Ether Frolics

So, I came across this article called "Is There a Doctor in the House? Medicine and the
Making of Modern Drama" and I was informed by the opening paragraph. Here it is:


"In July 2005, the British theatre company Sound and Fury, in collaboration
with artists from a performance collective named Shunt, presented a theatre
piece entitled Ether Frolics. Performed in an underground vault beneath
London Bridge Station, the work explored the history and contemporary
practice of anaesthesia. Modern anaesthetics originated in the 1840s, when
the surgical use of nitrous oxide, ether, and chloroform was pioneered by
dentists and doctors in the United States and Europe. Ether Frolics – its title
refers to gatherings that were organized around recreational use of the
chemical in the 1830s and 1840s – explored the boundaries between consciousness and unconsciousness and the shifting somatic experiences that
these developments opened to awareness. The production’s spectator/participants were seated in a room that was closed off by hospital screens and
illuminated by bright lights. One of the performers delivered a monologue to
the audience, in which he compared their position as spectators to that of
medical patients. When the lights were suddenly extinguished, the resulting
darkness created a visceral experience of sensory disorientation. Sounds
arose in the darkness – far-off tinkling bells, grinding, groaning – and the
performance area was illuminated by brief, dream-like images and scenes.
Geometric shapes emerged from the darkness; a woman in evening clothes
responded to disembodied heads in boxes on the floor. The concluding
sequence reproduced the experience of awakening from anaesthesia.
Michael Billington of the Guardian described this sequence and its effect:
‘‘[T]he moment of recovering consciousness, with distant voices slowly
acquiring sharper definition as one re-enters the real world, will stay with
me for some time.’’

How crazy is that? Anyway, I think it would be cool to have people attempt to replicate this experience. I don't know what to say and I'm high. Here.

Also, the link to the gallery of Archetypes:
http://meta-religion.com/Psychiatry/Analytical_psychology/a_gallery_of_archetypes.htm