(03-12-2025, 12:48 AM)Ksihkehe Wrote: I think getting in the zone is probably what a lot of practitioners of folk magic and those that filled the roles of priests in societies without them did. 

I'm reminded about Tesla believed in aliens and that they were giving him knowledge. Edgar Alan Poe explained how he would reach an altered state when writing and that the words seem to come from somewhere outside of himself when in this state. Same with Wadsworth or Tennison; I forget which...maybe both? Add A.G.Bell to the list.

All through history some of our most famous people have said they feel their information or ideas come from somewhere other than their own mind. That's why Jung's assertion of a universal consciousness makes sense as one possibility to me.