shamanism and Freud

Freudian psychology arguably delineates, as the default or norm for human development, a very much organic or non-rational movement towards internalising patriarchal values and developing a patriarchal character structure. Thus, on the basis of this very organic (and thoroughly unconscious) process of normative development, one becomes a patriarchal subject. Shamanic regeneration cracks the shell of consciousness that contains one in this patriarchal posture. It introduces an opening for rational thinking to enter into play, in relation to the organic condition of having a patriarchal identity.