Building off the previous posts on the ineffability of psychedelic experiences and language, I wanted to continue using insights from Shlomo Giora Shoham that sheds light on the topic. I’ve written a basic introduction to his ideas here. In his book, The Violence of Silence, Shoham lays out the argument that it is the participant […]
Speaking of what I wrote in my last post, this theme of language, psychedelics, and a new technology: I’m interested here in what two, well four really, have to say about this. The medium is Deleuze and Guattari, and the two thinkers are Erik Davis and Benjamin Dueck. Deleuze and Guattari, according to both Dueck
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One common feature in the psychedelic experience, is the ineffability of said experience–it is too great or extreme to describe in words. In fact, this is one of the key features of the mystical experience that William James elucidates. Ask someone to describe their psychedelic or another profound experience they have had and they will
I was rereading and thinking about Heidegger in preparation for Zohar Atkins’ salon on Heidegger and the meaning of life and there were a couple points that piqued my interest. First, was his distinction between what we might call the flow state and interruptions in ordinary consciousness. Second, was Heidegger’s distinction between calculative and meditative
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