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The following is an excerpt
from
The Sync Book: Myths,
Media, Magic and Mindscapes, an anthology
that came out on 9/11/11 in which 26 bloggers/writers/artists share their
perspective on the strange and beautiful universe in which we live. Available
here.

 

Sync

Generally speaking, when one seemingly significant
thing or event echoes another, in a way that can't be understood causally, some
call the phenomena synchronicity. As the connection between these thing-events1
and what makes them significant, is up to the interpretation of the individual,
this kind of sync is relative. The decision that the relationship between one
thing and another is entirely understood (being then normal cause and effect),
or not (being then sync), also rests with personal interpretation. It is then
an opinion to say "this" is connected to "that," or not.

The word coincidence is generally associated with thing-events that echo
one another through chance.2 The decision that something is chance
or more mysterious also lies in the murky phantom world of opinion.
Synchronicity and coincidence are the same thing, only the individual bias over
whether the relationship is meaningful or arbitrary changes. Two people will
witness the same events and one will call it coincidence and the other sync.
This is an issue of individual temperament-and
does not change whether the thing-event took place or not.

 

All is sync
or nothing is sync

Everything is connected to everything else,3
sync being the cases when our current perspective allows us to see these
thing-events as related (or as not divided). Often the seemingly random and
meaningless will later be understood as perfectly "in sync," when the
perspective shifts appropriately. In this view of sync, we now move away from
seeing synchronicity as the connections deemed special and move into a knowing
of that property which makes one connection meaningful or not-a property that is always present, because it is
ourselves. Syncs offer endless insight into the world, but their most essential
quality is in vivifying what and who really allows for them.

If we reflect on one of those amazing animations where we zoom in (or
out) infinitely on a fractal Mandelbrot set, we notice that, at points, the
entire shape comes into focus and then recedes into strange and dazzling
complexity. This happens repeatedly, regardless of where we travel on the
infinite complexity of the fractal, as it always resolves into the same
familiar shape eventually.

Our macro/microcosm has the same property. We have all seen films where
the camera moves rapidly between vast amounts of space containing familiar
forms like atoms, molecules and cells-eventuating
into a creature or plant that would be part of our normal experience or
magnification. Further "up," we have the same dynamic: the clutter of streets
and houses resolving into patterned cities; later becoming the planet; moving
through the vastness of empty space; resolving into the solar system . . . much
more space and we see the galaxy, etc.

Sync compares, in the fractal example, to the points at which we see a
whole familiar shape after lots of complexity, and, in the micro/macro images,
to the moments when we recognize a familiar form resolving after much empty
space. The sync is always part of the whole, made up of the interconnected
infinite thing-events, but stands out as where we-owing to our unique perspective-resolve
this complexity into something conceivable and as associated to other parts of
our experience.

All understanding is sync, which is simply association, relationship or
connections between thing-events. We derive meaning from putting things and
events together to tell ourselves a story. Without constantly making
associations we would be lost in perplexing noise and chaos, all the
information coming at us making no sense at all. What we generally call
synchronicity is the fringe of this everyday activity. Creating unusual associations
(that eventually become accepted as universal) is how we expand the parameters
of the consensus association narrative (our reality), adding depth and texture
to the experience of experience itself. The idea that the sun is the center of
the local spheres was once an obscene sync, now included in the common story
about the reality we all share. The connection between the movement of the
earth relative to the sun, causing seasons, are commonly accepted associations
between thing-events (or syncs), while the connection between 9/11 and 2001: A Space Odyssey is a more occult
(out of the ordinary) relationship.

On 9/11/2001, the World Trade Center collapsed right beside "The
Millennium Hilton Hotel," a building designed to resemble the black Monolith
from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The building was practically flush with the towers, being damaged by falling
debris and was captured in many of the iconic images from 9/11. Both the real
life event and the film associate to the year 2001, as well as sharing the
presence of the Monolith. The film depicts key evolutionary phases in mankind's
history overseen and influenced by the Monolith. 9/11 can also be viewed as a
key evolutionary point in our history, and occurred in the presence of the same
object as in the film 2001. Through
sync association, the context of the film-evolution
involving Jupiter-becomes applicable to
the real-life it reflects. Realizing 911 is also the emergency call service
number in America, the vivid synchronicities involved in 9/11 act as an
emergency wake-up call into a higher state of consciousness, where we become
aware of our inseparability from thing-events. I call this process the "9/11
Mega Ritual."

The boundaries between things and events are collectively and individually
agreed upon conventions. We use them in order to make sense of our environment
and navigate our everyday lives. The categories we impose on the world are what
allow for definition and the creation of all symbols;4 these are
necessary and helpful tools, but not the nature of the actual reality they
point towards. The culture5 of a certain time and place decides the
general agreed-upon lines of division we draw between things-events and how we
interpret them. Even the divide between "myself" and "other" is a convention or
phantom of this process: the label­ing of thing-events that creates our
understanding of reality. It is conducive to health and well-being to notice
these conventions as shadows or phantoms. That way, these playful apparitions
will not be frightening or confuse our activities.

Thing-events are not only seamlessly interpenetrating, but are also
boundless in their depth and have infinite complexity.

