The Unlimited Mind of Doctor John.C.Lilly

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May, 1964: The Virgin Islands

Dr. John C. Lilly floats on his back in 10 inches of seawater heated to 93.5 degrees fahrenheit. Outside the tank, the warm Caribbean air blows through the trees and open windows of his custom built beachfront island laboratory. Below him, a pair of bottlenose dolphins drift together in specially designed pools, floating like the scientist upstairs.

John has injected himself with 100 micrograms of LSD-25, courtesy of the United States government. No one has ever taken LSD in an environment like the sensory deprivation tank before. No sound, no light, no gravity, virtually no external sensations whatsoever. There is nothing for the mind to focus on but itself.

A wave of terror washes over him. It has occurred to him that he might die from this experiment, there is no one to help him should he lose control of his body and allow his face to sink below the surface of the pool. As the drug takes effect, the overwhelming fear coalesces into a brilliant blinding ball of light that suddenly explodes, propelling him like a rocket out of his body, out of the solar system, blasting him into another reality.

His consciousness is no longer that of Dr. John C. Lilly, scientist, inventor, human resident of planet earth. He has become something older, wiser, more powerful and as vast as the universe. He soars through infinite space and nebulous clouds of living energy radiating pure joy. He senses the presence of other beings like him. He has seen beings like them before - they watched over him throughout his childhood. This time he feels that he is one of them.

what a guy ...