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Browsing the Web I Discover the Annotated Bibliography of Timothy Leary on the Open Library

Link 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 the day, at his own workshop at the annual expo, Leary had announced to the world that he had untreatable, and most likely terminal Prostate Cancer. I wanted to give Tim a good introduction, so when it was my turn to Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

Celebrating the 69th Annual Bicycle Day

Sixty-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 city probably best associated with the sixties counterculture, Bicycle Day is being celebrated by Alex Grey and his Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors crew with a special event which looks like it will be a lot of fun. Presenters at the event include Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

Happy Solstice the Return of the Light

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Winter Solstice Promises Return of the Young Light, December 23, 2004

Poem2 — Optimism I Dec 23, 2003

Return of the Light,December 22, 2007

I have made a tradition out of posting on the Winter Solstice and this year is no exception. What I like about the Solstice is that from now on, the days start getting longer rather than shrinking as they have for the last six months.

The idea that the days are getting longer but its still getting colder has always been somewhat enigmatic to me and probably to a lot of other people 

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By Bruce Eisner

Memes for the Making A New Culture — A Work in Progress Part 2

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Memes for Making A New Culture — A Work in Progress Part 1

Still Blogging and Some Changes

Way back in January, I wrote the first part of this post. Now in the dog days of August, here is part 2. When you read the post, you will understand more.

In that post, I introduced the idea that I would write a book right here on what used to be a microblog.

Synesthetic Memories of a Dream

There is a theory I read about when I was a psychology graduate student that each of us is born with Read more »

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