Гипноз

           AfterwardIfoundthathisvoicewasmusic—themusicofdeepviolsandofcrystallinespheres. Wetalkedofteninthenight,andintheday,whenIchiseledbustsofhimandcarvedminiatureheadsinivorytoimmortalizehisdifferentexpressions. 

           Ofourstudiesitisimpossibletospeak,sincetheyheldsoslightaconnectionwithanythingoftheworldaslivingmenconceiveit. Theywereofthatvasterandmoreappallinguniverseofdimentityandconsciousnesswhichliesdeeperthanmatter,time,andspace,andwhoseexistencewesuspectonlyincertainformsofsleep —thoseraredreamsbeyonddreamswhichcomenevertocommonmen,andbutonceortwiceinthelifetimeofimaginativemen. Thecosmosofourwakingknowledge,bornfromsuchanuniverseasabubbleisbornfromthepipeofajester,touchesitonlyassuchabubblemaytouchitssardonicsourcewhensuckedbackbythejester’swhim. Menoflearningsuspectitlittleandignoreitmostly. Wisemenhaveinterpreteddreams,andthegodshavelaughed. OnemanwithOrientaleyeshassaidthatalltimeandspacearerelative,andmenhavelaughed. ButeventhatmanwithOrientaleyeshasdonenomorethansuspect. Ihadwishedandtriedtodomorethansuspect,andmyfriendhadtriedandpartlysucceeded. Thenwebothtriedtogether,andwithexoticdrugscourtedterribleandforbiddendreamsinthetowerstudiochamberoftheoldmanor-houseinhoaryKent. 

           Amongtheagoniesoftheseafterdaysisthatchiefoftorments-inarticulateness. WhatIlearnedandsawinthosehoursofimpiousexplorationcanneverbetold—forwantofsymbolsorsuggestionsinanylanguage. Isaythisbecausefromfirsttolastourdiscoveriespartookonlyofthenatureofsensations; sensationscorrelatedwithnoimpressionwhichthenervoussystemofnormalhumanityiscapableofreceiving.