In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

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)

Blown Into Smithereens and Coming Back Together

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Alex and Vanessa describe the "pain, healing and reconstruction" of their experiences with Ayahuasca and San Pedro during a most unusual vacation, in which they shared an unexpected, transformational life event with the Chimbre team. (more)

Psychotic Skunk?

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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)

Evidence of the Afterlife

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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)

Backstage

Little Windows into Another Realm: Extended Version

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In this video, enthnobotanist, artist, and photographer Kathleen Harrison describes what it was like to experience a harpsichord concert after smoking a joint laced with DMT, as well as her first date with future husband Terrence McKenna, in which he promptly offered her a pipe of the pure substance. (more)

Ayahuasca Retreat with Reality Sandwich

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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)

The Ayahuasca Experience

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)

Abuse of Authority Comes as No Surprise

rs-contest_0.jpgThe eternally charming Robert Anton Wilson talks about the dangers of school, the wisdom of Amsterdam coffeeshops, and his "sadistic" urge to make his readers think in this newly released video clip. (more)

Radar Mandalas

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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)

RAW From Beyond

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[Reality Booty] RS is giving away three copies of Robert Anton Wilson’s The Lost Studio Session, courtesy of The Original Falcon Press. (more)

Out-of-Body Experiences and New World Monumental Earthworks

de rios coverthumb.jpgShamans are able to transform themselves into powerful animal figures whom they send to do their bidding, to rectify evil or redress harm caused to their clients. The effigies of animals and birds found in the massive earthworks of the Americas represent these shamanic familiars. (more)

Little Windows into Another Realm

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Enthnobotanist, artist, and photographer Kathleen (Kat) Harrison speculates on the evolutionary advantages of DMT.  She proposes that its appearance in plants and animals is nature's way of providing "little windows into another realm". (more)

Light Speed Surpassed?

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Radio waves traveling faster than the speed of light have been discovered in space. (more)

The Science of Synchronicity

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A scientist releases a report deciphering the "musical score" of the Tzolkin Code, the core component of the Ancient Maya-Meso-American Calendrical system.  (more)

Backstage

Farther Away From Reality: Extended Version

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The mathematician Ralph Abraham describes how psychedelic experiences can move us from a reality based on Euclidean geometry to one closer to the fractal geometry of nature. (more)

Psilocybin and the Concept of Natural Intelligence

shellthumb.jpgAt any one time we are all tuned in to certain channels of information -- a TV, radio, or internet channel, a book, a newspaper, a dialogue with another person. Psilocybin can tune us in to a hidden broadcast channel -- natural intelligence -- the only paradigm with a future. (more)

Hidden Treasures

rainbowthumb.jpgCompassion is the fuel of awakening, the cause and effect of seeing through the primal boundary of self and other and becoming lucid in our shared, waking dream. (more)
Backstage

The Knowledge Will Not Be Lost: Extended Version

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Here Maestro Jose Vargas discusses his background, his methods, and esoteric topics such as his communications with time-shifting extra-terrestrials. (more)

The Knowledge Will Not Be Lost

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Maestro Jose Vargas describes why he is the first Shaman of his lineage to pass his ancient metaphysical knowledge on to people outside his family. (more)

DMT FAQ

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Dr. Rick Strassman answers questions about DMT on Reddit.com. (more)

What Are the Akashic Records?

akashathumb.jpgThe Akashic Records are a dimension of consciousness that contains a vibrational record of every soul and its journey. From them, we can derive understanding and direction. (more)

Exoplanetary Revelations

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NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered new planets and mysterious celestial objects that are confounding astronomers. (more)

Gary Lachman Call

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Ask your most pressing questions about the Knights Templar, Soviet interest in UFOs, and CIA involvement with LSD to Blondie basist and Politics and the Occult author Gary Lachman during an intimate conference call on January 17.  Write questions early in the comments section. (more)

Farther Away from Ordinary Reality

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[Spirit Molecule] • Ralph Abraham PhD, the pioneering mathematician and chaos theorist, discusses the difference between the DMT experience and the LSD experience.
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Golden Design

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A Duke University engineer finds a link between the golden ratio and the evolution of vision. (more)

The Trance-formations of 2010

astroclockthumb.jpgThe Grand Cardinal Cross of summer 2010 far surpasses any events on the winter solstice of 2012 for catalyzing consciousness.  The whole next decade, and even the priorities and motivations for humanity's next century are being seeded in the trance-formations of 2010. (more)

Virtual Grief

silicathumb.jpgWhen I realized my email account was lost, I went through Elizabeth Kubler Ross's well-known Five Stages of Grief. It couldn't possibly, really, all be gone, could it? Nah. Yes, it could, and it was. (more)

Titanic Discovery

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured images of a lake on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. (more)

Inside Tryptamine Palace

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An interview with author James Oroc centers around the psychedelic experience, God consciousness and the zero-point field. (more)