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By Ben, on August 26th, 2008%
Whoa – this is interesting.
The International Association for the Study of Dreams has put together an INTERNET CONFERENCE on dreaming. It takes place Sept 21` through Oct 5.
Here’s a snippet from the site:
Between September 21 – October 5, 2008 join some of the world’s foremost experts on the subject of Psi dreaming for two weeks of cutting-edge papers, discussions, workshops, and chats. If you’ve ever had a precognitive dream, a lucid dream, or simply an “unusual dream” that never quite made sense, this is the place for you.
You might also be curious to know the blogger behind Dream Studies, . . . → Read More: IASD’s PsiberDreaming Conference – an internet conference on the fringe topics of dream research
By Ben, on August 26th, 2008%
Shortly after reading Lilly’s book, I discovered that someone in my own town has a floatation tank in their home which they rent out to curious folks like myself, in 90 minute sessions. I’ve just gotten out about 90 minutes ago. Here is my report of that session.
I get inside the tank and shut the door. I’m in pitch blackness and I’m wearing earplugs – this is strange already! I move to lie down and get comfortable. The water truly does keep me afloat. However, my neck doesn’t feel very secure so I get out of the tank to grab . . . → Read More: Floatation Tank Experience Report – My First Time in an Isolation Tank / Sensory Deprivation Tank
By Ben, on August 20th, 2008%
I’ve been fascinated with the thought of floating around in an isolation tank ever since I first saw the film Altered States ten years ago.
Um – what is an isolation tank, you ask?
“An isolation tank is a lightless, soundproof tank in which subjects float in salty water at skin temperature. They were first used by John C. Lilly in 1954 in order to test the effects of sensory deprivation. Such tanks are now also used for meditation and relaxation and in alternative medicine. Isolation tanks were originally called sensory deprivation tanks. Other synonyms for isolation tank include float tank, floating tank, . . . → Read More: Isolation Tanks and the Potential For Lucid, Trippy, Self Transformative Experiences
By Ben, on August 15th, 2008%
This is really interesting:
http://poppyseedtea.com/
The parents who run this site had their son die after consuming a large dose of self-made poppy seed tea.
The site was set up as a “information service” to others about the dangers of how it can happen.
It’s not full of crazy hype. It just is what it is.
Much respect to these parents, who in greiving for their son, have set up a sensible website aimed at . . . → Read More: Poppy Seed Tea Can Kill You
By Ben, on August 14th, 2008%
The Food of the Gods, by Terence McKenna, is the story of humanities relationship with different plants and how these relationships effect and reflect our cultural values.
By the last page, the book has taken a somewhat discontinuous step into a different territory, with McKenna penning a manifesto of sorts on the integration of psychoactives into our current culture. He calls our culture the Dominator culture, and sees the use of consciousness-expanding plants as part of the Archaic Revival, a reference to the return of a pre-monotheistic, integrated, “whole” way of living that we as a species once had with our environment and each other.
History buffs . . . → Read More: A Book Review of Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna
By Ben, on August 10th, 2008%
Few readers of this blog know this, but I am going through a divorce right now. In fact, I am 3 months separated.
It would suffice to say this is a pretty terrible period of my life. The upheaval this has caused in my day to day living is one reason why my work on Dreaming Life has been so spotty for most of 2008.
What I find interesting and want to talk about in this article is how I can see reflections of my marriage and divorce in my dreams.
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I got married 4 years ago last month.
Around that time, and for . . . → Read More: Dream Journaling Through Life, Marriage, and Divorce
By Ben, on August 6th, 2008%
Er, I meant to post this last month – it’s pretty neat, check it out:
Alive Mind Media is releasing 3 films this summer, dubbing the release “The Trippy Trilogy – Alive Mind’s Altered Consciousness Collection”.
Flicker
DVD release Date: July 15
Documentary on the 1961 invention of Brion Gysin’s “Dreammachine”, described as “a hypnotic light device with the power to induce hallucinations.” (Is this a precursor to the Sound and Light Machine?)
Hofmann’s Potion
DVD release Date: June 15
Documentary on LSD featuring Albert Hofmann, Timonthy Leary, Aldous Huxley, Ram Dass, Ralph Metzner Stanisav Grof, and more.
Preview:
Hofmann’s Potion – 9 Minute Preview
Hippie Masala
DVD Release Date: August 8, . . . → Read More: LSD, the Dreammachine, and Aging Hippies in India : 3 New Documentaries from Alive Media Coming Out This Summer
By Ben, on August 5th, 2008%
In an effort to complete the transition from anti-hippie punk rock straight edge kid to an intellectual hippie adult, I gotta say:
Damn, I really wish I could make it to this “Coalessence” festival in October:
In my defense (here the anti-hippie in me again), I don’t want to go so much for the music as for the speakers.
I would love to corner Daniel Pinchbeck, explain that I’m a low-grade blogger, and dammit, we are doing an interview on your book Breaking Open the Head and it starts right now, . . . → Read More: The Coalessence Festival – music & speakers, raw food & yoga, oh my!
By Ben, on August 3rd, 2008%
Salvia Divinorum banned in all 50 states?
Well, it’s not true as I sit here writing this, but, it begs the question: how far away are we from such a headline?
My best guess is we’re looking at a few years.
I’d say even as early as 2010, Salvia will be illegal everywhere or nearly everywhere in the States.
Just last month 3 more states – Virginia, Kansas, and Florida – banned this unique plant, used traditionally in Mexico for something in the vein of oh – a few thousand years – and more recently since the mid 19990′s by psychoactive seeking westerners.
There is definitely . . . → Read More: Salvia Divinorum Banned in All 50 States!
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