Sync is the experience of the relaxation and dissolution of the
boundaries between ourselves and the thing-events of the world. The more we
allow ourselves to notice sync, the less barriers there are and the more our
depth of perception will grow, allowing us to penetrate deeper into the world — a world which starts to feel inseparable from what we
consider ourselves.

 

Sync is Sign

People of many indigenous cultures are known for
seeing "signs" in their surroundings. Spirits6 of ancestors and
plants communicate through signs in the natural environment with individuals,
mystics and shamans sensitive to such matters. These signs help heal and guide
the culture.

Sync is the modern equivalent, now recognized, as the false-distinction
between the natural and human-created world exits. All
thing-events (whether trees, cars or movies) arise from the great non-local
mystery of existence. The entire interrelated process of creation shapes the
forest as much as it does the city. Seeing signs in the urban landscape is
sync.

I go on regular vision quests or "sync walks" through the concrete jungle
with my Ayahuasquero friend,7 seeing syncs and signs in number
plates, T-shirts, billboards and trash. Usually a sync walk will end at the
movie theatre, the temple of the city where communion with nature reaches its
peak amongst the "stars." Just like signs have helped align the healthy smaller
cultures of earth with Creator's plan, sync attunes the modern person to the
unfathomable will of the Self realizing itSelf.

 

How do we
know we are understanding the messages from these syncs or signs?

Because the ultimate ever-present reality is total
perfection,8 the greater the amount of joy one obtains from their
interpretations of sync, the more accurate, successful and aligned the reading
of its meaning is.

The universe is created in all places and times non-locally, right here
and now, the home of consciousness. Thankfully (and mercifully) the intensity
of this gnosis varies, allowing for the daily ebb and flow of life. We view
this bizarre happening of creation sequentially, doing our best to make sense
of it. Sync is the new level of understanding (a collective allowing) about the
nature of the universe, now making its way into everyday consensus awareness.
When noticing the non-local hand during a prerecorded movie, the mind-blowing
elegance hinted at by the new "in-sync" perspective starts to become tangible.

I will often sit down in a theatre or at home and watch something,
noticing how the situations, objects and words align with things I have been
meditating on, realizing the movie echoes activities and conversations I've
been engaged in recently, with uncanny perfection. On occasion, watching media
during moments where the context has already allowed for particularly
heightened states of awareness, the reactive mirroring between the screen and myself
is immediate. As a teenager, glimpsing this reality with a head full of
conspiracies and misperceptions about power and influence, I perceived syncs in
movies as hints of a nefarious agenda. Now I realize this entrainment, between
my personal experiences and films made independently from me, is the emergent
awareness of myself as a non-local organism-environment.9 I bleed
into everything I perceive, my boundary or what I consider as "myself" and the
"world" is a flexible convenience, and my perception detaches from the
individual focal point. That a prerecorded film is alive and interactive — reacting to my specific context at a given moment — shows that what creates both myself and the film, is
ever-present, interrelated and, by implication, non-local. The intensity of
holy communion with a film (as with life in general) varies appropriately with
our degree of presence. I can enjoy watching TV with my mom, noticing a few
light entrainments here and there. Or, I can do Ayahuasca with my friend Jim
Sanders, the next day stepping out to the cinema; shaking in my seat with
vivid, seemingly impossible boundary loss.

Entrainment hints at a property inherent in sync associations that draw
them together. The concepts of sync and entrainment are so interrelated that
the words are regularly interchanged.

Often a word will arise in the mind10 of the organism and, at
the same moment, consciousness will notice this word somewhere in the
environment-perhaps on a passing
T-shirt or in a song playing in the background. Old models try to say: "either
the T-shirt was seen first, prompting my mind to issue the same word" or
"perhaps my mind thought the word, then, out of all the clutter in my
surroundings, was primed to notice the chance occurrence of the same word." Indeed
they are coincident (in the sense of happening at the same time) and this is
entrainment between myself and environment. Both myself (which thinks the word)
and the environment (which contains the T-shirt) share the same source that is
primary to both.

These examples of entrainment, those happening at the same instance or
perhaps very close to each other, will help us make the leap to the more
unusual ultimate reality of sync.

As all is sync (or nothing is sync), regardless of the length of time
between events; they are always entrainment as the non-local self is present in
any instances, never mind the justification put forward by the
inherently-limited mind. All the associations we make are portals opening
between ourselves, across the barriers of timespace, organism-environment and
thing-event.

The most recognized of such portals is love. When we meet a future
lover, and our upcoming associations are to be moments of intense shared
awareness, we might even recognize it from the first glance.

The sensation that things are specifically being orchestrated for (or
even by) yourself, is a normal result of the emerging sync consciousness.
Depending on the temperament and makeup of the specific belief system, the
interpretation of sync can be nefarious or benign. If concepts of influence
over what happens in spacetime are associated to pyramid-type hierarchies, the
syncs can form a reality of peculiar control networks, manipulating the texture
of the moment.11 To satisfy the ever-increasing depth of the
experience, the limited self (ego) needs increasingly powerful and subtle
top-down organizations able to manipulate the environment, sometimes extending
"them" beyond the physical (into the spiritual, inter-dimensional and godlike
spheres). If the external control concepts are replaced by the personal and
internal, the individual experiencing sync can start thinking him or herself
God. Many undergoing this particular process (awakening as a united
organism-environment field via synchronicity) will have a hodge-podge of these
symptoms.

