Over the course of several months, 150 Portland artists entered a program to spend several hours in a float tank (formerly called sensory deprivation tanks). Inside are the 150 pieces they created after their experiences.

Artwork from the Void: 150 pieces inspired by sensory deprivation

Arts & Photography

On, Float

Talley, Graham

Jahromi, Ashkahn

Zepeda, Quinn

Messer, Christopher

Other Media

Float On

Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer was written by Dr. John C. Lilly about his research conducted at the National Institute of Mental Health. In it, he discusses his invention of float tanks, early communication with dolphins, and investigations into the use of LSD for personal and cultural development. This historic work is reprinted in this version, in its entirety, for the first time in 25 years.

Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer: Theory and Experiments

Science & Math

Lilly, Dr. John C.

Behavioral Sciences

This book is a collection of works from writers who have all experienced “floating” - the act of lying supine in a luke-warm pool of salt water in total darkness and silence for extended periods of time. Advocates of floating believe that the practice decreases stress, increases creativity, and can sometimes open the door to profound mystical experiences. Over 25 writers from Portland, Oregon put those notions to the test. Each writer floated four times and authored a piece of writing after each experience. The pieces in the book include fiction and nonfiction, poetry and prose, illustrated by Portland artists who also float. They contain passages that traverse the landscapes of humor, sadness, warmth, and hope. As it turns out, a lightless, soundless, chamber full of luke warm salt water really is an ideal place to go for inspiration.

Letters from the Void

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

The Galactian Cyclops Crystal is nothing you were quite expecting -- yet by the end, will feel like everything you really wanted -- unconventional, hilarious, and moving. This book exudes a radical, cutting style, and paints beautiful exciting scenes at every possible turn. With mystickal and consequential currents bubbling just beneath the surface, The Galactian Cyclops Crystal offers relevant, new perspectives on our present and troubled times.

The Galactian Cyclops Crystal

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fiske, Kevin Stevenson

Fantasy

The Center of the Cyclone is an autobiographical work authored by famed fringe scientist and psychedelic pioneer, Dr. John C. Lilly. This is his most well known book and his first mainstream work, setting the tone for his dual career as scientist and explorer of human consciousness. In intimate detail, Lilly tells the story of how he left mainstream science to become an explorer of the "far out places" of the human mind. Using his own brain as a laboratory, and utilizing every method of consciousness alteration at his disposal --including LSD, isolation tanks, and zany new age encounter groups -- Lilly takes us on his decades-long quest to discover the true nature of consciousness and reality, overturning many of his own assumptions and those of mainstream science along the way. This 45th Anniversary edition has new Afterwords by Lilly's friends and colleagues, Lee Perry and Adam Trombly.

Center of the Cyclone: An Autobiography of Inner Space

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

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