Recommended Reading: John Lilly

 

Lilly’s list of scientific achievements requires a full page in Who’s Who in America. He pioneered the original neuroscientific work in electrical brain stimulation, mapping out the pleasure and pain pathways in the brain. He conducted the first research on inter-species communication with dolphins and whales. He invented the isolation tank and conducted significant research on sensory deprivation. Lilly died in 2001.

Center of the Cyclone. ISBN: 051752760X
This is Lilly’s map of inner space explored during his famous LSD experiments in the sensory deprivation isolation tank that he invented. He gives detailed descriptions of various levels of consciousness on a scale including both positive and negative states. The Hollywood movie Altered States, directed by Ken Russell and starring William Hurt, was based on this book.

Programming the Human Biocomputer. ISBN: 1579510655
The book explores parallels between computers and the human brain. It is Lilly’s attempt to write an owner’s operating manual on how to use the brain and central nervous system.

 

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