The faulty idea that the universe is a hierarchy of power and influence,
introduced at a young age, is responsible for these phantom menaces.

This is not to undermine the models of external higher power and
internal personal divinity, but to help put them in the most helpful context we
can imagine. The nature of reality clearly corresponds in some areas to the two
seemingly opposing ideas. This vivifies the continued joke being played on us
as we try and impose concepts and symbols over the (thankfully) indefinable transcendent
nature of what ultimately Is. If we
could fit the nature of our Selves and God into a conceptual map or box, it
would imply that It is finite, and
not bottomless eternal perfection.

Imagine a ladder extending
infinitely up and down, that all pos­si­ble beings are climbing. The ladder
represents our progress and success as entities in the universal enterprise. As
this ladder extends eternally higher and lower, regardless how far apart Gods
are from humans, or humans are from ants, we are all still in the center. Only
relatively speaking are there higher and lower beings. All are in the center
from which consciousness emanates.

From a profile view, power represents the top of the pyramid. When we
continue up a dimension, and see the pyramid from the overhead perspective, we
notice the tip is the center and balanced point. Real power comes from being in
harmony with the totality and filled with a joy ultimately free from concept.

If the ultimate controlling and
manipulating force were not inside of us right now (and in everything else) it
would not be ever-present, and not the true eternal Master.

Investigating sync leads one, not only to relaxing the boundaries
between things and events, but also to letting go of the rigid classifications
of these thing-events. In order to notice that one thing-event (situation,
object or symbol) has an affinity to another, often means being "loose" with
our associations. In a sense, to see and understand sync we must become fools-free from the limitations, but not the benefits, of
mind.

For example, a few years ago I was struggling with actress Robin Tunney
climbing K2 (the mountain) in the film Vertical
Limit
and also passing signs reading "2K" (in reference to the year 2000 Millennium)
in another film, End of Days. K2 is
obviously 2K backwards, but my mind was resistant to accept this as a clear
association, which it now plainly recognizes. The old model of perception was
concerned with the simple relaxation of associating something backwards
(letting the box that fits K2, now also accept 2K). This shows how we can be
confronted with sync and miss it-owing
to how we discriminate between what
associates
and what we think is not associated.

Sync is realizing all associations are agreed upon conventions, and we
are free to re-appropriate the process. The symbol representative of the planet
Jupiter12 clearly looks like an amalgamation of 2 and 4. In
synchromysticism13 it has come to symbolize "42." 42 is "The Answer
to Life, the Universe, and Ev­erything" in the popular book series and major
motion picture The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy
. 42 is also the angle at which light refracts, becoming the
colors of the rainbow.

Now when I see the number 42, concepts like "Jupiter" and "rainbow" are
evoked, perfectly reasonable given the above context. In the same fashion, any
symbols or words or concepts are up for re-association, unlocking their
infinite potential. We saw Jupiter associating to the sync-starting "9/11 Mega
Ritual" and here it is freeing our symbols. Jupiter is the source of words like
"jovial" and "joy"-and we know that the
ultimate reality is perfect Joy. The evolutionary jump we are undergoing,
assisted by sync, is overseen by Jupiter.

 

Sync is time
travel

The one unambiguous ever-present factor in any and all
synchronicity is the witness or consciousness.14 Consciousness
itself is the ultimate sync, present in all sync. All syncs point towards consciousness
and arise from it. Like water is to the fish, consciousness is so central and
ubiquitous to sync (and all else) that we tend to miss it.

Consciousness is present whenever you see a 42 or any other sync. The
next time you witness a 42, there will be a non-local bridge between the past
and present self. This is part of the exciting charge of seeing syncs. The
past, present and future selves, all created now, witnessing resonant events
and becoming aware of each other beyond time. It is also why significant events
(like 9/11) are encoded heavily in the sync architecture of the present. Syncs
are signs of our potently aware non-local selves bearing witness to
thing-events.

Often syncs are interpreted-including
2012 phenomena-as pointing towards an
imminent massive collective spiritual exper­ience. This event — collective consciousness realization — does, by its very nature, singularly stand out in the
fabric of all we per­ceive. The great perceiver, perceiving itself through us
on the largest planetary scale in known history. 

Individuals are becoming aware of themselves across spacetime. At the
same moment, many different individuals, who are noticing the same syncs, start
perceiving their shared transpersonal essence. Real-time synchronicity sharing
(what all communication/association essentially boils down to) across the
internet and on networks like Twitter, are the result of this emergent process
(of the collective awaking into a unified greater Self), as well as
facilitating in its increased realization.

The ultimate sync is consciousness in this moment, and we have it
already. This does not remove from the delight of processes and play in the
world around us. Knowing you are the Self makes you the best player you can
possibly be.

 

Movie stars
are "as below" resonators of the skies above

Even though our current general associations are
agreed upon conventions (and we are free to make new ones), they still arise
from the ultimate mind that orchestrates all thing-events and are not
arbitrary. The map is not the territory, but is part of the territory, and both
share the same fountainhead.

A wonderful example is how we use the word "star" for celebrities. Our
oldest myths and stories are associated to the heavenly spheres. They have been
personified, deified and their movements become elaborate dramas. Kings, Queens
and other big players in our cultures have been connected to these bodies and
vice versa. The stories about the stars and humankind are inseparably
intertwined and are reflections of each other. Our cinema is a recent
incarnation of this dynamic, the obvious giveaway being the word "star."

