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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 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 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 August 5th, 2007%
This is a great 7 minute video connecting dreams, near death experiences, and out of body experiences.
It comes from Penn & Teller’s popular show, kindly known as Bullshit.
(That should give you a hint about what sort of opinion they have about NDE and OBE.)
If that puts you off, at least check it out the centrifuge test experiment videos! It looks like something from Clockwork Orange or maybe some secret CIA torture research. WTF!
Too bad Penn’s voice is annoying and he always sounds like an asshole, even those times when he might be right.
Best quote from the video:
“Near Death Experiences are just . . . → Read More: Skeptics Penn and Teller on Near Death Experiences, Dreams, Out of Body Experiences
By Ben, on July 28th, 2007%
This is a fascinating 6 minute video into the research of Michael Persinger, inventor of the “God Helmet.” His research into out of body experiences, alien abductions, ghosts, and other “paranormal” phenomenon is predicated on the idea that these experience take place in the brain i.e. they’re an illusion and do not take place in physical reality.
To this end, he has invented a technique to stimulate the temporal lobes of the brain via magnetic pulses. The resulting device is known as the “God Helmet”, and in his lab people wearing it have experienced all sorts of wild and paranormal sensations . . . → Read More: Wearing the God-Helmet for Out of Body Experiences and Alien Abductions
By Ben, on July 24th, 2007%
Here’s a few excerpts from SaltCube’s DVD titled “How to Lucid Dream and Have Out of Body Experiences.” I’ve heard great things about this DVD and these clips are quite impressive. Check out SaltCube for more info.
Excerpt from “How To Do Wake Induced Lucid Dreams And OBEs”
Excerpt: Tricking Your Body To Fall Asleep To Have An . . . → Read More: SaltCube DVD on Lucid Dreaming and Out of Body Experiences
By Ben, on July 17th, 2007%
Here’s a 2 part video on this woman’s personal experience on Entheogens and integrating the experiences into her day to day life. Very interesting stuff and I love that she just puts it all out there!!!
Check out more at NeuroSoup, my favorite new website! . . . → Read More: NeuroSoup’s 2 Part Video on Entheogens
By Ben, on July 17th, 2007%
Today I found a very enthusiastic video about lucid dreaming and using entheogens INSIDE the dream to have a psychedelic trip.
She also discusses the idea of intentionally accessing the DMT inside our own body, as opposed to taking in from plants elsewhere, to experience its mindblowing effects, and using 5-MEO-DMT as to enhance your dreams. She even says she had shared dreams with the other people she used 5-MEO-DMT with! . . . → Read More: Video Clip on Using Entheogens INSIDE A Lucid Dream to Trip
By Ben, on July 17th, 2007%
Awhile back some people were putting together the lucid.tv website project. I’m not sure what happened but it’s now defunct. They made at least 5 episodes though, and these are still online .
My favorite episode is below. Check out the rest of the episodes at theLucidTV page on YouTube.
Thanks goes out to Michel for bringing these videos to . . . → Read More: Remember the Lucid.tv Project?
By Ben, on July 15th, 2007%
This idea is related to the Expectation Fulfillment Theory . . . → Read More: Is There a Link Between Dreaming, REM, and Depression?
By Ben, on May 23rd, 2007%
Sorry, I usually don’t post stuff like this but this one was just too funny!
A police officer calls 911 believing he and his wife are dying after eating . . . → Read More: Stoned police officer calls 911…”I think we’re dying”
By Ben, on May 1st, 2007%
There’s a lot of buzz surrounding a new book out there called Imagining The 10th Dimension. Singer / songwriter, thinker, philosopher and amateur scientist (although he insists he’s not a scientist!) has pieced together a means of actually explaining a way to understand the idea of not just 4 or 5 dimensions, but 10. (10 dimensions is the magic number lately since String Theory posits there are 10 dimensions.) His animation explaining the 10 dimensions has been widely viewed on the internet and has propelled his book to the spotlight. His book was recently the subject of an article in What . . . → Read More: Rob Bryanton, author of Imagining the 10th Dimension, visits Dreaming Life!
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