The Essence of Assimilation

There is a tight analogy between ingesting something material and undergoing a transformation of energy attendant upon that. Eat something forbidden, transform. As a consequence, conscious realization is acted out in the elementary scheme of nutritive assimilation. The ritual act of concrete eating is the first form of assimilation known to man. And as eric newman points out, wherever liquor, fruit, herbs, et cetera, appear as the vehicles of life and immortality, we have an ancient mode of human expression before us.