Albert Hofmann, De-parted.

Good luck on your journey Albert! Thank you for the LSD and for being such a monumental inspiration. Your memory will live throughout the ages.

Timewave 2013, "The Odyssey II" trailer

Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

Recently the Feds raided The Herbal Nutrition Center (again) and this time, not only did they take their medical cannabis vending-machine, they smashed all the glass shelves and display cases in the shop. So it is favorable timing that the Hon. Dr. Ron Paul has recently introduced a new bill, the “Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act” which would bar the Federal government from intervening in such doctor/patient relationships that violate no state law.

In Dr. Paul's new column, entitled, Politicizing Pain, he gives moral and economic credence to the necessity of such a bill with a vivid example, which of course is just one out of thousands.

POLITICIZING PAIN

K.K. Forss does not claim medical marijuana solves all his problems. His pain from a ruptured disc in his neck is debilitating. He is unable to go to work or to the First Baptist Church he used to attend because of the pain and muscle spasms. Taxpayers through Medicare spend over $18,000 a year on his various medications. Half of those drugs are strong narcotics. The other half address the various side-effects brought on by the first half, such as nausea, heartburn, heart palpitations, difficulty sleeping, and muscle spasms.

No, marijuana would not completely address all his pain, but it made a tremendous difference in the quality of his life when he tried it for over a year. It helped him regain 38 pounds he had lost. It calmed his muscle spasms and helped him sleep. In short, it alleviated many side effects and greatly reduced his need for other expensive medications. Mr. Forss estimates that being allowed to use medical marijuana would save taxpayers at least $12,000 a year in medications he would no longer need. He would also be able to work occasionally and attend some church services.

READ REST OF COLUMN HERE.

also... here's a 5 minute interview on CNN today:

And here's the full page ad High Times ran twice, free-of-charge:

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Large-scale working magnet motor

Some blokes from down under cooked up this large scale magnetic free-energy motor that could power a home forever. Will they be killed by assassins hired by oil-moguls like other free-energy inventors before them? We'll just have have to wait and see! (For other cool free-energy magnet tricks check out this post here.)

The Revolving Doors of Perception

The weekly podcast show, Psychonautica, will be playing recorded talks from this years Wolrd Psychedleic Forum in Basel. The first one they aired was Michael Horowitz' talk, titled, 'The revolving doors of perception: deconstructing the myths and ambiguities of the psychedelic zeitgeist.'
Highly recommended listening. Michael speculates about the films yet to be made based on the top ten mythic events in modern psychedelic history (events involving Hofmann, Wasson, Huxley, Leary, McKenna and the CIA, JFK, hippies, yippies and ravers).

LISTEN HERE.

Terence Mckenna dialogues with Ram Dass & Sasha Shulgin

This 1992 video, called Prague Gnosis, consists of Terence McKenna engaging seven global consciousness thinkers into dialogs: Ram Dass, Angeles Arrien, Kenneth Ring, Rupert Sheldrake, Jill Purce, David White and Alexander Shulgin. In these discussions Terence pokes and prods his esteemed interviewees and their rhetoric in an effort to get them to verbalize the awe and confoundment the way that comes so naturally to him, which is highly amusing.

I particularly recommend the Ram Dass and Sasha Shulgin dialogs.
The chat with Ram Dass (also their first time meeting) was so delightful and it was fascinating to watch them explore topics from such seemingly polar vantage points. The talk with Sasha Shulgin was also good, I only wish it was ten times longer.

The Ram Dass dialogue is the first and is 40 minutes long and the Shulgin dialog begins about 46 minutes into part 2.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Healing Ananda

This is a benefit CD for my friend Allen's daughter, Ananda Devi. I met Allen in 96 when he was selling Goa music from his shop, Digital Undergound, in Philidelphia and since then he created the East Coast's most legendary annual psychedelic festival, Gaian Mind. The compilation has a phenomenal assortment of artists who donated all new works. Here are the details from Psyshop.com:

In May 2007, 6-year-old Ananda Devi Milletics had a brain hemorrhage caused by an arteriovenous malformation (AVM). In January 2008, she received gamma knife surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.

Ananda has danced with us at the Gaian Mind summer Festival every year of her life - and will continue to do so. In order to help defray the medical expenses related to her treatment, legendary producer Gus Till (Slinky Wizard, BUS, ZEN Lemonade, Stoop and Fidjet, etc.) compiled a benefit compilation with exclusive tracks from some of the leading international Pstyrance, Progressive, and Freestyle producers.

All the tracks have been generously donated by the artists. The compilation features music from established artists such as Aphid Moon, Behind Blue Eyes, Blue Planet Corporation, BUS, Dickster and James Monro, Electrypnose, Kaya Project, Kenji Williams, Stella Nutella, Stanley Arts and Saafi Connection, ZEN Lemonade, plus upcoming artists such as Ajja, D-Space, G.B.Catalyzer, Grains OF Sound, Indidginus, Master Margherita, Sine Wave, Subterfuge, and YAB YUM.

