Comedian Joe Rogan discussing DMT, Rick Strassman's Cottonwood Research Foundation dreams and more with Alex Jones during a recent interview.

J. Ott, D. McKenna, M. Winkelman, R. Metzner and more from Basel

Two audio files of very groovy lectures by Dennis McKenna are up on Psychonautica, one on 'Psychedelics in basic neuroscience and clinical practise' and another dubbed "bitter brews and other abominations: the use of some little known psychoactive agents."

And the Youtube Psychonaut channel has uploaded a fascinating talk by Sire of Psychonautics and word-weaver extraordinaire, Jonathan Ott, about anahuascas.

Also on the Psychonaut channel is brief video from Micheal Winkelmann, co-editor of the new textbook, Psychedelic Medicine, on the role of psychedelics in human evolution; a sort-of scientific update on Terence McKenna's speculations. And more updated frequently.

Basel Resolution

The following link is to an image of the resolution signed by a number of attendees of the World Psychedelic Forum in Basel last month. You can copy the image to your desktop so you can magnify it to a readable size. It's a very poignant call for the decriminalization and the legalization of psychedelic substances.
LINK: resolution-englisch.jpg

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:

The Spirit Molecule

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

Stanislav Grof's cartography of the psyche.

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

Molecular Ecstasies & Twisted Poetry

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

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!
Part 1 of 4:

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)

Find more videos like this on Project: The ayahuasca conversation

The Tipping Point - Rick Doblin Ph.D.

Interview with really cool animations between Daniel Pinchbeck's Post Modern Times webzine and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Director, Rick Doblin.
http://www.MAPS.org/
http://www.postmoderntimes.com/

A New Marriage of Brain and Computer

Stuart Hameroff: A New Marriage of Brain and Computer

Google Tech Talks September, 21 2007

I decided to back to college a couple years ago to be a better witness to (and participant in) the current convergences of mathematics, genetics, systems/information theories, nano-technology and psychedelic science, so I enjoyed this lecture which delves into biophysics, neuroscience and the qualia of consciousness. Hameroff's research reveals some amazing information relating to drug activity, synchrony and consciousness. He appeared in the slapstick, new-age mega-success 'What The Fuck Do We Know?' (ice-crystals getting their feelings hurt and shamans who can't see an ocean vessel right in front of their face... okay, the drunk, horny cartoon hormones were cute...) but definitely don't let that turn you off from what he really has to share.
(Large screen link)


and here's a more recent, more philosophically-based interview if, either, you want see more of Hameroff or the technical-chemical-physics stuff in the above lecture is too confusing:

Terence McKenna- culture is our operating system

The Esoteric Agenda

If you enjoyed Zeitgeist [re=edit], Astrotheology & Shamanism, or Micheal Tsarion, Jordon Maxwell, Robert Anton Wilson, Alex Jones, or other historical revisionists, you'll probably like this info-packed, nicely edited, scored and narrated doc, The Esoteric Agenda.
There's no discussion of drug wars, entheogens or psychedelic technology, but it certainly scratches the novelty itch!

Order in the Chaos: Synchronicity through fractals

Awesome lyrics, awesome song.

Tuning In To 2012

Discovered this at the amazing Dedroidify blog:

Aya

I was in a funk today, stressed out over how much work this semester will entail, then I came home and saw this and feel better.



About Aya:

(Go to www.illuminated.com for a full screen high quality version of this video )
~ Illuminated is a new animated film/series being created by the people behind GNN (Guerrilla News Network), Phong.com (Eminem's "Mosh" video), Pod Collective, Broken Saints, and ConceptArt.org.

The story takes place in a not-too-distant future, where planet Earth is being ravaged by rampant environmental change and collapsing economies, and widespread social movements triggered by online interaction are reshaping the face of world politics.

Saturated by media, people have lost their ability to dream, and plug into a sophisticated communication system every night called the DreamField, which gives them access to a virtual dream-state that is networked with the rest of the world.

Online, dreams have become just another kind of media, and a group of dream-stars have emerged as the culture's new celebrities.

Aya is one such dream-star, and millions tune into her dreams every night to see where she will take them...

The film/series charts Aya's coming of age, as she travels with her dreadlocked guru, Shen, on a transformational journey to visit the most spiritually charged places on Earth and reconnect with the ancient wisdom of the planet...

Check out the teaser and visit the website to get your limited edition Illuminated Crystal USB key, that comes pre-loaded with Chapter 1 of the series, in addition to trippy ringtones, wallpaper and tracks from DJ Bluetech.

Rupert Sheldrake: Telephone Telepathy

Sheldrake attempts a small, random experiment to calibrate the experience of thinking of a person and then they call you.

World's most gifted sevant

Very, very weird and fascinating documentary about a sevant who can solve massive math equations instantly without thinking any calculations, perceives all numbers qualitatively instead of quantitatively and can learn new languages in less than a week. The incredible thing is, he doesn't manifest any symptoms of autism or social-dysfunction.

The Boy With The Incredible Brain

Futurist Ray Kurzweil now has a major picture motion!
A film adaptation of Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near will premier later this year. Cutting edge graphics and concepts will be employed to make this interesting.

Clink HERE.

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