Subtitled "A Compendium of Phycho-Physiological Investigation," what you get in the Amok Journal's SENSURROUND EDITION is a collection of reports, articles and general research on autoerotic fatalities, trepanation, Gualtiero Jacopetti, cargo cults, Neue Slowenische Kunst, self-mutilation and amputee fetishism, infrasound and a collection of true emergency room reports called "Psych-Out." All of the material presented here is true. Some of it seems unbelievable but all the reports here are covering behaviors that these people were engaging in willingly (even some of the fatal ones) for the purpose of having some sort of heightened sensory experience. Nearly all of this behavior does NOT involve drugs, focusing more on altered experience through altered body state. Not for the easily squeamish. Despite the extreme subject matter, this volume is highly intelligent and an amazing psychological peek into the fringes of human experiences.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Brace yourself, then dive into the Sensurround Edition!,
By Rae Schwarz "post-modern Renaissance woman" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Amok Journal Sensurround Edition (Paperback)
Subtitled "A Compendium of Phycho-Physiological Investigation," what you get in the Amok Journal's SENSURROUND EDITION is a collection of reports, articles and general research on autoerotic fatalities, trepanation, Gualtiero Jacopetti, cargo cults, Neue Slowenische Kunst, self-mutilation and amputee fetishism, infrasound and a collection of true emergency room reports called "Psych-Out."All of the material presented here is true. Some of it seems unbelievable but all the reports here are covering behaviors that these people were engaging in willingly (even some of the fatal ones) for the purpose of having some sort of heightened sensory experience. Nearly all of this behavior does NOT involve drugs, focusing more on altered experience through altered body state. Not for the easily squeamish. Despite the extreme subject matter, this volume is highly intelligent and an amazing psychological peek into the fringes of human experiences.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Anthropological oddities,
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This review is from: Amok Journal Sensurround Edition (Paperback)
This book covers all the areas that fascinate: including auto-erotic deaths, crazy amputee fetishism, mondo movies, and trepanation, as well as many others. What lifts this book into the realm of the VERY SPECIAL is that it is so complete, collecting together the kind of strange facts and ideas from all manner of sources that most people don't have access too. Moreover, because the sources are often specialized journals and so forth, the tone is intelligent rather than purely salacious (although, thankfully, there is a little of that too). The illustrations are pretty good - especially in the amputation section. I'd say this was pretty much ESSENTIAL READING.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating accounts of things we don't discuss.,
By mwood@nextlink.net (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Amok Journal Sensurround Edition (Paperback)
This book covers a broad range of activities, from drilling holes in your head to ultra-sound weaponry, but treats all of them fairly and intelligently. This is one of the few books that I have read in my life that fascinated me. And though the content may seems outrageous it is not presented for shock values, rather just an content.
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Forging a metaphysical link between the two great mysteries of human experience, sex and death, could be dismissed as a sort of forced poetic analogy masquerading as philosophy. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages:
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