Has any book or poem you have read ever changed your life or your views on
particular issues or places and if so, can you identify that book or poem and also
describe exactly what happened?
[ Readers were asked the same question, writers were asked, Has any book or poem
you have written ever changed your life or your views on particular issues or places
and if so, can you identify that book or poem and also describe exactly what
happened?]
Question 7.
Has reading ever precipitated in you a ‘déjà vu’ experience (the experience that one
has witnessed some entirely new situation or episode on a previous occasion) or
any other altered state of consciousness?
[ Readers were asked, When absorbed in reading a literary work have you ever
experienced ‘déjà vu’ (the experience that one has witnessed some new situation or
episode on a previous occasion) or any other altered state of consciousness?
Writers were asked: When absorbed in writing have you ever experienced ‘déjà
vu’?]
Question 8.
How would you describe the act of reading? I n other words, what do you
experience when you read a novel or poem in contrast to watching television or
attending the theatre or cinema?
[ Readers were asked the same question, writers were asked: How would you
describe the act of writing? I n other words, what do you experience when you
write in contrast to reading, watching television or attending the theatre or
cinema?]
Question 9.
At what age did you begin to exercise your shamanic abilities?
[ Readers were asked: At what age did you begin to enjoy reading and why?
Writers were asked: At what age did you begin to write and why?]
Question 10.
Did you suffer any particularly serious childhood illness or experience a serious
childhood accident and at what age did this occur? [ Same question for each group
of respondents.]
Question 11.
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