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Re: Mind / Brain Machines



Larry Tremblay wrote:

> You might want to check out the book called Mega Brain
> by Michael Hutchison, about the various electro-acoustic
> devices ("mind machines") available to the public.
>
> I was WAY into this in the early 80's. A whole subculture
> has grown up around it, like 'Mind Gyms' where folks get
> together to bliss out on brain drugs and machines.
>
> I think Aphex Twin, Autechre and others have already tapped the
> psychoactive effects of beat frequencies, inducing alpha states,
> etc. This area has already been explored widely by the New Age and
> Rave crowd.
>
> ...

has anyone on the list played around with brion gysin's dream machine?

-lance g.