Hearts of Space #1067 FLOATATION 16-Jan-2015 MP3 320kbps

Hearts of Space #1067 FLOATATION 16-Jan-2015



PGM 1067 : "FLOATATION"

PGM NOTE : a weightless journey in inner space

GENRE(s) : Ambient/Downtempo, Electronic Space, Non-Seasonal

FIRST BROADCAST : 16-Jan-2015

INTRO : January 2015 would be the 100th birthday of DR. JOHN C. LILLY, one of the true visionaries of 20th-century science. Lilly's life and work at the frontiers of human knowledge embraces the major themes of 20th-century bioscience. In his 86 years, Lilly made significant contributions to psychology, brain research, computer theory, medicine, ethics, dolphinology, and interspecies communication. Of special relevance for this program, Lilly's interest in the nature of human consciousness led him to invent the isolation or floatation tank in the 1950s. Today there are thousands of Floatation Centers around the world.

The floatation tank is a large plastic container filled with 10 inches of warm water and 800 pounds of dissolved Epsom salt. This high-density liquid allows the body to float effortlessly, free for once from the burden of gravity. The water and air are both heated to skin temperature, so one soon loses the sense of the boundaries of the body. With no light and virtually no sound, it encourages a "sensory-reduced" state that promotes deep physical and mental relaxation, and ultimately allows the floater to explore "inner space."

Hmmm. Does that sound familiar? Floating is one of the most common terms used to describe the effect of Ambient music.

Lilly began by investigating what would happen in an environment free of all sensory stimulation, but instead of the brain going to sleep as had been theorized, a whole new world of inner experience opened up. In the early 1960s, Lilly began experiments with LSD, and decided to take the drug in the isolation tank. Through this work, he arrived at a perspective that transcended the conflict between rationality and mysticism, religion and science.

On this transmission of Hearts of Space...a weightless journey in inner space, on a program called FLOATATION.

PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill, based on a program suggestion by Richard Bonk

BAY AREA WEATHER : refogerated