I died at Rodez under an electroshock. I died. Legally and medically died. Electroshock coma lasts 15 minutes. A half an hour more, then the patient breathes. Now one hour after the shock, I still had not
awakened and stopped breathing. Surprised at my abnormal rigidity, an attendant had gone to get the physician in charge Who after examining me found no more signs of life in me. The coma after the electroshock lasted 15 minutes.
The lines were so-so, of course, but the story is about a person who describes his own apparent death, under the influence of LSD. It interested me, and I began to read further: ‘Preparation of LSD in laboratory. To synthesize acid, you need knowledge of fundamentals of chemistry and access to a laboratory.’ And Powell went on to give a simple recipe.
But I don
