Random archive one
This is for random stuff I move from my main file that is too boring to keep. You have to hunt for it though. The quality control is basically nil. I’d skip it. **** **** Wednesday 29 October 2025 Chinese Nobility and the Quest for Immortality Also known as, the tragedy of Chinese civilisation ** Edit: I am lost for words. Lost for words. What a tragic nation. A tragic people and a tragic nation. Deserving of so much pity. They sought salvation through the consumption of elixirs made from lead and mercury and deadly mushrooms, and killed themselves again and again. They did it to achieve metaphysical goals, and also to engage in spiritual/religious experiences, I.e. visions and hallucinations. And for drug related euphoria. But they did it to make their corpse in-corruptible. That is, to achieve salvation beyond death. Like the pharaoh of Egypt, they wanted to preserve their bones forever. But they started mummifying themselves before death. *** This is well worth reading. I read ...