I remember an instance at one point, during my late twenties or early thirties, when I wondered what it would be like to hear voices. At that time I was slightly acquainted with a schizophrenic named Mike, who told me that he had Jesus in his head. That was his hallucination. Jesus talked to him, apparently. I remember wondering at the time what it would be like to have Jesus talking in my head. What would it be like, I wondered, to be schizophrenic for a day? It turned out to be more terrifying than I ever imagined.
I remember an instance at one point, during my late twenties or early thirties, when I wondered what it would be like to hear voices. At that time I w...
Looking for a book about quitting smoking? This isn't it. Smoking has been with us a long time. From the native Americans, for whom smoking the sacred pipe was a way of communing with the spirits, to the early feminists for whom the "little white slaver" was ironically a sign of liberation, smoking has meant many things to many people. Whether it's the early entrepreneurs who opened up world markets, titans of industry who helped create the modern corporation and revolutionized advertising, or the PR firms that aided the cigarette industry in its relentless efforts to prey on the public's...
Looking for a book about quitting smoking? This isn't it. Smoking has been with us a long time. From the native Americans, for whom smoking the sacred...
