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By Ben, on June 20th, 2010%
 Me in San Diego recently. Kick ass place.
Like my grandma used to say:
“Holy hell in a handbasket!”
That’s right bitches, I’m back.
Actually I’m lying.
My grandma never uttered those words in her life. And nor do I ever say “that’s right bitches” to anyone in any context, so we’re either 2 for 2 or none for none, depending on how you want to count.
But anyway what I’m trying to say here, dear friends, readers, stumblers, and random search engine traffic visitors is:
Lookie! It’s another post on Dreaming Life.
It’s been a long time.
And like the punk rock DIY zines of yesteryear, each of . . . → Read More: Holy Hell in a Hand Basket
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 15th, 2008%
This is amazing.
Japanese scientists claim they have developed a technique that visually records ones thoughts and dreams onto a computer monitor.
The technique is done by analyzing changes in blood flow in the region of the brain where vision is processed, called the visual cortex.
A spokesman for Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, says that “by applying this technology, it may become possible to record and replay subjective images that people perceive like dreams.”
These are big words, with enormous implications!
So much that I thought immediately, “No… this is certainly a hoax.”
But such is not the case.
However, the research is not as . . . → Read More: Japanese scientists developing software that can record images from your dreams
By Ben, on December 10th, 2008%
It’s rare that a book comes out these days that advances the discussion and understanding of Lucid Dreaming, but this is what Robert Waggoner has accomplished with his new book, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self.
The official description reads…
Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self is the account of an extraordinarily talented lucid dreamer who goes beyond the boundaries of both psychology and religion. In the process, he stumbles upon the Inner Self.
While lucid (consciously aware) in the dream state and able to act and interact with dream figures, objects, and settings, dream expert Robert Waggoner experienced something transformative and . . . → Read More: Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self, a new book by IASD President Robert Waggoner
By Ben, on December 2nd, 2008%
New Scientist published an interesting article today titled Swapping Your Body Becomes a Virtual Reality.
It wasn’t too long ago that researchers published results suggesting how capable the brains is at projecting an Out of Body experience, using similar techniques with camera goggles attached to a person’s face giving them a view originating elsewhere. (Read the old news article on this story here.)
But in this case, the subjects weren’t tricked into having the sensation that their consciousness was outside their body in a point in space, but that another body was their body. In this case, it was a mannequin.
On the . . . → Read More: OOBE’s the Scientific Way: With Goggles, Cameras and Mannequins
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 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!
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