The deep self

consciousness exploration in the isolation tank

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John Cunningham Lilly: The deep self (2007, Gateways Books and Tapes)

318 pages

English language

Published Aug. 12, 2007 by Gateways Books and Tapes.

ISBN:
978-0-89556-116-9
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reviewed The deep self by John Cunningham Lilly (Consciousness classics)

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okay, his ketamine obession makes this work practically useless.
he failed to deliver on expectations based on a tube, brain in the bowl.
everyone's having own out-of-the-body experiences when floating and no one's allowed to spoil it with ideas and suggestions on how to feel.
I respect him for investing his time into floating as a practice but man... he should be staying away from teaching something he misunderstood so heavily

reviewed The deep self by John Cunningham Lilly (Consciousness classics)

Review of 'The deep self' on 'Goodreads'

Some chapters were much more useful to me than others.

I liked the description of early work, the construction of float tanks, and personal accounts of float experiences (by people other than Dr. Lily). That is, Chapters 9-13. I did not feel that the rest of the book was very useful to me.

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Subjects

  • Sensory deprivation
  • Consciousness