Chapel of Extreme Experience is an engrossing look at flicker potentials -- a visual phenomenon which became the basis of scientific studies into how the visual brain works. In the 1960s the Dream Machine was developed to reproduce this phenomenon, emitting pulses of light and projecting patterns that produced kaleidoscopic images and even hallucinations. This book follows the interest in flicker, from its scientific underpinnings to its role in the countercultural art scene. This is a fascinating look at the Dream Machine ...
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Chapel of Extreme Experience is an engrossing look at flicker potentials -- a visual phenomenon which became the basis of scientific studies into how the visual brain works. In the 1960s the Dream Machine was developed to reproduce this phenomenon, emitting pulses of light and projecting patterns that produced kaleidoscopic images and even hallucinations. This book follows the interest in flicker, from its scientific underpinnings to its role in the countercultural art scene. This is a fascinating look at the Dream Machine and its influence on major cultural figures like William S. Burroughs, Aldous Huxley, and Allen Ginsberg who all experienced and wrote about the "flicker effect." Photographs are featured.
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Near Fine. Beat Literature Book shows very light wear to covers with a little edge wear. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 120 pages with occasional b&w photos. William Burroughs was a big fan of this device, cover shows him staring into it.
Add this copy of Chapel of Extreme Experience: a Short History of to cart. $172.62, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.