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Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music

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557 points gnabgib | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 00:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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hliyan ◴[28 Aug 25 02:00 UTC] No.45047499[source]▶
The last time this topic was on HN, some mentioned that many indigenous people had similar techniques with drum beats, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIfLC5iudQ0 (this is a modern rendition though).
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1. vishnugupta ◴[28 Aug 25 03:25 UTC] No.45048039[source]▶
Somewhat related you may want to check out the works of Manvir Singh [1]. He is an anthropologist who has done extensive work in Shamanism, even authored a book.

A necessary condition to be a shaman is to enter altered sensory state and Shamanism is prevalent among indigenous peoples across the world.

[1] https://www.manvir.org/

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2. 3RTB297 ◴[28 Aug 25 04:08 UTC] No.45048286[source]▶
Michael Harner's earlier work was in the same vein. He even released a record back in the 70's with drum beats that fit the typical shamanic rates he saw in use.