Entheogens

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The 'choking game' refers to a story this week about children who choke each other in order to induce a mind-altering experience in the chokee. The idea is to cut off blood flow to the brain to the point of semi-unconsciousness. Then, as blood flow (and hence oxygen) restores brain function to the chokee, that person experiences a rewarding euphoria. It is a variation on the ancient mind-altering game which eventually produced human religion: drug intoxication.

The problem with the scenerio is that the game does not take into consideration the effect of the game on the choker.

Some years ago there was a choking craze of masturbators who 'hung themselves' just at the point of orgasm in order to amplify the sexual pleasure of orgasm by the euphoria mentioned above.

These artificial methods are not only deadly but unnatural: God put natural drugs on The Good Earth for a reason. Nowadays we call them 'entheogens.'