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Stephan Beyer Drinks Up

Erik Davis — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:43:47 -0800

This article originally appeared on Techgnosis.

Photosynthetic Slugs

Matthew Toussaint — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:48:53 -0800

Imagine if you only had to eat a single meal in your lifetime. For Elysia chlorotica slugs, this is a reality.

Talk to Charles Eisenstein

Jonathan Talat Phillips — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:42:40 -0800

On February 24, RS Backstage members can ask Ascent of Humanity author Charles Eisenstein their questions about money and the crisis of civilization, new rituals for "Lover Earth," the power of the gift, miracle consciousness, and restoring the sacred in our world. Details will be announced via email.

Wednesday, Feb. 24, 9pm EST (6pm PST)

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Gabor Maté — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:07:56 -0800

The following is excerpted from In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (North Atlantic Books 2010)

Moon and District 9

Peggy Nelson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:06:36 -0800

Houston, we have a problem. It's outer space again, and the aliens. We think they're trying to make contact. Two films of recent vintage, Moon and District 9, very different on their surface, seem to be carrying the same disturbing message underneath. I think you'd better take a look at this.

Sorry, did I say outer space? Turns out they're a lot closer than that.

Mystery X-Shaped Space Object

Jennifer Palmer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:57:03 -0800

The Hubble telescope has been tracking a UFO in the solar system's asteroid belt since early January. The object - dubbed “P/2010 A2” after it was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program sky survey - has traits similar to a comet, but the x-shape appears disconnected from the tail. NASA says that the strange object may be the product of the collision between two asteroids.

Souldish NYC 1/5-15

Salma — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:03:42 -0800

))Souldish Featured Event((

==Saturday, February 13==

“Tryptophantasia” An Animation Film Screening

Top News on Evolver

Zachary Koval — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:32:53 -0800

Here's some of the top news posted recently by the Evolver.net Community:

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

Don Lattin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:32:11 -0800

The following is excerpted from The Harvard Psychedelic Club available from HarperOne.

Nuclear Shift

Bridget Algiere — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:49:44 -0800

With the Department of Energy offering the first of almost $20 billion in loan guarantees to an aging nuclear industry with lax oversight, Art Levine, News Analyst for Truthout reminds us of the startling reality of all aspects of nuclear energy. In his Meltdown, USA piece he artfully brings us along the life cycle of a nuclear plant, focusing on the perils of uranium mining and the apathy of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the midst of near meltdowns.

Psychotic Skunk?

Chris Kaplan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:03:52 -0800

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. The elimination of CBD through selective breeding increases the THC content, which may play a key role in the development of psychosis. Studies on the role of these two compounds have shown that "pure synthetic THC causes transient psychosis in 40 to 50 percent of healthy people.

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

Charles Shaw — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:52:58 -0800

Chapter Three of Exile Nation, "The Sweet Moline," is set inside the East Moline Correctional Center where I served out my sentence inthe summer of 2005. After introductory and background material on the Illinois prison system, most of this chapter is told through my daily journal, which will begin with Pt.2 next week. Appearing in ten installments (02.04.10 - 04.08-10). ~CS

On the Dangerousness of the Zero

Brian George — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:15:17 -0800

Brian George Head with Primordial Sphere, 2002

The dawn banners of the Asvins

The Upper Echelon Tour

Propaganda Anonymous — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:06:33 -0800

The Upper Echelon Tour is officially on the road.

For those who are not familiar with who Myka 9 is, very briefly, he is one of the originators of the movement known as "Underground Hip-Hop"

Myka 9 has joined forces with Prop Anon, and others in order to elevate listeners to a new level of music appreciation.

Check the dates to see if we are coming through to a town near you.

Evidence of the Afterlife

Jeffrey Long — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:17:45 -0800

The following is excerpted from Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences by Jeffrey Long and Paul Perry, available from HarperCollins.

Build it and they will come. --W. P. Kinsella, Field of Dreams

Journey Toward Understanding

Who's Appearing Backstage?

Jonathan Talat Phillips — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:58:37 -0800

Just a few weeks into 2010 and RS has already lined up some interstellar Backstage "Live Calls" for the year. By supporting the Sandwich with a $30/year subscription (a mere $2.50/month), you get Backstage access to thought-leaders in the consciousness evolution. This is your chance to directly ask your most burning questions to Jeremy Narby, Charles Eisenstein, Anya Kamenetz, Adam Elenbaas, Erik Davis, Joanna Harcourt-Smith, and more. We're just getting started and will continue to add key figures to

Will There Be 9/11 Truth?

