When Harold has a night mare, the first thing he does after a night mare is remember it, the second thing is to smoke because it "Makes him solid". Witness all the people who smoke. Many of them began smoking during a difficult time. Especially in America where smoke was originally the convenient between the native peoples and the gods, which the soil still remembers.
Sometimes all one wants to be is solid.
Smokers realize, if they think about it, that upon waking up, that first cigarette in the morning makes them "solid " and makes the dream world go away.
We all realize kids tend to smoke whether advertizing targets them or not (because they feel detached -- unreal). Adolescence in the Dark Night of the Soul may also try to drink blood, eat ashes or kill an animal, or try to commit suicide, when really all they needed was salt or the proper electrolite drink. How many adolescenct's have suffered through this phase without the proper mineral salts? It's much easier to get these now with colloidal minerals. Chlorophyll can also be helpful to solidify a person. Saltwater can substitute, but many times the only way a person can become grounded and solid is blood.
Many believe Jesus shed his blood to form the Church and cause it to solidify (this is not the only pupose of Jesus's blood, just one of many understandings).
Sometimes living on a farm or around cows and horses can be grounding even through the smells.
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