I can't believe I almost wasn't able to make this trip! For the longest time I have tried to make it out to Joshua Tree and I'm glad this class field trip brought me their and to the Integratron. The little bit I read about the Integratron left me intrigued. Supposedly a man by the name of George van Tassel was contacted by aliens from Venus who gave him the blueprint for the Integratron and told him to build it to harvest human energy and send it back to Venus. Sounds crazy right, in addition to the unique architecture of the Integratron, the inside allows for incredible reverberation of sound.
Climbing up into the Integratron was like climbing into a rural spaceship. Constructed out of beautiful solid pieces of wood, I was pleased to find a floor mattress awaiting me as we embarked on a "Sound Bath." As we all laid down and relaxed, a woman who had at her disposal several large quartz bowls proceeded to play them like instruments. The poly-aural quality of the trance inducing quartz came at me from all different directions. More a minute it felt as though a large balloon of sound was being squeezed in one ear and pushed out the other, after this feeling I fell into a deep trance and lost consciousness.
I woke up feeling like I had just lost track of time. I was in a daze, but extremely relaxed. As I looked around it seemed as though everyone else was coming to consciousness around the same time. It was very refreshing.
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