"madness could be a trans-formative episode whereby the process of undergoing mental distress was compared to a shamanic journey. The traveler could return from the journey with important insights, and may even have become a wiser and more grounded person as a result." -wikipedia article about R.D. Laing

"Tiger got to hunt,
Bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder, "Why, why, why?"
Tiger got to sleep,
Bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand."
-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

"Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can ( Read more... )

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"The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks
the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a
standstill."
- Robert Anton Wilson