By Ben, on September 6th, 2007%
Please tell us about you film Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within. What’s it about and why did you decide to make it?
The film Entheo:genesis is about discovering the ways in which we participate with the dance and flow of life— and how to maintain that flow. The film also gives us context from our history— from the evolution from indigenous tribes through shamanism through world religions throughout the course of history. Also how our civilization has participated with meaning, inspiration, and the grand metaphysical questions. We end the film with a contemporary perspective of the post-modern . . . → Read More: Entheogen – Awakening the Divine Within – An Interview with Director Rod Mann
By Ben, on September 4th, 2007%
Below is a 9 minute trailer video for the film ENTHEOGEN: Awakening the Divine Within.
I’ll be posting an interview with director Rod Mann later this week!
Official description:
“Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within is a feature length documentary which invites the viewer to rediscover an enchanted cosmos in the modern world by awakening to the divine within.
The film examines the re-emergence of archaic techniques of ecstacy in the modern world by weaving a synthesis of ecological and evolutionary awareness,electronic dance culture, and the current pharmacological re-evaluation of entheogenic compounds. Within a narrative framework that imagines consciousness itself to be evolving, Entheogen documents the . . . → Read More: Trailer for Entheogen : Awakening the Divine Within (interview later this week!)
By Ben, on April 13th, 2007%
Here is another guest post by Juan from Dream Magick on his experiences in Peru. This could be the last addition by Juan to Dreaming Life as he has recently set up his own website to publish his writing himself! Please check out his site at http://www.dreammagick.com.
Hello everyone!
Since coming back from Peru I have had many opportunities to work with plant teachers here in Mexico. Sometime in March I plan to go to Oaxaca, MX to work with mushrooms and salvia. The mushrooms called derrumbes start to show up in March sometime so I have been doing alot of writing while . . . → Read More: Chacruna Report by Juan from DreamMagick
By Ben, on April 10th, 2007%
When I first started blogging, I naturally sought out other blogs on lucid dreaming. One of the most unique blogs out there was called Exploring the Oneiroverse, the contents of which were based on a book by fellow blogger and lucid dreamer Chad Watts.
Soon enough, we started writing emails back and forth discussing dreams and lucid dreaming, drugs, metaphysics, and so forth for a few weeks. I found his perspective so interesting that I asked for a more formal interview, which is what follows below. Enjoy.
Can you talk about the relationship between dreams and lucid dreams and the experience one . . . → Read More: Exploring the Oneiroverse with Chad Watts: On Lucid Dreams, Entheogens, and the Spiritual Experience
By Ben, on March 18th, 2007%
Here is Juans full and complete report from Peru. A short introduction is available here.
During my one week diet with the teacher plant Ajo Sacha, I had so many lucid dreams that I was astonished. There were by far too many lucid dream experiences to journal on a daily basis, but I did have an MP3 voice recorder which allowed me to record almost every single dream experience upon awakening before the memories would fade. Since I literally had enough lucid dreams to fill a book, I decided to find the major “themes”and “lessons” that Ajo Sacha shared with me during . . . → Read More: The Shaman’s Dreamtime, My Diet with Ajo Sacha – full report
By Ben, on March 18th, 2007%
Here Juan introduces us to his Ajo Sacha diet in Peru. This is an intro to his full report.
Currently I am studying a shamanic approach to lucid dreaming in Peru which involves working with a variety of sacred and medicinal plants which are both teachers and guides to the dreamworld.
In the shaman’s world, all realities are considered to be dreamed realities. So we have the sleeping dream and the waking dream and we are creating both of them.
The medicinal and sacred plants I am working with are an indigenous science here which have been practiced for over 5,000 years. Plants . . . → Read More: The Shaman’s Dreamtime – My Diet with Ajo Sacha Tea (Introduction)
By Ben, on February 6th, 2007%
Sorry, this interview is no longer available.
You would probably enjoy reading the following posts though:
The Shaman’s Dreamtime – My Diet with Ajo Sacha Tea (Introduction)
The Shaman’s Dreamtime, My Diet with Ajo Sacha – full report
Chacruna Report by Juan from DreamMagick
They’re awesome. . . . → Read More: Shaman Journeys into the Dreamtime : An Interview with Juan from Dream Magick (part 2 of 2)
By Ben, on January 28th, 2007%
Sorry, this interview is no longer available.
You would probably enjoy reading the following posts though:
The Shaman’s Dreamtime – My Diet with Ajo Sacha Tea (Introduction)
The Shaman’s Dreamtime, My Diet with Ajo Sacha – full report
Chacruna Report by Juan from DreamMagick
They’re awesome. . . . → Read More: Shaman Journeys into the Dreamtime : An Interview with Juan from Dream Magick (part 1 of 2)
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