Fliegenpilz und Seelenwanderung 54

This fantastic craze for blacking out the eyes had its origin in certain medical circles, where a panic terror of the ultra-violet radiations in ordinary sunlight developed about a generation back; it has been fostered and popularized by the manufacturers and vendors of coloured glass and celluloid spectacle frames. Their propaganda has been effective. In the Western world, millions of people now wear dark glasses, not merely on the beach, or when driving their cars, but even at dusk, or in the dim-lit corridors of public buildings. Needless to say, the more they wear them, the weaker their eyes become and the greater their need for ' protection' from the light. One can acquire an addiction to goggles, just as one can acquire an addiction to tobacco or alcohol.
This addiction has its origin in the fear of light—a fear which those who have it feel to be justified by the discomfort they ex­perience when their eyes are exposed to too intense a brightness. The question arises: why this fear and this discomfort? Ani­mals get on very happily without goggles; so do primitive men. And even in civilized societies, even in these days when the vir­tues of coloured glass are everywhere persuasively advertised, millions of people face the sunlight without goggles and, so far from suffering any ill effects, see all the better for it. There is every reason to suppose that, physiologically, the eyes are so constructed that they can tolerate illuminations of very high in­tensity. Why, then, do so many people in the contemporary world experience discomfort when exposed to light even of rela­tively low intensity?

Dr. Bates veröffentlichte 1920 sein Buch "Rechtes Sehen ohne Brille" (USA 1920, BRD 1999) und half zahllosen Menschen, ihre ursprüngliche Sehfähigkeit wieder zu erlangen. Die Köpfe der medizinischen Vereinigungen jedoch waren überhaupt nicht über seine offensichtlichen Erfolge erfreut und es gelang Ihnen, ihm seine Lizenz zur Ausübung seines Berufes aber-kennen zu lassen.

Heute lehren nur relativ wenige Menschen die Bates Methode. In den meisten Fällen sind dies Menschen, die Ihre Sehfähigkeit wieder gewonnen haben, indem sie sich seine Entdeckungen zunutze gemacht haben. Tatsächlich fährt die Mehrheit der Augenärzte bis zum heutigen Tage fort, Korrekturgläser zu verschreiben. Und das ungeachtet der Tatsache, daß ihnen bekannt ist, daß Brillen oder Linsen den Zustand nur verschlechtern.

huxley hat geschrieben: BASIC PRINCIPLE UNDERLYING THE PRACTICE OF EVERY ART

How can we be sure, it may be asked, that this is the correct technique?
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and the first and most convincing
test of the system is that it works. Moreover, the nature of the training
is such that we should expect it to work.
....
Whatever the art you may wish to learn—whether it be acrobatics or
violin playing, mental prayer or golf, acting, singing, dancing or
what you will—there is one thing that every good teacher will always
say: Learn to combine relaxation with activity; learn to do what you
have to do without strain; work hard, but never under tension.

de mollech hat geschrieben:man nehme:

ein bissi trivialliteratur ala h.p. lovecraft...
ein bissi classische literatur ala james joyce...
ein bissi moderne, experimentelle ala mark danielewski...

rühre das ganze ordentlich durch...

(salviaextrakt rauchen nicht vergessen!!!)

und heraus kommt hal duncans "vellum".

für freunde des "nichtlinearen erzählstiles":

http://www.amazon.de/Vellum-Hal-Duncan/dp/3926126728


ps.: dieser herr duncan steht unter dringendem tatverdacht...