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IFP on Instagram: "Can we imagine a Russian film that captures the fierce spirit of Kaali through Kerala’s Kathakali in a psychedelic short film and in animation?! Talking Hands of Travancore (1981) does just that. Directed by Vladimir Pekar, this Soviet short uses stylized visuals to showcase Kathakali’s hand gestures, or mudras. In the Kaali sequence, the goddess dominates the screen with fiery eyes, sharp movements, and commanding presence. Her gestures embody both destruction and protection,

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Psychedelic Archives on Instagram: "“I decided to cure her myself.” In this 1978 interview, María Sabina recalls the night she healed her sister using “Holy Children”—the sacred psilocybin mushrooms that grew naturally in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. Born in the Mazatec village of Huautla de Jiménez in 1894, Sabina was a revered curandera—a spiritual healer who led ‘veladas,’ nighttime ceremonies invoking the mushrooms for divine guidance and healing. To Sabina, psilocybin mushrooms weren’t