Altered States by Paddy Chayefsky6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Immediately after consuming the mixture, Edward experiences bizarre, intense hallucinations. The tribe refer to one of the ingredients of the mixture they use as "First Flower." An indigenous elder is seen with Banisteriopsis caapi root in his hand prior to cutting Jessup's hand, adding blood to the mixture he is preparing. During the walk into the bush his guide states that the indigenous tribe they are meeting works with Amanita muscaria which they are collecting for next year's ceremonies. When Edward hears of a Mexican tribe that experiences shared illusion states, he travels to Mexico to participate in what is apparently an Ayahuasca Ceremony. ![]() Eddie and Emily have two daughters, are on the brink of divorce, and reunite with the couple who first introduced them. ![]() At a faculty party he meets fellow "wonder kid" and biological anthropologist Emily, and the two eventually marry. Edward Jessup is a university professor of abnormal psychology who, while studying schizophrenia, begins to think that "our other states of consciousness are as real as our waking states." Jessup begins experimenting with sensory deprivation using a flotation tank, aided by two like-minded researchers, Parrish and Rosenberg. ![]()
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