The mystery and beauty of the stars (that would pull man deep­er into
the void), had to be increasingly turned away from at the onset of "mind."
Playing right into Creator's hands, as he/she had put them into the silver
screen to keep telling us stories, and continue our process of becoming stars
ourselves.

Astrology studies the relationships between us and the heavenly spheres.
Synchromysticism realizes the same dynamic exists between our world and
celebrity stars. Meditating on the film strip ladder — passing at 24 frames a second — we climb the stairway to heaven.

Film and pop culture offer a rich and immediate portal into the
collective awakening psyche when treated as creative flux emanating from the
heart of all Being. The artist is acknowledged as shaping his/her medium, yet
channeling the energy to create, directly from the greater Self. The
ever-changing patterns and themes surrounding us (via our omnidirectionally
mediated and increasingly mercurial environments) are taken as the externalized
collective Body. We can investigate this dynamic entity-disguised as the forms and context of the environment
(that we ourselves comprise) — by treating all that
arises in our awareness as sacred and ready to be re-contextualized — with joy as our guide and the sky as the limit.

The mainstream culture, no longer a toxic river, is the major artery
from which all other strange subcultures branch and receive nourishment.

The original collective context of our media and forms are not lost, but
celebrated and elaborated upon. The world remains cohesive and integrated (and
its individuals sane), yet open-ended for infinite exploration, as depth and
meaning penetrate everything continually.

The pool of pop and meaning we collectively swim in anchors our
experience and supplies a shared framework from which we can launch our
experimental, far out and freaky, sync depth charges. Which of these will
explode . . . ? New connections that are caught up and pulled in by the gravity
of others' interests, only to eventually go "pop" themselves and enrich the
sync whole.

 

Notes:

(1) Using "thing-events" helps highlight how things
and events are not ultimately separable or essentially different. I could say,
"the tree I am looking at right now is . . ." a thing, or an event, if I realize
all the infinite processes that are involved in there being a tree. "Tree" as a
"thing" is a convenient label for all the processes that comprise the limitless
mysterious reality of the object I am seeing. Syncs are values of mundane
versus profound we place upon one thing-event associated to another.

(2) Chance is a label for the occurrences between the
initiation and outcome of thing-events far
too subtle
for current perspective to understand. Chance happenings
(coincidences) versus meaningful synchronicity, are different models mapping
the same phenomena beyond the scope of both. All models are inherently beyond
the reach of our labels of the unlimited thing-events. If a map had all the
detail of the area it represented it would be identical to it, and useless as a
representation.

(3) Reality isn't ultimately connected or not
connected (one or many), it is something beyond understandable categories. The
ultimate nature of sync goes to the indefinable core of all that exists, and
our words about it will always only be relatively
true. The words can guide towards transcendental understanding of sync, as they
(and the reader) arise from the same source.

(4) To "symbolize" is to give a finite shape and
definition to a thing-event (ultimately indefinable) for the purpose of
creating associations, which in turn create our perception of the world. The
letters and words you are now reading are part of just such a system, symbols
creating associations and giving rise to this story of sync.

Symbols are in flux, new interpretations are constantly being associated
to them, and new symbols are being added to our collection; the story of
reality.

A collection of symbols, like "letters," can make up another symbol,
such as a "word." Our entire perception of reality is a big symbol for the
indefinable mystery it represents.

(5) CULTure is the reigning collection of sync
associations that make up the current reality of entities (ranging in size from
the entire planet down to a single individual). Large cultures are the familiar
ones, like countries or regions. Smaller groups, like synchromystics, share
many associations with symbols only agreed upon by the group itself. Cults of
only one person exist and they are often labeled eccentrics or mad men/women.
Smaller cults are the breeding grounds for associations that could go viral and
become accepted by the bigger groups of association networks (a.k.a. realities).
The more joy and harmony emanating from your cult-whether a large or small group-the
more it resonates with the ultimate purpose of the totality.

(6) The essences of things are infinite and boundless.
When we draw a perimeter around a thing, by the necessity of conceptual­ization,
we place a border we can recognize around part of it. The parts not contained,
yet still perceived by those sensitive to such matters, are often called
spirit. Other spirits are things so subtle that no model has yet been created
to contain it. The spirit world is the realm of thing-events beyond the event
horizon of human conceptualization. There is a continual process of evolution
where the human nervous system grows to acknowledge new facets of this realm
and include it in the consensus. What was once spirit­ual is now science. What
is now sync will soon be regular association.

(7) In the forests of South America, certain Shamans
have cultivated a profound relationship of feedback between themselves and the
environment. They have a partnership with a conscious plant brew, Ayahuasca.
The feedback between the individual and the environment (through the plant) is
a singularly powerful portal for what-creates-both to come into this world. The
practice has spread to new cultures all over the earth as the living bio­sphere
self-organizes for the next dramatic evolutionary leap. In my home of Winnipeg,
I have been fortunate enough (clearly sync entrainment) to stumble upon just
such a movement, headed by Shaman and man of sync, Jim Sanders.

