Adam Elenbaas's blog

Having drunk in nearly 25 Ayahuasca ceremonies with four different shamans from three different countries on two different continents, I still do not feel capable of defining what makes an Ayahuasca ceremony "medicinal" or "authentic." [An RS Encore Presentation] (more)

In this interview, the artists Alex and Allyson Grey speak about last week's near-fatal crash, and how it "woke them up further."  (more)

When I first drank ayahuasca the insights I received were as numerous as the swirling colors and out-of-body visions. As my relationship to the medicine has deepened, the insights I keep close to my heart have become simpler and less material. Part 1 in the series Meditations from the Medicine. (more)

Although I don't fully understand the complexities of the financial crisis, I am learning a lot about money. Each day between the hours of 10am and noon I am approached by 100 adult schizophrenics asking me for cash. I have to say yes or no, and how much.  (more)

Is nature trying to tell us something? On the heels of the jellyfish crop circle comes a magnificent dragonfly. (more)

The newest crop circle is a giant jellyfish. It appeared in a barley field in Oxfordshire, England. (more)

A battle with cancer led Margaret De Wys to Ecuador to sit in traditional Ayahuasca ceremonies. After miraculous healings she began an apprenticeship and life-altering romantic relationship with the shaman who healed her. In this interview, Margaret De Wys discusses her story and her new memoir, Black Smoke. (more)

The Portland, Oregon news program Am Northwest recently interviewed Daniel Pinchbeck regarding 2012 and the new RS anthology. (more)

Canadian professor Gordon Freeman challenges mainstream archaeology by arguing that a local site is actually the remains of a massive sun temple.

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After a terrific and scary psychedelic journey, I realized that I needed a mentor. I found Terence McKenna. Several years later, during an Ayahuasca ceremony, a vision of Terence taught me to stop relying so heavily on my intellect and reach out from my heart. (more)