The Art Worlds of Dreams and Intoxication

Nicas very he gives us some very helpful analogies as we continue in this next paragraph. He says, these physiological phenomena present a contrast analogous to that existing between the apollinian and the dionycian. And so that immediate certainty of vision can be obtained by yourself experiencing dreams and experiencing intoxication. Those two states of mind correspond to what the greeks would deify into god, which is, in niche's understanding how these gods are created. They are created out of these strong, resonant emotional experiences in mankind - things that seem to come from within.