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Mars, Neptune and Orgasm Addiction: Holding and Sharing Your Sexual Energies

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Many of my clients have questions about why their relationships haven’t lasted or what they need to change about themselves in order to “be ready” for their soul mate. Although no two astrology charts and no two people are alike, if I had to point my finger at one relationship-destroying culprit, I would feel confident blaming what I call “orgasm addiction.” (more)

Out of the Galactic Closet: A Talk with Jonathan Talat Phillips

jonathanthumb.jpgBeing honest meant saying the thing I never wanted to admit publicly - that most of my spiritual initiation involved contact with extraterrestrial spirit guides. We're not talking clunky abduction narratives with 1950's tinfoil ships. This is much more shamanic, interdimensional, highlighted by the creative alchemy of awakening to our galactic brothers and sisters. (more)

The Messenger's Birthday Gift

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Two mammoth cosmic events take place this week, both of which highlight the mercurial messenger in all of us: the Solar Eclipse and Venus retrograde. It is a time of personal growth and mental stimulation. May both inspire us to play and enjoy the endless proces of learning. (more)

Radiation: Metaphysical Energies and Super Sexualities

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Einsteinian physics and the atomic bombing of Japan birthed an era of global anxiety and metaphysical awe. Thus the major mythemes of science fiction and the comic book superhero came to play a special role in the early 1960s and the American counterculture.  (more)

The Last Temptation of Dogma: An Ironic Tale of Fundamentalism

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As a community built largely by individuals choosing to opt out of the values and beliefs of an increasingly obsolete and fundamentally self-destructive paradigm, we can't help but notice the irony: Are we filling the void of antiquated understandings and fear-based behaviors with our own dogmatic principles? (more)

The Symbiosis Eclipse Festival: Neo-Tribal Dance Culture Meets Tribal Reality

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To those attending the Pyramid Eclipse festival at Pyramid Lake, NV, it is important to understand the loaded history of the area you will be visiting so mutual respect can flow between the festival-goers and the permanent residents of the area. (more)

Edgewalker: An Interview with Jeffrey J. Kripal

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Jeffrey J. Kripal is one of the most unusual scholars of religion working in America today. His interests include superhero comics, the paranormal, UFO research, the human potential movement, and the mystical experiences of religious scholars. (more)

Eros Unredeemed

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The "free love" of the 60s was an experiment that remains incomplete. Humanity was not then up to the task of integrating the psychedelic, psychic, and visionary aspects of our being into the repressive social structure. More than a political revolution, we need, first of all, a love revolution, which is also a revelation: a clear-eyed approach to love and Eros. (more)

Is Data Consciousness?

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Could the datasphere be an extension of our collective consciousness? If so, could an intentional organization of this data have a profound effect via our unconscious agents of empathy and evolution, mirror neurons?  (more)

A Conversation with the Creators of Lucidity

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Lucidity is an ongoing "web saga" that follows Jason and George -- alter-egos of creators Sean Oliver and Danny Torgersen -- on their exploration of lucid dreaming and alternate levels of consciousness. I recently talked with Sean and Danny about how this zero-budget, volunteer-based venture got off the ground, how it works, and where it’s headed next. (more)

What Can Entheogens Teach Us?

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The more a compound disrupts the Ego, the physically safer (less toxic) that compound will be, while the more a 'drug' reinforces and inflates the sense of Ego, the more physically harmful (toxic) that compound will be. (more)

2012: End of the World or Consciousness Revolution?

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The Mayan prophecy about the end of the cosmic cycle has been misinterpreted as predicting the physical destruction of humanity. 

