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Recieved: 2000/08/01 08:08
Subject: [K-list] POLL: What did ya read when you were young?
From: joe Wood

So, this is my second attempt to both write a poll message and actually post
it. i erased my last one instead of sending it.

I am curious about what many of us read as youth, and with no further ado,

(1) How many of us read books dealing with magic/psychic/spiritual phenomena
as youths?

(2) What ages were we when we read such books?

(3) What type of books - ie, fantasy, sci-fci, 'occult', or more
"non-fiction" oriented books on yoga, meditation or actual/historic
spiritual traditions?

(4) What experiences did we have that either sparked or fed our interest in
these topics?

For me,

(1) I read dem books.
(2) I probably started reading fantasy type books when I was 8 or so, and
still do occasionally (i.e., the adventures of young Mr. Potter). I started
reading about yoga in junior high i think, but it was familar to me, at
least its existence, at a much younger age. I may have read books on it in
grade school, but I don't really rmeember.
(3) See # 2. Mostly fantasy. Then yoga later on.
(4) I don't know why I got into either type of book. Eventually, they were
certainly an escape, the fantasy ones anyway. The yoga books - well, its a
chicken and egg thing. I did a couple of breathing tricks to help myself
get to sleep when I was growing up. I later read about them in the midst of
my first major kundalini flare up (or manic episode, acc. to my parents and
some psychiatrist(s)). Alternate nostril breathing was my favroite way of
getting to sleep when my mind was racing. I do not remember reading about
yoga as an under-10 year old,but could have, as I would finish my daily
assignment in first grade by 10 am and then spend the rest of the day in the
library (after my mom complained about them making me help scrub floors and
set up the cafetaria when I finished my work).

but enough about me.

geoff

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