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Was he enlightened or into eastern mysticism?


>"I am impelled, by considerations touching the great inherent
dignity and sublimity of the Sperm Whale; I account him
no common, shallow being, inasmuch as it is an
undisputed fact that he is never found on soundings, or
near shores; all other whales sometimes are. He is both
ponderous and profound. And I am convinced that from
the heads of all ponderous profound beings, such as Plato,
Pyrrho, the Devil, Jupiter, Dante, and so on, there always
goes up a certain semi-visible steam, while in the act of
thinking deep thoughts. While composing a little treatise
on Eternity, I had the curiosity to place a mirror before
me; and ere long saw reflected there, a curious involved
worming and undulation in the atmosphere over my head."

Obviously him seeing his own aura.

>> No.8118003

long ass quote, fucked up the greentext

>> No.8118015

>>8117996
>While composing a little treatise
>on Eternity, I had the curiosity to place a mirror before
>me; and ere long saw reflected there, a curious involved
>worming and undulation in the atmosphere over my head."
lmao I remember reading this, Ishmael's such a weird unit. Love him tho xx