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Three Of The Four Elements Are Shared By All Creatures, But Fire Was A Gift To Humans Alone. Smoking Cigarettes Is As Intimate As We Can Become With Fire Without Immediate Excruciation. Every Smoker Is An Embodiment Of Prometheus, Stealing Fire From The Gods And Bringing It On Back Home. We Smoke To Capture The Power Of The Sun, To Pacify Hell, To Identify With The Primordial Spark, To Feed On The Marrow Of The Volcano. It’s Not The Tobacco We’re After But The Fire. When We Smoke, We Are Performing A Version Of The Fire Dance, A Ritual As Ancient As Lightning.

The Trick Is This: Keep Your Eye On The Ball. Even When You Can't See The Ball.

Hawaii Made The Mouth Of Her Soul Water.

Those Who Shun The Whimsy Of Things Will Experience Rigor Mortis Before Death.

Equality Is Not In Regarding Different Things Similarly, Equality Is In Regarding Different Things Differently.