there’s a take i think of internally as the “minimal but respectful take” on astrology, tarot, magic, etc. which is that nothing is happening that violates known physics, but that the human mind is capable of discerning real signal from more info than the west assumes
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i see the human mind as an exquisitely delicate and powerful learning machine, sifting through vast reams of sensory data constantly looking to make sense of the world and guide action through it. most of this data is filtered out of consciousness but it’s still there. storytime:
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at burning man a friend of mine took an unfortunate mix of psychedelics and prescription drugs, and for the rest of the day he lost much of his ability to sensory gate. he became extremely sensitive to light and sound, asked us to speak softly without hard consonants
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he asked us all to do this, even though some people were maybe 20 feet away and quiet already. he requested that someone hold his hand while staying grounded and when that person’s posture was ungrounded he could feel it through the hand and he asked them to shift it
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through the hand, he could tell how grounded someone’s posture was in their *hips*
this isn’t the only story i have of someone exhibiting high levels of sensitivity but it’s one of the most extreme. gave me a visceral sense of how much raw sense data is being filtered
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