Journeys into the bright world

In the meanwhile, those individuals who are aware of having been the ones who made the original decision to plunge into the lifestream of the terran sphere, and who are willing to face the consequences of their determination to rise through the ascending grades of Earth's "school for souls," should have reasonable access to this efficacious educational tool. Unquestionably, ketamine can provide the incentive to move on to the point where flashes of insight are focused into a penetrating beam, and where the light of occasional inspiration can be made to shine with a steady glow. It will then be so much easier to find out who we are, from whence we came, and why we are here. In addition, we should be able to gain some understanding of where we are going and what we may potentially become. Only then will we, in due course, take our rightful places as responsible citizens of the galaxy and inheritors of the wisdom of the stars.

10: Alchemy in Action

Ketamine-induced EEG alterations in man are characterized by the replacement of alpha rhythm with a predominant theta rhythm…

The appearance of theta activity as a rule coincides with the loss of consciousness and onset of analgesia. Another characteristic proves to be the occurrence of high-voltage periodic patterns, often with a steep front, which is usually superimposed on the background theta activity. These high-voltage complexes tend to recur every two to ten seconds for several minutes and are undoubtedly the forms that others have referred to as "suppression-burst" patterns of polyspike discharges. These patterns have also been noted by Kugler's group, who refer to them as rhythmic, bilateral-synchronous complexes of slow and steep waves.

– Guenter Corssen, M.D., "Ketamine and Epilepsy"-Anesthesia and Analgesia, March-April 1974.

"We use anesthesia to take away their physical pain, Howard said. "Why shouldn't we use it to take away their mental pain?"

Naturally I agreed, even though we knew that the issue wasn't quite this simple. What is it, then, that ketamine really does, and for what purpose? Why should it be either pleasurable or edifying to be reduced to an undifferentiated blob of protoplasmic jelly, split apart like a bifurcated amoeba, stripped of every status symbol including the body itself, shown that most of what you believed about the world probably isn't so, and convinced that the sum of our knowledge of the workings of man and the cosmos amounts to less than a thimblefull of water drawn from the ocean of eternity?

This is a large question. In reply, we can only summarize (as seen through our eyes) some of the benefits Howard's magic needle has brought to those who have been privileged to make the journey into the bright world. These may be listed as follows:

Physical: It remains my conviction that ketamine possesses rejuvenating qualities, but thus far it has not been possible to capitalize upon that aspect of our research. Within another year or two we will be better qualified to judge its long term effects. What we can demonstrate, however, is that it has the power to sooth and tran-quilize the body while opening the psyche to an inflow of vitalizing energies. Beyond any shadow of a doubt my own efficiency has been enhanced by ketamine, even though it has been necessary to guard against overstimulation.

Some people have felt that they have been spiritually healed during their sojourns in "samadhi land" while others have felt nauseous or anxious. Presumably the positive effects could be maximized by low doses and health-giving suggestions which could be recorded with a musical background. Most of the therapeutic techniques employed by hypnotists could as easily be practiced on patients whose relaxed state has been induced by twenty-five-milligrams of ketamine.

Even though we are here on Earth as souls learning to direct mental energies, the mastery of the body remains the supreme challenge. Our team is at this time working on the problem of cellular regeneration and hopefully will soon have more to report.