The war on weed is failing worldwide, and some states and countries are seeking new alternatives. Russia, Venezuela, Canada and the US state of Alaska are the latest to jump on the reform bandwagon.
Monthly Archive for May, 2004
In California, a head shop owner recently won the Democratic nomination to run for congressman in the 19th district.
entheogenetics & the future of mind
O/S for a Global Brain?
Meditations on externalizing the mind
Lesson I – Archetypes of Creation
A step by step guide to cultivation, propagation, and keeping your Salvia plants happy
Salvia divinorum takes the world by storm
An extrememly detailed look at the history and useage of the slippery ally for shamanic purposes
Psychedelic Catholocism from the Rainforest
Tweak your brainwaves the resonant way, here’s how!
A look at one man’s addiction to the way out sound from the underground. (Jiva sympathizes)
Suppose, this past weekend, you sent an e-mail to a friend overseas. There’s a reasonable possibility your communication was intercepted by a global surveillance system—especially if you happened to discuss last week’s bombings in East Africa. Or suppose you’re stuck in traffic and in your road rage you whip out a cell phone and angrily call your congressman’s office in Washington. There’s a chance the government is listening in on that conversation, too.
By Thomas J. Riedlinger, M.T.S., F.L.S., a former associate in ethnomycology at Harvard Botanical Museum and a fellow of the Linnean Society in London. He earned his bachelor?s degree in psychology from Northwestern University, and a master?s degree in world religions from Harvard Divinity School. His published works include The Sacred Mushroom Seeker, a book of essays on ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson, as well as articles in Gnosis, the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, Medical Hypotheses, Psychedelic Illuminations, Psychedelic Monographs & Essays, and Shaman?s Drum.
Since the inception of this process known as paratheatrical research (Berkeley CA, circa 1977), I?ve been directing individuals in rituals designed to trigger miraculous interactions. They are miraculous insofar as they invoke (by sound & word) and evoke (by feeling & motion) strong internal resonances with vertical sources and their expression through vocal creations, movement and ritual interaction with the horizontal plane of the world.
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