"panic" was originally the overwhelming experience of coming face to face with Pan, the good ole nature god.
the human not having the wearwithall to be able to fit a god into their perceptual apparatus, it goes into overload and DOINNNNNG - panic.
this thought makes the whole feeling more acceptable, not needing to be interpreted as malignant or evil.
i got it once on mt tarrangower. the megacreepies.
went back to same spot the next night (OK the next week, i was a bit spooked) and nothing. |