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Timewave 2013
The Odyssey II
A Film by Sharron Rose
Running Time 84 Minutes
USD 24.95
Sacred Mysteries 		What lies ahead for the human race? Will we reach the destiny that awaits us? In the film 2012 The Odyssey, author Sharron Rose went on a quest to understand the many prophecies around the year 2012. In this sequel to that film, she travels far beyond the world of 2012.
During this fascinating expedition into the nature of time itself, Ms. Rose speaks to many of the world’s experts on mythology, alchemy, astrology, anthropology and ancient history; Jose Arguelles, Gregg Braden, Riane Eisler, William Henry, Jean Houston, John Major Jenkins, Rick Levine, Dennis McKenna, Terence McKenna, Daniel Pinchbeck, Geoff Stray, Whitley Strieber, Alberto Villoldo and Jay Weidner. They discuss topics such as the shift of the ages, the galactic alignment, global warming, the pervasive role of the media in our lives, the secret place of refuge, the mystic work of Benjamin Franklin, renewal of the American spirit and the transformation of humanity.
Journey with Ms. Rose beyond the Georgia Guidestones, Denver Airport, Cross of Hendaye and Mayan Calendar to the Sacred Valley of Peru where we sit in ceremony with the powerful Shaman/healers of the Q’ero people and listen to their powerful prophecies for the future of humankind.
While firmly based in a rich perspective on our past history, and a new understanding of the nature of the times we live in, Timewave 2013 offers a clear, yet positive vision of what is to come. (zvg)
   
Terence McKenna
The Alchemical Dream
Rebirth of the Great Work
A Film by Sheldon Rochlin
Running Time 55 Minutes
USD 19.95
Mystic Fire, Sacred Mysteries		 In the mid-1990's Terence McKenna and Mystic Fire's Sheldon Rochlin teamed up to make this rich and exciting film. Little did they know that this would be their last film. Filmed in Prague with Terence portraying his usual erudite rendition of the Irish Bard, this filmed classic takes us on a journey into the alchemical renaissance of King Frederick V and his wife Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia. Playing the role of John Dee, court magician for Queen Elizabeth of England, Terence McKenna shows us how the promise of a return to the tradition of alchemy was almost instituted in Europe. He also shows us that this early attempt at the creation of an alchemical kingdom actually lead to the European Renaissance and the institution of Cartesian science and the beginnings of rationalism within the western mindset. This incredible film is not only beautifully filmed but is Terence McKenna’s finest performance and a worthy eulogy to his genius. (zvg)

If only a fraction of McKenna’s thought is true, he will someday be regarded as the Copernicus of consciousness.
The Village Voice
   
FlicKeR
The true story of Brion Gysin and the Dreamachine
A Film by Nik Sheehan
Running Time 75 Minutes
USD 26.98
Alive Mind 		In 1960, poet, artist, and beatnik Brion Gysin invented the Dreamachine, a hypnotic light device with the power to induce hallucinations. The Dreamachine enthralled mystics and freethinkers everywhere, with William S. Burroughs claiming that it could "storm the citadels of enlightenment". With interviews from some of the counterculture’s most eccentric icons – from Iggy Pop to singer Marianne Faithfull – FLicKeR is a riveting documentary that explores the life of Brion Gysin and his quest to transform human consciousness. Taking the dream machine as the basis of its explorations, FLicKeR asks crucial questions about the nature of art and consciousness, and imagines a humanity liberated to explore its creativity in complete freedom. (zvg)
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Simon G. Powell
Metanoia
A New Vision of Nature
Running Time 94 Minutes
GBP 5.99 to 7.99
Psychoactive Media

Employing a healthy blend of science, art and metaphysics, author Simon G. Powell presents a radical new perspective on the meaning and significance of life in this innovative and highly unorthodox documentary. Central to the film is the concept of natural intelligence. Hitherto unattested, the concept of natural intelligence holds that the evolution of life on Earth is essentially an intelligent information-gaining process driven by an intelligently configured Universe. Despite the controversial nature of such a claim, Powell marshals plenty of evidence to support the natural intelligence paradigm. Accompanied by original upbeat music throughout, Metanoia will thus guide anyone with an open mind to a new appreciation and a new understanding of Nature. So poised, our relationship with the rest of the biosphere may yet be healed. More about the author and his work under Psychoactive Media (zvg)
   
Peter Russell
From Science to God
Exploring the Mystery of Consciousness
Running Time 23 Minutes
Hartley Film Foundation Production, USD 19.95

