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THE INFLUENCING MACHINE
James Tilly Mathews and the Air Loom Gang
Set against the backdrop of the French revolution, political and religious intrigues and the development of psychiatric medicine, it's the extraordinary and tragic tale of James Tilly Matthews, a Tea wholesaler who, in his quest for peace, found himself playing the role of British spy to Pitt and International republican to Brun. A man who believed the world needed him to save it. He was confined to London's notorious Bedlam asylum in 1797 for believing that his mind was under the control of the Air Loom a terrifying machine whose mesmeric
rays and mysterious gases were brainwashing politicians and plunging Europe into revolution, terror, and war.
Mike Jay is an author, historian and curator who has written widely about the history of science and medicine, and particularly about drugs, madness and the mind. He is the author of several books and writes regularly for London Review of Books and Wall Street Journal.
Die Sammlung Prinzhorn der Psychiatrischen Universitaetsklinik Heidelberg zeigte von Oktober 2006 bis April 2007 die Ausstellung "AIR LOOM: Der Luft-Webstuhl und andere gefaehrliche Beeinflussungsapparate", an deren Konzeption Mike Jay massgeblich beteiligt war.
THE INFLUENCING MACHINE is a revised and updated edition of the book "The Air Loom Gang", published by Transworld in 2003.
rays and mysterious gases were brainwashing politicians and plunging Europe into revolution, terror, and war.
Mike Jay is an author, historian and curator who has written widely about the history of science and medicine, and particularly about drugs, madness and the mind. He is the author of several books and writes regularly for London Review of Books and Wall Street Journal.
Die Sammlung Prinzhorn der Psychiatrischen Universitaetsklinik Heidelberg zeigte von Oktober 2006 bis April 2007 die Ausstellung "AIR LOOM: Der Luft-Webstuhl und andere gefaehrliche Beeinflussungsapparate", an deren Konzeption Mike Jay massgeblich beteiligt war.
THE INFLUENCING MACHINE is a revised and updated edition of the book "The Air Loom Gang", published by Transworld in 2003.
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Published 2012-06-01 by Strange Attractor Press |