(8) The more sensitive and free from imperfection the
film stock, the more clarity and depth we can capture in the picture. Consid­ering
the infinite nature up and down every point of the macro- and microcosmic
spacetime manifold, we realize the most ultimate and perfect substrate allows
for it. That we can never grasp It is
even clearer proof of Its existence,
for to be graspable, It must be
containable, thus finite. This perfection and the joy that is every moment is
beyond the understanding of the limited mind, from which it itself is born.
Often the mind is perplexed at how the events of our lives and societies
reflect this ultimate of       realities.

The total eternal and ever-present perfection, regardless of context, is
self-evident to the ultimate Self.

(9) Using "organism-environment" helps highlight how the perceiving entity and what is being experienced are
interrelated and ultimately united (or not divided). Both the organism and its
environment are thing-events that arise in primary consciousness. When I notice
myself (organism) and what I am seeing (environment), the real I is the witness
of both.

In any spacetime dynamic there is an organism-environment-thing-event.

(10) The mind is a localized collection of symbols,
forming a map or model through which the ultimate consciousness perceives the
world. As a collection of limitations, the mind and all it generates (including
the persona) are never to be taken primarily for the realities it perceives.
Again, the mind is not the territory, but it is part of the territory, and both
share the same fountainhead.

(11) My reality tunnel at this stage resembled The Truman Show, The Matrix, The Illuminatus
Trilogy!
and 1984, all put in a
blender. 

(12) The Jupiter symbol as 42, and its association to
rainbows, was explained to me by Jim Sanders.

(13) Synchromysticism is a name I started using to
describe thoughts about synchronicity in 2006. "The art of realizing mean­ingful
coincidence in the seemingly mundane with mystical or esoteric significance." I
used this summary on an old blog site to try and encapsulate synchromysticism.
I still see it used on new websites today. Nothing is essentially wrong with
it. Perhaps too slippery on the brain and open for misinterpretations. This is
likely also its strength as a catchphrase. I hope this current document
clarifies, or at least confuses in the right direction, the continuing process
of creating a better understanding of the phenomena of synchronicity.

On the Internet, an ever-changing community of people have come and gone
associating themselves, willing or otherwise, with the word.

(14) Consciousness is the mysterious property, always
out of reach, that knows. Consciousness can refer to this essence in individuals
or groups, depending on the context it is being used in. There is an ultimate
consciousness underlying everything, directly connected and primary to all
other levels of consciousness.

The unknowable I that knows it knows.

 

The Sync Book is available here

 

Teaser image by ralphbijker, courtesy of Creative Commons license.

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Hippie Flipping: When Shrooms and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Explore the mechanics of hippie flipping and how to safely experiment.

Having Sex on Shrooms: Good or Bad Idea?
Is having sex on shrooms a good idea or an accident waiting to happen? Find out in our guide to sex on magic mushrooms.

Gold Cap Shrooms Guide: Spores, Effects, Identification
Read this guide to learn more about the different characteristics of gold cap mushrooms, and how they differ from other psilocybin species.

Guide to Cooking with Magic Mushrooms
From cookies to smoothies and sandwiches, we cover various methods of cooking with magic mushrooms for the ultimate snack.

2020 Election: The Decriminalize Psilocybin Movement
Are you curious if mushrooms will follow in marijuana’s footsteps? Read to learn about how the U.S. is moving to decriminalize psilocybin.

Oregon’s Initiative to Legalize Mushrooms | Initiative Petition 34
Oregon continues to push ahead with their initiative to legalize Psilocybin in 2020. The measure received its official title and now needs signatures.

Canada Approves Psilocybin Treatment for Terminally-Ill Cancer Patients
Canada’s Minister of Health, Patty Hajdu approved the use of psilocybin to help ease anxiety and depression of four terminal cancer patients.

Mapping the DMT Experience
With only firsthand experiences to share, how can we fully map the DMT experience? Let’s explore what we know about this powerful psychedelic.

Guide to Machine Elves and Other DMT Entities
This guide discusses machine elves, clockwork elves, and other common DMT entities that people experience during a DMT trip.

Is the DMT Experience a Hallucination? 
What if the DMT realm was the real world, and our everyday lives were merely a game we had chosen to play?

How to Store DMT
Not sure how to store DMT? Read this piece to learn the best practices and elements of advice to keep your stuff fresh.

What Does 5-MeO-DMT Show Us About Consciousness?
How does our brain differentiate between what’s real and what’s not? Read to learn what can 5-MeO-DMT show us about consciousness.

How to Smoke DMT: Processes Explained
There are many ways to smoke DMT and we’ve outlined some of the best processes to consider before embarking on your journey.

How to Ground After DMT
Knowing what to expect from a DMT comedown can help you integrate the experience to gain as much value as possible from your journey.

How To Get DMT
What kind of plants contain DMT? Are there other ways to access this psychedelic? Read on to learn more about how to get DMT.

How DMT is Made: Everything You Need to Know
Ever wonder how to make DMT? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how DMT is made.

Having Sex on DMT: What You Need to Know
Have you ever wondered about sex on DMT? Learn how the God Molecule can influence your intimate experiences.

Does the Human Brain Make DMT? 
With scientific evidence showing us DMT in the brain, what can we conclude it is there for? Read on to learn more.

How to Use DMT Vape Pens
Read to learn all about DMT vape pens including: what to know when vaping, what to expect when purchasing a DMT cartridge, and vaping safely.

