Gringo Ayahuasca: Meet Carlos Tanner
The debate over westerners and Ayahuasca retreat centers in Iquitos has heated up since the Peruvian Government has begun proposing legislation that would demand that local shamans be certified. After drinking Ayahuasca in Iquitos this past month, I interviewed another lodge owner, Carlos Tanner. We spoke about how the west is beginning to influence traditional Ayahuasca medicine practice in Peru.
Souldish: NYC Events Dec. 15-19
Energy Psychology, Reiki III, Jung's Practical Insights, Yoga and Mudras, and Full Moon and Winter Solstice are awaiting New Yorkers this week.
Diamond Solitaire: Washing Beets with God
A little over a decade ago, I had a bona-fide, Grade A, no-shit “mystical” experience – or at least something that felt a hell of a lot like one.
Magnetic Field Music
A blind geophysicist reveals the history of Earth's magnetic field reversals through a curious sound interpretation.
Healing the Galactic Womb
No surprise that the jovial, outgoing energy of the holiday season coincides with the sun's transit thru optimistic, wide-eyed Sagittarius. But what infuses this new moon with shamanic adrenaline is its conjunction with both the Galactic Center and the Lord of the Underworld, Pluto.
Nights of Noise
Across the globe, Phil Kline's Unsilent Nights challenge conformity and blur the line between music and noise.
Hollywood: The Next Record Industry
To watch the AMPTP (movie and TV producers) disinformation campaign against the Writers Guild of America (screenwriters) is to watch a replay of the record industry's profit-motivated suicide of the 1990's.
The Ecstatic Brain
Scientists hope to treat post-traumatic stress disorder with a little white pill: ecstacy.
Ecoshamanism: A Talk with James Endredy
James Endredy teaches an earth-centered awareness practice called ecoshamanism, which counteracts habitual ways of living and helps us reawaken vital, primordial forms of knowledge and awareness.
Galactik Games
The Galactik Trading Card Oracle Complex offers mystical games, "meta-tarot" readings, and a microgallery of entheo art.