“The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.”
Terence McKenna (1946–2000) American ethnobotanist
Source: The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens & the I Ching
“How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself.”
The Convalescent.
Last Essays of Elia (1833)
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Gorgias.
Dyskolos
Context: Even if you were a softy, you took the mattock, you dug,
you were willing to work. In this part he most shows himself a man,
whoever tolerates making himself equal to another,
rich to poor. For this man will bear a change of fortune
with self-control. You have given a sufficient proof of your character.
I wish only that you remain as you are.
