Dreaming Life

  Today’s discussion question is a great one and touches on the sneaky relationship between different states of consciousness. Here’s the big Q: “Is dreaming like tripping?” I think the answer is simple: yes, there are definitely similarities between the two states. In my own experience studying and working with my dreams, including taking drugs [...]

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 [...]

In A Psychonaut’s Guide to the Invisible Landscape: The Topography of the Psychedelic Experience, author Dan Carpenter makes many startling claims based on his experiences with the dissociative psychedelic DXM. (Yep, dextromethorphan – the stuff of cough syrup!) He’s not simply having a subjective journey inside his mind; DXM actually takes him to an objective [...]