Posted by Bob on October 15, 1999, at 5:46:13
In reply to Re: Magical beliefs - to st james, posted by Noa on October 15, 1999, at 2:24:00
Anyone have a copy of the Anarchist's Cookbook handy (someone stole mine ... which somehow seems appropriate)? There's a quote in there about peyote attributed to a Native American whose name I cannot remember: "The White Man goes into his church and talks about God. The Indian goes into his teepee and talks to God." Maybe that's yet another thing Descartes, this time with the help of Locke and Hume, stole away from us -- the belief (and, therefore, faith) that an altered state of consciousness from the norm could move us beyond what is perceived by our five senses.
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