The Many Conduits into Truth

The thread between shamans, blind newts, and Buddhist nuns

Suppose for a minute that you’re a blind newt living deep in a dark sulphuric cave. Your extra sensory perception, your sliver of the world, all you can perceive and have ever known, is comprised of gases, heat, and body odor.

Or consider you’re a bat, blind, navigating your black immensity through echolocation. Air compression waves inform you which direction you’re headed.

Now imagine you’re a whale, traveling with your pod using sonar to navigate ocean currents. Long…