this lady pays reluctant lip-service to the basic overlap between the stripped-back neurophysiology of exhaustion and some commonly felt transcendent experiences ... lone pine in the owens valley seems an appropriate location for her experience, being surrounded by traces of ancient shamanistic cultures ... both pictures by the indefatigable ian parker

link to barbara ehrenreich's article ...
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/18/barbara-ehrenreich-atheist-religious-encounter-living-with-a-wild-god

link to ian parker's photography ...
http://parkerlab.bio.uci.edu/nonscientific_adventures/alabama_hills.htm