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Our Reality Sandwich column of book, video and music reviews. In this edition: American Cyclopath, Supernatural, Downton Abbey, Leviathan, Push the Sky Away, The Psychedelic Future of the Mind, The Next Day, and WSIS +10.  (more)

In this edition of Reality Sandwich Reviews: Life of Pi, Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, Chasing Ice, How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought, Lincoln, God: A Story of  Revelation, The Adventurous Heart: Figures and Capriccios, Samsara, and A Hologram for the King. (more)

Introducing our new column of book, video and music reviews. In this edition: Cloud Atlas, Two Fingers Stunt Rhythms, The Moneyless Manifesto, Dreams and Guided Imagery, Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives, The Secrets of Alchemy, Video Game Play and Consciousness, and Terence McKenna Omnibus 2012.    (more)

Being a big fan of the movie Baraka -- assuredly one of the most beautifully filmed documentaries of all time -- I did not hesitate when asked if I wanted to attend a London preview of the new sequel Samsara. The value of these zero-dialogue documentary films is that they alter consciousness and put the viewer in a contemplative state.  (more)

The film reveals much about Freud's patriarchal authoritarianism and monomaniacal dogmatism, and Jung's adulteries, violations of professional ethics, and descent into near madness are shown to be inextricable from his visionary realizations.  (more)