Commentary on Roberto Calasso's 'Ardor' (2014) beginning with some thoughts on Aldous Huxley's use of the idea of 'soma' in Brave New World through to his last novel 'Island', together with more of my usual characteristic speculations on mythology, history, metaphysics and the nature of language.
Calasso's book:
https://www.bookdepository.com/Ardor-...
Terence McKenna on soma:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0g2NLntVis
Julian Jaynes's 'Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind':
https://www.bookdepository.com/Origin...
Wendy Doniger's translated selections from the Rig Veda:
https://www.bookdepository.com/Rig-Ve...
...and Stephanie Jamison's scholarly work on a new translation of the complete Rig Veda: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rigveda-3-South-Asia-Research/dp/019068500X
https://www.patreon.com/profile/creators?u=34714519
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