All proceeds from the sale of this compilation go to Anandas medical fund. Healing rhythms dedicated to a worthy cause.

Boom Book

"the first book ever published about psy-trance culture. But it goes beyond that.
The “Boom Book” was a project made during 2007 as a commemoration of Boom’s 10th anniversary.
This book is a collaborative project made by anthropologists, journalists, designers, illustrators, poets, musicologists, and photographers to capture the essence of the Boom Festival. The Boom Boom includes essays, interviews, visionary art by Alex Grey, Robert Venosa or Android, and innovative texts about psy-trance."

Check out the video on the website: boomfestival.org/boombook/

Share your science tattoo

on the science tat blog:
http://carlzimmer.typepad.com/

Make your own magnetic free-energy motor.

Seriously, if you are engineer, aspiring or accomplished, please make one of these. The faster this stuff enters the public arena of attention the better.
(demonstration begins halfway through)


related post: Searle's Solution

UPDATE:
some more home made magnetic motors:




for more info on magnetic motors go HERE.

The Spirit Molecule

Rick Strassman discusses DMT and it's role as a gateway between the dimensions of consciousness and reincarnation:

Stargates, Water Doors and Wormholes, Oh My!

Steve Willner bestows upon us three new synchromystical mash-up videos in a trilogy called Southland Tales, Sri Yantra and The Butterfly Effect. If you haven't been following The Labyrinth of the Psychonaut saga, I suggesting starting with earlier episodes to have a better grasp of the lingo and synchrodelic esoteria references that comprise these transdimensional revampings of history and pop culture.

Southland Tales, Sri Yantra & The Butterfly Effect,
PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

Graham Hancock on the pharmacratic inquisition.

Bit from an interview with Graham Hancock, author of Supernatural and Fingerprints of the Gods. Well said, Graham.

Stanislav Grof's cartography of the psyche.

A colossal lecture on psychology and everything else given by the Doctor of LSD, Stan Grof:

The Next Level

Highly recommended video.


From the vid info: A Video Illustration of my thoughts on the future of mankind as revealed by teachers, mystics and psychonauts. I hope to encourage responsible curiosity regarding teacher plants and their purpose in our evolution. Remember, normal is just a setting on your washing machine!

Thanks A Kean Eye & Dedroidify !

Run From The Cure

Rick Simpson cured many cases of terminal cancer and countless other diseases and cell-mutations with hemp oil containing THC. This corroborates with recent lab findings that THC reduces lung cancer by 50%. The hidden story of hemp as medicine is explored by Rick Simpson in this Canadian documentary. If these stories are true (as they seem to be), THC is more of a miracle cure than most of us ever supposed.
Om Shiva Shankara!
Hare Hare Ganjah!

[EDIT: Not a scientific or policy film in any way. Mostly just people sharing their healing stories, don't get your hopes up medical researchers!]

Part 1.


for parts 2 -7 go HERE.

air-date change for History Channel's Psychedelic Odyssey

The 2 hour documentary, Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey will now air on April 19th, 2008 at 10:00pm (Check Local listings...) and also a repeat showing the following Saturday on April 26, 2008 at 5:00pm.

"Travel adventure to the deepest Amazon jungles- this is the untold story of the psychedelic era. The story of hallucinogens: from jungle shamans to the hippie generation. Stars Wade Davis, Bob Weir- Grateful Dead, Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Albert Hofmann- the inventor of LSD."

Here's a preview.

Kundalini Awakening

Excellent 1/2 hour journey through the chakras with beautiful computer generated imagery and geometry. Total and utter cosmic stuff. ;)

(click here for large-screen version.)

The Atonement of Sparky

After years of introverted withdrawal and years of debaucherous thrill-seeking, Sparky had finally found the middle way.

Namyo Bow-wow Renge Kyo

A discussion with the Poet of Plants, Dale Pendell

"A wide-ranging discussion with the eclectic roshi of mythopoetic exploration, from the World Psychedelic Forum in Basel, 2008."
(mp3 of conversation also available.)
link: DreamFlesh

The Great Year

Nice documentary narrated James Earl Jones about our binary twin star, ancient astronomy, the Yuga calendar, and cosmic cycles.

Rites of Saturn

Poetic alt/history synchromystical vids from g.devi.

http://www.youtube.com/user/gurudevi

Next from 'Heroes' writer: Psychedelic Superpowers!

Very freakin cool news from Dosenation. The writer of the phenomenal tv series, Heroes, has been offered millions of dollars to write a sci-fi/alternate history trilogy of novels about a man who gains superpowers after taking LSD.
www.observer.com

Motivation of an Entheogenic Chemist

A paper is online written by prisoner of drug-war, Casey Hardison. Here is the abstract:
Casey Hardison was arrested spring 2004 for the production of psychedelic-type drugs, i.e., LSD, 2C-B and DMT. In the three years since, not one person from ‘authority’ had bothered to ask him what motivated him to synthesise psychedelic drugs. It was as if the a priori assumption that ‘all illegal drugs are bad’ had provided the answer. Hence, the Judge asserted that Hardison did it for “that basest of human emotion, greed” as though the psychospiritual benefits of an alchemical path dedicated to expanding consciousness and personal transformation, through insights integrated into action, upon which he had expounded at great lengths during trial, were some elaborate “portmanteau defence”, just some ruse to get him out of the dock. It was not, it was a committed stand for ‘cognitive liberty’ and for a world full of people who understand the fine line between alone and all one.

