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Shalamov and the Psychology of Incinerated Metaphysics

Most people who lose their faith lose it intellectually - th...
Opaque Queen Of The Night Corn Cake
  03/06/26
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Opaque Queen Of The Night Corn Cake
  03/06/26
you people have devolved into slave ants
Opaque Queen Of The Night Corn Cake
  03/12/26


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Date: March 6th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: Opaque Queen Of The Night Corn Cake

Most people who lose their faith lose it intellectually - they argue themselves out of it, find the theodicies unconvincing, decide the evidence doesn't support the conclusion. Varlam Shalamov lost his differently. The gulag simply burned it away, the way extreme cold burns off sensation through exposure, gradually and then completely, until nothing remained, not even the question. This is a post about his Kolyma Tales, and about what it looks like when a human being writes seriously and carefully from that position.

https://livingopposites.substack.com/p/shalamov-and-the-psychology-of-incinerated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5842312&forum_id=2...id.#49720905)



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Date: March 6th, 2026 12:36 PM
Author: Opaque Queen Of The Night Corn Cake



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Date: March 12th, 2026 2:29 PM
Author: Opaque Queen Of The Night Corn Cake

you people have devolved into slave ants

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