CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports on MDMA/PTSD Research

17 11 2008

Rick Doblin notifies us that 

 CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reported on the results of MAPS’ US MDMA/PTSD study, conducted by Dr. Michael and Annie Mithoefer.  The url of the report is:

 http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2008/11/13/gupta.ecstasy.therapy.cnn?iref=videosearch

The occasion of the CNN piece was a poster presentation by Dr. Mithoefer at the 24th annual meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, the largest organization of researchers and therapists interested in PTSD. 


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : TV, health, mdma, psychedelic medicine, science, video

Hendrix has answers…

16 11 2008

R.I.P. Mitch Mitchell

(1 min)


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : fun/funny, music, video

The Mission

16 11 2008

Before Terrence discovered he had a shroom-shaped tumor growing in his brain (glioblastoma multiforme) he was planning on writing a book tentatively called: Casting Nets into the Sea of Imagination.

(2 min.)

“Any one of us can bring back a small piece of the picture, and contribute it to the building of the new paradigm, then we participate in the redemption of the human spirit.
And THAT, after all, is what it’s REALLY all about.”

castnet_seitz


Comments : No Comments »
Tags :
Categories : entheogens, shamanism, the spirit, video

High Times Editorial Office

16 11 2008

These are actually rather entertaining. Imagine the TV series The Office, only everyone is blazed. 5 episode so far. About 3 - 4 minutes each.

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : TV, cannabis, fun/funny, video

Heretical Visionary Sacraments Amongst the Ecclesiastical Elite

16 11 2008

Entheogenic art history presentation by Carl A. P. Ruck & Blaise Daniel Staples.
A talk presented to : The Italian Society for the Study of the States of Consciousness on August 30, 2003 at Perinaldo, Italy.
(1 hr 20 min)


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : amanita, anthropology, art, entheogens, lecture, psilocybin, religion, video

Psychedelics In Eden

16 11 2008

The First Supper - by Peter Webster.
A lecture first presented to the SISSC, Perinaldo, Italy, 2004. Presented at the Albert Hofmann Celebration, Basel, 2006
(1 hr)


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : amanita, anthropology, entheogens, lecture, psilocybin, religion, shamanism, video

The Acid Chronicles

16 11 2008

Short film about lysergic acid diethylamide-25.
(10 min)


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : addiction, drug-laws / drug-politics, entheogens, health, lsd, psychedelic medicine, science, video

The Serpent and the Cross

16 11 2008

Serpent = Entheogen = Christos ?
(1 1/2 minutes)


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : amanita, anthropology, entheogens, psilocybin, religion, synchronos, video

The Template

15 11 2008

The sacred geometry animations in this video are really beautiful. So beautiful, in fact, they told the video’s author that we have been severely genetically modified by jerk-ass aliens.
(8 1/2 minutes)


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : 2012, animation, synchronos, the spirit, video

Emotive headset demonstration

14 11 2008

The lecture takes about 15 minutes to really get going but then it gets very interesting and entertaining. My head is swimming thinking abut the applications.
(1 hr)

April 9, 2008 lecture by Randy Breen for the Stanford University Computer Systems Colloquium (EE380).

The Emotiv EPOC (www.emotiv.com) now makes it possible for games to be controlled and influenced by the player’s mind. Engaging, immersive, and nuanced, Emotiv-inspired game-play will be like nothing ever seen before. Based on the latest developments in neuro-technology, Emotiv has developed a new personal interface for human computer interaction.

brainmachine


Comments : No Comments »
Tags :
Categories : business, infotech, lecture, technology, video

System 7 - Hinotori

11 11 2008

System 7 consists of Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy (former members of 70’s prog-rock band, Gong) and have been releasing trance music since 1990. They frequently teamed up with other electronic giants over the years (Derrick May, Laurent Garnier, Carl Craig, The Orb, Talvin Singhe, Greg Hunter to name a few) and they released a new collaboration album this year featuring Eat Static, Slackbaba, Son Kite and more, called Phoenix. The album is very nice and powerfully emotional with their trademark ethereal guitars and mature production values, the main reason for this post, however, is to share with you the superb animation in the music video to the first track on the Phoenix album, Hinotori:


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : animation, art, electronic music, music, music video, psytrance, trippy, video

Shapeshifting or ego-tripping?

9 11 2008

Very humorous and insightful comments.

J.M. Fericgla, anthropologist, author, president of the Society of Applied Ethnopsychology (SdEA), and pioneer in the use of Ayahuasca psychotherapy, speaks about entheogens and the ego, and gives a different take on shapeshifting.
(10 min)



http://ayadoc.blogspot.com/


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : anthropology, ayahuasca, entheogens, health, shamanism, the spirit, video

Ethan Nadelmann discusses the Prop 5 loss

9 11 2008

In this podcast, Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance, along with 2 colleagues, discuss the unfortunate defeat of prop 5 in California as well as some successes and the general tone of drug law reform this election cycle:

LINK:  http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/110608_podcast.mp3


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : addiction, audio, cannabis, drug-laws / drug-politics, law, poltics

Study clears cannabis of schizophrenia rap

9 11 2008

The one psuedo-legit reason the prohibitionists had for keeping cannabis illegal has been dismissed:

LINK: The Register


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : cannabis, drug-laws / drug-politics

Cyberscopic Events

3 11 2008

Molecular movies are an extremely promising enterprise for research, art and education.  If you enjoyed those stupendicular animations that accurately depict The Inner Life of the Cell, then lend your gaze upon cell apoptosis through this window :
(4 1/2 minutes)


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : animation, art, chemistry, mathematics, nature, physics, science, technology, trippy, video

Stomp-generated energy from Sustainable Dance Club

2 11 2008

The lights and sound of the Rotterdam dance club Watt are powered by dancing feet, which, of course, are powered by the quality of the music.

More info: SustainableDanceClub.com


Comments : 1 Comment »

Categories : architecture, dance, electronic music, energy, science, technology, video

“Monkey Jazz” (acapella techno looping)

2 11 2008

1-take, solo beatbox performance by Beardyman, with video editing by mr_hopkinson.

Check it!
(5 min)

[related:  Shlomo does Roni Size (wic-Ked!)]


Comments : No Comments »
Tags :
Categories : electronic music, fun/funny, music, music video, technology, trippy, video

Time for flying herbs under the alder tree…

30 10 2008

and a spOOky Samhein!


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : art

Ancient hair samples reveal psychedelic past.

29 10 2008


Ayahuasca compound, harmine, has been found in hair from 1000 year old Andean mummies.  While archeological evidence of ancient psychotropic drug utilization is plentiful from across the globe (which is new to The Telegraph), the presence of specific chemicals in biological samples is rather unique.

LINK→  National Geographic


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : anthropology, ayahuasca, biology, entheogens, science

Coldcut vs TV Sheriff “Revolution ‘08″

27 10 2008

Viva…


Comments : No Comments »

Categories : economy, electronic music, fun/funny, poltics, video

« Previous Entries