Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
1749 - 1832
This book reveals what amazing new research is showing us about where individual spontaneity ends and predictability in human behavior begins. The way you think about your own potential to do something truly extraordinary will never be the same. 7|25|10
Refuting the longstanding explanation of pleasure as a simple sensory response, Bloom shows us that pleasure is grounded in our beliefs about the deeper nature or essence of a given thing. This is why we want the real Rolex and not the knockoff, the real Picasso and not the fake, the twin we have fallen in love with and not her identical sister. 7|21|10
A fascinating journey from the microstructure of our brain to the evolution of our Western zivilisation. A remarkable blend of neuroscience and philosophy. 7|17|10
This fascinating study considers whether we really have free will, and what creates our sense of self. Susan Blackmore even questions whether consciousness itself is an illusion, making clear the enormous difficulty we face in bridging the gap between the physical world and our private experiences of it.
This spiritual memoir presents the riotous life of the yogi Ganesh Baba, former head of the Ananda Akhara, Naga followers of Lord Shiva who consider cannabis and other entheogens to be the gift of the gods. 7|5|10
Paul Thagard lays out detailed arguments that reality is knowable through science, that minds are nothing other than material brains and that there are no ultimate rights and wrongs handed down by a supernatural being. 6|28|10
… and at an accelerating rate. The pessimists who dominate public discourse insist that we will soon reach a turning point and things will start to get worse. But they have been saying this for two hundred years. The Rational Optimist will change your way of thinking about the world for the better. 6|21|10
Essential information for those involved in policymaking and for a wide range of readers interested in drugs and drug policy, as well as an excellent supplementary text for university courses in criminology, policy science, social science, or public health. 5|9|10
Bekoff offers six compelling reasons for changing the way we treat animals – whether they're in factory farms, labs, circuses, or our vanishing wilderness. The result is a well-researched, informative guide that will change animal and human lives for the better. 6|1|10
"After years searching for a 'final' answer, as a scientist and as a person, I realized that none exists. The force of this revelation was so intense and life transforming that I felt compelled to share it with others. It completely changed the way I think about Nature and our place in it," says the author of this fascinating quest that led him to a new understanding of what it is to be human. 5|21|10
The noted visionary artist L. Caruana guides his reader through a labyrinth of imagery, exposing the forgotten image-language at the root of all dreaming, art and mythmaking. He shows how our own daily experiences are, in fact, heroic adventures culminating in rare moments of epiphany. 5|10|10
You may have been searching for answers your whole life but are you ready to acknowledge that there might not be any? Here is a radical and deeply challenging new feature-length documentary exploring the most profound question of all. 5|1|10
Vlatko Vedral, professor of quantum information theory considers some of the deepest questions about the Universe and considers the implications of interpreting it in terms of information. Challenging questions, brilliant explanations. 4|23|10
C-Lab is testing experimental forms of architectural communication. Rethinking architecture at a global scale, it sets up creative partnerships to broaden the range and increase the intensity of architectural discourse. 4|19|10
This wonderful book by a renowned expert explains how ancient societies grasped the timeless principles of sacred geometry and created flourishing societies. Over 300 full-color illustrations reveal the secret codes and spiritual meanings within geometrical figures and key numbers. 4|10|10
More than seventy-five vivid color images explore psychedelic art chronologically, from early Op Art through recent work using digital technology. The book includes three essays that set the works in historical and cultural context. 4|6|10
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Prior to the Horizons 2010 conference in September – please check our events calendar – the organizers have now released all of the videos recordings for free from 2009. 7|28|10
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This post is the last in a four-part series of essays by primatologist Frans de Waal on human nature, based on his ongoing research. 7|28|10
You will have had thousands of brainwaves since you started reading this sentence. These waves of electricity flow around our brains every second of the day, allowing neurons to communicate while we walk, talk, think and feel. 7|25|10 |
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Plants, scientists say, transmit information about light intensity and quality from leaf to leaf in a very similar way to our own nervous systems. These "electro-chemical signals" are carried by cells that act as "nerves" of the plants. 7|25|10
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Erik Davis has visited a remarkable otherworldly honeycomb of sacred murals, onyx mosaics, stained glass, sculpture, inlaid marble, hidden passageways, precious metals, mirrored stone, and other elements of sacred architecture. 7|21|10
