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The Vale of Soul Making
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The idea of “archetype” helps explain the trickster.3 For purposes here, an archetype is defined as a collection of abstract properties that can manifest on several levels (e.g., within individuals, situations, small groups, entire cultures). The properties are not necessarily related by cause and effect; rather they are a constellation. As more of
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The Couch
thecouch.hethem.nlNevertheless, all the projects listed above are lumped together under the general term “active SETI,” also called METI — meaning attempts to send messages out , as opposed to SETI, which listens for possible messages coming in .
The case for stopping efforts to contact aliens
During hypnosis, this detachment of action from conscious awareness means the subject is highly susceptible to suggestion from the hypnotist or, in the case of self-hypnosis, from themselves.
James Doty • Mind Magic
Using functional magnetic imaging, which measures brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow, researchers at Stanford University monitored the brains of patients under hypnosis and observed several distinct phenomena. First, a decrease in activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate, part of the brain’s salience network, was evident. The reason
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I read pretty slowly. I take notes, I underline, I highlight, I jot my thoughts in the margins, I pause if I encounter an especially interesting passage or idea.
You can just turn off your phone at 5pm and see what the fuck happens.
Fuck the Cult of Productivity
It is the paradox of the nigredo that I have painted-the conjunction of light and dark, growth and decay, mystery and revelation, the unconscious and conscious. These paintings arevisualizations of the void-a black abyss which contains everything and nothing."'