u/ApologeticAnalMagic

Writing, the first draft, printing, taking notes, rewriting fully for the second, editing it back to back twice, printing, taking notes on the whole thing, editing it again. It ironed out every single weakness I could spot and then some over the course of a couple of years but holy mother of God if I never see this thing again I'll die happy. 😅 Doesn't help that the book isn't very pleasant.

I don't even particularly enjoy writing, I just get obsessed, which makes me feel kind of stupid because the chances of getting published are probably close to nil even if I am confident in my work, and I wouldn't really call it a hobby 😮‍💨

So here is my question, as someone not practicing but looking into shamanic practices.

I got the book Way Of The Shaman to get to know the basic principles/practices/logic behind shamanic practices as a whole before diving deeper into any one specific branch. I see that rhytmic and percussion aids are used to achieve trance like states, much like I've seen done in Umbanda cerimonies as well with atabaques.

I've always defended that the main reason I enjoy techno as much as I do is because the steady, repetitive rhythms and percussions feel hypnotizing and make me go into flow states where my mind doesn't feel cluttered with thoughts and can easily focus. It also makes me want to dance lol. I was wondering how valid, in your opinion, would the use of techno music be as a stand in for these musical elements in shamanic practices, out of curiosity. I know core shamanism might be a bit controversial, but I'm always interested in knowing how, exactly, things tick.