Tripping the Trail of Ghosts

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

The use of ...