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Fire gazing induces a deeply primitive trance state

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Staring deeply into a flickering campfire forces your brainwaves to radically slow down. It is an evolutionary hack that instantly hypnotizes you, turning modern, stressed-out humans into utterly silent, mesmerized beings completely captivated by bright, hot colors.

Fire gazing induces a deeply primitive trance state
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