Out of Their Minds by Clifford D Simak book 1970 (Goodreads 2021)

Action-packed – Out of Their Minds speaks powerfully and cogently about how all existing mind creations past, present or future were never our own. The lack of control over our lives is mirrored by such releases into an unstable, larger world. In a way its exactly the opposite of being locked-in, imaginary creations can never stay locked for long, they swap genes & get immunized almost at the expense of living beings. Simak also opens up the question of how we might bear responsibility for animating such imaginary creations. Out of Their Minds – makes clear that there is no brain-barrier to keep things out or permanently in.

Herpes Awakening:: the creeping into perception trough virotic paresthesia and formication:: (Jungle Juice zine, Supernova editions 2015)

It is not only hiding behind the veil of emotive forces and voluntary or involuntary motor control, it also interpolates itself under their radar, it inactivates or dis-activates or kills these switches at will (*I would avoid calling it “will” or bind it within intentionality and I’ll try to show you why below). Suffice to know (or not sufficient just “to know” in this case) that it makes its home by infecting the heart of human-zootic sensorium beyond its doors of human perception – in the very nucleus of the nerve’s cell body.