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Eddie Jessup:
Memory is energy! It doesn't disappear - it's still in there. There's a physiological pathway to our earlier consciousnesses. There has to be; and I'm telling you it's in the goddamned limbic system. Mason Parrish:
You're a whacko! Eddie Jessup:
What's whacko about it, Mason? I'm a man in search of his true self. How archetypically American can you get? We're all trying to fulfill ourselves, understand ourselves, get in touch with ourselves, face the reality of ourselves, explore ourselves, expand ourselves. Ever since we dispensed with God we've got nothing but ourselves to explain this meaningless horror of life. That first self is real... and I'm going to find the fucker
Memory is energy! It doesn't disappear - it's still in there. There's a physiological pathway to our earlier consciousnesses. There has to be; and I'm telling you it's in the goddamned limbic system. Mason Parrish:
You're a whacko! Eddie Jessup:
What's whacko about it, Mason? I'm a man in search of his true self. How archetypically American can you get? We're all trying to fulfill ourselves, understand ourselves, get in touch with ourselves, face the reality of ourselves, explore ourselves, expand ourselves. Ever since we dispensed with God we've got nothing but ourselves to explain this meaningless horror of life. That first self is real... and I'm going to find the fucker
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We've got six billion years
of memory in our minds.
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- Hydrogen atoms are older...
- Memory is energy.
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It doesn't disappear. It's still in there.
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There's a physiological pathway
to our earlier consciousnesses.
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There has to be. I'm telling you,
it's in the limbic system.
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Jessup, you are a wacko.
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What's wacko about it?
I'm a man in search of his true self.
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- How archetypically American can you get?
- Ha, ha, ha.
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Everybody's looking for their true selves.
We're all trying to fulfill ourselves...
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...understand ourselves,
get in touch with ourselves...
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...face the reality of ourselves,
explore ourselves, expand ourselves.
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Ever since we dispensed with God...
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...we've got nothing but ourselves
to explain this meaningless horror of life.
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You're a wacko.
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Well, l think that that true self...
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...that original self, that first self,
is a real, mensurate, quantifiable thing...
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...tangible and incarnate...
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...and I'm going to find the fucker.
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EDDIE: What are their chemical properties?
Are they safe?
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ECCHEVERRIA: The mushrooms
are almost certainly Amanita muscaria...
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...a very powerful psychedelic,
and a little dangerous.
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It contains belladonna-like alkaloids...
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...atropine, scopolamine.
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The sinicuichi plant is highly regarded...
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...among a number of Indian tribes.
I've seen it as far north as Chihuahua.
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The Indians say it evokes old memories.
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Even ancient ones.
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And the Hinchis call it the first flower.
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- The first in the sense of primordial?
- Yes.
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In the sense of the most ancient.
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I'd like to try it.
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Do you think they'd let me
join their ritual?
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Well, they seem like agreeable people.
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Movie Summary
A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
Actors
Eddie Jessup
Mason Parrish
