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Tag Archives: ecstasy
Astroshamanism, trance, ecstasy and visionary states
Found : Astroshamanism, trance, ecstasy and visionary states Trance and shamanic states of consciousness are part of the genetic structure of mankind. Each one of us has an inner biological need for ecstatic experiences. The problem is that such experiences, … Continue reading
Georges Bataille: ecstasy and the uneasiness of postmodernism
Found : Georges Bataille: ecstasy and the uneasiness of postmodernism French philosophers of the 20th century… took the new insights of Friedrich Nietzsche to its extreme and developed a totally new and unheard of philosophy: postmodernism. Crucial in the development … Continue reading
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Tagged Bataille, ecstasy, Found, mysticism, philosophy, postmodernism
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Adamic Ecstasies
“Perhaps the most interesting code name for MDMA that seems to have originated with a group of therapists on the West Coast is the term “Adam,” by which is meant not Adam as man, but rather Adam-and-Eve as androgynous ancestor. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam, androgyny, ecstasy, Eden, Eve, gnosis, innocence
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