2010.54.16942

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Perception and Altered States of Consciousness
Perception and Altered States of Consciousness
Late 20th Early 21st Century
12.5 in HIGH x 18.875 in WIDE
(31.75 cm HIGH x 47.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.16942

Hadnwritten in black ink on recto left: "Ed MacDonald of occasional drop-in fame / probably put this up and from his des- / cription of it, it''s to be put down as / pretty square (Chinese feelees, im- / aginary vs real salt, bitter etc taste / tests involving salivation measurements / etc., etc., etc.) but don''t get / uptight about it (or its price) / much because for 25c and / a frown, or 50c and nothing / for a single dude/gel / ($1 is too much) you can / get a compable (2nd / evening of thought / consciousness) / alteration at / 8:30 (sharp)pm / at Jason / Letter- / hand''s tar- / ot (replaying / cards & their / antecedents) class, / Metaphysical Book / Shop 435 Powell St., / 2nd fl. every Thursday. / this is a lot cheaper & a / lot better wat to alter your / state of consciousness, I believe. / My name is Dick Utter & I live / at 85-11th St., HEI-9092 (hotel / phone) & if you don''t get too up- / tight about it you are invited to call me / after you have gone (and are reasonably / straight)."





Poster has purple and green ink printed on white paper. At the left is a diamond shape with "Gresham Hall Grace Cathedral" vertically down the center and names in white horizontally through the center and extending off to the right. At the top left is "Esalen Institute Presents" in purple. At the top right is "Perception And / Altered States Of Consciousness" in green and purple. At the bottom right are the times/days/dates, "six noted researchers will review various new reports which shed light on the alteration of con- / sciousness. recent work with hypnosis, brain wave conditioning, meditation, psychadelic drugs / and othe procedures will be discussed and compared. a fre demonstrations of these proced- / ures will be presented, chiefly with hypnosis, meditation, and new group methods. / the symposium leaders will all speculate about future possibilities for the expansion of con- / sciousness and will make some proposals of their own about what can be done now.", and ticketing information, all in purple. Across the bottom edge are ticket vendors.
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