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THE QUEER NIGHT OF YAGÉ DMT: THE EMPTY “I walked the streets in a daze like a man with a light concussion. I would’ve destroyed myself. And a wise old queen—Bobo, we cal

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Chapter 1: HARPER GOD  In fact, Funes remembered not only every leaf of every tree of every wood, but also everyone of the times he had perceived or imagined it (…) He thought t

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The Obnoxious Steals the Show You wake up —Nowhere. May 2025 You remember a few things. One of them is not nice. The second gives you hope before giving you a heart attack, and t