Is the Moon in Madness Really a Light Source?

There's a whole biology of dark. Like during the time when it's supposed to be dark. Even a little bit of light absolutely screws up melatonin release. In ancient Rome, you could go out into the biggest street in Rome and you wouldn't see your hand in front of your face unless the moon was out. People take everything in, just total blackness. One of the first bizarre of sort of pantry, heavy duty Tibetan Buddhist practices is something called the dark retreat where people go into utter complete darkness for 49 days straight.

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