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Benjamin, Walter - On Hashish - Puppets
Identifier
001860
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
On Hashish – Walter Benjamin
Particularly impressive, according to the subject's later statements and recollections, was the image of the staircase, subsequently a 'staircase of ice', a section of which appeared in the form of a miniature spiral staircase, on whose every step along the outer wall appeared – only to melt away – a very delicately coloured, tiny puppet like figure, which the test subject, conscious that he was trivialising the matter and rendering it crudely, called 'little puppet man'. There was talk later of 'puppet women' also. Everything in miniature, all very playful.