t a the WWE? Floatation Tank Talks Dr. John C. Lilly & E.J. GoldFee fer fa Wa Lae CONSCIOUSNESS CLASSICS: A GATEWAYS PUBLICATION ibe floatation tank has always been a gateway into what is unknown and what is possible. This book is a guide to making the unknown possible. Information and insights about the tank are finally floating to the surface; these talks are important I slip into the tank and close the door--shutting off the last I'll know of light and noise. | can't see or hear a thing. It's a bit disconcerting, not knowing if my eyes are open or shut, but as for the unearthly lack of sound, | find I miss life's constant background noise about as much as one might miss a toothache. Sensory deprivation? They should call this sensory relief! Immediately, | feel myself awash in a tropical, silken sea. I'm actually floating in only ten inches of heated water and I'm able to lie any way | please without submerging. Centering myself easily, I'm unaware of any walls. The freedom of near weightlessness is what feels best of all, though-a playfully pleasurable sensation. Now | know why astronauts on TV news reports are always smiling. COSMOPOLITAN keys to further opening this gateway. All | can say to J. C. Lilly and E.J. Gold is Tanks for the Memories... MICHAEL HUTCHISON [AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF FLOATING Wark you, John, very much for che opportunity... | am doing this to learn what “mystical experiences" that other people talk about are like. RICHARD FEYNMAN Nowe Paize-Winnine PHYsicisr | san 0-955: || hi 95 9 '70895'560711"Tanks for the Memories Floatation Tank Talks by Dr. John C. Lilly and E.J. Gold