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ns that make the senses work. EFTA01721153 "1 Chapter 2: A Brief History of Touch A massage pilgrimage to Esalen The pioneering work done at Esalen helped keep massage alive and well after its decline in the early and mid-1900s. Esalen, located in Big Sur, a couple hours south of San Francisco

he moun- tainside directly into a series of pools adjacent to the massage area. (Esalen's Web site is at www. esal en. org.) Nudity alert: Beware, Esalen is clothing optional, and nudity is common. Think otit as a greatway to get used to viewing the grand mas- terpiece of the human body. In 1998, tw

re the weather is lovely, the people magnificent, and the massage therapists' fingers as strong as those of a man wrapping his hand around a can of Foster's lager after a long day herding sheep in the outback. EFTA01721437 Chapter 22: Ten Outstanding Places to Receive a Topnotch Massage 313 Casa de

eserves it. Some people say that the con- sciousness of the entire planet has been shifted in a positive direction by people who receive massages on Esalen's deck overlooking the Pacific. Here, a bunch of talented, sensitive people practice a form of massage that is meant to fine-tune your body and you

ounded the field of second-order cybernetics, in which the observer is understood as part of the system itself and not an external entity. I knew von Foerster well, and in one of our many conversations, he offered his views on the relation between art and science: I’ve always perceived art and science as c

it’s a pun or a joke: the cybernetics that was ‘left’ behind. On another level, it’s a vague political grouping connoting our Left Coast: California, Esalen, the group that Dave Kaiser calls the ‘hippie physicists.’ It’s not an adequate term, but it’s away of recognizing that there was a group beholden to

ounded the field of second-order cybernetics, in which the observer is understood as part of the system itself and not an external entity. I knew von Foerster well, and in one of our many conversations, he offered his views on the relation between art and science: I’ve always perceived art and science as c

it’s a pun or a joke: the cybernetics that was ‘left’ behind. On another level, it’s a vague political grouping connoting our Left Coast: California, Esalen, the group that Dave Kaiser calls the ‘hippie physicists.’ It’s not an adequate term, but it’s away of recognizing that there was a group beholden to