The animal instinct to get out of our heads
Written by Stuart Haden on August 8, 2018
Over the past few years psycho-pharmacologists (the study of the use of medications in treating mental disorders) have noted the consciousness altering techniques of animals. Kotler and Wheal document, “Dogs lick toads for the buzz, horses go crazy for locoweed, goats gobble magic mushrooms, birds chew marijuana seeds.” Even elephants have been known to raid breweries instead of getting drunk on fermented fruit.
This intoxication plays an important role in ‘de-patterning’. It can help promote lateral thinking, problem solving, intuition and
