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Luv Songs in Los Angeles

Erin Shaw — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:02:07 -0800

Luv Songs is an intimate evening of poetry and music featuring original works by LuvAmp artists, plus special guests reading Rumi's mystical love poems.

Artists include Miranda Rondeau, Lili De La Mora, Tony Moss, Dylan James Nyrne, Sunny Solwind, Sam Babayan, Christo Pellani, and Daniel Pritchett.

A Growing Revolution

Kelly Fragale — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:31:43 -0800

Anthropophagy

Christopher T. Funkhouser — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:39:41 -0800

The following is excerpted from New Directions in Digital Poetry, available from Continuum.

Evolver Spores: 2012 & Beyond

Evolver Social Movement — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:56:19 -0800

Evolver Spores: 2012 & Beyond
Wed, February 15

This Week on Evolver Planet Radio

Evolver Planet Radio — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:57:00 -0800

Evolver Planet Radio, where world-changing ideas come together: this weekly show talks about the shift in consciousness, models and practices for change, experiences with spiritual awakening and how the practical can create the ideal. Evolver Planet Radio is the perfect frequency at which to transform together, with respect and love but always moving forward with an intense curiosity about the times we live in.

The Electric Jesus Hits the Road

Jonathan Talat Phillips — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:07:11 -0800

For those of you on the West Coast, I invite you to celebrate the release of my debut book, The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic. These Evolver gatherings will feature aliens, ayahuasca, and chakra activations -- oh my! (I'll be hitting the East Coast later in the year and the middle of the country during spring and summer).

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Astrology, Ayahuasca, and Reincarnation

Adam Elenbaas — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:28:52 -0800

Paraben Problems

Maggie Sherman — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:53:50 -0800

While the recent Susan G. Komen grant-making controversy revealed the part politics plays in the fight against breast cancer, another discovery regarding the potential danger of everyday cosmetics has received far less attention.

A Temple to Atheism

stefaniesara — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:55:24 -0800

Writer, and now architectural visionary, Alain de Botton announces his plan to build an atheist temple in the UK. “Why should religious people have the most beautiful buildings in the land?” he says, “its time atheists had their own versions of the great churches and cathedrals.” With the imminent release of his new book “Religion for Atheists,” de Botton is inspired by the idea of creating a beautiful place for contemplation of one’s place in the unive

The Dangerous Methods of David Cronenberg--A Brief Review of A Dangerous Method

Jonathan Zap — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:25:36 -0800

The following originally appeared on Zap Oracle.

"He made on me personally the impression of a man obsessed with fixed ideas. I can make nothing in my own case with his dream theories, and obviously 'symbolism' is a most dangerous method." --William James, referring to Sigmund Freud, in a letter to Geneva psychologist Theodor Flournoy

Situation Normal, All Fucked Up: A Freakonomic Analysis of the Burning Man 2012 Ticket Fiasco

Tony V — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:10:43 -0800

Save the Wirikuta's Sacred Site

Faye Sakellaridis — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:04:53 -0800

[Action Alert] • The Wirikuta Cultural and Ecological Reserve, located in Real de Catorce, Mexico, is in danger of irreversible damage due to Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver Corp's plans to mine silver there.

The site is sacred to the Wixarika People, who practice their ancient religion in this reserve. The landscape is not only crucial to the lifestyle and culture of the native inhabitants, but is also home to an immense variety of animal and planet species, some endangered.

Esoteric Voices 7: Parapsychology Research

Kent Bye — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:22:59 -0800

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Dean Radin is a senior scientist at The Institute of Noetic Sciences where he studies exceptional human experiences and conducts parapsychological research. He claims that psi phenomena do indeed exist--he's researching how and why they happen and extending the frontier boundaries of science in the process. He identifies five different types of psi phenomena:

The Chosen People of Iboga: A Conversation with Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis

Ido Hartogsohn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:44:43 -0800

Charles Eisenstein in NYC

Reality Sandwich — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:27:25 -0800

Join Charles Eisenstein in NYC this weekend for two unique and informative events.

This Week in Psychedelics

Neşe Lisa Şenol — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:13:29 -0800

Psilocybin shows promise in the treatment of depression, the UK Home Affair's Select Committee kicks off its first evidence session on drug policy, and a Polish politician threatens to light up a joint in parliament in this week's psychedelic news.

