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This Day in History: August 5 –

This Day in History: August 5 –

1967:...

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This Day in History: May 30 -

This Day in History: May 30 -

1971: (more…)

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Dead Trees: George Reisch’s “Pink Floyd & Philosophy: Careful with that axiom, Eugene!”

Dead Trees: George Reisch’s “Pink Floyd & Philosophy: Careful with that axiom, Eugene!”

Sadly, most of my childhood and youth was misspent listening to various forms of aural diarrhea. Although my mother was a wannabe audiophile, her preferences veered towards the mundane [ - which is a travesty, considering that she grew up during the 60s]. A few gems filtered through, though. She nurtured my early enthusiasm for the Jackson 5 and Michael, the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, and Prince. But she was less enthusiastic of Def...

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This Day in History: April 16 -

This Day in History: April 16 -

1943: (more…)

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This Day in History: April 13 -

This Day in History: April 13 -

From caption: “Unidentified white female between the age of 8 and 10 years old. Subject underwent 6 months of treatment using heavy doses of LSD, electroshock and sensory deprivation. Experiments under codename: MKULTRA about early 60s. Subject’s memory was erased and her brain is that of a newborn baby.” 1953:...

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This Day in History: April 6 -

1928/1931/1933?: (more…)

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Graham Hancock: “Entheogens & Evolution” –

• Via Shamanic Freedom Radio: “[Part] 1 of a [4 part] lecture with Graham Hancock recorded Tuesday 26 May 2009 at the October Gallery in Holborn, Central London. Starting from the premise that our society focuses on the alert, problem solving state of mind and tries to pretend that their (sic) is no other, and that shamanic states are considered threatening to the Western psyche, Graham focuses, amongst other things, on how cave...

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Terrence McKenna: “Shamans Among the Machines” –

This is the last public speech given by Terence in 1999:

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Dead Trees: January 2010 Adoptions –

Adding a pragmatic component to this series, I’d like to track the dead trees we ‘adopt’ each month. I prefer to call it ‘adoption’ because some of them will stay with us for our lifetimes, but others will ‘outgrow’ us and find find solace elsewhere. IMO, a good book makes a great gift – the more worn the better! Anyway, this month was slightly abnormal in that my favourite local...

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This Day in History: January 18 –

1932: (more…)

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