A Book Review of Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna

14 Aug

Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna

  The Food of the Gods, by Terence McKenna, is the story of humanities relationship with different plants and how these relationships effect and reflect our cultural values. By the last page, the book has taken a somewhat discontinuous step into a different territory, with McKenna penning a manifesto of sorts on the integration of psychoactives into [...]

Interesting quote from Richard Bach

17 Jun

nature by Wiberg

  In discussing a new found ability to rememeber his dreams after writing them down, Richard Bach, author of Illusions and Jonathan Livingston Seagull, writes in A Gift of Wings: It wasn’t much later that I noticed that my days were dreams themselves, and just as deeply forgotten. When I couldn’t remember what happened last [...]

Panel Discussion: Will we ever have a magic pill for lucid dreaming? (Plus the potential of DMT.)

11 Dec

untitled by Aussiegall

  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 [...]

One of the Best Books On Lucid Dreaming… (that you’ve probably never heard of)

12 Nov

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The Top 8 Movies on Dreams, Lucid Dreaming, and Assorted Mind-Weirdness

10 Nov

The Island by balt-arts

In keeping with this weeks earlier posts on movies, I decided to list all the good dream and lucid dream themed films out there! If you are interested in dreams, I think you’ll find these movies worth watching. Let me know what you think! You might notice some of these movies bleed into other mind-related [...]

What happens when you combine mindblowing psychedelics with a sensory deprivation tank? A look at the film ALTERED STATES.

7 Nov

Official ALTERED STATES movie trailer: Plot Summary: A scientist takes drugs inside a sensory deprivation chamber, has crazy intense psychedelic trips view full post »

Dreaming While Awake: Thoughts on the film Waking Life

5 Nov

My thoughts after seeing Waking Life: “Holy shit – this movie really is all about lucid dreaming!” “What the fuck was that guy talking about?” “This is really awesome and yet sometimes really boring.” “This guy talking about how turning on or off a light in a dream and how it won’t work – I [...]

Aliens, Demons, and Sleep Paralysis : What a Way to Wake Up!

13 Oct

i want to be the absence of things. by Pixie Cosmina, on Flickr

    I’m in bed, lying on my side. I can see myself in the mirror, but I cannot move. My body feels like absolute dead weight. I struggle to move at all. I move my hands and arms around; I can feel it happening, but am puzzled because they are completely invisible, 100%. I [...]

Entheogen – Awakening the Divine Within – An Interview with Director Rod Mann

6 Sep

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 [...]

What’s the Point of Lucid Dreaming?

29 Aug

Next Dimension by H. Hoppdelaney

  A friend casually asked me the other day: “Why do I want to have Lucid Dreams?” “What’s the point?” I had the hardest time trying to answer her in a way that would convince her. It got me thinking about it and so this post is my own answer to these two questions… My [...]