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**sPncEjF7** · 05-08-2008, 10:36 PM

this has bothered me for awhile. i had my first out of the us experience last year.

i was on a cruise and then we went into canada.

basically the entire world seemed different while i was outside the us. even the way the sky and sun felt was different.

my bet isn't on technology at all. i think there is plenty in the lost ritual and symbolism of what for a lack of a better word is called magic to produce a "fugue" state over a country.

a country as defined by a group of people who practice similar ritual and worship and similar symbols. it is very likely that each day we are willfully embracing this state of "lack of clarity," through some form of ritual we use on a daily basis. like the commute to work perhaps?

05-08-2008, 10:36 PM	#3
sPncEjF7 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 557 Senior Member	this has bothered me for awhile. i had my first out of the us experience last year. i was on a cruise and then we went into canada. basically the entire world seemed different while i was outside the us. even the way the sky and sun felt was different. my bet isn't on technology at all. i think there is plenty in the lost ritual and symbolism of what for a lack of a better word is called magic to produce a "fugue" state over a country. a country as defined by a group of people who practice similar ritual and worship and similar symbols. it is very likely that each day we are willfully embracing this state of "lack of clarity," through some form of ritual we use on a daily basis. like the commute to work perhaps?
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