"How is it that something as unconscious as the matter of the brain ever gives rise to something as immaterial as an experience?," muses Peter Russell in Peter Russell: From Science to God, a beautiful meditation exploring spirit, science and the miracle of consciousness.
Science cannot explain the fact that humans are conscious, says Russell, and he calls the human capacity for inner experience "the great mystery." According to Russell, who studied mathematics and theoretical physics before he delved into experimental psychology, humans are locked into the view that consciousness itself is somehow created by the brain. He believes that we need to question that basic assumption.
Russell tries to always notice "what is, as it is, without thinking about it," and observes that "our experience of the body is always in the present moment, but our thinking about it takes us out of the present."
Religions seek to open us to the inner world of the spirit, which Russell views as the inner world of the mind. Western science has proved very successful in explaining the world and advancing technology, but Russell's concern is that science has not provided humans with a value system. He calls for integration of scientific understanding with the wisdom of spiritual traditions. "The next great frontier is not outer space," Russell concludes, "it's inner space." (zvg)
From Science to God

   
2012
The Odyssey
A Film by Sharron Rose
Running Time 55 Minutes
USD 19.95
Sacred Mysteries 		The Mayan Calendar is ending on 21st December 2012. What will happen to us between now and then? Are there other prophecies that also predict the closing of this world age and the start of a new beginning? Join author Sharron Rose on an adventure into the future. In this exciting and thought provoking feature documentary she travels across the entire United States speaking to the many experts on this fast approaching prophecy. They help her to reveal the secrets that will unfold before our eyes and will shape our future. Featuring noted experts Jose Arguelles, Gregg Braden, John Major Jenkins, Rick Levine, Geoff Stray, Moira Timms, Alberto Villoldo, Jay Weidner, the Incan Elders and more, this film shows us that the coming world is ours to reshape and to remake in any way that we deem possible.
Sharron Rose also travels to the Georgia Guidestones, Washington D.C., the Denver Airport and many other places to discover that there are numerous groups and people who understand that this present age is ending and a new world is now just beginning.
Discover the secrets of the Mayans, the Incans, the Alchemists, the Christians, the Masons and others of our ancient ancestors concerning the end of time and the promise of our destiny as human beings. (zvg)
   
Hofmann’s Potion
A Film by Connie Littlefield
Running time 56 minutes
USD 24.98
National Film Board of Canada
Alive Media		 Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to “tune in, turn on and drop out,” lysergic acid diethylamide (or LSD) was being used by researchers committed to understanding the workings of the human mind. Discovered in 1943 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, LSD was hailed as a powerful tool for the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction and to provide a window into schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. Much of that pioneering research was done by the team of Humphry Osmond, Abram Hoffer and Duncan Blewett, all working in Saskatchewan. While researchers were establishing the medical benefits of LSD, others – like the friend of Humphry Osmond, author Aldous Huxley – promoted the drug as a powerful tool for mental exploration and self-understanding. At Harvard, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Ram Dass became popular heroes after the university cancelled their research into psychedelics.
With thoughtful interviews, beautiful music and stunning cinematography, Hofmann’s Potion is an invitation to look at LSD with a more open, compassionate mind. More ... (zvg)
   
  Worldspirit
A landmark audio-visual theater experience featuring poetry and storytelling by visionary artist Alex Grey, music by electronic composer and violinist Kenji Williams (ABA Structure), and multi-screen projections of Alex Grey's world-famous paintings.		 This innovative multimedia package represents a radically new form of entertainment that brings together evolutionary spiritual teachings, visual art, music, live performance, and advanced technology, speaking at once to body, mind and spirit. It is presented in the form of a double-disc box set, comprised of a DVD, an audio CD, and a 28 page booklet presented in a beautiful custom die-cut package. The "Worldspirit" DVD is a product of MagneticPresence. Enjoy! (it)

A beautiful, brilliant, exhilarating multimedia presentation of sacred art & music. Dazzling from beginning to end, and deeply moving throughout. Highly recommended!
Ken Wilber
   
 

Mind States IV
A DVD of highlights from the
Mind States IV conference of
last year is available now.

