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Sherab
out on Sukalajee Street
My plans,
I thought,
were made:
a connection to Banares where I
would finish
my doctoral research |
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I
arrived at Dum Dum, Calcutta's airport with my
plans made. The airport was so named as the place dum-dums shells
were invented by the english. My plans, I thought, were made,
a connection to Banares where I would finish my doctoral research.
Banares, or Varanasi,its real and ancient name, is the place where
Shiva, after a year
of taming the celestial river in is dreads dropped the Holy Ganges
to earth. Making the city the holiest in the world.
I know i bathed
every morning in her waters for five years and drank of her waters
with no ill effects.
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So interesting, Lots of details about Ibogaine including where you can get it
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(i didn't get strung out either in Banares)
anyway, sorry about the digression i was writing a book on the
universality of the didactic tale, the fable and the frame story.
But hanging around
the airport waiting, I started catching the taste of coke in my
mouth, and I knew, at least for then, that Banares would have
to wait. After all a few days in Bbay couldn't hurt. Yah. right.
New tickets were easily obtained and in late after noon , I
was there-paradise and hell, for any junkie, but for most of us
it was mostly the latter.
Before even ...» »
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| But hanging
around the airport waiting, I started catching the taste of
coke in my mouth |
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