# ritual
4 articles tagged with "ritual"
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Sound, Acoustics, and Ritual at Göbekli Tepe
How the semi-subterranean enclosures at Göbekli Tepe were designed as acoustic environments — bullroarers, disembodied voices, and the ritual power of sound.
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Psychoactive Plants and Altered States at Göbekli Tepe: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Jutta Dietrich's 2023 study marks drug use evidence as present at Göbekli Tepe. Peganum harmala grows wild nearby. Here is what the evidence actually shows.
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The Sacred Intoxicant: Psychedelics and the Origins of Religion — From Göbekli Tepe to the Ancient World
From Göbekli Tepe's harmel-scented enclosures to the Eleusinian kykeon, ritual psychoactive use appears woven through the origins of organised religion.
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Shamanism at Göbekli Tepe: Trance, Spirit Helpers, and the World's Oldest Ritual Spaces
Oliver Dietrich's 2023 study found evidence for shamanism at Göbekli Tepe — trance postures, spirit helpers, shamanic costumes, staffs, and ritual architecture.