Aryeh Kaplan argued ancient mystics did sensory deprivation

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Centuries before float tanks were trendy in urban spas, ancient prophets were completely blanking out their own minds. Kaplan heavily researched ancient ecstatic texts and convincingly argued that early seers basically invented intense sensory deprivation. By staring at completely blank surfaces and repeating sounds until their brains totally numbed out, they brilliantly hacked their own neurology.

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