JOHN C. LILLY

Dr. John C. Lilly passed away September 30, 2001, at the age of 86. The essence of his spirit was to be a spark, igniting a spectrum of desire in everyone who knew him, either to understand what he was trying to say, go beyond what he said, or refute what he said. No one who cared about dolphins was neutral about John Lilly. On hearing of his death, someone said that now that he doesn't have to cart around a body he's probably feeling a lot freer and already up to some very imaginative things.

John Cunningham Lilly was a medical scientist, research neurophysiologist, and psychoanalyst. He had received a B.Sc. and M.D, and was the author, coauthor, or subject of several books: Man and Dolphin, 1961; The Dolphin in History (with Ashley Montagu), 1963; The Mind of the Dolphin, 1967; Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer: Theory and Experiments, 1972, 1987; The Center of the Cyclone, 1972, 1987; The Dyadic Cyclone (with Toni Lilly), 1976; Lilly on Dolphins, Humans of the Sea, 1975, a revised edition of two previously published books, Man and Dolphin, The Mind of the Dolphin, and The Dolphin in History, a lecture; Simulations of God: The Science of Belief, 1974; The Deep Self: Isolation Tank Relaxation, 1976; The Scientist, a Novel, autobiography, 1978, 2nd. ed. 1988; Communication Between Man and Dolphin: The Possibility of Talking with Other Species, 1978, 1988; In the Province of the Mind (with Francis Jeffrey); John Lilly So Far, by Francis Jeffrey (with John C. Lilly, M.D., Ph.D.) (1990); and Tanks for the Memories, Flotation Tank Talks, by Dr. John C. Lilly and E.J. Gold, 1995. There will be much more written on him now that he is gone. For now see the tribute to him at http://www.dolphintrail.com.