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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was prominent on all images depicting the father of the Goddess?
(a) The staff.
(b) The headgear.
(c) The shirt.
(d) All of these.

2. The author originally believed that magic was a phenomenon of the...?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Naive,
(d) Primitive.

3. What is the angel with the flashing sword representing?
(a) All of these.
(b) The harshness of the desert environment.
(c) The competitive nature of the world.
(d) The vengeful and ego driven god.

4. When did our estrangement from the conscious and the unconscious begin?
(a) About four thousand years ago.
(b) About a thousand years ago.
(c) About two thousand years ago.
(d) About three thousand years ago.

5. Which writer is mentioned?
(a) Carlos Castaneda.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Mircea Eliade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a grass containing DMT an unlikely source of material to boost the human consciousness?

2. "Shamanic ecstasy is is an act of _______..."?

3. Why didn't the author settle for the ayahuasca in the marketplace?

4. Why must the plant sought require no preparation?

5. What attitudes do allies have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Up until what point did shamanism lose its grip on humanity?

2. In what ways is the shaman a remote ancestor of the poet and the artist?

3. What are considered tools for the exploration of the human psyche? How are psychedelic shamans being considered as of recently again?

4. What has happened to communication techniques throughout evolution?

5. How does Western society regard healers? How is this a problem?

6. What is the twentieth century linguistic revolution based on?

7. What was noted physiologically with the evolution of language?

8. What is the difference between a dominator society and a partnership society?

9. What happened to the potential of ibogaine?

10. Why are the numbered paragraphs so important to humanity?

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