NOW SERVING Psychedelic Culture

Search Results for: Alan Watts

220700 Erik Davis AlbumArt

Buddhas and Machines [Expanding Mind]

Chinese typewriters, Alan Watts, and how Buddhism (and motorcycle maintenance) infected digital capitalism: a talk with Professor R. John Williams about his new book, The Buddha in the Machine: Art, Technology, and the Meeting of East and West.

AlanWatts 1

The Joyous Cosmology: Prologue

"The Joyous Cosmology inevitably sends me into a state of poetic euphoria and anarchistic delight," writes Daniel Pinchbeck in his introduction to a new edition of Alan Watts' classic account of the psychedelic experience. Followed by the author's prologue. 

the cosmic giggle laughter and psychedelics

The Cosmic Giggle: Laughter and Psychedelics

Some psychedelic experiences feel sacred and profound while others leave us howling with laughter. Laughter is a common experience on psychedelics, from psilocybin mushrooms to cannabis.  Why is this?  Why are these mind-altering substances capable of tickling us in this way?  And is there a link between the profound metaphysical insights that psychedelics can occasion …

The Cosmic Giggle: Laughter and Psychedelics Read More »

create 3014604 960 720

Wisdom and Enlightenment: Becoming a Spiritual Atheist

No matter how  much religion I had rejected and science I respected, I was never fully willing to give up the idea that there may be purpose, meaning, and love inherent in the building blocks of the universe. But, like many atheists, I had always been turned off by spirituality wrapped up in New Age packaging.

ph WaldmanAnne 1922 g

Trickster Feminism: A Poetics of Consciousness

Where there is oppression there is paradox. Trickster feminism is a mode of disarming paradox by performing it. It’s a both/and-neither/nor ontology. It is trans-genus. “No fixed feminine, no fixed constituents cut through this body of difference. . . .”

26804506 168757603892568 7891744224942470103 n

Romancing the Toad

I traveled to Mexico City last month to attend the World Bufo Alvarius Congress (WBAC), bufo alvarius. The gathering in Mexico City July 27-29, 2018, was the first of its kind to assemble in one room a few hundred people who had all experienced this sacred medicine.

Welcome to Reality Sandwich. Please verify that you are over 18 years of age below.

Reality Sandwich uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By entering Reality Sandwich, you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.