Dreaming Life

  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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

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 [...]

This page will be updated regularly with links to FREE podcasts, radio shows, and other audio downloads (interviews, lectures, etc) related to dreams and lucid dreaming, entheogens/psychedelics, and brain/consciousness/mind stuff. If a link is broken or if you have something to suggest I add, please email me. Enjoy! -Ben PS The best part of this [...]

  In discussing a new found ability to rememeber his dreams after writing them down, Richard Bach, author of Illusions and Jonathan Livingston Seagull, writes in A Gift of Wings: It wasn’t much later that I noticed that my days were dreams themselves, and just as deeply forgotten. When I couldn’t remember what happened last [...]

I’ve just launched a new website documenting this odd connection between B6 and dreams: http://b6dreams.com The site is structured as a FAQ document, with links to peoples experiences with B6 and its effects on dreams and lucid dreaming. I’m pretty excited to launch this site – I hope you enjoy it. If you’ve got a [...]

I’ve finally launched CaleaZdreams.com! This website is exclusively devoted to using Calea Zacatechichi in relation to working with your dreams. Calea Z, also called dream herb, comes up constantly on lucid dreaming forums and dream discussion groups. People always have questions on it! And there’s not one site people always get referred to – there’s [...]

Yesterday I received a treat in the mail – my copy of Erowid’s members only newsletter, Erowid Extracts. This issue discusses tobacco in a sacred context, has articles on absinthe and ayahausca, book reviews, and some other tidbits. It also came with a small comic-book! One of my favorite parts of the newsletter is the [...]