I suppose it’s worth noting that the Times has an article about Byron Gysin’s Dream Machine:

Ms. Chapman thought it might be helpful if my body were more relaxed, so I lay down on a sofa, and she put on soothing music. She flicked the machine back on as I shut my eyes. A moment later there they were, the same flashing patterns as before. After a while I became bored and my mind began to drift.

That’s when it happened. I didn’t “see” as much as I strongly imagined a campfire in a clearing in a dense forest at night. My boyfriend Jim was sitting to my left, laughing. Later I seemed to find myself in a large empty auditorium, walking toward some chairs arranged in the middle of the room. In one creepy moment I was in a basement hallway, following closely behind someone walking ahead of me, whose face I couldn’t see.

Link (via Post Atomic and Last Word Blog).

Anyone had any experiences with a Dream Machine?

There’s some discussion of “mind machines” over at the excellent Key Practices thread on Key 23.

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