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Re: Music of the mad.

Aug 19, 2011, 11:41

head-first wrote:

That's right. And with Old Testament prophets, if we believe Julian Jaynes in 'The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind'!

That's an interesting angle. The Indian mystic Ramakrishna, who is even mentioned in Colin Wilson's The Outsider, had ecstatic visions, and behaved in a way that shocked many even in 19th Century India, which was well used to it's holy visionaries bizarre beahviour. Here in the West it would be deemed a mental health issue. The problem is, Ramakrishna's life and teachings contained much profound wisdom beyond everyday thought. The Holy Fool concept is rightly repected in the East.

Buddha wouldn't last five minutes in 21st Century Britain before and outeach team had him banged up and dosed to the gills. Mind you, the cuts might give him a head start....

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