Altered States Page #3

He's giving her dimethyltryptamine.

It takes effect in about a minute

and she'll trip out for about half an hour.

Do you feel different now?

Yes.

Less anxious?

Much less.

Do you have any special feelings?

I feel...

...like my heart

is being touched by Christ.

There's a lot of religious delusion

among acute schizophrenics.

Some say schizophrenics

are physically different from the rest of us.

It's almost as if they were trying

to change their physical selves...

...to adapt to their schizophrenic image

of themselves.

All right, we'll get married,

since it's that important to you.

I'm not comfortable with women...

...and I'm not likely to find anyone

half as remarkable as you again.

I think I can make

a reasonably good husband.

I don't want to lose you, you see.

I suppose that's the closest thing

to a declaration of love...

...that l will ever get out of you.

Am l really that weird in bed?

Sometimes.

Shall l try to change?

No, I kind of like it.

Daddy, I'm tired.

We'll give the lady a ride.

- Whoa! Oh!

Hey, Mason, be careful.

How you doing, Eddie?

- Hi, Mason. How about a beer?

- Lf I didn't see this, l wouldn't believe it.

- You weren't supposed to be here.

Hi, what's your name?

My name's Mason Parrish. This is Margaret.

Mason, Arthur Rosenberg

I'm always telling you about.

- How are you?

- Mason Parrish, nice to meet you.

Look at the family man.

Oh, why, Eddie, you look so wonderful.

I don't believe it.

Not again. When did this happen?

- Lt's a long story.

- You look wonderful.

Have you found a place yet?

We got a nice little place

near Huntington Field.

It's been seven years

since we moved to San Francisco.

Arthur's gonna to teach at Boston U.

Eddie's been telling me.

I hear you just got associate professor.

You guys must be loaded.

Two professors in one family.

We've got a place in Maine

you can use for the summer.

I'm going to Africa again.

Eddie'll be in Mexico.

You know a guy named Eccheverria,

University of Mexico?

- He worked with you in California.

- Sure. Bright young guy.

He's here at the museum.

We'll all have to get together.

I'm going back to Mexico

with him in June.

What's in Mexico?

Eccheverria's got this witch doctor

down there, the Hinchi Indians.

They're an isolated tribe in Central Mexico

who practice ancient Toltec rituals.

Sacred mushroom ceremonies,

that kind of thing.

Apparently they use some kind

of hallucinatory drug...

...that is supposed to evoke

a common experience in all users.

Maggie's fallen asleep on the couch.

Will you take care of her?

Sure.

Did you ever get into an isolation tank

since New York?

No. Did you?

No, but they've got one here

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