I suspect the more that people can play with fantasy personæ consciously, there may be less need for them to keep them buried and only surfacing under hypnosis. They're out of the box now.
Culture is changing faster than we can keep track of.
And, unfortunately, I think this is why so many people are taking refuge in a range of irrational beliefs, fundamentalisms, and superstitions, because they no longer feel securely anchored culturally. But change and flux are interesting, and not to be feared.
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Date: 2008-02-11 04:57 pm (UTC)Culture is changing faster than we can keep track of.
And, unfortunately, I think this is why so many people are taking refuge in a range of irrational beliefs, fundamentalisms, and superstitions, because they no longer feel securely anchored culturally. But change and flux are interesting, and not to be feared.