Modern Shaman/Mystic?

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Thread: Modern Shaman/Mystic?

turtledude23 (Offline)

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02-18-2013, 02:28 PM

(02-18-2013, 02:16 PM)Jeremy Wrote:
(02-18-2013, 12:35 PM)turtledude23 Wrote: Which professions today do you think are like modern versions of shamans or mystics? I think philosophy professor/author and psychiatrist are 2 examples.

Psychologists maybe but definitely not psychiatrists as they are nothing but pharmaceutical pimps as far as I'm concerned. They treat the symptoms with medication rather than finding the causes like psychologists during CBT or some other form of therapy.

It depends on the psychiatrist, some are the same as psychologists or psychotherapists but also prescribe medication on top of CBT and talk therapy. But the medication part specifically is where I draw a parallel because shamans prescribed substances too.