The Energetic Facts of Life

Mitch Fraas — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:24:39 -0800

The following originally appeared on http://mitchfraas.blogspot.com/

Life is a merry-go-round. Like the one at the end of Strangers on a Train, it's out of control and spinning faster and faster. Every atom, every neutron, every proton, every electron, increases its spin and raises its vibration as a necessary response to the increasing DENSITY of our times.

Transformational Entertainment

Erin Shaw — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:14 -0800

GATE, the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment, is a nonprofit professional membership community dedicated to fostering the creation, development and distribution of entertainment and media that enlighten, inform and transform our world.

Crafting Our Activism

Emory Mort — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:03:39 -0800

With the mainstream excesses of Valentine’s Day 2012 approaching, Craftivists are cleverly fusing their love for hand-crafting goods with their compassion for those suffering in the world. Sarah Corbett’s London-based Craftivist Collective is a hub of international creativity, inspiring the transformation of a purely practical or leisurely activity into a seriously playful form of activist creation.

Ecstasy and the Eschaton

Shunyamurti — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:24:51 -0800

Magic Antidepressants

Faye Sakellaridis — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:07:15 -0800

Continued studies on the effect magic mushrooms have on the brain are showing that psilocybin, the active ingredient of psychedelic mushrooms, affects key parts of the brain in ways that relate to depression and anxiety disorders.

2012: Between Critical and Visionary Thinking

Joseph Gelfer — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:46:31 -0800

Occupy this Week

Kelly Fragale — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:07:06 -0800

OWS Sustainability hosts the first Eco Summit on Saturday, January 28th in which the environmental groups operating within the movement are gathering to exchange ideas and present all current projects. Some interesting collaborations are sure to come out of this meeting. If you want to plug in, see the link for details. http://www.nycga.net/events/event/eco-summit/

Two Psychedelic Conferences a World Apart

Neşe Lisa Şenol — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:27:07 -0800

Reptilian Evolution?

Maggie Sherman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:39:28 -0800

Researchers at the University of Sidney in Australia have concluded that rising global temperatures have increased the brain functions of lizards. Quicker response times in simple learning tests have been recorded when these tiny lizards are exposed to higher temperatures. This has lead to some concluding that as the world continues to warm, so will the cognitive behaviors of our reptilian neighbors.

Superfluid Hologram

Michael Garfield — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:26:31 -0800

“What is the internet?,” asks one of the now-hilarious VHS-era videos sampled in the opening sequence of the recent collage-umentary INTERNET RISING For the next hour, the filmmakers take us on a far-ranging journey through innumerable perspectives on that basic question, from technogurus (Kevin Kelly) to e-celebrities (ze frank), media scholars (Douglas Rushkoff) to Second Life activists (Serenity96).

A Society Based on an Open Heart

Lodro Rinzler — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:02:44 -0800

The following is excerpted from The Buddha Walks Into a Bar: A Guide to Life for a New Generation, available from Shambhala Publications.

Fight Big Brother ACTA

Faye Sakellaridis — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:48:30 -0800

[Action Alert] • The fight to preserve our online freedom is a seemingly never-ending one. With all the controversy surrounding SOPA and PIPA, you may not have heard of ACTA, or "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement," which threatens the basic infrastructure of the Internet as we know it. ACTA is an agreement between countries besides the United States, which means it can be passed without the approval of Congress and the Supreme Court.

Buddha, Jesus & Ayahuasca

Reality Sandwich — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:58:46 -0800

The rising interest in Eastern spiritual disciplines, shamanic ceremonies, “the psychedelic renaissance,” mystery schools, and neo-tribal festivals like Burning Man reveals a potential reemergence of the initiatory process in our techno-industrialized world. Could civilization itself be acting out a hero’s journey, embarking on a quest of separation, initiation, and reunion in a final dramatic act to heal ourselves and our world?

Apocalyptic Machine Music?

John Topp — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:19:29 -0800

In recent months there have been a number of YouTube videos posted from around the world of unusual sounds emanating from either the ground or sky, with no clear point of origin. Videos have been posted from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Costa Rica, Budapest, Taipei, Chile, Mexico, Czech Republic, France, Norway and Denmark.