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The Time of the Naguals: Research THE TIME OF THE NAGUALS Research Interzone anthology Tome 2 Channel Interzone - Watching You by Paul O'Donovan Interzone Editions THE TIME OF THE NAGUALS RESEARCH TOME 2 © Isabelle AUBERT-BAUDRON Interzone Editions interzone.editions[at]outlook.fr http://www.interzoneeditions.net/ ISBN: 978-2-9531513-8-1 9782953151381 Août 2017 ▬▬▬▬▬ The Time of the Naguals – Research ▬▬▬▬▬ Table of contents Table of contents _______________________________________________________________________ I Illustrations ___________________________________________________________________________ IV Dreamachine __________________________________________________________________________ 1 Dreamachine : Here to Go : Planet R 101 by Brion Gysin and Terry Wilson _______________________________ 2 If you want to change fate ...cut up words _________________________________________________________________ 2 Magical origins of art __________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Cut-ups discovery _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Control _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Dreamachine - (Extract of Re/Search : William Burroughs/Throbbing Gristle/Brion Gysin)1982 ______________ 7 HOW TO BUILD A SIMPLE AND CHEAP DREAMACHINE by Isabelle Aubert-Baudron (1981) __________________ 8 EQUIPMENT _________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 PRINCIPLE OF THE DREAMACHINE _______________________________________________________________________ 8 BASIC CALCULUS _____________________________________________________________________________________ 9 PROCEDURE _________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 PLAN OF THE CARDBOARD FOR THE CYLINDER ____________________________________________________________ 11 or a 45 rpm dreamachine _____________________________________________________________________________ 13 Dreamachines by Isabelle Aubert-Baudron _______________________________________________________ 15 Electronic Dreamachine by Simon Owen _________________________________________________________ 16 Build your own pocket-sized Dreamachine ! by Kevin Meredith ______________________________________ 17 coolcat's dream machine plan with a fan ________________________________________________________ 19 Modified Dreamachine (version 2) ______________________________________________________________________ 21 Dreamachine Plans of Brion Gysin ______________________________________________________________ 23 Plans ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 24 Materials___________________________________________________________________________________________ 24 Construction ________________________________________________________________________________________ 24 Using the Dreamachine _______________________________________________________________________________ 24 Notes/Variations ____________________________________________________________________________________ 25 More data on vision of photisms and colors in The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism by Henry CORBIN ________ 26 Detoxification _________________________________________________________________________ 28 Alternative, Affordable Treatment for Feline Leukemia The "Burroughs' White Cat" Challenges the Board by Roger Holden _______________________________________________________________________________ 29 Protocol of apomorphine cure by Ian Sommerville _________________________________________________ 32 Notes (A) The use of apomorphine. _____________________________________________________________ 32 1. Finding the threshold dose __________________________________________________________________________ 32 2. Maintaining concentration __________________________________________________________________________ 32 3. The new threshold dose ____________________________________________________________________________ 33 4. Post-cure use _____________________________________________________________________________________ 33 5. General __________________________________________________________________________________________ 33 Notes (b) The use of apomorphine (or the drug addiction in question) _________________________________ 33 Letter to Dr Martensen-Larsen by Isabelle Aubert-Baudron __________________________________________ 39 I ▬▬▬▬▬ The Time of the Naguals – Research ▬▬▬▬▬ Opiates intoxication : Some suggestions from the doc by Jim Byer (1) ________________________________ 41 From X ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 41 Exchange with Dr Dolophine ___________________________________________________________________________ 43 Dreams ______________________________________________________________________________ 45 A simple method to get rid of nightmares by Isabelle Aubert-Baudron ________________________________ 46 Dreams at the scale of Interzone _______________________________________________________________ 47 Agent Izzy : Dream of November 28th 1981 _______________________________________________________________ 47 My Dream July 26, 1997 Nicholas Knutsen : _______________________________________________________________ 48 Yana Ya Ya : August 13th 1997 : ________________________________________________________________________ 52 Rick Gentry : 9 9 97 : _________________________________________________________________________________ 52 Isabelle Baudron : August 11th 1998 : the layer of blue air : __________________________________________________ 52 Isabelle Baudron : August 15th 97 : the big hotel : Gary Leeming's room ________________________________________ 53 Orin Holland : September 6th 97 : _______________________________________________________________________ 53 Alex : September 27 1997 : ____________________________________________________________________________ 53 Baud : rêve 3732 V. 071197 : 1h-10h30 : Hotel Interzone ____________________________________________________ 53 Jill: Dream October 8th 1997 ___________________________________________________________________________ 54 Foe Tamajiro : October 8 th ____________________________________________________________________________ 54 Gary Leeming : mardi 18 novembre 1997 20:37____________________________________________________________ 54 Foe Tamajiro : mercredi 19 novembre 1997 04:09 _________________________________________________________ 55 Rick Gentry:mardi 25 novembre 1997 06:30 ______________________________________________________________ 55 Baud : Rêve 3740 Me 261197 : 1h30 - 10h15 - William and Brion Gysin in R._____________________________________ 55 I. Baudron : November 27th 1997 _______________________________________________________________________ 56 Agent Zero :jeudi 27 novembre 1997 08:08 _______________________________________________________________ 56 Agent Zero : jeudi 11 décembre 1997 19:14 _______________________________________________________________ 56 R. Gentry : samedi 13 décembre 1997 07:32 ______________________________________________________________ 56 Apo 33 : lundi 15 décembre 1997 23:20 __________________________________________________________________ 57 Jill : December 18 the 1997: ___________________________________________________________________________ 57 Jill : January 9th 1998 _________________________________________________________________________________ 57 Foe Tamajiro, January 26th 1998 : ______________________________________________________________________ 59 Foe Tamajiro - January 28th 1998 : ______________________________________________________________________ 59 Littlemute :Feet : Jan. 28 th 1998 _______________________________________________________________________ 59 Andrew : February 1st 98 _____________________________________________________________________________ 60 Phranco P. Fenderson : Feb 3rd 98 ______________________________________________________________________ 60 I. Baudron : Feb. 3rd 98 : ______________________________________________________________________________ 61 Nicholas Knutsen : jeudi 5 février 1998 01:07 _____________________________________________________________ 61 R. Gentry ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 61 Iz : February 26th 1998 _______________________________________________________________________________ 61 Sam : ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 62 Gary : June 12th 1998 : _______________________________________________________________________________ 62 Littlemute : June 15th 1998 : One of my friend, keneda's dreams. _____________________________________________ 63 Sam : June 17th 98 : __________________________________________________________________________________ 63 R. Gentry mardi 7 juillet 1998 23:12 _____________________________________________________________________ 63 Ann, mercredi 15 juillet 1998 21:05 _____________________________________________________________________ 63 Hard Drive Productions Ltd.mercredi 29 juillet 1998 09:46 ___________________________________________________ 63 Hard Drive Productions Ltd.: jeudi 6 août 1998 04:31 _______________________________________________________ 64 Gary Leeming dimanche 16 août 1998 11:49 ______________________________________________________________ 64 Mark Pullen Sun, 27 Dec 1998 22:31:45 -0800 _____________________________________________________________
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