Wow, pretty weird alright. Never heard of that one!
Also didn't know that there was another remake of the movie last year. I thought the Caviezel one was decent, although I thought that they could have stuck a little closer to the actual events in the novel. The remake director's name (Alexandre de La Patellière) is funny...same actual surname as Dumas.
I also wasn't aware that the Count was originally a serial novel (like Sherlock Holmes), and too that there were references to hashish and opium removed from abridged versions...like the Count serves hashish jam to someone. (from wiki---the Count (calling himself Sinbad the Sailor), calls it, "nothing less than the ambrosia which Hebe served at the table of Jupiter").
Dumas was a member of the Club des Hashischins in France too. Perhaps that could account for his rather singular use of words and perhaps even more so his levity.
After reading about the hashish jam though, it really makes me wonder what other things were whitewashed through abridgment, not just in this novel alone.
Well, on quick glance, if you are loaded up with laudanum all the time, nitrous probably isn't a huge stretch.
Ever hear of the Nitrous Mafia?
I went to a Phish show back in 2015, and they were there before the show. After the show, I had a LONG walk back to where I parked, and noticed cops in some very strategic positions and had a feeling they were gonna get busted...
Kinda boggles my mind that stuff like that is illegal, but what do I know?
I tend to keep myself on the organic end of the drug spectrum. God did give us the plants of the Earth for our use, and I highly suspect that marijuana is quite possibly the great tree that Enoch saw in heaven...with its "indescribable fragrance and goodness." From a Google search..."The Book of Enoch also mentions a tree for the righteous at the end-time. This tree is said to be as tall as a fir, with leaves like a carob, and fruit like clusters of a vine. Its fragrance is said to penetrate far beyond the tree."
I don't know about you, but to me that's pretty spot on. Kinda helps that cannabis has almost no lethality. :)
When I think of God as man and Jesus being a "hippie", I think that take might be very plausible. I would like to think that God is chill. ;)
Personally, I like really subtle highs, because it doesn’t change my personality and isn’t so intense that I want to do it regularly. I hate building tolerance to things and I build tolerances faster than anyone i’ve ever met.
I hate withdrawls from anything, that definitely changes your mood really quick.
If I drink ONE cup of coffee for three days, and I don’t have any on the 4th, I get headaches, mood swings, can’t focus, nausea, and low energy.
So now I have coffee every few days.
Have you ever seen the most peaceful loving cool hippie the day they can’t find weed or hit resin? Biggest assholes I’ve ever met. Violent, angry, and determined to make your day shitty.
Weed just made me want to overindulge.
When I was high, it made everything feel better. So naturally, porn, sex, food, highly emotional music, sleep, etc.
That’s just me, maybe. Some people get high and can remain chaste and moral. Even do their homework. Not me. I eat a strict diet of mostly organic foods. When I get high, I will go right out and get the worst junk foods possible and lots of them.
Have you ever ate 100 grams of pure unadulterated chocolate with no sugar or milk on a somewhat empty stomach?
Had Double bagged, steeped for 20 minutes chamomile tea?
Sat in a sauna until you almost pass out?
These are the subtle highs that I most enjoy. No side effects or longing for that same feeling/vibe the next day.
I've never met an asshole smoker, but I've seen a few on Reddit LOL. (mostly they tend to be Masons too...Miley Cyrus opened a pot bar, so obviously "bad" people are into it)
I don't really indulge in anything besides coffee, cigarettes, and weed...I spend my time fasting and reading for the most part. No porn, sex, very little food (I fast most days and haven't eaten today as of yet), very little sleep too.
Music I tend to stick to instrumentals mostly these days. Ulrich Schnauss is a really good one in that regard. I do eat pure chocolate on occasion and do drink teas as well, but unfortunately don't have access to a sauna. That'd be sweet.
I don't let drugs change my mentality about things, which is why I stayed away from heavy drugs my whole life. One of my first girlfriends eventually ended up alcoholic and a heroin addict, and even after she kicked them she just went ahead and got really fat. Got diabetes too.
I wonder if his best known works (which apparently stand apart on their own and are not indicative of his general writing) were "inspired" beyond just drugs.
Why the odd imagery of a woman waiting for her "demon-lover"?
Reminds me of Santana and Supernatural, which he claims he wrote by way of automatic writing (I think with the assistance of Metatron in his case).
Wow, pretty weird alright. Never heard of that one!
Also didn't know that there was another remake of the movie last year. I thought the Caviezel one was decent, although I thought that they could have stuck a little closer to the actual events in the novel. The remake director's name (Alexandre de La Patellière) is funny...same actual surname as Dumas.
