William James wrote an essay on the effects of nitrous oxide where he actually says he summarized it here. He basically had heard that people have like these insights went under the influence of nitrous. What if when you achieved those states what you actually thought was like a monster? People say that you get further along and you get really terrified. I don't know if it's a bit of a biz. Yeah. I'm ready for that monster. I'll fuck that monster up. I'll throw it at Cookie. Don't they all like cookies?What you should really do is you can't see me gesture to its face.
David and Tamler talk about William James’ chapter on mysticism from his book "Varieties of Religious Experience." What defines a mystical experience? Why do they defy expression and yet feel like a state of knowledge, a glimpse into the window of some undiscovered aspect of reality? Is Tamler right that David has a little mystic inside of him just waiting to burst forth from his breast?
Plus – another edition of VBW does conceptual analysis and we’re sticking with ‘c’ words – this time the definitive theory of ‘creepy.’
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