the church of the true inner
light. wandering around washington park.
ulysses. going to communion. hands us a flyer. reading. then wandering more.
to a door. painted with psychedelia. ulysses waiting outside. as they
prepare for his communion inside.
a dark man with long black dreads steps out. my name is phil. you want to
take communion. learn more about the church. yes. he goes inside again.
waiting. finally. sitting on the outer step. as ulysses inside prepares for
communion. phil begins to explain the church.
you have read the flyer. the psychedelic is our eucharist. we believe the
psychedelic is a living being. god. there are four steps to salvation.
the first is seeing the light. the light of the psychedelic. the living
light. that which is alive and in movement. the second step is to realise
that the psychedelic is a living being. communicating to us through our
communions with it. our experience of god. the third sign is to see.
everything outside the church is satan. evil incarnate. and only through
the psychedelic can we become good. and be saved. the fourth and final. and
perhaps most important step. realising the members of the church are christ.
reborn. become this generation. as one sees christ on the cross. in the
presence of the holy spirit.
and the warning. we must repeat. all repeat the warning until we get it
right. if we see christ on the cross in the presence of the holy spirit. and
we see the faces of the members of the church. and realise they are christ.
if this happens. if we are not part of the church. we are condemned to live
the life over again. another life on earth. but we may not come back as
humans. and so. many years before we may be humans again. chance. and only
then can we redeem ourselves. so we must join the church before this
happens. important warning.
about their religion. believing the psychedelic is the tree of knowledge of
good and evil. and we were supposed to eat from it. because god. and god
was posing as the snake. and told eve to eat. and satan was god. the evil
one. telling adam to stay away from the tree. and in the end satan chased
us out. out of the garden. so we wouldnt know god. the tree of good and
evil. the psychedelic.
and each generation. there are those. discovering. seeing the light. the
living light. the psychedelic tells them. speaks to them. helps them to
understand. the psychedelic is god. and teaching others. these the christ
reborn. until we are all god. christ.
and then. he finishes talking. agreeing to take communion. brought inside.
told the warning. prepared. know the condemnation. but the talking. so
long. hours. questions constantly asked. we must understand each part. then
the next one. and finally inside. the warning. and we are led back to
communion.
the inside of the church. like a store front. made into an apartment.
benches under a loft. literature hanging on he wall. yet the other wall.
covered with drawers. and lamps. and bikes. junk. screws. bolts. like a
machine shop. a bright coloured cloth separated the front from the back.
scared. as we walk into the back room. a mattress thrown. couchlike. on the
floor. a flask with a tube. and a place to put leaves. mushrooms grow in
the dark room next. ulysses lies on the floor. dreamy. the other man asks us
to sit. placing on music. talking to ulysses about his communion so far.
then. are we ready.
john first. the leaves lit. as he inhales the smoke into the flask. then
put out. so the leaves dont burn away. too much in the flask. and john takes
a hit into his lungs. rachael. i. tasting the smoke in my mouth. minty.
strange. nothing happening. another hit. things changing. john. rachael.
taking more. and i couldnt. because i could feel it. beginning.
LAMP:IN:OUT:FOCUS:FOCUS:TIRED:MOVING:SHIFTING:LIGHTS:
LOW:THEN:COLOURS:SWIRLING:SEPARATING:COLOUR:SEPARATION:
COLOURS:EYES:CLOSE:OPEN:RACHAELS:HAND:ACCELERATION:
FORWARD:OUTWARD:BODY:EVERYWHERE:FASTER:SPEED:PRESSING:
AGAINST:PULLING:OUT:BODY:BREAKING:FREE:BODY:SO:FUCKING:
INTENSE:GOING:TO:DIE:GOING:TO:DIE:SO:INTENSE:SPEED:
ACCELERATION:HEAD:MOVING:SPINNING:LOOKING:EVERYWHERE:
NO:FOCUS:VISION:BLURRED:ROTATES:COLOURS:NO:COLOURS:
BLACK:WHITE:WANT:COLOURS:MEDITATING:INWARD:PEACE:
PEOPLE:DIFFERENT:RACHAEL:MY:FRIEND:SO:MUCH:FRIEND:NEED:
HOLDING:HAND:HARDER:MOVEMENT:ENERGY:SPINE:UP:DOWN:
TINGLING:MASSAGING:SENSUAL:LIKE:POT:SUPPRESSING:THINGS:
CHANGING:RIPPLES:LIKE:STONE:POND:RIPPLING:EVERYTHING:
VISION:THEN:DIFFERENT:EFFECTS:WEAR:SLOW:DISAPPEAR:
TALKING:
talking about communion. did you see the light. bullshit. yes. i think i
did. rachael. john. talking most. i think i see this. i saw that. probably
need another communion. pretending to believe. i want to go. get out. they
bother me now. such a cult. finally. leaving. outside in the fresh city
air. free. and things seemed all changed walking through the city right
then. because we had been in another world. it was dpt.