Exploring Inner Space

But then the picture changed. Books like Huxley s, first-person accounts from a number of others (like the nutritionist Adelle Davis, writing about Exploring Inner Space under the name Jane Dunlap), and additional research such as that with psilocybin by the psychologist Timothy Leary and associates at the Concord, Massachusetts prison system, led before long to heightened expectations. Many millions of people developed a desire to experience a "psychedelic trip —in contrast to a "psychotomimetic one, which appealed to few. Many people, who lacked access to certified dispensing physicians, soon determined that they would get some one way or another. 

Psychedelic Shamanism is a lucid, captivating introduction to the shamanic hypothesis with all the technical information needed to explore "inner space," s... 

Dunlap, J. Exploring Inner Space Harcourt Brace and World (1961) LC 61-8979... 

Dunlap, J. (Pseudonym for Adelle Davis) 1961. Exploring Inner Space Personal Experiences under LSD-25. Harcourt, Brace and World, New Itbrk. Introducpon by Robert S. Davidson, pp. 3-10. Excerpt published in 1961 Exploring the soul with lsd Fate 15(6) 25-31. 

When one explores this inner space, the depths of consciousness (Jesus called it "the Kingdom of Heaven which is within you"), he finds experiences that have no counterpart in ordinary life, and so is at a loss as to how he can explain it to one who has not explored. All that he can say is, You must experience it for yourself before you will really understand. 

The name Church of the Awakening was selected after careful consideration of our orientation and motivation. The explorations in awareness, of "inner space," such as those we have described, result for many in a new perspective. It is a... 

There is a surprisingly large number of inconspicuous chemical explorers out there all over the world, doing their synthetic thing in their private laboratories. They are truly the astronauts of inner space. 

As with the inner planets, most of what scientists first learned about the outer planets came from observation using Earth-based telescopes. The data collected from these observations was of limited value because the outer planets are so much farther away than are the inner planets. For example, Jupiter is about 430 million miles (720 million km) from Earth. By comparison, the minimum distance from Earth to Mars is only about 33 million miles (56 million km). The availability of spacecraft beginning in the 1960s provided a critical new tool for the exploration of the outer planets. Today scientists have an extensive collection of data about the chemical and physical properties of the outer planets as a result of a number of space missions to one or more of the planets. 

Space exploration relies heavily on solar energy when the spacecraft is in the inner solar system. However, solar power is insufficient for spacecraft that have to journey to the outer planets. Chemical energy sources, typically batteries, tend to be relatively heavy and have rather short lifetimes for missions that are to last many years. The solution adopted to date is to combine a radioactive solid with a thermoelectric generator (see Section 15.2.3). The advantages of this solution are that there are no liquids to spill and no moving parts to wear, and a nuclear isotope with a long half-life will continue to provide power over the lifetime of the craft. 

The social artist is one who participates in the art of new creation. We are called to explore the mystery of the interface between engagement with external realities and embrace of the inner journey. Creative social artistry is contemplative, a vital synergy between inner and outer realities necessary to transform organizations, institutions, and paths of possibility, as well as visionary endeavors, and, in so doing, unleashing the human spirit of both those who compose the endeavor and those who are served by it. It is an activity of extraordinary balance, a tension in repose. It is a space of exquisite silence and of extraordinary service. In such a state, one has access to remarkable creative ideas, and world making patterns. Beneath the surface crust of consciousness, creative ideas and solutions are always there, ready to bloom into consciousness. 

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