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The drug Nepenthe, which leads to "neutral emotions," is mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey as a drink which confers "freedom from chagrin" and "complete emotional indifference," so that even if members of one's family, including one's own son, are killed in front of one's eyes, one can bear to see it calmly.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 11 : Fanaticism, Money, Powers, Drugs > # 156