Auroratone, a psychedelic 1940s film that helped WWII vets overcome PTSD

Looks very similar to the Optikinetics Crystal Pulse product that is sadly no longer commercially available. Pretty niche lighting effect I encountered in the mid 90s. It was outdated even then. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;XuxZ7_lAhK8?si=TT-6WXfT5c4cvJGN" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;XuxZ7_lAhK8?si=TT-6WXfT5c4cvJGN</a>

This freaked me out. I saw ten creatures that wanted to eat me! And a few ghostly skeletal humanoids.<p>That was from watching it on my little phone screen. I don&#x27;t want to imagine what would happen if I saw it on a real movie screen.<p>Maybe I should quit drugs. Or start using drugs. Or something.<p>Anything to make the monsters go away!

Very cool. I&#x27;m not seeing an obvious connection between the audio and the visuals (I do see some kind of differences between the visuals for the organ solo vs. the rest of the song).<p>I can&#x27;t believe no one has recreated the machine though. Perhaps someone will now.<p>Someone&#x27;s HTML5 ... tribute? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bits.ashleyblewer.com&#x2F;portable-auroratone&#x2F;?loclr=blogsig" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bits.ashleyblewer.com&#x2F;portable-auroratone&#x2F;?loclr=blo...</a>

Visually it&#x27;s not that different from a lot of current psychedelic imagery. E.g. the Eurorack video synthesis scene.<p>The creators most likely took inspiration from their personal experiences smoking reefers (probably too early for psilocybin considering it&#x27;s 1940s, but possible too!).

No crystals, but artificial neural networks:<p>Somatik Blues <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;crZ4myW0xVw" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;crZ4myW0xVw</a><p>Neverendingstory <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;OGyzWyH8Hi8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;OGyzWyH8Hi8</a>

This brought a smile to my face. Very quaint compared to what we consider psychedelic today but soothing

I prefer that one:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ghDlYgvod9k" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ghDlYgvod9k</a>

Was this used in conjunction with other methods, e.g. substances?

I actually feel quite relaxed after watching this. Mostly because of the song choice, but visuals were also interesting.

Going to give this early EMDR a wee try later.