With anthropologist Richard Rudgley, ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch,
Cho, Hung-Youn Cho, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Hanyang University, Dr Ron Siegel and Professor Susan Greenfield.

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28 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project