Archive | October, 2005

Updated: Merry Pranksters Celebrate 40th Anniversary of the Acid Tests in Vegas on Halloween!

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Update: I will be on a "special panel discussing the influence of the Acid Tests on art, music, and culture" at 6:30 at this event. The music starts at 8PM. I was also told that Rick Doblin will be on the panel but I’m not sure who else but presumably some people from the original Pranksters. If you read Vision Thing and are at the event, be sure to say hello..

Previous Update: Some good background this: The Day-Glo Effect Exhuming Ken Kesey and Further 40 years Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

Human-Nature.Com: A Human Nature Review

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The Chinese philosophers spent centuries exploring the question: "what is human nature?" So many years later, we still do not know for sure. Certainly there are a lot of opinions and Human-Nature.Com is a journal that has collected some of these opinions for seven years now. Those curious about such matters should take a peak.

I have ventured my own opinions about human nature in an essay I wrote a few years ago which can be found at "MDMA, Personality and Human Nature"

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By Bruce Eisner

Hands Within Hands Within Hands — Lyle Zapato’s Dactyl Fractal Zoom

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This trippy demonstration of the chaotic notion of self-similarity comes via Growabrain (the title of that particular blog is a suggestion many Republicans should consider). They have a few more fun fractal things there as well.

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By Bruce Eisner

Sacred Elixirs Report from Nick Herbert

I recieved an email from my physicist friend Nick Herbert (see prior post) this morning with a report on the Sacred Elixers Conference put on by my "Astral Twin" Michael Crowley. Since nobody asked me to speak there, I stayed home but was happy to hear about it from Nick. I’m going to post an excerpt with photos and rest of what he sent in the post continuation area.

NIck begins "Here’s my report on the sacred elixirs conference. Missed you there. The rest:

Just returned from a day at the Sacred Elixirs conference in San Jose. Connected up with Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner