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Throughout human history, people have had the desire to alter their states of consciousness. The motivations for such an alteration can be spiritual, religious, or even secular. As an anthropologist examining religion, the key factor in examining altered states of consciousness through ethnographic fieldwork or other historical and modern examples is to suspend personal judgment.…
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Paradise Lost and a Nostalgic Longing John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost continues to inspire the imagination of many in the current era. For modern readers it inspires a nostalgic longing for a time period that no longer exists. This time period is symbolic of the fall from Eden in the poem. Within the world of…
