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Whats going on here?

>> No.18181597

>>18181523
>OH MY GOD THERES A SPOOKY SKELETON INSIDE ME AND INSIDE HISSTORY ITSELF AHHH IM GOING INSAAAAAAAANE

>> No.18181619

>>18181597
That really actually does seem to sum a large part of it up. Like, standing upright... bad?

The stuff about the pineal gland got me trippin' tho. I thought that was some New Age bullshit but its slowly becoming a legitimate concern desu

>> No.18181644

>>18181619
>The stuff about the pineal gland got me trippin' tho.
QRD?

>> No.18181708

Mircea Eliade BTFO

>> No.18181709

>>18181644
It's, like, a vestigial third eye or some shit and, owing to its being angled toward the sun, it produces melatonin (still).

"In other words, it is an ancient inner clock --at the proximal core of the brain--oscillating in tune with the Zeitgeber. Cerebral revenants of a pre-spinal past, pineal glands are, moreover, uniquely prone to calcification"(161).

>> No.18181712
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>>18181523
>spinal catastrophism
>cover depicts cranial catastrophe

>> No.18181720

>>18181709
Wait until you read God-Man: The Word Made Flesh...

>> No.18181751

>>18181712
The skull was considered the "primordial spine" by many ancient cultures. Modern science has attempted to sweep this under the rug, to much success

>> No.18181783

can u give us the epub

>> No.18181801

>>18181619
bipedalism and its consequences was a disaster for the human race

>> No.18181808

Ngl I fucking loved this book, might be one of my favorites. That said, I don’t look at it as a hard work of philosophy, more like speculation for the sake of entertainment. It was really fun and I recommend it

>> No.18181811

>>18181783
asking for epub is a great way of making op fuck off forever

>> No.18181835

>>18181709
>>18181751

Reminder that "neurotheology" or "theozoology" are just Darwinism except even gayer.

>> No.18181847

>>18181835
>LMFAO DUDE BATS AND BIRDS ARE THE SAME THING BECAUSE A RABBI SAID SO GIVE MONEY TO JOEL OSTEEN
lol

>>18181783
It's on libgen.

>> No.18182082

>>18181808
That's what I also expect about it judging from the synopsis. An exercise in Archimedean point-fixing and then trying to critique all else in terms of that arbitrary point, in this case, the backbone.

>> No.18182122

damn urbanomic must need money bad.