Tripping the Trail of Ghosts: Psychedelics and the Afterlife Journey in Native American Mound Cultures

Exploring psychedelic spiritual practices and afterlife beliefs among the Mississippi mound cultures

• Examines the Path of Souls or Trail of Ghosts, a Native American model for the after—death journey

• Demonstrates how psychoactive plants were used to evoke the liminal state between life and death in initiatory rites and spirit journeys

• Explores the symbology of the large earthwork mounds erected by the Indigenous people of the Mississippi Valley and how they connect to the Path of Souls

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