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THE WITCHES BESOM

There is reason to think that many alkaloids and other drugs which affect behavior work by being chemically similar to natural small brain proteins, of which the endorphins are one example. Many of these small proteins act on the limbic system and are concerned with our emotional states. It is now possible to manufacture small proteins made of any specified sequence of amino acids. Thus, the time may soon come when a great variety of molecules will be synthesized capable of inducing human emotional states, including extremely rare ones. For example, there is some evidence that atropine - one of the chief active ingredients in hemlock, foxglove, deadly nightshade, and jimson weed - induces the illusion of flying; and indeed such plants seem to have been the principle constituents of unguents self-administered to the genital mucosa by witches in the Middle Ages - who, rather than actually flying as they boasted, were atropine-tripping. But a vivid hallucination of flying is an extremely specific sensation to be conveyed by a relatively simple molecule. Perhaps there are a range of small proteins which will be synthesized and will produce emotional states of a sort never before experienced by human beings. This is one of many potential near-term developments in brain chemistry which hold great promise both for good and evil, depending on the wisdom of those who conduct, control and apply this research.
~Sagan

WITCHES LUBED UP THEIR BROOMSTICKS WITH VAGINAL FLYING TRIP-GEL?

R. STEVIE MOORE
R. STEVIE MOORE
R. STEVIE MOORE



BACK IN TIME
(1986)
(1986)
(1986)

SAGAN

THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL
WHETHER THE PATTERNS EXTRACTED
BY THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE
ARE REAL OR IMAGINED
WITHOUT SUBJECTING THEM TO
LEFT-HEMISPHERE SCRUTINY

ON THE OTHER HAND
MERE CRITICAL THINKING
WITHOUT CREATIVE AND INTUITIVE INSIGHTS
WITHOUT THE SEARCH FOR NEW PATTERNS
IS STERILE AND DOOMED

TO SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS
IN CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES
REQUIRES THE ACTIVITY OF BOTH HEMISPHERES

THE PATH TO THE FUTURE REQUIRES
THE CORPUS COLLOSUM

ANAGRAM
ANAGRAM
ANAGRAM

MOON STARER : ASTRONOMER

DOCILE, AS A MAN TAMED IT : DOMESTICATED ANIMAL

INTENSE URETER IVY : ETERNITY UNIVERSE

I SAY:
"IF THE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING,
THEN AM I EXPANDING?"

THEN YOU SAY:
"NO WAY, JOSE. NOT UNTIL THE 'BIG RIP'."

ME:
"WHAT?"

YOU:
"TALK TO ROBERT CALDWELL."

ROBERT CALDWELL:
"WELL, RIGHT NOW YOUR BODY IS STILL GRAVITATIONALLY BOUND. EVENTUALLY THOUGH, AS EXPANSION CONTINUES EXPONENTIALLY, GRAVITY WILL WEAKEN. ABOUT 60 MILLION YEARS BEFORE THE END OF THE UNIVERSE GALAXIES WILL FALL APART. THEN THREE MONTHS FROM THE END OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WILL LOOP OUT. THEN IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES YOU WILL FLY APART, KIT. AFTER THAT YOUR ATOMS."

ME:
"OH. LATER, BOB!"