DMT Resources
This article is a comprehensive DMT resource providing extensive information from studies, books, documentaries, and more. Check it out!

Differentiating DMT and Near-Death Experiences
Some say there are similarities between a DMT trip and death. Read our guide on differentiating DMT and near-death experiences to find out.

DMT Research from 1956 to the Edge of Time
From a representative sample of a suitably psychedelic crowd, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who couldn’t tell you all about Albert Hofmann’s enchanted bicycle ride after swallowing what turned out to be a massive dose of LSD. Far fewer, however, could tell you much about the world’s first DMT trip.

The Ultimate Guide to DMT Pricing
Check out our ultimate guide on DMT pricing to learn what to expect when purchasing DMT for your first time.

DMT Milking | Reality Sandwich
Indigenous cultures have used 5-MeO-DMT for centuries. With the surge in demand for psychedelic toad milk, is DMT Milking harming the frogs?

Why Does DMT Pervade Nature?
With the presence of DMT in nature everywhere – including human brains – why does it continue to baffle science?

DMT Substance Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to DMT has everything you want to know about this powerful psychedelic referred to as “the spirit molecule”.

DMT for Depression: Paving the Way for New Medicine
We’ve been waiting for an effective depression treatment. Studies show DMT for depression works even for treatment resistant patients.

Beating Addiction with DMT
Psychedelics have been studied for their help overcoming addiction. Read how DMT is helping addicts beat their substance abuse issues.

DMT Extraction: Behind the Scientific Process
Take a look at DMT extraction and the scientific process involved. Learn all you need to know including procedures and safety.

Microdosing DMT & Common Dosages Explained
Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing DMT.

DMT Art: A Look Behind Visionary Creations
An entire genre of artwork is inspired by psychedelic trips with DMT. Read to learn about the entities and visions behind DMT art.

Changa vs. DMT: What You Need to Know
While similar (changa contains DMT), each drug has its own unique effect and feeling. Let’s compare and contrast changa vs DMT.

5-MeO-DMT Guide: Effects, Benefits, Safety, and Legality
5-Meo-DMT comes from the Sonora Desert toad. Here is everything you want to know about 5-Meo-DMT and how it compares to 4-AcO-DMT.

4-AcO-DMT Guide: Benefits, Effects, Safety, and Legality
This guide tells you everything about 4 AcO DMT & 5 MeO DMT, that belong to the tryptamine class, and are similar but slightly different to DMT.

How Much Does LSD Cost? When shopping around for that magical psychedelic substance, there can be many uncertainties when new to buying LSD. You may be wondering how much does LSD cost? In this article, we will discuss what to expect when purchasing LSD on the black market, what forms LSD is sold in, and the standard breakdown of buying LSD in quantity.   Navy Use of LSD on the Dark Web The dark web is increasingly popular for purchasing illegal substances. The US Navy has now noticed this trend with their staff. Read to learn more.   Having Sex on LSD: What You Need to Know Can you have sex on LSD? Read our guide to learn everything about sex on acid, from lowered inhibitions to LSD users quotes on sex while tripping.   A Drug That Switches off an LSD Trip A pharmaceutical company is developing an “off-switch” drug for an LSD trip, in the case that a bad trip can happen. Some would say there is no such thing.   Queen of Hearts: An Interview with Liz Elliot on Tim Leary and LSD The history of psychedelia, particularly the British experience, has been almost totally written by men. Of the women involved, especially those who were in the thick of it, little has been written either by or about them. A notable exception is Liz Elliot.   LSD Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety LSD, Lysergic acid diethylamide, or just acid is one of the most important psychedelics ever discovered. What did history teach us?   Microdosing LSD & Common Dosage Explained Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing LSD.   LSD Resources Curious to learn more about LSD? This guide includes comprehensive LSD resources containing books, studies and more.   LSD as a Spiritual Aid There is common consent that the evolution of mankind is paralleled by the increase and expansion of consciousness. From the described process of how consciousness originates and develops, it becomes evident that its growth depends on its faculty of perception. Therefore every means of improving this faculty should be used.   Legendary LSD Blotter Art: A Hidden Craftsmanship Have you ever heard of LSD blotter art? Explore the trippy world of LSD art and some of the top artists of LSD blotter art.   LSD and Exercise: Does it Work? LSD and exercise? Learn why high-performing athletes are taking hits of LSD to improve their overall potential.   Jan Bastiaans Treated Holocaust Survivors with LSD Dutch psychiatrist, Jan Bastiaans administered LSD-assisted therapy to survivors of the Holocaust. A true war hero and pioneer of psychedelic-therapy.   LSD and Spiritual Awakening I give thanks for LSD, which provided the opening that led me to India in 1971 and brought me to Neem Karoli Baba, known as Maharajji. Maharajji is described by the Indians as a “knower of hearts.”   How LSD is Made: Everything You Need to Know Ever wonder how to make LSD? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how LSD is made.   How to Store LSD: Best Practices Learn the best way to store LSD, including the proper temperature and conditions to maximize how long LSD lasts when stored.   Bicycle Day: The Discovery of LSD Every year on April 19th, psychonauts join forces to celebrate Bicycle Day. Learn about the famous day when Albert Hoffman first discovered the effects of LSD.   Cary Grant: A Hollywood Legend On LSD Cary Grant was a famous actor during the 1930’s-60’s But did you know Grant experimented with LSD? Read our guide to learn more.   Albert Hofmann: LSD — My Problem Child Learn about Albert Hofmann and his discovery of LSD, along with the story of Bicycle Day and why it marks a historic milestone.   Babies are High: What Does LSD Do To Your Brain What do LSD and babies have in common? Researchers at the Imperial College in London discover that an adult’s brain on LSD looks like a baby’s brain.   1P LSD: Effects, Benefits, Safety Explained 1P LSD is an analogue of LSD and homologue of ALD-25. Here is everything you want to know about 1P LSD and how it compares to LSD.   Francis Crick, DNA & LSD Type ‘Francis Crick LSD’ into Google, and the result will be 30,000 links. Many sites claim that Crick (one of the two men responsible for discovering the structure of DNA), was either under the influence of LSD at the time of his revelation or used the drug to help with his thought processes during his research. Is this true?   What Happens If You Overdose on LSD? A recent article presented three individuals who overdosed on LSD. Though the experience was unpleasant, the outcomes were remarkably positive.

