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The Body is the Metaverse

The Emerald

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The Body Is a Verse

The body is more than an objectively describable universe. Bodies are pervaded by networks of invisible streams and vessels, tapestries of knots punctuated with wheels of kinetic luminosity,. constellated with meridians, blossoming with flowers an imaginable cities and populated with deities and spirit helpers. Everything we want from the meta verse, the other world, the journey, the mythic narrative, the rapture, the animacy, the opportunity to shapeshift, the catharsis the return. Home is ultimately to be found through the ing portal of the body. You don't experience your lover's body as a spleen, an lungs and five leters of blood.

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