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A Mental Ethnography: Conclusions from Research in LSDPursuit of the Miraculous or Just Piling up Confusion

A Mental Ethnography: Conclusions from Research in LSD: Pursuit of the Miraculous or Just Piling... [Historical ideas of the transport of souls or the place of original life of humans have been quite diverse. As human society has expanded across the globe and social life has become more complex, the place of paradise has receded or been lost. Eden is nowhere. The assumed location of the Biblical Eden in the land between the two rivers of the Tigris and Euphrates is now more of a desert than a paradise, due to man’s overpopulation and the results of his technological use of land, overgrazing, pollution, and salt buildup. Even the word “paradise” is an interesting combination. “Para” usually means almost and “dise” could be associated with roots for to say or dios. So, we might conjecture a meaning of “almost god.” The general meaning in Indo-European languages can be heaven, abode of the gods. But in Latin it can mean park, garden, or orchard. In Old Indo-European roots it can refer to “making of clay,” or as different as “place of happiness.”] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Mental Ethnography: Conclusions from Research in LSDPursuit of the Miraculous or Just Piling up Confusion

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Springer International Publishing
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978-3-031-13744-0
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[Historical ideas of the transport of souls or the place of original life of humans have been quite diverse. As human society has expanded across the globe and social life has become more complex, the place of paradise has receded or been lost. Eden is nowhere. The assumed location of the Biblical Eden in the land between the two rivers of the Tigris and Euphrates is now more of a desert than a paradise, due to man’s overpopulation and the results of his technological use of land, overgrazing, pollution, and salt buildup. Even the word “paradise” is an interesting combination. “Para” usually means almost and “dise” could be associated with roots for to say or dios. So, we might conjecture a meaning of “almost god.” The general meaning in Indo-European languages can be heaven, abode of the gods. But in Latin it can mean park, garden, or orchard. In Old Indo-European roots it can refer to “making of clay,” or as different as “place of happiness.”]

Published: Feb 14, 2023

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