pp. 197-218 Summary and Analysis

Tunnel Realities and Imprints — Leary tries to figure out the mysteries of contacts with other entities by a theory of 8 brain compartments or spheres. The first 4 levels of brain activity cover normal life, including biological survival, emotions, learning skills, and social and sexual activity of humans. Human beings that have not developed are interested in things like eating and mating. Some humans are dominant in the social order, while others are submissive.

The fifth circuit is usually reached by drug use or prolonged yoga-style sexual activities. The preferred drug to use for this is marijuana. Some of these fifth circuit experiences also match the experience of astronauts in gravity-free space. The sixth circuit involves using stronger drugs like the hallucinogen mescaline. The sixth circuit often involves contacting extraterrestrials, or other entities that in medieval times were described as...