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David Lewis-Williams - Native American Indians - Sex
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011562
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
The Mind in the Cave – David Lewis-Williams
Sexual arousal is an important theme that David Whitley adds to the list. In North America, supernatural power was associated with sexual potency, and shamans were believed to be especially virile… Sexual arousal and penile erections are associated with both altered states of consciousness and sleep.