 Mind States Highzzz has stunning visual art created by Omananda, Arcane, Tantric Demon, Xavi, and Pablo Amaringo. It features talk excerpts and/or interviews with: Luke Brown, Carolyn Garcia (aka Mountain Girl), Alex Grey, Allyson Grey, Stanislav Grof, Mark Henson, Martina Hoffmann, Sandra Karpetas, Jah Levi, Ralph Metzner, Jean Millay, Sheldon Norberg, Jefe de los Ongos, Mark Pesce, V.S. Ramachandran, Nicholas Sand, Wrye Sententia, Alexander T. Shulgin, Ann Shulgin, R.U. Sirius, Myron J. Stolaroff, Fred Tomaselli, Robert Venosa. A blotter art presentation by Mark McCloud is also included on this DVD. A trippy interface guides you through three hours of vital drug education! This live edit by the creator of Liquid Crystal Vision is a great memory of Mind States IV and makes a wonderful present. (zvg)
   
Shamans of the Amazon
A Documentary by Dean Jefferys
Featuring: Terence McKenna, Rick Strassman, Yatra De Silvera Babosa, Enrique and Raphael, Shamans from Ecuador and Pablo Amaringo from Peru.		 Shamans of the Amazon, is a personal account of filmmaker, Dean Jefferys, returning to the Amazon with his partner and one year old daughter. They journey deep into the heart of the Ecuadorian rainforest to meet two Amazon shamans to learn about and experience the ancient hallucinogenic ayahuasca ritual.
The film brings to the viewer an intimate and fascinating look at the shamans of the Amazon, their culture and their rituals that are fast disappearing. It is said ayahuasca allows the shaman to enter other dimensions where complicated healings, shamanic battles, clairvoyance, initiations, ancestral knowledge exchange and communications with the plant, animal and spirit world is possible.
The ayahuasca ritual involves the drinking of a combination of two hallucinogenic plants in the presence of a trained shaman. Using the first person narrative the video follows Dean and his family's journey, to meet with these Amazon shamans and explore this mysterious psychedelic world. The journey takes Dean around the globe to meet with people from several western countries who have developed their own unique style of the ayahuasca rituals. Dean participates in filmed ayahuasca rituals where he drinks the ayahuasca brew with both Amazon and "new age" shamans, giving first hand accounts of his experiences.
Shamans of the Amazon examines the effects the outside world is having on the Amazonian shamans and explores how they and the ayahuasca rituals are adapting to these changes. The program examines how and why this ancient ritual is now spreading around the world, focusing on several western individuals and religious members who use ayahuasca. The video examines the legalities of using ayahuasca for the Amazon shaman, the curious westerner and people who want to get the use of ayahuasca legalised for their spiritual pursuits.
In Amsterdam Dean meets Yatra Silvera de Barbosa, a Brazilian woman in her forties who has been running rituals and importing ayahuasca legally into the Netherlands since 1994. Yatra has been developing a program incorporating ayahuasca use to help heroin addicts quit their addiction. Yatra describes the police raid of the Santo Daime church in Amsterdam where the spiritual leaders of a ritual are now facing between 7 and 15 years in jail for drinking and serving ayahuasca.
The documentary reports the first ever public emonstration to legalise ayahuasca and briefly examines the effects of the global war on drugs. The video examines the chemical composition of this shamanic brew and hear how some "new age" alchemists are deriving these active compounds from other plants.
In Australia an active ingredient of the Amazon shamans potion Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is extracted from a native acacia or wattle tree. The video describes DMT's traditional use amongst some Amazonian tribes.
A key subject in the film is world renowned psychedelic explorer, lecturer and author, Terence McKenna, who had een researching and experimenting with hallucinogens including DMT since the sixties. Four months before Terence died of cancer Dean interviewed him at his home in Hawaii.
Shamans of the Amazon utilises the latest in computer graphics technology to simulate the feelings and visions one has during the ayahuasca ritual or DMT experience. The shamanic experience is illustrated via the animation of elaborate drawings of ayahuasca visions by an Amazon shaman and artist, Don Pablo Amaringo to help illustrate the visions of the traditional shamans.
Witness a dramatic and violent uprising by thousands of Ecuadorian Amazon people, (which includes two of our main characters) against an American oil company that is destroying the forests and polluting the local rivers. Some contemporary Amazon shamans are using ayahuasca to determine their strategies to fight the oil companies and other invaders on their traditional land. As the crisis facing the Amazon shamans changes with the times, so does their use and application of ayahuasca.
Similarly some westerners appear to be using ayahuasca to receive knowledge, understand their relationship with nature and to seek visions of Shamans of the Amazon will show how the ayahuasca and their relationship with nature. This is the type of relationship with the natural kingdom many in the developed world are struggling to rediscover.
Beginning the millennium, in a "say no to drugs" era, the video reveals a new subculture emerging, based on an ancient ritual of hallucinogenic plant use. In a time when indigenous people, their culture and our natural environment are experiencing dramatic changes, the video examines what these Shamans of the Amazon and their hallucinogenic rituals have to offer. (zvg)
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texts, if not mentioned otherwise:
Dieter A. Hagenbach (dah), provided (zvg), Internet (it)