tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post3778796215587762207..comments2024-01-05T13:11:48.050+00:00Comments on ...and what will be left of them?: Bound By Magiccarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-27457869648778411692010-12-24T14:28:24.763+00:002010-12-24T14:28:24.763+00:00As an interesting aside, this article showing the ...As an interesting aside, this article showing the effectiveness of placebos is worth a look:<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-he-placebo-effect-20101223,0,3010085.story<br /><br />Medical doctors are as much descendents of witchdoctors as priests and judges, and it's looking more and more the case that it is their symbolic authority that gives them efficacy rather than the drugs they peddle.Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-4961654705712724052010-12-22T10:55:55.793+00:002010-12-22T10:55:55.793+00:00I think it's certainly an extreme case of the ...I think it's certainly an extreme case of the psychopathology of the everyday - we're under super-ego pressure almost constantly from advertising, peer-groups, fashion, tabloid newspapers etc. In fact I think the tabloids are the great super-ego accumulators and dispersers of our time.<br /><br />As for contagiousness, I basically agree with Gurdjieff in his belief that human beings aren't autonomous individuals, but accumulations of personality-types who involuntarily react to external events and external impressions, so a greater or lesser degree of contagion is pretty much inevitable for all social phenomena.Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-26343003360442193282010-12-22T02:28:41.082+00:002010-12-22T02:28:41.082+00:00Great post, could it be argued that voodoo death i...Great post, could it be argued that voodoo death is an extreme case of the psychopathology of the everyday, or a contagious form of it?<br /><br />Very true about the phrase "i could die from embarrassment", being some kind of self-destructive program, similar to John Lilly's "lethal programs"...<br /><br />peter carroll reckons that magic is as effective as economics, which probably explains the popularity of treasure seeking grimoires...Dr. Champagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125586855770102802noreply@blogger.com