So, what shamans have to do is act as exemplars by making this cosmic journey to the domain of the Gaian ideas, and then bringing them back in the form of ar t, to the struggle to save the world. The planet has a kind of intelligence, that it can actually open a channel of communication with an individual human being. Become part of this Gaian supermind. I mean I think it' s fairly profound, it's fairly apocalyptic. History is the shockwave of the Eschaton.
History is the shockwave of eschatology.
And what thi s means for those of us who will live through this transition into hyperspace is that we will be privileged to see the greatest release of compressed change probably since the birth of the universe. The twentieth century is the shudder that announces the approaching cataracts of time over which our species and the destiny of this planet is about to be swept. If the truth can be told so as to be understood it will be believed. The emphasis of house music and rave culture on physiologically compatible rhythms, and this sort of thing, is really the re-discovery of the art of natural magic with sound. That sound, properly understood, especially percussive sound, can actually change neurological states, and large groups of people getting together in the p resence of this kind of music are creating a telepathic community, a bonding, that hopefully will be strong enough to carry the vision out into the mainstream of society.