Marisa Smith — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:08:22 -0800

Chimps Understand Fire

Kovvy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:48:04 -0800

Scientists have observed chimps in the wild monitoring and predicting the behavior of fire with surprising accuracy. The chimps have also been known to make what appear to be ritualistic motions, or dances, in front of them. These dances, performed by the alpha male, are similar to the ones performed as thunderstorms approach. The slow-motion dances are also used to express dominance within the community.

Ayahuasca Retreat with Reality Sandwich

Daniel Pinchbeck — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:33:24 -0800

Reality Sandwich and Chimbre present

Master Shaman Retreat with Mancoluto and Daniel Pinchbeck

April 22 - May 2, 2010

The Ayahuasca Experience

Jeremy Narby — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:43:49 -0800

The following conversation is excerpted from The Psychotropic Mind: The World according to Ayahuasca, Iboga, and Shamanism
by anthropologist Jeremy Narby, filmmaker Jan Kounen, and writer/filmmaker Vincent Ravalec, available from Inner Traditions Bear & Company.

The School Lunch Epidemic

Adam Elenbaas — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:01:39 -0800

The simplest explanation of the film "Two Angry Moms," reads from the homepage of the film's website: "It all started with my daughters' lunch. My husband and I were packing healthy lunches for our kids, only to find that we were being undermined by the school's offerings of junk food with no nutritional value. It made me angry. So I decided to do something about it. I made a movie."

Plastics Be Gone

Matthew Toussaint — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:46:59 -0800

Typically plastic materials take over 1,000 years to decompose--but they do eventually decompose. Daniel Burd, a student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute, wanted to see if he could speed this process up. He created a yeast solution that fostered plastic-eating microbial growth, isolated and interbred the most effective organisms, and repeated the process. The results were astounding: a 43% degradation of platic in only 6 weeks.

The Birth of the Illuminati Conspiracy

Mike Jay — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:31:51 -0800

This article first apeared on brainwaving.com.

Radar Mandalas

John Topp — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:48:59 -0800

A series of unusual mandala shapes have appeared on Australian weather radar over the last two weeks, according to crop circle researcher Colin Andrews. The images come from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology website, which shows a satellite view of the continent overlaid by radar data that displays rainfall.

Avatar: Downloading Our Higher Selves

Antonio Lopez — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:42:27 -0800

Souldish NYC 1/29 - 2/4

Salma — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:35:17 -0800

)))))Souldish featured event(((((

===Friday, January 29th===

Burning Man's Larry Harvey at Evolver Gift Spore

Evolver NYC (http://www.evolver.net/evolver_nyc) and Burners Without Borders (http://www.burnerswithoutborders.org) invite you to “Give It Up” at our next Spore, where the topic of the night is gifting – what it means, how it can manifest in society, and possibilities for the future. Consider the potential of a community whose economy is based on giving, rather than having – and cooperating, rather than competing.

Light Gets Tied Up

Remi Gurak — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:47:13 -0800

A team of UK physicists have created knots of light using special holograms. Light is often thought of as flowing in a straight line, but it can also flow in whirls. These whirls of light create lines in space known as 'optical vortices', where the light has zero intensity. Holograms direct the flow of light and can be used to create optical vortices. The team of physicists created special holograms using the knot theory of mathematics to create knots in optical vortices.

Passing of a "Happy Warrior"

Kyle Davis — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:21:27 -0800

Howard Zinn was a historian, playwright, social activist; and companion now strongly missed by both friends and family. "He had a deep sense of fairness and justice for the underdog. But he always kept his sense of humor. He was a happy warrior," said Caryl Rivers, a journalism professor at Boston University, who in 1979 defended the right of the school's clerical workers to strike alongside Zinn.

RAW From Beyond

Kyle Davis — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:23:42 -0800

[Reality Booty] •The legendary American novelist, philosopher, essayist, editor, playwright, futurist, libertarian, and self-described agnostic mystic Robert Anton Wilson’s once lost studio sessions are now a postmortem release from The Original Falcon Press. The first of which is an audio CD titled "The Lost Studio Session"—recorded in Chicago (1994) and nearly forgotten about after it was stored away.

Exile Nation: Chapter Two, "Hotel Hell" (Pt.4)

Charles Shaw — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:12:46 -0800