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G; 55th session: ". . . like a magnetic attraction as though
I had iron in me and there was a magnet pulling but you
would have to imagine that I had iron in every one of my
cells. . . ."
A; 53rd session: ". . . at the point when I felt as though
everything was coming from there directed against me . . .
some kind of force, I can't say what it was, as though a force
were enveloping me."
G; 03rd session: " . . . I felt this strong, strong pull in my
thoughts. I could feel it as I have never felt anything before
. . . one instant there was this tranquil sort of thing and the
next minute there was this vital, pulling, pushing force . . .
it felt as though somebody had hooked up or made a connection
with a vital thing that was real, that was pulling my
thoughts. Not only pulling them but compressing thoughts,
too."
MOTION
A; 17th session: ". . . the table and the vase were rocking.
Now I was conscious that they were not in any sense moving,
but the sensation of rocking, their rocking or rocking inside of
me back and forth, was quite prominent for quite some time."
C; 21st session: "I had the distinct impression . . . that
what I could see of the vase was drifting . . . it was in motion
just very slightly . . . it just seemed to be wavering somehow
. . . the whole thing seemed to be moving."
(Experimenter): "You saw it move or you had the impression
it was moving?"
C: "I had the impression that it was moving."
G; 5th session: "It's almost as though within that cone,
movement is taking place back and forth. I'm still not sure,
though, whether it's the motion in the rings or if it's the
rings. But in a certain way it is real . . . it's not real in the
sense that you can see it, touch it, taste it, smell it, or anything,
but it certainly is real in the sense that you can experience
it happening."
G; 8th session: "It's the feeling of something pulling your
whole being together to a point, and you can feel it in an
actual sensation of motion."
These perceptual experiences were characterized by: 1 ) an