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THE GODS OF HYPERSPACE 147
Figure 6.1 A portion of your hand disappears into another dimension. (Drawing by
April Pedersen.)
"We've got to give it a try. If I can find just the right location in this
room where it seems to be easy to leave three-space, I should be able to
jump."
First you place your hand in the air and watch a piece of the palm
seem to disappear (Fig. 6.1). Next, you leap two feet into the air and are
pulled back down by the chain.
Perhaps it is a bit too heavy. You leap again and feel a queasy feeling in
the pit of your stomach, as if someone has placed a hook there and is trying
to pull your stomach up through your esophagus. You jump again,
suddenly hear a hissing sound, and for an instant you feel weightless.
You look down and think you see large apartments honeycombed with
light. In one apartment, you see right through the walls and observe a
woman, nearly naked, watching television. In the distance are honking
horns and the voices of thousands of people.
As you fly, you feel there is light and music coming from Washington,
D.C. It is as if thousands of Washingtonians are celebrating, clapping