Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind

Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind

The Smartphone's Mystical Spirituality

How They Resemble Rosary Beads, Talises, and Prayer Wheels (Vol. 3; Issue 41)

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Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD
Oct 17, 2023
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Father, forgive me, for I have sinned. Before embarking on yet another rant about cell phones, please hear my confession. You will basically never ever see me without my leather-encased smartphone (cowboy brown) and plastic-encased reading glasses (neon red). Despite the self-hatred the device-dependency elicits, the phone feels as necessary as air, wat…

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