The Ayahuasca Experience
Ayahuasca is both a medicine and a visionary aid. You can employ ayahuasca for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual repair, and you can engage with the power of ayahuasca for deeper insight and realization. If you consider attainment of knowledge in the broadest perspective, you can say that at all times, ayahuasca heals.

 

Trippy Talk: Meet Ayahuasca with Sitaramaya Sita and PlantTeachers
Sitaramaya Sita is a spiritual herbalist, pusangera, and plant wisdom practitioner formally trained in the Shipibo ayahuasca tradition.

 

The Therapeutic Value of Ayahuasca
My best description of the impact of ayahuasca is that it’s a rocket boost to psychospiritual growth and unfolding, my professional specialty during my thirty-five years of private practice.

 

Microdosing Ayahuasca: Common Dosage Explained
What is ayahuasca made of and what is considered a microdose? Explore insights with an experienced Peruvian brewmaster and learn more about this practice.

 

Ayahuasca Makes Neuron Babies in Your Brain
Researchers from Beckley/Sant Pau Research Program have shared the latest findings in their study on the effects of ayahuasca on neurogenesis.

 

The Fatimiya Sufi Order and Ayahuasca
In this interview, the founder of the Fatimiya Sufi Order,  N. Wahid Azal, discusses the history and uses of plant medicines in Islamic and pre-Islamic mystery schools.

 

Consideration Ayahuasca for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Research indicates that ayahuasca mimics mechanisms of currently accepted treatments for PTSD. In order to understand the implications of ayahuasca treatment, we need to understand how PTSD develops.

 

Brainwaves on Ayahuasca: A Waking Dream State
In a study researchers shared discoveries showing ingredients found in Ayahuasca impact the brainwaves causing a “waking dream” state.

 

Cannabis and Ayahuasca: Mixing Entheogenic Plants
Cannabis and Ayahuasca: most people believe they shouldn’t be mixed. Read this personal experience peppered with thoughts from a pro cannabis Peruvian Shaman.

 

Ayahuasca Retreat 101: Everything You Need to Know to Brave the Brew
Ayahuasca has been known to be a powerful medicinal substance for millennia. However, until recently, it was only found in the jungle. Word of its deeply healing and cleansing properties has begun to spread across the world as many modern, Western individuals are seeking spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical well-being. More ayahuasca retreat centers are emerging in the Amazon and worldwide to meet the demand.

 

Ayahuasca Helps with Grief
A new study published in psychopharmacology found that ayahuasca helped those suffering from the loss of a loved one up to a year after treatment.

 

Ayahuasca Benefits: Clinical Improvements for Six Months
Ayahuasca benefits can last six months according to studies. Read here to learn about the clinical improvements from drinking the brew.

 

Ayahuasca Culture: Indigenous, Western, And The Future
Ayahuasca has been use for generations in the Amazon. With the rise of retreats and the brew leaving the rainforest how is ayahuasca culture changing?

 

Ayahuasca Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
The Amazonian brew, Ayahuasca has a long history and wide use. Read our guide to learn all about the tea from its beginnings up to modern-day interest.

 

Ayahuasca and the Godhead: An Interview with Wahid Azal of the Fatimiya Sufi Order
Wahid Azal, a Sufi mystic of The Fatimiya Sufi Order and an Islamic scholar, talks about entheogens, Sufism, mythology, and metaphysics.

 

Ayahuasca and the Feminine: Women’s Roles, Healing, Retreats, and More
Ayahuasca is lovingly called “grandmother” or “mother” by many. Just how feminine is the brew? Read to learn all about women and ayahuasca.

What Is the Standard of Care for Ketamine Treatments?
Ketamine therapy is on the rise in light of its powerful results for treatment-resistant depression. But, what is the current standard of care for ketamine? Read to find out.

What Is Dissociation and How Does Ketamine Create It?
Dissociation can take on multiple forms. So, what is dissociation like and how does ketamine create it? Read to find out.

Having Sex on Ketamine: Getting Physical on a Dissociative
Curious about what it could feel like to have sex on a dissociate? Find out all the answers in our guide to sex on ketamine.

Special K: The Party Drug
Special K refers to Ketamine when used recreationally. Learn the trends as well as safety information around this substance.