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Happier people have more meaningful conversations. 7|21|10
What do a congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology, a meeting of International Funders for Indigenous Peoples, and an international conference co-organized |
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by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in common? 7|17|10
Brian Hare and Vanessa do comparative studies on the cognitive development of bonobo apes, chimpanzees and humans. A conversation. 7|17|10
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Plato was the Einstein of Greece's Golden Age and his work founded Western culture and science. Jay Kennedy's findings are set to revolutionise the
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history of the origins of Western thought. 7|13|10
Former Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa is convincing city planners from Beijing to Mexico City to create lively public spaces that center around people and community, not cars. 7|13|10
An unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end. The new wall-painted animation by BLU. 7|13|10 |
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An entheological analysis of Terence's experiences in the tryptamine mirror of the self by Martin W. Ball. 7|13|10
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A tragic fire by arson has burned our friend Jonathan Ott's home to the ground. He is personally safe, but homeless and shaken. Jonathan must relocate and could use your help right now. 7|9|10
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Economy An economic transformation to rival the Industrial Revolution is on its way – and this time nature will be properly valued, predicts a recent report. 7|9|10
In the past, daydreaming was often considered a failure of mental discipline, or worse. Now, at long last, the doodling daydreamer is getting some respect. 7|5|10 |
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The Gorilla in Our Midst psychology experiment is up there among the world's most famous. However, for the psychologists who devised it, exactly how it fools half of the people who take part it is still a mystery. 7|5|10
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We're sharing more things, more deeply, with more people. Why sharing is the answer to some of today's biggest questions. 7|1|10
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In a time bank, members get credit for services they provide to other members, from cooking to housekeeping to car rides to home repair. For each hour of work, one time dollar is deposited into a member's account. 7|1|10
The ability to detect a magnetic field, called magnetoreception, has been observed in a variety of animals, including birds, turtles, sharks, lobsters, cows, fungi, and bacteria. 6|28|10 |
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins are studying the effects of psilocybin in healthy people. If you've had a spiritual or meaningful psilocybin mushroom experience, please contact the study team. 6|28|10
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Astronomers have managed to record for the first time the eerie musical harmonies produced by the magnetic field in the outer atmosphere of the sun. 6|25|10
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… and how understanding it has ultimately changed our lives, by Michio Kaku. 6|25|10
In the classical myth, Icarus flies too close to the sun and dies. In Brian Greene's multimedia reimagining of the story, he flies too close to a black hole. 6|21|10 |
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What is a 'pattern language' and why might it be a better way of communicating Transition? Here are some initial thoughts by Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition Network. 6|21|10
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A seven minute video screened at MAPS' tribute dinner for Ann & Sasha Shulgin, San José, California, last April. Filmed by Kyle Cameron & Connie Littlefield in 2002 and 2003. 6|17|10
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New forms of media have always caused moral panics: the printing press, newspapers, paperbacks and television. But such panics often fail basic reality checks – one comes from Steven Pinker. 6|17|10
To change our consciousness, to take advantage of the ascent that continues to occur even in the darkest hour of planetary crisis, we need only realize the example of the whole Earth, the Earth we see from outer space. By Jose Arguelles. 6|13|10 |
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Swiss inventor Michael Gratzel has come clean and revealed that he stole his award-winning design for a new kind of solar cell – stole it from a leaf, that is. 6|13|10
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Futurists have long dreamed of making copies of themselves that will live forever – now researchers are working out how to do it for real. 5|9|10
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University College London and The Beckley Foundation have started an international survey in order to gather data on the benefits and the harm of drug use. 5|9|10
Most of our skills are like riding a bike: we have no idea how they work. That innate knowledge has some very important – and bizarre – consequences, says Harry Collins. 5|5|10 |
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An overhaul of world farming and more vegetarianism should be top priorities to protect the environment, along with curbs on fossil fuel use, reports a recent U.N.-backed study. 5|5|10
