Tagged with Entheogens

Underlying the intricate geometric patterns of great complexity displayed in the art of the Shipibo people is a concept of an all pervading magical reality which can challenge the Western linguistic heritage and rational mind.   (more)

[RS Single] • Who is this older man, addressing a generation half his age, rhapsodizing about psychedelics and shamans? Simply, he is an icon with a thriving milieu of disciples. Join a conversation with the key words psychedelic, entheogen, DMT, ayahuasca, mushroom, shamanism, or 2012, and Terence McKenna's name is likely to crop up. (more)

Many indigenous healing rites begin with a prayer dedicating the healing to all people. When one person heals, a way, a camino, is opened for others to heal the same wound. In the upcoming documentary film Yarindin, a band of warriors journey deep into the jungle to heal their souls, to heal war, with indigenous plant medicine. (more)

Why was this substance that could save us and our world illegal? How could one drop of a chemical on a piece of blotter paper cause my mind to know the universe in a wholly different way? And what other minds might be in there to be brought to consciousness? What other universes were there to behold? (more)

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. (more)

The more a compound disrupts the Ego, the physically safer (less toxic) that compound will be, while the more a 'drug' reinforces and inflates the sense of Ego, the more physically harmful (toxic) that compound will be. (more)

Wright proposes that the accelerating expansion of the neo-cortex was due to a runaway feedback mechanism driven by our own hormone system in combination with the complex plant bio-chemistry provided by our diet. What was the effect of flooding our brains 24/7 for thousands of generations with this highly advanced molecular engineering formula? (more)

In my opinion, world conditions are not the point of the 2012 message. The message is more profound. It is about the fundamental principle of reality, as revealed by the psychedelic experiences of the shamans. (more)

Which is true: the picture of reality that natural science presents us, or the one that the mystic experiences in visions? This question can only be asked by one who thinks that natural science and the mystical worldview are mutually exclusive.  (more)

As we seek to experience our primal/cosmic natures, the imagined solution may only be compounding the problem. If the (ab)use of entheogens were decimating our own individual "biospheres" and preventing us from having full access to our faculties, this would exactly mirror the ways in which our disconnection from the environment has affected the Earth's biosphere. (more)

For those of us involved with psychedelics, this is a time of unexpected changes, a time of tentative celebration. After decades of winter, the ice is thinning. The warming trends toward legalization; increased religious, medical, and psychotherapeutic use; scientific exploration; and cultural acceptance are encouraging. (more)

Many creative tasks require an expansive associative net, a "flat associative hierarchy." Creative people need to make far-reaching connections among all sorts of seemingly unrelated ideas. The heightened ability to make novel associations is the hallmark of creative thinkers, who are always searching for epiphanies. This is why Marijuana is perhaps one of the best cognitive tools for creativity.

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When I first encountered the mushrooms, I had been taking antidepressants for years. The mushrooms told me I was an addict and that the pills were toxic to me. After being hospitalized due to my reaction to Paxil at age 19, I decided the mushrooms were right. Eventually, I met a Mazatec grandmother who holds a Niños Santos lineage of curandisimo.  (more)