Kitty Flipping: When Ketamine and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Read to explore the mechanics of kitty flipping.

Ketamine vs. Esketamine: 3 Important Differences Explained
Ketamine and esketamine are used to treat depression. But what’s the difference between them? Read to learn which one is right for you: ketamine vs. esketamine.

Guide to Ketamine Treatments: Understanding the New Approach
Ketamine is becoming more popular as more people are seeing its benefits. Is ketamine a fit? Read our guide for all you need to know about ketamine treatments.

Ketamine Treatment for Eating Disorders
Ketamine is becoming a promising treatment for various mental health conditions. Read to learn how individuals can use ketamine treatment for eating disorders.

Ketamine Resources, Studies, and Trusted Information
Curious to learn more about ketamine? This guide includes comprehensive ketamine resources containing books, studies and more.

Ketamine Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to ketamine has everything you need to know about this “dissociative anesthetic” and how it is being studied for depression treatment.

Ketamine for Depression: A Mental Health Breakthrough
While antidepressants work for some, many others find no relief. Read to learn about the therapeutic uses of ketamine for depression.

Ketamine for Addiction: Treatments Offering Hope
New treatments are offering hope to individuals suffering from addiction diseases. Read to learn how ketamine for addiction is providing breakthrough results.

Microdosing Ketamine & Common Dosages Explained
Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing ketamine.

How to Ease a Ketamine Comedown
Knowing what to expect when you come down from ketamine can help integrate the experience to gain as much value as possible.

How to Store Ketamine: Best Practices
Learn the best ways how to store ketamine, including the proper temperature and conditions to maximize how long ketamine lasts when stored.

How To Buy Ketamine: Is There Legal Ketamine Online?
Learn exactly where it’s legal to buy ketamine, and if it’s possible to purchase legal ketamine on the internet.

How Long Does Ketamine Stay in Your System?
How long does ketamine stay in your system? Are there lasting effects on your body? Read to discover the answers!

How Ketamine is Made: Everything You Need to Know
Ever wonder how to make Ketamine? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how Ketamine is made.

Colorado on Ketamine: First Responders Waiver Programs
Fallout continues after Elijah McClain. Despite opposing recommendations from some city council, Colorado State Health panel recommends the continued use of ketamine by medics for those demonstrating “excited delirium” or “extreme agitation”.

Types of Ketamine: Learn the Differences & Uses for Each
Learn about the different types of ketamine and what they are used for—and what type might be right for you. Read now to find out!

Kitty Flipping: When Ketamine and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Read to explore the mechanics of kitty flipping.

MDMA & Ecstasy Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to MDMA has everything you want to know about Ecstasy from how it was developed in 1912 to why it’s being studied today.

How To Get the Most out of Taking MDMA as a Couple
Taking MDMA as a couple can lead to exciting experiences. Read here to learn how to get the most of of this love drug in your relationship.

Common MDMA Dosage & Microdosing Explained
Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing MDMA.

Having Sex on MDMA: What You Need to Know
MDMA is known as the love drug… Read our guide to learn all about sex on MDMA and why it is beginning to makes its way into couple’s therapy.

How MDMA is Made: Common Procedures Explained
Ever wonder how to make MDMA? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how MDMA is made.

Hippie Flipping: When Shrooms and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Explore the mechanics of hippie flipping and how to safely experiment.

How Cocaine is Made: Common Procedures Explained
Ever wonder how to make cocaine? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how cocaine is made.

A Christmas Sweater with Santa and Cocaine
This week, Walmart came under fire for a “Let it Snow” Christmas sweater depicting Santa with lines of cocaine. Columbia is not merry about it.

Ultimate Cocaine Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
This guide covers what you need to know about Cocaine, including common effects and uses, legality, safety precautions and top trends today.

NEWS: An FDA-Approved Cocaine Nasal Spray
The FDA approved a cocaine nasal spray called Numbrino, which has raised suspicions that the pharmaceutical company, Lannett Company Inc., paid off the FDA..

The Ultimate Guide to Cannabis Bioavailability
What is bioavailability and how can it affect the overall efficacy of a psychedelic substance? Read to learn more.

Cannabis Research Explains Sociability Behaviors
New research by Dr. Giovanni Marsicano shows social behavioral changes occur as a result of less energy available to the neurons. Read here to learn more.

The Cannabis Shaman
If recreational and medical use of marijuana is becoming accepted, can the spiritual use as well? Experiential journalist Rak Razam interviews Hamilton Souther, founder of the 420 Cannabis Shamanism movement…

Cannabis Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to Cannabis has everything you want to know about this popular substances that has psychedelic properties.

Cannabis and Ayahuasca: Mixing Entheogenic Plants
Cannabis and Ayahuasca: most people believe they shouldn’t be mixed. Read this personal experience peppered with thoughts from a procannabis Peruvian Shaman.

CBD-Rich Cannabis Versus Single-Molecule CBD
A ground-breaking study has documented the superior therapeutic properties of whole plant Cannabis extract as compared to synthetic cannabidiol (CBD), challenging the medical-industrial complex’s notion that “crude” botanical preparations are less effective than single-molecule compounds.

Cannabis Has Always Been a Medicine
Modern science has already confirmed the efficacy of cannabis for most uses described in the ancient medical texts, but prohibitionists still claim that medical cannabis is “just a ruse.”

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