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By Ben, on August 31st, 2010%
 Every Tuesday, I throw up questions from readers on the blog as a point of discussion. I invite your feedback in the comments! You can submit a question using the contact form here. Thanks!
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If you’ve used Calea Z for dream-work before, please take a second to vote in the poll.
What’s the Best Way to Take Calea Zacatechichi?
Smoking It (Leaves, Resin, 10x, etc)
Drinking It (Tea)
Eating It (Pills)
Chewing It (Raw Leaf)
Not Sure But I Would Like to Know!
pollcode.com free polls
Calea Zacatechichi, the popular “dream herb” plant native to Mexico, offers many different options when it . . . → Read More: What’s the Best Way To Take Calea Zacatechichi?
By Ben, on August 17th, 2010%
Note: every Tuesday I take a question from my logs or from my emails and throw it up on the site as a point of discussion. If there’s something you’d like to see discussed, send your question here. Thanks!
Today’s discussion question is a great one and touches on the sneaky relationship between different states of consciousness.
Here’s the big Q:
“Is dreaming like tripping?”
I think the answer is simple:
yes, there are definitely similarities between the two states.
In my own experience studying and working with my dreams, including taking drugs (mushrooms, etc) inside a dream in order to “dream trip”, and my own experience . . . → Read More: Is Dreaming Like Tripping?
By Ben, on March 16th, 2009%
I just found out that Bouncing Bear Botanicals is producing a neat looking film/documentary on psychedelics called Manifesting the Mind.
Below is a preview of the clip, featuring notable figures such as Dr. Rick Strassman, author of the brilliant book DMT: The Spirit Molecule, the infamous Terrence McKenna, and my favorite psychedelic writer and 2012 speculator, Daniel Pinchbeck.
This film is actually just the first of 3 films (!) in a series that will address different aspects shamanism. The offical description states that:
This first film, Manifesting the Mind, is a broad look at psychedelics in general. Why are psychedelics so brutally suppressed in . . . → Read More: Manifesting the Mind – film trailer
By Ben, on December 8th, 2008%
Around the age of 21 and 22, I went through a surge of experimentation with different mind-altering substances. (FYI, I am now 28.)
One of the weirdest ones I ever tried was diphenhydramine. Because of its proximity to the dream state, I thought it’d be interesting to share my “experience report” of the time I took 400mg of diphenhydramine.
This wasn’t just a shot in the dark, it was an amount decided upon after much research on the internet, primarily at Erowid’s Diphenhydramine vault, on dosage and expected effects. (I do admit though that I should have not done it alone.)
Once I swallowed . . . → Read More: Dreaming While Awake: My Experience With Diphenhydramine
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 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!
By Ben, on July 3rd, 2008%
This page will be updated regularly with links to FREE online books, journals, and newsletters related to dreams and lucid dreaming, entheogens/psychedelics, and brain/consciousness/mind stuff..
You’ll find entire books released in PDF format for download and viewing (and printing), or books published online that you can read over the web. I’ve also included links to journals and newsletters that you can read for free online.
If a link is broken or if you have something to suggest I add, please email me.
Enjoy!
-Ben
PS Recommended items are highlighted in bold.
Last Updated: July 3, 2008
Newsletters and Journals
LDE: The Lucid Dream Exchange Newsletter (requires free Yahoo . . . → Read More: Free Online Books, Journals, and Newsletters on Dreams, Lucid Dreaming, and Psychedelics
By Ben, on July 3rd, 2008%
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 is many of these are mp3s, meaning you can download them and listen to them anywhere from your iPod or mp3 player. Yeah!
Last Updated: July 3, 2008.
Steve Pavlina Podcasts on Lucid Dreaming & Consciousness
from Steve Pavlina: Personal Development for Smart People
Steve Pavlina has 20 awesome podcasts available . . . → Read More: Free Podcasts, Radio Shows, Lectures, and Interviews – for Lucid Dreamers and Psychonauts
By Ben, on December 11th, 2007%
The Panel Discussion is a new feature I would like to do every month.
The idea is to throw out an interesting question to a group of people (some of the most interesting and intelligent people I know) and post the response for everyone to see.
The question is then open to everyone reading the blog, who can respond with a comment for all to see.
Thanks to Hatter and Chad for taking part in this months discussion. Anyone reading this who loves to talk about this kind of stuff and would like to be featured in next months post, email me!
Here’s the question . . . → Read More: Panel Discussion: Will we ever have a magic pill for lucid dreaming? (Plus the potential of DMT.)
By Ben, on November 20th, 2007%
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 website statistics, showing how many visitors the site gets, what’s most popular, and so on.
Erowid is getting an amazing 50,000+ visitors each day. These statistics are coupled with member stats, showing how many members they have, country by country.
There’s about 1300 members currently.
How awesome is it . . . → Read More: My Erowid Extracts newsletter just came in the mail…
By Ben, on November 7th, 2007%
Official ALTERED STATES movie trailer:
Plot Summary: A scientist takes drugs inside a sensory deprivation chamber, has crazy intense psychedelic trips, then genetically regresses into a primordial pre-human, ultimately regressing into the void of existence itself.
The story revolves around a young scientist named Eddie Jessup, whose interest in his work overshadows everything else, including not only his marriage to but even his own well-being.
I read that the actors experimented with ketamine while making this film. I thought this was strange but awesome of them. Later on I discovered why they did it; ALTERED STATES is based on the life and . . . → Read More: What happens when you combine mindblowing psychedelics with a sensory deprivation tank? A look at the film ALTERED STATES.
By Ben, on October 9th, 2007%
This last Sunday I made another trip / experiment with DXM. This time I purchased four bottles of the Robitussin Cough Gels for a grand total of 1200 mg of DXM. I made a few mistakes. I always make sure that I’m doing well both physically and mentally before I trip. The truth was that my stomach was upset and I was feeling a little stressed out. But I was impatient to do my experiment so I went ahead. I had some ideas of things I wanted to do but did not set anything out beforehand, thinking that I would be . . . → Read More: Chad’s DXM Report # 2 : “I realized that tripping is a beautiful process of mind revealing itself to mind…”
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