Full report: Erowid.com

Acoustic guitar wave-tapping

Extraordinary sounds. Ethereal and rhythmic, sounds like what square-wave is supposed to be.

Futuretalk: another conversation with David Wilcock

Very nice, uplifting talk with David Wilcock, Bill Ryan and Kerry Cassidy. Topics include gratitude, 2012, climate/earth changes, political fall-outs, secret societies, fear, extra-terrestrials, extra-temporals, torsion-field technology, intention and meditation.

[ If you haven't seen David Wilcock's recent lecture-video, The 2012 Enigma, I recommend it and you may want to watch it first. It can be viewed HERE. Many more interviews with David Wilcock and others mentioned in the below video can be viewed at the Project Camelot website. There's a lot of seriously 'out there' material and radical fringe conspiracy but immensely intriguing and thought-provoking none-the-less. ]

Times UK on spread of Santo Daime

Media Watch: A journalist joins a Daime ceremony and writes decent article about the church's history and the brew for the UK Times, albeit with a sophomoric title.

LINK: Santo Daime: the drug-fueled religion.

mega-mushie!

"A more than 20-kilo (41-lb) mushroom has been picked in a forest in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas, university officials said Tuesday."
Full article here.

Before there were trees, before the ancient conifers, cycads, giant ferns and towering horsetails, the land supported forests of 50 foot tall mushrooms. This was not known until recently when a fossil of one such 50 ft tall mushroom was discovered in New England, a rare finding because the fungi do not fossilize easily. I do believe that makes Mario Land real, does it not?

Milky Way Galaxy Appears To Be Cannibal Galaxy

A stream of debris across the sky is the result of intergalactic cannibalism, researchers from The Australian National University conclude, and it is the not the first time our galaxy has had one of its neighbours for breakfast.

“The stars we have found have been stripped from the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy,” said lead author Dr Stefan Keller. “The Sagittarius dwarf is a cosmic lightweight weighing 10,000 times less than our Milky Way. It has ventured too close to our galaxy and is now getting stretched out and torn apart.”

ME HUNGRY GALAXY. MRAUM MRAUM MRAUM.

Full article: Physorg.com

Former Surgeon General: Mainstream Medicine Has Endorsed Medical Marijuana

Dr. Jocelyn Elders on the historic document from the 124,000-member American College of Physicians that certifies the medical value of marijuana.

LINK: Alternet.com

Molecular Ecstasies & Twisted Poetry

Some essays concerning psychedelic trance states, shamanic festivities and novelty, written through a techgnostic lens.
LINK: Groovy Troopers

McCain to campaign at Burning Man

excerpt:
McCain's transportation team is working with his AV crew to retrofit the Senator's "Straight Talk Express" bus to accommodate the largest state-of-the-art speaker stacks ever seen at Burning Man, and will be parking the bus on the 2:00 radial street with other sound camps. "We're putting in a set of Technics SL-1200 turntables on the roof, and recruiting the hottest international Republican DJ's to work the wheels of steel," said Dosenberner. "The Senator looks forward to personally making grilled cheese sandwiches for revelers 'rolling in' from surrounding raves each night, and maybe taking a turn on the decks himself ... you should expect some slammin' big band favorites, should that happen."

FULL ARTICLE: BurningMan.com






This was an April Fool's Day joke but I was trying to spread the idea of having Ron Paul show up at Burning man last year and I still think it would be wild for him to show in 2008. Especially because of his large anarchist & libertarian following and of course because he wants to pardon every non-violent drug-offender in the US and particularly because of the theme this year: the American Dream.

Rupert Sheldrake stabbed during lecture.

He's okay, but seriously wounded in the leg.
>>>LINK TO ARTICLE.

Kisses From The Playa

Burning Man 2007

Christian Ratsch - 50 Years of Mushroom Experience

Here is a video of Christian Ratsch giving a casual and deeply inspired talk at a trance party . Ratsch is the world's foremost scholar/researcher of shamanic plants and cultures. Author several phenomenal books including the 1000 page tome, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants. I had the pleasure of socializing with him (and other luminaries) in 2000 at Palenque, Mexico and I can attest to his psychedelic charm. Nice storyteller, too. I highly recommend the earlier, more formal presentation, 'Psychoactivity: The Fountain of Culture'. This newer video is in German with English subtitles. Enjoy!
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metaphor-mosis

Benny Shanon Interview

Benny Shanon is a cognitive psychologist and author of the acclaimed book about ayahuasca experience, The Antipodes of the Mind and the recent, popular and controversial article speculating which entheogens Moses and other old testament dudes were on.





(This next one is just audio)

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