Benjamin scholar, John McCole has astutely presented the case for this usage in his Walter Benjamin and the Antinomies of Tradition . Benjamin referred to it to refer to various states of transport. . . The average oral dosage was 100 mg. PART II One of the first signs that the hashish is beginning to take effect is a dark feeling of foreboding and apprehension, something alien, inescapable closes in.
Activity ceases, a feeling of powerlessness can take hold.
If the inebriated individual surrenders to this new power, he soon realizes just how captive he is, hunted and oppressed by mental images, thoughts, words, actions, emotions and emotional outbreaks, which he does not desire, and which do not at all appear to belong to him. Images and sequences of images, long-submerged memories appear, whole scenes and situations present themselves. The individual is surprised and overwhelmed by everything that happens, including what he says and does. His laughter and all his utterances befall him like external events. He also attains experiences that border on inspiration and illumination.