The Ancient Eastern Science of the Nervous System
When we are mindlessly out of sync with the here and now we are unaware of the cravings and aversions that our subconscious continues to fuel and that drive our unconscious reactions toward the world.
Polyamory: Moving Beyond Identity into Revolutionary Love
Polyamory can be a sort of “revolutionary love,” problematizing old narratives of relationships and creating new ones. The ability to connect deeply with other human beings begins to melt away narratives of us vs. them that exist under monogamous ideology.
Diet and the Endocannabinoid System
Given what scientists know about how the endocannabinoid system functions, there is a strong basis for adopting a high fat, low carb diet with lots of fresh vegetables and spices, both as a general health practice and a remedy for many maladies.
Who’s Next? Perspectives on Fentanyl Poisoning and the Opioid Crisis
There is a growing opioid crisis happening around the world, and the casualty rate is growing dramatically and across opioid and non-opioid drug users alike. Naloxone is an easily administered drug that could save the life of you or someone you know.
Radical Healing
Homeopathy does not simply acknowledge the reality of mind. It confirms over and over that mind and body are one.
Meeting the Scientist Who Discovered THC
A meeting with Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the scientist who discovered THC in 1964 and the world’s leading authority on cannabis and the way it interacts with the human body and mind.
An Iboga Quest for the Cure for Addiction
“When Moughenda told me that iboga assists in spiritual awakening and brings someone to meet their own soul, I immediately replied, ‘Oh, you mean it can bring you to the beginning of Creation.’ He responded with a resounding, ‘Yes, exactly!’”
Hybrid Landscapes – From Posthistoric to Posthuman
The human-body-environment is increasingly being reconfigured as a site for a new magical animism, as distinct from the previous archaic notion of animism.
The Open Building Institute: A Talk with Marcin Jakubowski
Marcin Jabukowski, co-founder of The Open Building Institute, an initiative that seeks to make affordable eco-housing widely accessible, discusses the project in this interview.
Food as Medicine: The Healing Power of Common and Rare Vegetables and Wild Plants
Plants are intermediaries. They mediate between heavenly Cosmos and material Chaos. They capture the energy of cosmic light, and use it to vitalize, inform, and animate raw, “nonliving” earthly matter consisting of the primordial elements fire, air, water, and earth.