Island: Aldous Huxley’s Mahayana Buddhist Utopia Pt. 1 Island: Aldous Huxley’s Mahayana Buddhist Utopia Pt. 2 Although I usually try to avoid religion, instead preferring philosophy as my personal method, the concept of “open source” Buddhism seems a bit more appealing than the institutional and tradition-bound versions of the religion. The idea of unpacking a religion and extracting the wisdom from the dogma appeals to me. Of course, people love to find works that resonate with their own work, and I enjoyed these videos they contained some of the same notions found in an essay I wrote a decade ago, For those Read more »
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Psychics and Poetry and Consciousness
Link for this post Consciousness and the New Physics Part of an archival collection called the William James bookstore. Named for the founder of American psychology and writer on the subject of consciousness, this essay I found there does not disappoint. It provides a review of what used to be called the “New Physics” but which is probably best described as modern physics. What I like about this essay is that it spotlights several of the most prominent of the physicists including Fred Alan Wolfe, Saul Paul Sirag, Evan Harris Walker, Arthur M. Young and my long time friend Nick Read more »
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There is no hiding with LSD Says Susan Blackmore in the UK Guardian
There is no hiding with LSD Says Susan Blackmore Here is a snip from the longer article by Dr. Blackmore in the UK Guardian For me LSD is the ultimate psychedelic. It’s a tough one – one not to be taken lightly or often. A typical trip lasts eight to 10 hours and there’s no respite or way out once you’ve popped that tiny scrap of blotter in your mouth. I will even admit that on those rare occasions when I take it I feel some deep physiological reaction that makes me involuntarily shaky and afraid just before that fateful moment. So Read more »
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My Ecstasy Book is Back in Print
Link for this Post: Ecstasy: The MDMA Story
My publisher has gotten my first book, Ecstasy, the MDMA Story back into print again. Its been over a quarter century since I wrote the book and eighteen years since the last update.
Aside from the continuing historical narrative, there really is not much new that has been learned during that time and the book still contains mostly relevant material.
Note: I found the image at the top of this post on the web, done by Laguna Beach artist Paul Heussenstamm.
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- Browsing the Web I Discover the Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary on the Open LibraryLink for this Post: Read the Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary at the Open Library In April 1995, I moderated a panel at an event called the Whole Life Expo in San Fransisco, California called "The Future of Consciousness." Among the panel members was Timothy Leary. There was quite a bit of attention on Dr. Leary that afternoon. Earlier in […]
- Celebrating the 69th Annual Bicycle DaySixty-nine years ago, on April 19th, 1943, the late Swiss biochemist Dr. Albert Hofmann took the first planned LSD session. This day has been celebrated by members of the psychedelic culture since the Sixties. In 1983, Dr. Thomas Roberts began calling the day, Bicycle Day and it has been celebrated with increasing enthusiasm ever since. In San Fransisco, the […]
