FRAGMENT  2



     8:40  Arcteon begins aethyr experiment.
     9:08  Arcteon says clock starts to go much quicker.
     9:18  Speeding up of time sense.
     9:22  Owing to the quickening of time, slight pain holding ether in
lungs, is relieved because . . . of quickening of time sense.
     9:30  Did get past anaesthetic stage because he found that what we
said about putting cork in bottle was True. When you first
smell it, you think it's too pungent, later _(a moral lesson)_.
     9:33  ( . . . ) Arcteon has heard T. snore since he took E[ther] last
week end. You have to stand the full strength of a thing before
you enjoy it.
     9:37  Now at the stage where he can understand what Achitha
meant about being afraid of it. The barrier put there by
Ego -- not particularly anxious to have it broken down. The
passing from consciousness back to normal again must be a
perfectly definite plane to most people.
     9:45  Inherent fear found by Arcteon of shutting mouth of bottle
even after found Truth that you could take as much as you
wanted. The danger of drug taking arrives at point where you
do not know whether drug is friend of enemy.
     9:50  Have come to point where I open my eyes in order to see
whether I am conscious or not. Sight is required to know
whether one is conscious.
     9:54  When you are once used to E[ther] you can drink it. It is hard
to destroy consciousness itself. It is hard to become
unconscious.
     9:55  Getting easy on higher planes of ( . . . ) The real stage when
T. reminded me to bring something out. (?) Surprising.
   10:03  ``If you hadn't been at 93, I wouldn't have said anything.''
   10:30  Reached stage where you can breathe ether through nose
and mouth. Fear of death simply fear of loss of consciousness.
Cowardly to speak so much of fear. Stage of having killed
subconsciousness.
   10:31  Death superfluous. Now understands why Achitha laughed
when taking too much. Also understands how absurd it is to
say this. _Important note._ Change of consciousness = change
of rapidity of vibration. Understand true point between sub
consciousness and unconsciousness.
   10:55  Reached stage when he is going to hang onto bottle as long as
possible.
   11:03  Repetition of putting cork on a higher plane. Understands
why drug taken. Laughs when others laugh.
   10:10  Consciousness as breath.