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In the 2010 State of Observed Species researchers have announced that 18.225 living species were discovered in 2008. In addition, 2.140 new extinct species were discovered byway of fossils. 6|1|10
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A recent study has attempted to parse out differences among omnivores, vegetarians and vegans in brain responses to human and animal suffering. 6|1|10
A group in Taiwan has discovered that the roots of acacia confusa are a very highly active DMT source. This has been pointed out earlier, but no bioassays were really available on this particular plant until now. 6|1|10 |
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Sign the declaration and join a global call to have rights formally declared for whales and dolphins. 6|1|10
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Interest in Buddhism has not been greater since it was first introduced to China, and the serious and thoughtful use of psychedelics is making a resurgence, perhaps more profoundly than in the Sixties. 5|29|10
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Emerging social science research suggests that our smallest actions are far more susceptible than previously suspected to trends passing through our social networks. An interview with Harvard sociologist Nicholas Christakis. 5|29|10
All cultures make music, though no one knows why; it's not obviously useful in the way cooking or language are. Now psychologists are investigating whether |
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certain elements of music are hard-wired into the brain.
A series of studies find that activism brings pleasant emotions, greater life satisfaction, and more experiences of freedom, competence, and connection to others.
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All you need is a wormhole, the Large Hadron Collider or a rocket that goes really, really fast, says Stephen Hawking, physicist, cosmologist and something of a dreamer. 5|21|10
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Kat Green's documentary is in the final push of post-production right now, and she started additional fundraising to finance mix, music, graphics, and publicity. 5|21|10
Reality, free will or the speed of light? One's got to give, because quantum mechanics says you can't have them all. 5|21|10 |
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The Teaferie considers how sex and psychedelics have a lot in common. Both can be sacred, heart-opening, and life-affirming, and both can also be cheap, dirty, and dangerous when they come from a sketchy source ... 5|21|10
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McGill biologist Dr. Frederic Guichard says marine life can communicate over thousands of kilometers: "If I kill mussels in San Diego, it will have an impact in Seattle. We now know that populations are connected," he said. 5|17|10
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Stanislav Grof discusses with Daniel Pinchbeck how psychedelics helped him create an expanded cartography for the psyche, with a new emphasis on what he calls the "paranatal" and transpersonal consciousness. 5|17|10
An unprecedented analysis reveals that the micro-blogging service is remarkably effective at spreading "important" information. 5|17|10 |
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Splitting hydrogen from water could help make hydrogen a more viable alternative to coal, nuclear, and fossil fuels. 5|17|10
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A description and photos of the Shulgins' participation in MAPS's Psychedelic Science conference, including the banquet in their
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honor and the signing and unveiling of Alex Grey's portrait of Sasha and Ann. 5|13|10
Three books hunt for the elusive experience of absolute quiet and explore what we love and loathe in our decibel-blasted lifestyles. 5|13|10
Semir Zeki’s research into the brain’s visual system shows that great artists unwittingly expose and express the physiology of the brain in their work, using the same visual building blocks the |
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brain uses to put together a mental picture. 5|13|10
For a Westerner visiting Peru, the first Q'ero ceremony in which Earth and Mountain Spirits actually manifest can be filled with doubt -- and hope. By Stella Osorojos. 5|13|10
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The core of this online book is about the Earth and all of it life forms. Gaia is a unity and evolves as a unit. Each component of Gaia, including each human, is tightly linked and is interdependent with every other component. 5|10|10
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In the race to create the most powerful computer in the world, could it be that we've been pipped at the post by our feathered friends? 5|10|10
Sex? Chimpanzees have tools for sex? No way. If ever there was an intrinsically human behavior, it had to be the manufacture of sex toys. 5|10|10 |
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We must adjust to our unparalleled ability to shape the world's evolution. 5|10|10
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Scientists have begun speculating that the root cause of disease conditions such as migraines and irritable bowel syndrome may be endocannabinoid deficiency. 5|5|10
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