Because I am an esotericist.
Physical separateness can never be overcome by electronics, but only by “conviviality,” by “living together” in the most literal physical sense. The physically divided are also the conquered & controlled. “True desires”—erotic, gustatory, olfactory, musical, aesthetic, psychic, & spiritual—are best attained in a context of freedom of self & other in physical proximity & mutual aid. Everything else is at best a sort of representation. The entire revolt against Civilization can be seen (at least from one point of view) as an attempt to recreate the autonomous intimacy of the band, the free association of individuals.
The Lemonade Ocean
&
Modern Times
A Position Paper by Hakim Bey
01/25/2012 22:39
