Episode 814
Book Review: The Arctic Hysterias
Astral Codex Ten Podcast · Jeremiah Prophet
April 9, 202327m 55s
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https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-the-arctic-hysterias
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Strange things are done in the midnight sun, say the poets who wrote of old. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see are chronicled in The Arctic Hysterias, psychiatrist Edward Foulks' description of the culture-bound disorders of the Eskimos1
For example, kayak phobia: