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May 2023
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Season 5 - EP 4: The Ancestors

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We explore the magic in magic mushrooms and the ancestral and Indigenous origins of using them to heal. What does ancestral knowledge mean for Black people disconnected from our lineage? Wise Ones: adrienne maree brown: author, activist.

Undrea Wright, The Ancestor Project.

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