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Quotation from The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
“Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes”
The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lectures XVI and XVII: Mysticism
From the same passage on alcohol and mystical consciousness.
Citation: "Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes" — William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lectures XVI and XVII: Mysticism. (id the-varieties-of-religious-experience-q10)
Portrait: William James by Alice M. Boughton, c. 1907, platinum print, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 87 37James-000001 (cropped), Alice Boughton, Public domain.
