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Hughes mentions “’After some ten experiments we renounced once and for all this intoxicating drug,’ Gautier wrote, ‘not only because it made us physically ill, but also because the true litterateur has need only of natural dreams, and does not wish his thoughts to be influenced by any outside agency.’” This is the opposite of what Shaman believe. They use drugs as a means to enter the altered state in order to be influenced by any outside agency.

Some of the best-known writers, musicians, and artists have done the majority of their work under the influence of opium, hashish, and cannabis. Hughes says that some experts might say that the majority of their work was better when they were not under the influence of drugs. One of the bad things about taking drugs as a celebrity is that it is very easy to overdose like Janice Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, but then again this makes them legends. These people are closely related to Shaman because they have out of body experiences.

Santa Claus is a mushroom? Clement Clarke Moore cemented the look of Santa as closely as he could to the fly agaric. Since the description was created long before Moore wrote ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and the mushrooms that he resembles were used by Shamans, it makes sense that Santa was invented a couple thousand years before Moore’s poem. I knew that Santa has been around for a long time but I did not realize exactly how long until I read this article.

The reindeer liked the fly agaric too?? Santa’s reindeer are named after effects that the mushroom have on people? Dasher, Dancer, and Prancer aren’t just cute names that people made up because of their athletic displays? This is making Christmas one giant drug experience that the Shaman saw. It makes the myth more interesting for the people who no longer believe in Santa. Little kids who do believe in him would not be able to understand what this means so they are safe.