There is stunning evidence that ancient Greek Temples used sophisticated machinery to create illusion and magic–these were the machines of the gods.
Multiple (and Subtle) Bodies: Entheogenic Incorporation in the Santo Daime Tradition (Part 2)
One of the amazing things about mediumship in the Santo Daime tradition is that our own neuroses and psychological complexes actually provide opportunities for suffering spirits to manifest themselves.
Healing the Eye of the Cyclops – An Indigenous Prophecy from Homer’s Odyssey
The clash between the Cyclops and Odysseus is, in its unique way, the strongest analog to a cave painting that exists in the literature of the West, containing, as it does, a sacred space where indigenous vision is transcribed for future generations.
Mercury/Uranus/Mars: Floods and Revolutions
Mercury/Mars and Uranus are coming together this weekend over the eclipse point. Here’s what to watch for…
An Alchemical Wedding: The Sacred Marriage of the Masculine and Feminine
The sacred marriage of the lunar and solar consciousness, in mythological terms, results in the birth of the ‘child’ – a new integral consciousness arising within the collective human species that recognizes the sacredness of life.
Living in Dangerous Times
I consider television, and most recently the development of social media, to be the most powerful mind-control ‘drugs’ that have yet been developed, with their effectiveness at influencing and controlling docile (and often legally sedated) populations unparalleled in human history.
Standing Rock: Water Is Life
What the current pipeline dispute in North Dakota is really all about is how we, as the human family, wish to live in the twenty-first century. Two very different philosophies and lifeways are at issue, one deeply connected to spirit and the sacred beauty of Mother Earth, the other utterly disconnected, regarding the material realm as nothing more than an economic resource.
My Ketamine Journeys, or Ketamine and the Enchantment of Other Worlds
The ketamine experiences were like visits to a Cosmic Disneyland; I never knew what might come, what the “ride” would be about. And the experiences covered a wide range from the most sublime and astonishing to the completely banal and trivial.
The Victors Write The ‘Scrips
The only time altered states are typically news that we’d notice or remember comes in the form of cautionary tales—morality plays about hubris, pride, excess or lust. Sex scandals and Cults. Overdoses. Ecstasy gone wrong.
Ibogaine Treatment for Addicts: Progress and Resistance
Ibogaine may be one of the most promising weapons yet in the battle for recovery. While bankers and biotech executives in lab coats, and lobbied legislators in well-funded offices ponder the pros and cons of this ‘hallucinogen’, desperate people on the streets are suffering and dying.
