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Austin Osman Spare invented a magical death posture

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When standard meditation is too boring, you invent a pose designed to simulate dying. Spare created the 'death posture', which involved staring at a mirror, hyperventilating, and straining the body until passing out, believing this brief blackout bypassed the conscious mind entirely. It is basically tactical fainting for esoteric results.

Austin Osman Spare invented a magical death posture
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