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(Jane smiled as she paced about the room. I had heard her mention often that after a session she would feel as though she had drank a little too much. She is rather in the habit of sipping at something during sessions, since she uses her voice constantly. If she uses wine it is seldom more than a glass or two. Most often she favors milk or iced coffee.)

(Left; started way home. By now, however, felt as if lightness rose through body, and this changed so that suddenly I felt as if lower part of body had dissolved completely, up to chest. No muscular knowledge of carrying bag with three quarts of milk, and book and cigarettes that I’d purchased at all. Suddenly worried; realized for the first time that I wasn’t in state of something like just plain extraordinary good humor or good health or ordinary but unusual exuberance. First, I was aware that I felt as if body had dissolved below chest; but then thought that it really might have. Went up curb on Church St.; beyond doubt it took no effort at all; the usual effort you feel in lifting feet for steps. Shoes bothered me though; they seemed heavy, holding me down. I know this is silly, but felt scared that if lower part of body was dissolved; and all that was left was chest and shoulder and head region, then I would just fall down; a chest, shoulders, and head on street. Didn’t think I was going to do this; but the image popped into my head. By this time, worried to some degree but still enjoying the delightful...suspension...looked from Walnut Street through yards, to my own windows that showed through trees. Noticed that it seemed that I was floating by...rather than walking. Afraid I might...leave body or something...unprotected in street. Got home. Told Rob. He made me drink coffee, had me sniff ammonia.

(I made her coffee, which she did not seem to want very much. The ammonia capsule we tried as an experiment; we did not think she needed it, but we wanted to see what effect the pungent odor, being a kind of shock, would have. It had none that we could detect, except that Jane coughed briefly. I talked of a cold shower but we did not try it.