H.P. Lovecraft and Horror with John Michael Greer
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Tattooing Symbols - Is There a Way to Apply Symbolic Signification to Yourself?
Tattoos are a way of applying cultural signification to yourself without even knowing it. The pain is at least authentic, not just something un a video game or a television show. And in a world where our comfortable classes are so shielded from any kind of discomfort and inconvenience, the actual experience os facing forward physical pain,. It's a little bit of an initiatory right? I'm actually going to step beyond the very narrow bounds thatmy society has placed on me. i'm going to do something that's going to hurt, and i're going to do it willingly.
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