xenophonia
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Esoteric Translation: 1. The Oneiromantic Method
Ensure that the source text is in a language you do not understand. Go to bed early. Under moderate light, start reading the source text. Be sure to follow every word of the text; do not read it as a series of letters but allow your mind to parse the text as it would with a language you understand. Persevere until your eyes begin to feel heavy and your brain feels as though it is rubbing... -
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The alienness of a written and a spoken foreign language is different. When hearing an unknown language it is difficult to distinguish one word from the other. When seeing it written, it is difficult to join up the words to make a whole utterance.