...1804 to relieve the pains of toothache and rheumatism. His enthusiasm for the drug knew no bounds: That my pains had vanished was now a trifle in my...negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of these positive effects which had opened before me, in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed....

...halves and not only makes a person 'high' but removes all boundaries, affording a glimpse of eternity. was now a trifle in my eyes: - this negative effect...— in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed.'104 The artificial paradise could be bought in any chemist's shop. Happiness cost one penny...

...opium-taking; and what I took, I took under every disadvantage. But I took it; and in an hour — oh heavens! What a revulsion! What an upheaving, from its lowest...abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. (Confessions 60-61) If transcendental philosophy is a destroyer, opium is an agent of reconstruction...

...ignorant of the whole art and mystery of opium-taking... But I took it: — and in an hour, oh! Heavens! What a revulsion! What an upheaving, from its lowest...enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea. . . for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for...

...1996), p. 46. In an hour, O heavens! What a revulsion! What a resurrection, from the lowest depth, of the inner spirit! What an apocalypse of the world within me. That my pain had vanished was now a trifie in my eyes; this negative effect was swallowed up in the abyss of...

...bodily suffering and empirical reality through the visionary imagination: "in an hour, oh! Heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest...spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me!" His physical "pains" reduced to a "trifle," De Quincey experiences "the abyss of divine enjoyment thus...

...experienced 'an Apocalypse of the world within'. That his terrible pain had vanished was 'a trifle ... this negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of those positive effects' which opened up before him, 'in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus revealed'. His first dose had miraculously...

...it," says the English Opium-Eater, speaking of his first indulgence, " and in an hour — O heavens ! what a revulsion ! what an upheaving, from its lowest...enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea for all human woes ; here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so...

...he exclaims : "I took it and in an hour, Oh, heavens! what a revulsion! What an upheaving from the lowest depths of the inner spirit! What an apocalypse...my pains had vanished, was now a trifle in my eyes, the negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of those positive effects which had opened before...