Archive | September, 2006

New Book: The Ultimate Journey: Consciousness and the Mystery of Death by Stan Grof MD from MAPS

Link for this Post: New Book: The Ultimate Journey: Consciousness and the Mystery of Death by Stanislav Grof published by MAPS

Back in the early 1980s. I took a month long workshop from Stan Grof at Esalen Insitute. The title was Journey to the East and it is an experience I shall never forget.

Dr. Grof has just released a new book which has been published by MAPS. Here is an excerpt from the cover copy:

Dr. Stanislav Grof, author of LSD Psychotherapy and originator of Holotropic Breathwork, offers a wealth of perspectives on how we can enrich and transform Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

“Psychedelics and the Evolution of Information Technologies” Richard Doyle online lecture Rice University Oct 9th Webcast

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The webcast will go live 20 minutes before the scheduled start time which is October 9th, 4 PM EDT. Here is the abstract of the talk:

Before its possession became a criminal offense in the United States, the psychedelic compound LSD-25 was given to engineers and designers to break "creative logjams" and promote innovation in the Cold War United States. In the late 1950′s and early 1960′s, for example, the Ampex Corporation(inventor Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

Daniel Pinchbeck and the New Psychedelic Elite — Updated with Full Rolling Stone Article

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Article "Daniel Pinchbeck and the New Psychedelic Elite"  full aticle from Rolling Stone

"Rolling Stone: Douglas Rushkoff & Richard Metzger On Daniel Pinchbeck"

Boing Boing posted about the Pichbeck article on September 12th here

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Commentary about the article in PopOcculture Blog (where I found out about the article)

In Yiddish, there is a word that is accurately descriptive of of the contemporary enthogen crowd — meshugana. I won’t try for an exact translation for the word but approximately it implies a whacked out craziness.

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Revealed: Dentist Who Introduced The Beatles To LSD

Link for this Post: "Revealed: Dentist who introduced Beatles to LSD" by Ian Herbert in The Independent

Here is a bit from the beginning of the article:

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By Bruce Eisner