The cybernetic theory of ego-transcendence Options

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Is anyone here familiar with Michael Hoffman's ego death theory (aka cybernetic theory of ego transcendence)??

the theory suggests that the core essence of religious psychological transformation, is the discovery of the principle of timeless determinism (fixed-future, inevitability) in the intense dissociative (psyche-delic) state of consciousness. The discovery initially de-stabilises the functioning of the personal ego (the Cartesian thought-agent), then subsequently, stability is re-stabilised at a higher level of understanding, thus a person will claim something like "i had an acid trip which permanently changed the way i think"

It is a profound and 'paradigm shattering' theory, and well in line with the subject matter of this forum, the whole theory can be read online at egodeath DOT com