I'm not a hardcore fan of Mr. King's. I've read I think half a dozen of his books over the years, the ones everyone has read. I enjoyed them, well, except for The Stand which was way too Heinlein-macho for my taste.
All my life I've had the occasional what people would call paranormal experiences. Here and there. I had some alarming experiences when I was angry and so I converted to wicca--I figured it was like owning a gun, better learn how to use it properly. Or how to not use it, which I much prefer.
Then I had a seventh chakra outpouring after some unusual nervous system overloads, what taoists would call enlightenment but in actuality felt like a stroke, as described by that TED talk woman. So I've never had a traumatic brain injury aside from one mild concussion, but after the seventh chakra outpouring I lost my ability to be scared by spooky things. So I stopped reading Mr. King's books. Don't get me wrong, I still get scared--just by things like global warming or the state of the economy, etc.
But I saw an interesting quote from Duma Key on Tumblr, and felt drawn to read it. I felt so heartened reading it. And also envious. I have lots of acquaintances, but eventually in a friendship there comes a time when it comes up, and just like in the book at first the reaction is thinking that I've lost my last marble and should be committed. So either that ends the friendship, or if I go further and prove it by an accurate prediction or seeing, then terror ends the friendship.
ANYhow, I was so envious of the friendship in that book between Wireman and Edgar...at first I went to amazon to read the reviews of the book and nobody seemed to react to it the way I did, so I thought I would try here to see if there were like minds.
I know I could join a coven and make friends, but there's so much bullsh1t in the New Age movement, and so many grifters and people trying to make a buck...I know beggars can't be choosers, but there's got to be a middle ground between people who think I'm a freak, and people who think The Secret is the best book ever written.
All my life I've had the occasional what people would call paranormal experiences. Here and there. I had some alarming experiences when I was angry and so I converted to wicca--I figured it was like owning a gun, better learn how to use it properly. Or how to not use it, which I much prefer.
Then I had a seventh chakra outpouring after some unusual nervous system overloads, what taoists would call enlightenment but in actuality felt like a stroke, as described by that TED talk woman. So I've never had a traumatic brain injury aside from one mild concussion, but after the seventh chakra outpouring I lost my ability to be scared by spooky things. So I stopped reading Mr. King's books. Don't get me wrong, I still get scared--just by things like global warming or the state of the economy, etc.
But I saw an interesting quote from Duma Key on Tumblr, and felt drawn to read it. I felt so heartened reading it. And also envious. I have lots of acquaintances, but eventually in a friendship there comes a time when it comes up, and just like in the book at first the reaction is thinking that I've lost my last marble and should be committed. So either that ends the friendship, or if I go further and prove it by an accurate prediction or seeing, then terror ends the friendship.
ANYhow, I was so envious of the friendship in that book between Wireman and Edgar...at first I went to amazon to read the reviews of the book and nobody seemed to react to it the way I did, so I thought I would try here to see if there were like minds.
I know I could join a coven and make friends, but there's so much bullsh1t in the New Age movement, and so many grifters and people trying to make a buck...I know beggars can't be choosers, but there's got to be a middle ground between people who think I'm a freak, and people who think The Secret is the best book ever written.
