...was it the onset of acute schizophrenia, or a genuine mystic revelation, and then again is there any difference?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.So Moses went of into the hills for a few days without food or water, Jesus went into the desert for a few days without food or water, Mohammed went to live in a cave for a few days probably without food or water, the Budha sat down by a river bank for a long time without food or water. There is a common theme here somewhere.
Fernapple
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July 30, 2019
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I think he had a mindset which was already receptive to the supernatural, he made a living as a writer from this vivid imagination in the first place. It’s not surprising to me that he imagined what he interpreted as a vision of the apocalypse.
Marionville
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July 30, 2019
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And he was provably drug-free? I'm thinking of LSD, or mushrooms........
AnneWimsey
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July 30, 2019
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Apparently he experimented with LSD but his drug of choice was speed.
@MattHardy well, then why the "mystique"? Self-destructive behavior being justified as "I'm so special" makes me want to puke!
@AnneWimsey I'm not sure he had that high an opinion of himself. His writing only really peaked after his death. For the most part he barely made a living.
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