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Stephan Beyer Drinks Up

Erik Davis
beyerthumb.jpgIn contrast to many Euro-American aya fans, who fetishize the otherness of the Amazonian shaman, Beyer does not characterize the Amazon's techniques of religious ecstasy as archaic residues free from any contamination from today's globalized world. The culture of ayahuasca is both stronger and weaker than that. (more)
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Photosynthetic Slugs

Matthew Toussaint
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A green sea slug is the first known animal to effectively produce chlorophyll and photosynthesize like a plant. (more)

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Talk to Charles Eisenstein

RS Backstage
charlesthmb.jpgHere's your chance to ask RS contributor and Ascent of Humanity author Charles Eisenstein your questions about the power of the gift, miracle consciousness, and restoring the sacred in our world. (more)
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Talk to Charles Eisenstein

Jonathan Talat Phillips
charlesthmb.jpg[Backstage] Here's your chance to ask RS contributor and Ascent of Humanity author Charles Eisenstein your questions about the power of the gift, miracle consciousness, and restoring the sacred in our world. (more)
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Gabor Maté
heroin.jpgThe defeatist belief that all pursuits arise from a selfish core in all humanity denies the deeper motives that also activate people. But from his pinched and narrow perch at the edge of society, the drug addict sees that we resemble him in our frantic material pursuits and our delusions and that we exceed him in our hypocrisies. (more)
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Moon and District 9

Peggy Nelson
moonthumb.jpgTwo films of recent vintage, Moon and District 9, very different on their surface, seem to be carrying the same disturbing message underneath. (more)
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Souldish NYC 1/5-15

Salma
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This week on Souldish join Burners at the GalaGalactic Camp Fundraiser, revel at Chaos Brigade or at Debaucherous Refuge, celebrate with Reverend Billy, join a shamanic Ritual with Itzhak Beery, and help raise money for Haiti. (more)

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Top News on Evolver

Zachary Koval
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Metro riding dogs in Moscow, acoustic levitation on Mars, the Aden stargate, and seeing the songs of whales are all among the top stories on Evolver this week. (more)

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The Harvard Psychedelic Club

Don Lattin
harvardthumb.jpgLeary assembled an eclectic squadron of test pilots at his increasingly chaotic home. They included Beat poet Allen Ginsberg; jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson; William Burroughs, the legendary novelist; and Alan Watts, the popular Buddhist writer and commentator. (more)
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Nuclear Shift

Bridget Algiere
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Art Levine, News Analyst for Truthout, gives a reality check about the many aspects of nuclear energy. (more)

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Psychotic Skunk?

Chris Kaplan
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New research in marijuana cultivation has pointed to a link between the absence of the cannabidol compound (CBD) in certain strains of skunk weed and the development of psychosis. (more)

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Exile Nation: Chapter Three, "The Sweet Moline" (Pt.1)

Charles Shaw
Exile Nation_Teaser.jpg"As is the case with every facility in the IDOC system, the prison in East Moline is an essential part of a local economy that has seen better days." Chapter Three begins inside the East Moline Correctional Center where the author served out his sentence in 2005. (more)
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On the Dangerousness of the Zero

Brian George
Headthumb.jpgIt is not a question of figuring out this or that; we must instead let go of our every preconception. The New Human will then improvise a new set of laws for Supernature, which every cosmonaut will be free to follow or to disregard, as he/ she chooses. (more)
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The Upper Echelon Tour

Propaganda Anonymous
echelon_tiger_thumb.jpgMyka 9 hits the road with Propaganda Anonymous, C-Chan and the Boom Bap Bullies to bring underground hip-hop vibrations to a city near you. (more)
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Evidence of the Afterlife

Jeffrey Long
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Studying near-death-experience case studies, it became clear that I could hope to provide some answers to our most perplexing question: What happens when we die? (more)

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Who's Appearing Backstage?

RS Backstage
Narbythmb.jpgRS has lined up some interstellar Backstage calls for the year, including Jeremy Narby, Charles Eisenstein, Anya Kamenetz, Adam Elenbaas, Erik Davis, and Joanna Harcourt-Smith. Check out the full schedule. (more)
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Who's Appearing Backstage?

Jonathan Talat Phillips
Narbythmb.jpgRS has lined up some interstellar Backstage "Live Calls" for the year, including Jeremy Narby, Charles Eisenstein, Anya Kamenetz, Adam Elenbaas, Erik Davis, and Joanna Harcourt-Smith. Check out the full schedule. (more)
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Will There Be 9/11 Truth?

Marisa Smith
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With the membership of "Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth" now at more than 1,000, the evidence supporting a government conspiracy continues to grow. (more)

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Chimps Understand Fire

Kovvy
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Chimps have been observed dancing in front of wildfires. (more)

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Ayahuasca Retreat with Reality Sandwich

Daniel Pinchbeck
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Embark on a 10-day healing journey with sacred plants in Peru, featuring Master Shaman Manculoto, RS' Daniel Pinchbeck, Ken Jordan, and more. April 22 - May 2. (Video) (more)

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The Ayahuasca Experience

Jeremy Narby
narbythumb.jpgYou remain lucid inside, an observer. The anthropologist taking notes can be inside a maelstrom of visual hallucinations. It is as if it was a science-fiction movie, you're saying: "Wow, what a film!" (more)
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Rob Breszny MP3

RS Backstage
Brezsnysm.jpgIt's in!  The recording of our rare call with Free Will Astrologer and Pronoia author Rob Brezsny. (Wed, Jan. 27). (more)
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The School Lunch Epidemic

Adam Elenbaas
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Two angry moms set out to make a statement about the nutritional deficiency of American school lunches and created a film that's become a movement. (more)

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Plastics Be Gone

Matthew Toussaint
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Plastics are not indestructible as proven by Waterloo high school student Daniel Burd at last year's Canadian Science Fair. (more)

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The Birth of the Illuminati Conspiracy

Mike Jay
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Forged in the same crucible as every modern political ideology from nihilism to conservatism, anarchy to military dictatorship, the Illuminati conspiracy has become a modern myth.  (more)

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Radar Mandalas

John Topp
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A series of unusual mandala shapes have appeared on Australian weather radar over the last two weeks, according to crop circle researcher Colin Andrews. (more)

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Avatar: Downloading Our Higher Selves

Antonio Lopez
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When staring into the eyes of media, I often wonder who or what beckons me. James Cameron said that the Na'vi are like our higher selves. Connecting to this realm is like a purification dream. (more)

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Souldish NYC 1/29 - 2/4

Salma
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This week on Souldish there's the Evolver NYC Give It Up! Spore with Larry Harvey from Burning Man, a benefit for Fabian form Globesonic at (Le) Poisson Rouge, several benefits for Haiti, and the Full Moon Ceremony at COSM.

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Light Gets Tied Up

Remi Gurak
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Light has successfully been tied into knots by a team of physicists working in The UK. (more)

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