Eline
Shrooms: A Christmas Origin Story
When painting a mental picture of Christmas, we imagine Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and mistletoe. We are told that Santa delivers gifts from the North Pole on a sled drawn by flying reindeer, but what if Santa was a psychedelic hallucination? Learn more about the Amanita Muscaria theory and how a trip could have influenced the development of modern-day Christmas in Western societies.
WATCH HERE
Back
When painting a mental picture of Christmas, we imagine Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and mistletoe. We are told that Santa delivers gifts from the North Pole on a sled drawn by flying reindeer, but what if Santa was a psychedelic hallucination? Learn more about the Amanita Muscaria theory and how a trip could have influenced the development of modern-day Christmas in Western societies.
WATCH HERE
More About Thacher
Interested in learning more about Thacher? Sign up for a virtual visit here.
A college preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12
Thacher is committed to maintaining an atmosphere of respect and dignity free from harassment. Our school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability, or any other characteristics protected by state or federal law in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, tuition assistance, and athletic and other school-administered programs, or any other basis in law.