Нагой обед [Naked Lunch] - Берроуз Уильям Сьюард 9 стр.


Youlistendowninto yourselfafter ashot. ButC is

electricity through thebrain, andthe Cyen isof the

brainalone,aneed withoutbody andwithout feeling.

The C-charged brain is aberserk pinballmachine, flash-

ing blue and pinklights inelectric orgasm.C pleasure

could be felt by a thinkingmachine, thefirst stirrings

of hideous insectlife. Thecraving forC lastsonly a

few hours, as long asthe Cchannels arestimulated. Of

coursethe effectof Ccould beproduced byan electric

current activating the C channels....

"Soafter abit thechannels wearout likeveins, and

the addicthas tofind newones. Avein willcome back

intime, andby adroitvein rotationa junkycan piece

out the odds if he don'tbecome anoil burner.But brain

cellsdon'tcomebackonce they'regone, andwhen the

addict runs out of brain cells he is in aterrible fucking

position.

"Squattingonoldbonesandexcrementandrusty

iron,inawhiteblazeofheat,a panoramaof naked

idiots stretches to the horizon.Complete silence-- their

speech centers are destroyed-- exceptfor thecrackle of

sparksandthepoppingofsingedfleshasthey apply

electrodesupanddownthespine.Whitesmokeof

burningFleshhangsinthemotionlessair. Agroup of

childrenhave tiedan idiotto apost withbarbed wire

andbuiltafirebetweenhislegsandstand watching

with bestial curiosity asthe Flameslick histhighs. His

flesh jerks in the fire with insect agony.

"Idigressasusual.Pendingmorepreciseknowledge

ofbrain electronics,drugs remainan essentialtool of

the interrogator in his assaulton thesubject's personal

identity. The barbiturates are,of course,virtually use-

less.Thatis,anyonewhocan bebroken downby such

meanswouldsuccumbtothepuerilemethodsusedin

anAmericanprecinct.Scopolamineis ofteneffective in

dissolvingresistance,butitimpairsthememory:an

agent mightbe preparedto revealhis secretsbut quite

unable toremember them,or coverstory andsecret life

infomightbeinextricablygarbled.Mescaline,harma-

line,LSD6,bufotenine,muscarinesuccessfulinmany

cases.Bulbocapnineinducesastateapproximating

schizophreniccatatonia...instancesofautomaticobe-

diencehavebeenobserved.Bulbocapnineisaback-

braindepressantprobablyputtingoutofactionthe

centersof motionin thehypothalamus.

Otherdrugs that

haveproducedexperimentalschizophrenia--mescaline,

harmaline,LSD6--arebackbrain stimulants.In schizo-

phreniathebackbrainisalternatelystimulatedand

depressed.Catatoniaisoftenfollowedby aperiod of

excitementandmotoractivityduringwhichthenut

rushesthroughthewardsgivingeveryoneabad time.

Deterioratedschizossometimesrefusetomoveatall

and spend their lives inbed. Adisturbance ofthe regu-

latoryfunction ofthe hypothalamusis indicatedas the

'cause' (causal thinking never yieldsaccurate description

of metabolicprocess --limitations ofexisting language)

ofschizophrenia.AlternatedosesofLSD6andbulbo-

capnine--thebulbocapninepotientiatedwithcurare --

give the highest yield of automatic obedience.

"Thereareotherprocedures.Thesubject canbe re-

ducedtodeepdepressionbyadministeringlarge doses

of benzedrine forseveral days.Psychosis canbe induced

by continual large doses ofcocaine ordemerol orby the

abruptwithdrawalofbarbituratesafterprolongedad-

ministration.Hecanbeaddictedby dihydro-oxy-heroin

andsubjectedtowithdrawal(thiscompoundshouldbe

fivetimesasaddictingasheroin,andthe withdrawal

proportionately severe ).

"Therearevarious'psychologicalmethods,'compul-

sorypsychoanalysis,forexample.Thesubjectisre-

questedtofree-associateforonehoureveryday (in

cases where time is not of the essence). 'Now, now. Let's

not benegative, boy.Poppa callnasty man.Take baby

walkabout switchboard.'

"The case of a female agent whoforgot herreal iden-

tity and merged withher coverstory --she isstill a

fricoteuse in Annexia -- put meonto anothergimmick. An

agent is trained to deny his agent identityby asserting

his cover story. So why not use psychic jiu-jitsuand go

along with him? Suggest that his cover story is his iden-

tity and that he has no other. His agent identity becomes

unconscious, that is, out of his control; and you can dig

itwithdrugsandhypnosis.Youcanmakea square

heterosexual citizen queer with this angle... that is, rein-

force and second his rejectionof normallylatent homo-

sexual trends -- at thesame timedepriving himof cunt

and subjectinghim tohomosexual stimulation.Then drugs,

hypnosis, and --" Benway flipped a limp wrist.

"Manysubjects arevulnerable tosexual humiliation.

Nakedness,stimulationwith aphrodisiacs,constant su-

pervision to embarrass subject and prevent relief of mas-

turbation (erections duringsleep automaticallyturn on

anenormousvibrating electricbuzzer thatthrows the

subject outof bedinto coldwater, thusreducing the

incidenceofwet dreamsto aminimum).

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