Am I a human who just dreamt they were a butterfly; or a butterfly who is now dreaming that they are a human?
In this proposition we find, again, elements of the shamanic experience: dream-time, shape-shifting, flying, communication with non-human realms of being.
This mythological resonance is still palpable, and its essence quite alive, within the traditions of Taoist worship and practice today.
Perhaps the Taoists are really shamans, just dreaming that they’re Taoists?
