Tribute to John Lilly

Our friends over at Goa)(Gate have written a beuatiful tribute to my personal hero and spiritual father, John Cunningman Lilly.

This contrubution is in Loving Memory of John C. Lilly, M.D.
see also our PhotoBlog album: Grateful Heads - John C. Lilly

NAME: John Cunningham Lilly, B.Sc., M.D.
PARENTS: Richard C. Lilly, Rachel C. Lilly
BIRTH: 0707 hours, 6 January 1915, St. Paul, Minnesota
DEATH: September 30, 2001, Los Angeles, California

As we think that J. C. Lilly - a big brain with heart and huge consciousness - was one of the Grateful-Heads of the last century, we have decided to give some information about his live and further links which can be found in the world wide web. As one may see at John C. Lilly Homepage his live was very colorful and is not easy to summarize. He started his research in the fields of biology and neurology. As he was interested in the human brain and the mind, he was both a scientist and a psychonaut.

John was one pioneer of modern dolphin research and a pathfinder of consciousness research. Thereby his first investigations were supported by the US army. As he was fascinated by his experiences with the “Mind of the Dolphins” he decided to live with and learn from these creatures untill his end of live in 2001. Johns legacy includes, that ”Interspecies Communication” is a realisable feature and that humans do not investigate enough in trying to understand the diversity of consciousness of planet earth.

He was a master in managing the tightrope walk of scientific research and “looking behind” these experiences.

He invented the Samadhi isolation tank technique which led to a special JCL Tank Experiment. John just tried to overcome the so called scientific frontiers and therefore showed that consciousness is present on earth, which does not only refer to humans, but to all the other living species as well. It is difficult to calculate how relevant his work will be for the future of human conciousness and evolution.

His research of interspecies communication with Dolphins is very special - and maybe therefore genius - , but as we fear not so well known, which is in contrast to the work of his friends i.e. Timothy Leary and Albert Hofmann. It is even nearly impossible to get one of his books in the german language these days - so try ebay, perhaps you are lucky…

One last TIPP:
For the ones who are interested in listen to an electronic guitar sound communicating with Dolphins try the Ode to Dolphins - A Jam Between an electric guitarist and at least 300 Pacific white-sided dolphins.

For much more information, we strongly recommend to visit one of the links listed above and below (attention: watch out for hidden links on these sides):

John C. Lilly`s Website

Photo - Links:

Dr. John Lilly’s Birthday Party January 6, 2000 Maui, Hawaii
2001 Hawaii Memorial for John C. Lilly

Further Links:

Isolation Tank Info: Samadhi Tank Company
John C. Lilly at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly
http://www.interspecies.com/
http://www.earthtrust.org/

Websites about Dolphins
A Non-Governmental Organisation from Croatia, set up with the intention to carry out scientific research and conservation projects and promote environmental awareness in the Lo¨inj-Cres archipelago, Croatia and Adriatic region as a whole.http://www.blue-world.org

Lee Perry, a good friend of both myself and John Lilly, the mother of the floatation tank business and founder of Samadhi Tank Company called me the day after he died to tell me the news. In 1997 I purchased my first float tank from her, and have quietly run Floating Planet, a floatation tank retreat out of my house. If your in the area and would like to have a free float, just contact me.