THE FUSE

For much of human history, psychoactive plants, fungi, roots, and bark were consumed to enhance perception and dreams, bring visions of the cosmos to the psyche, create telepathic bonds between hunters, or help family members connect with ancestors and spirits. Many indigenous cultures relied on shamans, curanderos/as, and medicine people to administer the medicines through a variety of spiritual rites and rituals to alter the consciousness of those undergoing the journey.