Benjamin Cain
Sep 26, 2022

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"Wounded healer" reminds me of how shamans thought of themselves as necessarily wounded by their experience with the psychedelic drugs, and by their contact with transcendent matters that alienated them from mundane social life. This fits into what I say about the ancient cold war between intellectual elites and the less reflective masses.

https://medium.com/grim-tidings/the-ancient-cold-war-between-intellectuals-and-the-unreflective-masses-d0a85e0e9cda?sk=9228151d6257df2ee31ab91cd361c014

https://medium.com/@benjamincain8/the-mythic-jesus-and-the-fragmentation-of-shamanism-e4f43ba187e3?source=friends_link&sk=7bb8df4030543a29d5a2c7d61a904f4d

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://benjamincain.substack.com / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom

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