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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]