Pioneering psychonaut and neuroscientist John C. Lilly is best known for his work in the 1950s exploring whether humans and dolphins could communicate. His NASA-sponsored research—in which he gave dolphins LSD and took it with them—contributed to the broader field of animal cognition and interspecies communication that continues today, now powered by artificial intelligence. — Read the rest

You can own Timothy Leary's sensory deprivation tank! The Samadhi Tank Company delivered the tank to Tim the month before he died. I don't know how often Tim used it, but I remember seeing it in the corner of his bedroom. — Read the rest

Skeptics deem Rhine's famous ESP trials a bust. The record says otherwise.

One of my intellectual heroes is parapsychologist J.B. Rhine (1895-1980), who pioneered ESP card experiments at Duke University in the early 1930s. One evening, one of my kids went online to test my judgment—and found it wanting. — Read the rest

Writer Kyle Chaka, author of the new book The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism, has a stunning new companion article out in New York Times Magazine titled "How Nothingness Became Everything We Wanted." It begins with Chaka's own journey into the sensory deprivation tank trend that had begun to sweep America before the pandemic, and explores the way that Americans in particular (though not solely) have sought capitalistic solutions to the overstimulation of everyday life. — Read the rest

In 1977, Robert Anton Wilson’s Cosmic Trigger predicted a utopian, space-faring, enlightened future. 37 years later, writes Jason Louv, it’s finally starting to show up.

Boy, I sure hope we don't get sued for leaking these trade secrets! R. Stevens says,

Apple is a very secretive company. But not even Steve Jobs himself is more powerful than a trained psychic with a Mental Amplifier Helmet and a mission.

How an an indie cartoonist faced down prudes, pain and the patriarchy.

Matmos's experiment with ESP-inspired electronica.