This is similar to the misinterpretation of the term "apocalypse" to mean global destruction. The Mayan prophecy might imply a mass transformation of humanity -- the end of a world dominated by violence and greed.   (more)

Invoking Ireland

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The Irish philosopher, poet and shaman John Moriarty used Irish myths to illustrate his belief that there has been a schism between what we as humans instinctively are and what we have become and how we choose to live. He became a character living in a parallel Ireland called Fódhla, lamenting the wrong turn that the Western world has taken.
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That Voodoo That You Do

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Blissed-out, ecstatic union with our divine selves – we seek it at raves and rock concerts, and in the desert with the Burning Man. I try to get there when I'm jamming with my band – but I didn't realize how much this longing relates to Voodoo, and the concept of possession. (more)

Transformer: An Interview with Richard Dolan

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Richard Dolan, trained historian and former Oxford student, is a leading authority in UFO studies, and the author of the two-volume work, UFOs and the National Security State. He brings an academic's rigor to the subject of extraterrestrial contact and secret government efforts to explore UFOs and alien technology.  (more)

Unraveling Some Strands: Seeking the Origin of the Prophecy of the Eagle and Condor

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The prophecy of the Eagle and Condor, which is common to several traditional indigenous cultures of North, Central, and South America, points to a time when humans face the evolutionary choice of moving into symbiotic presence within the more-than-human world or destroying the planet.  (more)

Two Worlds of Open Government Data: Getting the Lowdown on Public Toilets in Chennai and Other Matters

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Locating public toilets would appear to be a natural for Open Government Data (OGD). Data on such facilities should be relatively accessible from municipal government offices and making that information available to the general public as a service via a mobile app is an obviously useful application and seemingly win-win-win... (more)

Love as the Force of Revolution: The Occupy Movement and Beyond

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The Occupy movement is the most recent example of the collective mind beginning to center on love-consciousness.  Thousands of years of heart-centered practices are beginning to influence current patterns of activity.  Transformative spiritual principles and methods are becoming more easily known. (more)

Use the Power of Ritual

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Quietly bearing witnessing to an injustice can carry more moral force than railing against it. A ritual can give a political gathering a stronger storyline. The ritual you choose need not be elaborate for it to have a powerful impact. (more)

In Goddess We Trust: America's Spiritual Crossroads

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As the world moves into unprecedented upheaval, people turn to spiritual matters to ease their fears. A case can be made that our solely patriarchal ideas about the transcendent have been responsible for many of the ills currently facing our society. Perhaps we need a reaffirmation of allegiance to our nation's forgotten Goddess. (more)

Yoga At the Source

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Having had enough of the carnival sideshow that passed as yoga in the West, one day I found myself halfway around the world, in the charming city of Mysore, located in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, far removed from designer bodies and streamlined studios. (more)

Poetry Occupies the People's Library

peopleslibrary2.jpgIn the fall of 2011, a visionary sub-group of OWS protesters lived in Zuccotti Park, connecting to each other through the language of poetry. Since their forced removal by Bloomberg, librarian Stephen J. Boyer has committed his efforts towards compiling and publishing The Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology, a "spiritual biography of the movement." (more)

Waking up from History... to Love?

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Darrin Drda's core insight is that only by truly coming to terms with the reality of our collective suffering (dukkha), can we develop the immeasurable states of joy, compassion, loving kindness, and equanimity that we wish to characterize the state of the human existence in the wake of history. [Click the link for information regarding the online Evolver Intensive hosted by Darrin Drda entitled, "Awakening the Global Heart Mind," starting April 28 at 3pm EST 12pm PST, 8pm London]. (more)

May 1: Welcome to the Paradigm Shift

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This is a call out to the Evolver community to activate on May 1st in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement to kick off the Spring Awakening!  The Occupy movement will resurrect May Day as a day of general strikes and art displays envisioning what a new world could look like.  Everyone is invited to participate. (more)

The Cloud Filmmaking Manifesto

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With YouTube uploading more than two days' worth of video every minute, it's an ever growing moveable visual feast of delicacies from all over around the world. This inspired me to create a new short film series that leverages the creativity of individuals and organizations from across the globe. The series is titled Let it Ripple: Mobile Films for Global Change. (more)

Hitchhiking Through the Galaxy

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Researchers from Harvard and MIT are developing a device that could help prove whether human life originated on Mars. (more)

Sell Ads for Reality Sandwich

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RS is looking for experienced ad sales reps to join our team of dedicated evolutionaries.  Connect with great people while helping your favorite web magazine pay some bills (more)

