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("Landscape with Charon Crossing the River Styx" by Joachim Patinier)

Treading Lightly in Thin Places

May 20, 2020May 27, 2020 John Ablett 0 Comments Ecstatic Experience, Essential Reading, Psychedelics, Transcendence min read

A former barefoot guru explores the difficulty in articulating the experience of a spiritual emergency amid societal upheavals.

(Philippe Siguret)

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Ecstatic Experience: How the West Can Find Itself by Losing Control

December 17, 2018June 1, 2020 Jeffrey Howard 2 Comments Ecstatic Experience, Essential Reading, Nature, Romanticism, Transcendence min read

In the West, we resist ecstatic experience, fearful of losing control—this hyper-rationalistic mindset excludes us from crucial paths to insight and connection. But there is a dark side to ecstasy.