Summary of text [comment] pages 69 through 71

[The vertical axis comes into play as ‘self-destruction manifests itself in the realm of actuality’.

‘The state of self-destruction’ is contextualized by a divine object_3V. This idol substitutes for God. ‘Getting drunk’ is this person’s way of ‘getting in touch with his idol’.   The phrase, ‘drowning one’s sorrows’, points to ‘his’ conscience, his potential for ‘knowing with the idol’.]