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).