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I watched the incense smoke wander around the room like weightless leaves in the breeze. Then Fernando asked me to close my eyes. I had no idea that my "self" was about to shatter into a million pieces like broken glass. (more)

[The Ayahuasca Monologues] • In the summer of 2004, I was set to travel to South America for a ten day Dieta to work with the plant medicines Bobinsana and Ayahuasca.  Prior to departure, my father died a harsh and tragic death. A new phase of my life began with these two seminal events. I found my understanding of this earth to be changed utterly, and a terrible and loving beauty was born.  (more)

We have come seeking the healing the earth offers through her sacred medicines. These mushrooms are legal for a 30-kilometer radius around the village of Huautla. Baskets of mushrooms are painted on the outside walls of the church. Here the mushroom is another image for Christ. (more)

As a writer on ayahuasca shamanism, and a leader of small groups down to the rainforest to encounter the practice of traditional medicine, I have watched the rising of the phenomenon labeled "ayahuasca tourism" with apprehension. (more)

Current research is supporting the phenomenon known as out-of-body experiences. Here are a few techniques to try it out yourself.

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[The Electric Jesus] •What does one do after leading an “American Revel-ution” in the largest protest ever against a political convention? Facing a second term of the Bush administration, I decided to abandon electoral politics in search of a “Galileo-type paradigm shift.” In this first podcast of “The Electric Jesus,” I describe the night my world turned upside-down, the strange possibilities of string theory, the meaning of gnosis, and the importance of taking back the mystical Jesus. I also ask you to join this journey by describing your “first titanic aha moment” involving energy work - or for that matter - any major shift in your perception of the world.

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