Emerging Earthships

earthship-in-progress-small.jpgGuided by architect Michael Reynolds, 40 local Haitians aged four to 50 built an earthquake-proof, hurricane-resistant, ultra-sustainable building from waste materials in just four days. (more)

Moderators Wanted

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With over 300 comments each week and growing, RS is looking for volunteer moderators to help foster a healthy transformational community. (more)

Lightning in a Bottle Festival

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On May 24-28, the Lightning in a Bottle festival in Silverado, CA will be celebrating life through art, music, and performance. Catch Evolver speakers Daniel Pinchbeck, Jill Ettinger, and VerDarLuz. (more)

Humongous Fungus Among Us

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Extensive mapping of a massive fungal network in northeastern Oregon proves it to be the world's largest known organism. (more)

FUTURE NOW

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Don't miss FUTURE NOW, an experimental event series at the Body Actualized Center focused on manifesting change, this Saturday in Bushwick, Brooklyn.  (more)

Electric Jesus Hits the West

JTP_Readingthmb.jpgCome join me in Boise, ID and Salt Lake City, UT for readings of my new book, The Electric Jesus. (May 17 & 18)  (more)

Evolver at Desert Rocks

desertrocksre.jpgEvolver is a proud media sponsor of the 8th annual Desert Rocks Music Festival. Don't miss talks by Daniel Pinchbeck, Jonathan Talat Phillips, Alex Grey and Charles Shaw, as well the Evolver Movie Dome. (June 7-10, Utah). (more)

Eye Wide Open

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Check out the visually stunning music video for electro-rock duo Dynasty Electric's new single, "Eye Wide Open." (more)

The Great Re-skilling

Reskilling_photo_Thumb.jpgCome out to The Horticulture Society in NYC to learn new skills and make connections at the next Great Re-skilling, Thurs. May 17. (more)

This Week in Psychedelics

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A judge upholds a government plan to ban foreign tourists from Amsterdam coffee shops, authorities in New Jersey vow to up their synthetic marijuana raids, and Burning Man visits D.C.  lawmakers in this week's psychedelic news. (more)

Entangled: Fantasy Adventure for a Dollar

entangledre.jpgDon't miss your chance to get your hands on Graham Hancock's fantasy adventure novel, Entangled, for just a dollar before Sunday, May 13!  (more)

Shift Higher

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“How We Change Our World with Perception”, by Alberto Villoldo, PhD, presented by our friends at GreatMystery takes place TODAY, Tuesday, May 8th utilizing the same interactive online video technology used by Evolver Intensives. (more)

Kubrick Tops Psychedelic Top 50

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Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey makes number one in a list of the 50 top psychedelic videos of all time.  (more)

Global Truths on the Pacific Northwest

drda-thumb.jpgDarrin Drda takes the wisdom behind 'The Four Global Truths' on the road as he tours the Pacific Northwest from May 30 - June 4. (more)

Nothing and Everything

nothingeverything-thumb.jpgEllen Pearlman and Vincent Katz discuss the influence of Buddhism on the American Avant Garde in the late 1950s and early 60s. May 16, NYC. (more)

Mysterious Cosmic Rays

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The source of cosmic rays remains a mystery after scientists rule out gamma rays as a prospect. (more)

Occupy the Dream House

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New Yorkers, please join us on May Day for a creative insurrection, the Dream House, at Bryant Park. (more)

This Week in Psychedelics

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The Times on psychedelics to ease end-of-life anxiety, "Mad Men" on LSD,  and Sony to release a PS3 game about a datura trip in this week's psychedelic news. (more)

Communal Microbes 


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Communal microbes reveal the evolutionary advantage of living and working together. (more)

Art is Magic

Sigils_01.jpgCome to the opening party for Sigils & Signs, a gallery show for artists using occult symbols from various traditions and times, each artist exploring what it means to be a magician in the modern age. (more)

You Can Awaken the Global Heart-Mind

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Unveil what you can do to guide us through this time of transition in an interactive video course with Darrin Drda and guests Richard Tarnas and Joanna Macy:  please note the schedule for this course has been changed--it now starts Saturday, April 28th. (more)