Every new form of liberation is destined to eventually become another form of enslavement for most of its adherents.
Peter J. CarrollThat which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.
Peter J. CarrollAn old joke puts its thus, "when a man speaks to a god its prayer , when a god speaks to a man its schizophrenia"... Many people hear voices without suffering any of the debilitating and dysfunctional effects associated with schizophrenia, some treat these as sources of inspiration of develop religious ideas around them, others become mediums or occultists.
Peter J. CarrollIn certain tantric rituals the candidate is first beaten by his guru, hashish forced down him, and he is taken at midnight to a dark cemetery for sacred sexual intercourse. Thus he achieves union with his god.
Peter J. Carroll