Shaman Claus: The Shamanic Christmas Origins
What is the origin of Christmas? Why do we place a star atop of the tree? Read to learn just how these ancient traditions surfaced overtime.
Keeping The Portal Open: Erik Davis on TechGnosis and the Blurring “Real” & “Virtual”
Over a glitchy Google Hangout, Erik and I discussed our culture’s highest hopes and darkest dreams for our collective future, and how they’ve both become more complicated since the turn of the millennium.
New Gods and Monsters: Slenderman and Hyper-Real Religions
Ian “Cat” Vincent’s New Gods and Monsters promises to explore the strange, ever evolving landscape of mythology in the modern age.
Making Room for Sex: Ida Craddock and The Sacred Profane
Craddock’s message was that women had as much of a right to sexual pleasure as their husbands, and that this pleasure was a sacred right.
Santo Daime in the Sacred Valley
In the early part of the 20th century, Raimundo Irineu Serra—known today as Master Irineu—ventured into the Brazilian Amazon to work as a rubber tapper. There, he encountered the practice of drinking ayahuasca. During an extended participation in this ancient ritual, he received a vision from what he perceived to be the Virgin Mary. She instructed him to establish a specific spiritual doctrine. In 1930, Master Irineu formally established the first church of the Santo Daime.
Crossing the Threshold
History reminds us that no cultural or spiritual wave is everlasting. Every wave of our evolution prepares us for another subsequent movement forward. Today we have reached a threshold that is ushering us in to a new relationship with ourselves and with all that is around us.
Punching Stagnant Ideology In The Face [Gabriel Roberts Podcast]
I’m happy to announce the Gabriel D. Roberts podcast’s second edition features Daniele Bolelli! We cover an awful lot of ground in this fantastic and thoughtful conversation.
Wet Dreams: Semen out of Place (SOOP)
Celibacy, seminal retention, castration and Spermatorrhea all come from male-centered cultures and religions. Saving seed/oil/money from spilling and anxiety around wet dreams were also entangled in the cross-cultural need to distinguish dry men from wet women
How I Freed Myself from New Age Spirituality
It is no secret now that religion holds you back, this is something many of us know. So, we are starting to turn to a seemingly more personal form of spirituality. But this “spirituality” seems to be looking a lot like religion. In my opinion, this new form…
Santeria Is Cuba’s New Favorite Religion
Santeria – or “the worship of saints” – is gaining ground as a popular religious practice in Cuba. Developed in the African slave communities of the island’s 18th Century sugar plantations, it’s a syncretic religion adopting elements of Spanish-imposed Catholicism while maintaining the central beliefs of Africa’s kidnapped natives.