I also wasn't aware that the Count was originally a serial novel (like Sherlock Holmes), and too that there were references to hashish and opium removed from abridged versions...like the Count serves hashish jam to someone. (from wiki---the Count (calling himself Sinbad the Sailor), calls it, "nothing less than the ambrosia which Hebe served at the table of Jupiter").
Dumas was a member of the Club des Hashischins in France too. Perhaps that could account for his rather singular use of words and perhaps even more so his levity.
After reading about the hashish jam though, it really makes me wonder what other things were whitewashed through abridgment, not just in this novel alone.
Yeah, I don’t remember the hashish Jam, either!
Did you know Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the first people in the world to try nitrous oxide/laughing gas?
Well, on quick glance, if you are loaded up with laudanum all the time, nitrous probably isn't a huge stretch.
Ever hear of the Nitrous Mafia?
I went to a Phish show back in 2015, and they were there before the show. After the show, I had a LONG walk back to where I parked, and noticed cops in some very strategic positions and had a feeling they were gonna get busted...
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/12-arrested-for-nitrous-oxide-distribution-at-phish-concert
Kinda boggles my mind that stuff like that is illegal, but what do I know?
I tend to keep myself on the organic end of the drug spectrum. God did give us the plants of the Earth for our use, and I highly suspect that marijuana is quite possibly the great tree that Enoch saw in heaven...with its "indescribable fragrance and goodness." From a Google search..."The Book of Enoch also mentions a tree for the righteous at the end-time. This tree is said to be as tall as a fir, with leaves like a carob, and fruit like clusters of a vine. Its fragrance is said to penetrate far beyond the tree."
I don't know about you, but to me that's pretty spot on. Kinda helps that cannabis has almost no lethality. :)
When I think of God as man and Jesus being a "hippie", I think that take might be very plausible. I would like to think that God is chill. ;)
Personally, I like really subtle highs, because it doesn’t change my personality and isn’t so intense that I want to do it regularly. I hate building tolerance to things and I build tolerances faster than anyone i’ve ever met.
I hate withdrawls from anything, that definitely changes your mood really quick. If I drink ONE cup of coffee for three days, and I don’t have any on the 4th, I get headaches, mood swings, can’t focus, nausea, and low energy.
So now I have coffee every few days.
Have you ever seen the most peaceful loving cool hippie the day they can’t find weed or hit resin? Biggest assholes I’ve ever met. Violent, angry, and determined to make your day shitty.
Weed just made me want to overindulge. When I was high, it made everything feel better. So naturally, porn, sex, food, highly emotional music, sleep, etc.
That’s just me, maybe. Some people get high and can remain chaste and moral. Even do their homework. Not me. I eat a strict diet of mostly organic foods. When I get high, I will go right out and get the worst junk foods possible and lots of them.
Have you ever ate 100 grams of pure unadulterated chocolate with no sugar or milk on a somewhat empty stomach?
Had Double bagged, steeped for 20 minutes chamomile tea?
Sat in a sauna until you almost pass out?
These are the subtle highs that I most enjoy. No side effects or longing for that same feeling/vibe the next day.
I've never met an asshole smoker, but I've seen a few on Reddit LOL. (mostly they tend to be Masons too...Miley Cyrus opened a pot bar, so obviously "bad" people are into it)
I don't really indulge in anything besides coffee, cigarettes, and weed...I spend my time fasting and reading for the most part. No porn, sex, very little food (I fast most days and haven't eaten today as of yet), very little sleep too.
Music I tend to stick to instrumentals mostly these days. Ulrich Schnauss is a really good one in that regard. I do eat pure chocolate on occasion and do drink teas as well, but unfortunately don't have access to a sauna. That'd be sweet.
I don't let drugs change my mentality about things, which is why I stayed away from heavy drugs my whole life. One of my first girlfriends eventually ended up alcoholic and a heroin addict, and even after she kicked them she just went ahead and got really fat. Got diabetes too.
Some people just have a death drive.
So, I talked to my mom earlier, brought up the Dumas stuff, and you know what she said to me?
"Did you know Samuel Taylor Coleridge was high as a kite when he wrote Kubla Khan?"
She couldn't even say what he was high on, either.
That's a pretty cool synchronicity, since we've not talked about Coleridge before. She is certainly well read though. :)
Yeah he never finished Kubla Khan. It’s considered classic lit and it’s unfinished.
I wonder if his best known works (which apparently stand apart on their own and are not indicative of his general writing) were "inspired" beyond just drugs.
Why the odd imagery of a woman waiting for her "demon-lover"?
Reminds me of Santana and Supernatural, which he claims he wrote by way of automatic writing (I think with the assistance of Metatron in his case).