Throat — song and expression

voice, breath and narrative

Song, prayer and narrative may accompany plant ceremonies in particular cultural settings, but no single practice represents all traditions. The throat anchor is a visual projection for expression and breath, not a fixed psychedelic anatomy.

Crown — visionary apertureForehead — imagery and insightChest — heart openingThroat — song and expressionThroat — song and expressionBelly — purge and groundingFeet — return and integration

Point 4 of 6 in Psychedelic Body Mapping

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Richard Evans Schultes and Albert Hofmann, Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers (scholarly_modern)

Documents ethnobotanical histories and ritual uses of psychoactive plants across cultures; see chapters on ayahuasca, peyote and other sacred plants.

Luis Eduardo Luna, Vegetalismo: Shamanism among the Mestizo Population of the Peruvian Amazon (scholarly_modern)

Terence McKenna, Food of the Gods (secondary)

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