Voyaging to DMT Space with Dr. Rick Strassman, M.D.

Martin W. Ball — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:17:04 -0700

Kurtz in Birkenstocks

Andrew Boyd — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:08:43 -0700

This essay is part five in a five-part series accounting the author's stay in a monastery in Thailand. Click here for parts one, two, three , and four. An abridged version previously appeared in The Sun.

The Coming Water Wars

Bill Machon — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:56:27 -0700

Accelerating urbanization, pollution, and an exploding global population are leading UN experts to believe that within two decades, Earth will be in the midst of a serious, dangerous water crisis. There simply will not be enough water reserves to sustain a world population of the predicted size if we maintain the current paradigm. A resource crisis of this level could certainly lead to military conflict .

Souldish NYC: July 17-24

Salma — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:23:04 -0700

====Thursday, July 17th=====

DJ Spooky Presents Soul Power "From Gospel to the Godfather"

The Miracle of Self-Creation

Charles Eisenstein — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:01:56 -0700

What should I do? What must I do? What can I do? We all sense the possibility of a more beautiful state of being, a more joyful state of being for ourselves and the world. Indeed, we have all heard about or met its exemplars: saints and heroes, people of such courage and compassion and integrity that we could hardly believe it possible, were it not for their living example. We want to be enlightened too. But how?

Cosmic Serpents and the Dark Side of Shamanism: Interview with Jeremy Narby

Jonathan Phillips — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:05:28 -0700

In 1984, Jeremy Narby travelled to the Amazon to study with the Ashanica. There, he met shamans who claimed they received their plant knowledge and healing power from drinking ayahuasca. This began an adventure that lasted over ten years and

Vanishing Zooplankton

Thomas Vaughan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:22:11 -0700

Meta-End

Stephen Hershey — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:43:35 -0700

Foolish People, a group of over thirty artists and visionaries, have manifested Terra: Extremitas, an apocalyptic “meta-event” actively stimulating end times mythology. Combining narrative, Gnostic philosophy, and transformative ritual, the event promises to tease the senses, featuring live performances and interactive art installations.

Artificial DNA

Bill Machon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:05:40 -0700

The Psychology of Ecology

Ethan Nichtern — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:25:50 -0700

The Veep is an Alien

Michael Brownstein — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:18:01 -0700

The Roswell Rock

Tristan Gulliford — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:15:20 -0700

The Roswell Daily Record reports that a strange rock recently discovered outside Roswell, New Mexico may be an alien artifact. The small brownish rock, measuring less than two inches across, was found in September 2004 by a local businessman named Robert Ridge who discovered it while deer hunting in Cedar Hill, 17 miles away

Reviews of the Future

Erin Shaw — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:23:40 -0700

GlobeSonic on the Hudson

Jonathan Phillips — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:42:51 -0700

Reality Sandwich is proud to be a media sponsor of GlobeSonic Sound System's fourth annual free outdoor dance parties on the Hudson River. For each of these nights, hundreds of partygoers will descend upon the western shores of Manhattan to dance to some of the best modern world music out there today. These top global djs will be accompanied by a percussion ensemble dishing out some tasty tribal rhythms.

Dune Redone

Keith M Judge — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:56:31 -0700

Frank Herbert’s multilayered novel, Dune, will be adapted into another film in the year 2010 with Peter Berg (The Kingdom, Hancock) set to direct. Dune is sure to be a challenge for any writer and director.

Antidote to Coal

Erin Shaw — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:29:58 -0700

Residents in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia are proposing an innovative alternative to the mountain-top removal and strip-mining that threatens 10 square miles of the Appalachian Mountains. The Coal River Wind Project, a community-based movement, would stop the proposed coal extraction and create a wind farm instead. While the economy depends heavily

2008: The Return of Chicken Little

Daniel Pinchbeck — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:25:51 -0700

This article originally appeared in Conscious Choice magazine.

Enter Zen Burger

Chad Carpenter — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:10:06 -0700

It seems that every product on the market these days is “green,” “sustainable,” or “organic.” But behind these claims, a lot of greenwashing is going on. At Reality Sandwich, we think it’s important to give businesses that are trying to make a real difference a platform where they can talk about what they’re doing and why they’re doing it. We also encourage the RS community to post comments and questions.

Sanctioned Racial Profiling

Adam Elenbaas — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:55:28 -0700

The Department of Justice is considering a new policy that would allow for the investigation of suspected individuals on the basis of things like race and/or travel activity.

The policy was created in order to investigate individuals who meet certain "suspect trends" when there is a lack of evidence or other compelling indications of terrorist involvement.

Branching Out

Morgan Maher — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:46:13 -0700

Of The Branches is a music project exploring the sound and rhythms of plants, dreams, mysteries and the cosmos.

The songs have been created by Toronto based musician Scott Peterson for a project called Liminal and are available via Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. The Of The Branches artwork “Speaking in Leaves” is also available via the same Creative Commons license.

Souldish NYC: July 11-18

Salma — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:36:20 -0700

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))This Week's Highlight((

==Saturday, July 12==

Evolver: Illuminations

The Resurrection Before Jesus

Derek Beres — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:47:14 -0700

Green Crude

Bill Machon — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:25:40 -0700

San Diego based Sapphire Energy claims they have achieved the ability to cost-effectively mass produce carbon-neutral oil that can be refined into gasoline from algae. They also claim that production will not hijack arable land or fresh water resources. Some experts are skeptical, yet cautiously optimistic that while Sapphire's carbon-neutral "green crude" isn't a perfect solution to our energy crisis, they just might be on to something.

Personal Democracy Forum Speech

Douglas Rushkoff — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:32:55 -0700

This is the opening ‘invocation' I did for the Personal Democracy Forum last week, and a preview of some of the concepts coming in my next book, Corporatized. The talk looks and feels a little freeform to me; I'm developing the chain of logic as I go along. But I'm so immersed in this line of thought right now that I think it does make sense.

Still, as an example of what I look like when I'm teaching, check it out.

Legal Reefer?

Erin Shaw — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:32:45 -0700

Apostolic New Orleans

Adam Elenbaas — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:38:44 -0700

Muscial Telephone

Stephen Hershey — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:23:18 -0700

Omaha artist David Matysiak releases Telephono, a vinyl collection of international audio experiments exploring communication and the interpretation of music. Matysiak began with one song, forwarding it to other musicians via email, allowing it to be continuously expanded and created upon. He has since compiled forty different songs over fifteen separate musical exchanges. Major contributors include artists from Tilly & The Wall, The Faint, and Cursive.

Is That a Real Reality, or Did You Make It Up Yourself?

Steven Taylor — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:40:19 -0700

"Any musical innovation is full of danger to the whole State, and ought to be prohibited. So Damon tells me, and I can quite believe him; he says that when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them."-- Plato, Republic IV.

"I saw my dreams come true; I saw America changed by music." -- Harry Smith. [1]

Pain and Pleasure

Wendy Strgar — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:36:23 -0700

Commenting on RS

Jonathan Phillips — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:35:10 -0700

As RS readership increases and the number of comments grow, we're asking our diverse community to help foster a fun, positive, and inclusive environment for those exploring consciousness-shifting ideas for the first time. Many of us realize that opening up to transformation can be a daunting and difficult task, especially in the beginning. We're inviting RS participants to help maintain a healthy and supportive community that allows for dynamic dialogue and discussions about the topics covered on the site.