Cary Grant: A Hollywood Legend On LSD
Cary Grant was a famous actor during the 1930’s-60’s But did you know Grant experimented with LSD? Read our guide to learn more.
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Numerology and Psychology
It is absurdly easy to dash off a list of sevens—the seven-day week, the seven wonders of the world, the seven seas, the seven deadly sins, the seven sleepers. It even appears in show business—The Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Why seven?
The Astrological Meaning of a “New Year”
The Greek word “hora” has much to teach us about the importance of astrology in the “new year.”
Mercury/Uranus: Being Seized
Mercury and Uranus are finally perfecting their conjunction after several weeks together.
Psychedelia in the Movies, Part 2
Once the late ’60s boom in acid culture and acid cinema had dissipated, the psychedelic movie became another component of the fringe and the experimental, something to recur and be revived at intervals, a pattern that continues into the present.
Psychedelia in the Movies
As someone who took LSD whilst training as a film student, I was often struck by the notion that the sheer magnitude and pan-dimensionality of the acid experience could never be even remotely contained within the circumscribed parameters of film – but at the same time I understood the irresistible urge to try nevertheless.
Magic and Shamanism: The Proto Religion
Much of what we know about the right hand path in New Age circles also stems from our unrequited love of non-dualism, itself a powerful connecting philosophy to magical practice.
Ensconced in Eros, Bathed in Beauty
Allowing Eros in our hearts and bodies probably will not happen in the midst of traumatic or life-threatening situations. However, as soon as possible after the emergency passes, the body and psyche need the comfort and healing salve of Eros.
Timothy Leary: Twentieth-Century Neuronaut
Leary was tanned to the point of sunburn and wore, as always, a thousand-watt smile and a pair of white, high-top tennis shoes. Between quick, nervous puffs on his Benson & Hedges, he discussed the new face of electronic stimulation and the novel as an archaic art form.
The Lemon Juice Syndrome and the Hunger Games
Americans who, under the rubric of conservatism, oppose nutrition assistance to children also tend to deny the looming devastation of global climate change, the human costs of an inept healthcare system, the negative consequences of a constricted view of consciousness, and the dangerous costs of denying biological evolution. This is very troubling.
