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Reissue: How Trance States Shape the World

The Emerald

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Loss of Ecstasy

Western culture lacks tolerance for ecstasy, and it suffers as a result. Individually, we suffer from social isolation and depression. Psychologist robert a johnson writes that the alienation that motivates eddiction is due to the lack of access to ecstasy in modern society. The transformative fire of ecstasy would burn away the barriers between ourselves,. bestowing on us a greater understanding of our relation to ourselves and to the universe.

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