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=== Dr. John C. Lilly === |
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Do you notice how when you get on a bus or into a car once it starts to move you start to get tired.<br> |
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Also known as an Isolation Tank, the floatation tank owes it conception to Dr. [[John C Lilly]]. |
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Many people fall asleep on these large moving machines.<br> |
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Maybe it has to do with similar impressions that were made on us as fetuses in our mothers womb. |
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=== It all started from one question === |
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Imagine being back in the womb again though..But not Greek Mythology style (Remeber what happend to the Titans?). |
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It came about due to Dr. Lilly's research in 1953 when at one point he asked: |
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Well you can almost reproduce the environment without the amniotic fluid and the drugs that your mother took. |
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Its called a FloatationTank aka Isolation Tank. Popularized by JohnCLilly. |
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which then leads to the next question: |
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:''How does one go about creating an experiment that simulates that kind of enviroment? |
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Read more about the fascinating [http://www.samadhitank.com/history.html history] of Floatation Tanks |
Read more about the fascinating [http://www.samadhitank.com/history.html history] of Floatation Tanks |
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===Pictures of different Floatation Tanks=== |
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[http://www.restingwell.org A Swedish website about floating] ([http://www.restingwell.org/welcome1.html in deutsch]) ([http://www.restingwell.org/welcome.html in english]) ([http://www.restingwell.org/welcome2.html in polish])<br> |
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[http://images.google.com/images?q=floatation+tank&num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wi See some pictures of Tanks]<br> |
[http://images.google.com/images?q=floatation+tank&num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wi See some pictures of Tanks]<br> |
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[http://www.pulsar.org/archive/febweb/121696we/house/pix1216/im4.jpg Homemade tank]<br> |
[http://www.pulsar.org/archive/febweb/121696we/house/pix1216/im4.jpg Homemade tank]<br> |
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[http://www.scand-yoga.org/english/bindu/bindu5/index.html A Swedish tank shaped as a Pyramid!]<br> |
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<flickr limit=5>Floatation Tank</flickr> |
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Related: [[Google:Floatation Tank]] |
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Google:FloatationTank |
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[[Category:Paradigm Shift]] |
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[[Category:Psychology]] |
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[[Category:Yoga]] |
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[[Category:Fun]] |
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[[Category:Esoteric]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:23, 18 June 2006
Dr. John C. Lilly[edit]
Also known as an Isolation Tank, the floatation tank owes it conception to Dr. John C Lilly.
It all started from one question[edit]
It came about due to Dr. Lilly's research in 1953 when at one point he asked:
- "What happens if you remove the stimulation of the outside world?"(on a human organism)
which then leads to the next question:
- How does one go about creating an experiment that simulates that kind of enviroment?
Read more about the fascinating history of Floatation Tanks
Pictures of different Floatation Tanks[edit]
A Swedish website about floating (in deutsch) (in english) (in polish)
See some pictures of Tanks
Homemade tank
A Swedish tank shaped as a Pyramid!
<flickr limit=5>Floatation Tank</flickr>
Related: Google:Floatation Tank