[Opinion] Our De Facto Shamans and the Motor of History

Our De Facto Shamans and the Motor of History

I’ve long been of the opinion that our modern, generally secularized Western civilization, despite our collective rejection of the traditional religious forms of human conduits to the sacred/profound realms (priests, rabbis, swamis, etc.) has, without realizing it, redirected a deep instinctual need to connect with the transcendental domain toward specific kinds of rock stars. Without being aware of it we have been seeking a kind of “deliverance…