A British author discusses his journey of drilling a hole in his head to remain permanently high.
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Although his story has been a viral sensation since the 1970s, Joseph Mellen discussed his journey in the controversial book ‘Bore Hole.’ Mellen drilled a hole in his skull three times to remain permanently high. The procedure is called trepanation, one of the world’s oldest operations, as Oddity Central reported. There have been many cases where trepanned skulls have been found worldwide, but Mellen is one of the few people on the planet to participate in the procedure.
He reportedly learned about trepanation in 1965 from his colleague Bart Huges, who also shared a similar enthusiasm for psychedelic drugs such as acid. Mellen attempted the procedure in 1967 but couldn’t afford an electric drill because of his financial circumstances at the time.
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“Before that, the skull is in separate plates, and there is some give. Think of the brain as a pudding: It can expand and pulsate, but once the skull has completely sealed ’round it, it can no longer do that. The pulsation is suppressed and the blood passes through without pulsating. And this is why all of us want to get high. We want to get back to that youthful state of being where we have more spontaneity and more creativity and more life,” he explained in a 2016 interview with Vice.
The earliest recorded evidence of trepanation dates back to the Neolithic period, around 10,000 BCE. Archaeological evidence has revealed trepanned skulls in Peru, Africa, Europe, and Asia, indicating that the practice was widespread and perhaps even universal in ancient times.
The trepanation procedure was performed using various tools, including sharp stones, flint knives, and bone chisels. It was typically carried out without anesthesia, using only herbal remedies or alcohol to numb the pain. Despite the primitive nature of the procedure, many individuals who underwent trepanation survived and lived for years afterward.
The reasons for trepanation varied from culture to culture. Sometimes, it was done to treat a medical condition, such as a skull fracture or a brain tumor. In other cases, it was performed as part of a spiritual or religious ritual or to release evil spirits or demons from the body.
Mellen’s first attempt failed because he realized that humans needed more blood in their brains. When he tried it the second time, he was not satisfied with the procedure but was finally happy when he attempted it for the third time.
“I was feeling great because I’d done it, but then I noticed after about an hour I started to feel a lightness, like a weight had been lifted off me. I did it in the evening and went to bed at 11pm feeling good, and I could still feel it when I woke up the next morning. And then I realized, ‘This is it. It’s done’.”
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