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From Chaos to Cosmos (and back): Steppenwolf, “Magic Carpet Ride” (1968)

The significance of all these [alchemical] rituals seems abundantly clear:  to do something well, or to remake a living integrity menaced by sickness, it is first necessary to go back ad originem, then to repeat the cosmogony. —Mircea Eliade [1] … Continue reading

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