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When I first met Timothy Leary in 1980, he told me “credibility is overrated. I want to be incredible.”

R.U. Sirius
 
You Can Be Anyone This Time Around

17 Jun 13 | Sirius, Timothy Leary’s Trip Thru Time
A fascinating new biography of one of the most famous 1960s icons, both for his advocacy of LSD, and his visions of a future where humanity is liberated from outdated morality. And if you want to know where the idea to “tune in, turn on, and drop out” really came from, you shouldn’t miss this book.

 

 

 

A New Mind-Set

7 Jun 13 | Bekoff, Ignoring Nature No More
This collection of diverse essays by Marc Bekoff and a host of renowned contributors make a strong case for why we must replace our habits of domination and exploitation with compassionate conservation if we are to make the world a better place for nonhuman and human animals alike.

 

 

 

"Greatest Living Genius"

28 May 13 | Hagenbach, Werthmüller, Mystic Chemist
The biography on the most famous chemist of the last century takes us on a journey from his visionary childhood experiences with nature to his discoveries of LSD and psilocybin at Sandoz in Basel. The book also reveals the eventful history of the influences of LSD and other psychedelics on science, society and culture.

 

 

 

The Power of Ideas

23 May 13 | Naam, The Infinite Resource
Throughout history we’ve overcome problems which pose a tremendous risk to human prosperity, to world peace, and to the planet itself, but only when we’ve focused our energies on innovation. For the most valuable resource we have is our stockpile of useful ideas, and our continually growing capacity to expand them.

 

 

 

Back to the Future

13 May 13 | Langlitz, Neuropsychedelia
After the breakdown of the prospering area of psychopharmacology, and in the wake of clashes between counterculture and establishment in the late 1960s, a new generation of hallucinogen researchers used the hype around the neurosciences in the 1990s to bring psychedelics back into the mainstream of science and society.

 

 

 

The Universe is Us

1 May 13 | Fairfield, Deep Happy
Everyone wants to be happy. But somehow our happiness is transient, depending on what is happening in our lives. There is a deeper happiness that can only be found in the present moment. Peter Fairfield’s book is based on quantum physics and the belief that we are intimately and infinitely connected to the larger universe.

 

 

 

The Sequel

19 Apr 13 | Harner, Cave and Cosmos
Written by author of The Way of the Shaman, his new book is as well a must-read not only for those interested in shamanism, but also for those interested in spirituality, comparative religion, near-death experiences, healing, consciousness, anthropology, and the nature of reality.

 

 

 

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Travels in the New Psychedelic Bazaar

1 May 13 | Vanessa Grigoriadis, New York Magazine
The synthetic drugs being invented, refined, and produced today – and often shipped in from China – would have blown Timothy Leary’s mind. Who knows what they’re doing to the brains of users.

Unbroken Wholeness

25 Apr 13 | Larry Dossey, Reality Sandwich
Our connections are real, and they are life-affirming. Our connections are not optional; they are obligatory and intrinsic. This implies that we cannot secede from the web of life, even if we try. On this realization our future may depend.

Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?

25 Apr 13 | Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, Royal Society Publishing
The answer is yes, because modern society has shown some capacity to deal with long-term threats, at least if they are obvious or continuously brought to attention.

Sparks will fly

19 Apr 13 | Damien Walter, Aeon
Infatuated by celebrity, stuck in dreary work, addicted to consumerism. Only a creator culture can save us from ourselves.

Serotonin, and the Past and Future of LSD

19 Apr 13 | David E. Nichols, MAPS
The renowned pharmacologist and founder of the Heffter Research Institute explains the history and potential future of LSD while explaining how it affects the brain.

Origins of Human Teamwork

13 Apr 13 | University of Warwick, Physorg
Chimpanzees not only coordinate actions with each other but also understand the need to help a partner perform their role to achieve a common goal.

The Positive Psychology of Empathy

13 Apr 13 | Patty O’Grady, Psychology Today
Teaching students to be self-aware, self-assured, and self-sufficient.

Resilient Tropical Forests

7 Apr 13 | Olive Heffernan, Nature
Models predict that forests such as the Amazon are unlikely to die off as a result of the predicted rise in atmospheric greenhouse gases this century.

Disfluency

7 Apr 13 | Interview: Jennifer Jacquet, Edge
Adam Alter is interested in examining the concrete ways in which we are affected by subtle cues, such as symbols, culture, and colors. In this conversation, we learn on how we experience fluent and disfluent information.

Haiti to plant millions of trees

1 Apr 13 | Rashmee Roshan Lall, Guardian
The Caribbean country aims to plant fifty million trees a year in a pioneering reforestation campaign to address one of the primary causes of the country’s poverty and ecological vulnerability.

From adolescent brain to mature thinking

1 Apr 13 | UC Davis, Medical Xpress
Remarkable changes occur in the brain as it prunes away neuronal connections and makes the major transition from childhood to adulthood.

Biochemistries in Love

25 Mar 13 | Barbara Fredrickson, Reality Sandwich
The “love hormone” oxytocin is actually more properly identified as a neuropeptide because it acts not just within your body but also within your brain. It has long been known to play a key role within social bonding and attachment.

Dancing the World into Being

25 Mar 13 | Interview: Naomi Klein, Yes!
A conversation with writer, spoken-word artist, and indigenous academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about “extractivism.”

Animal Spirits

19 Mar 13 | Stephen T Asma, Aeon
The more we learn about the emotions shared by all mammals, the more we must rethink our own human intelligence.

The Decline of the Private Car

19 Mar 13 | Emily Badger, The Atlantic Cities
It’s like the cellphone replacing land line phones; the car won’t disappear overnight, but it’s following a familiar road.

Longevity Pathway

13 Mar 13 | ScienceDaily
A new study demonstrates what researchers consider conclusive evidence that the red wine compound resveratrol directly activates a protein that promotes health and longevity in animal models.

On Meditation

13 Mar 13 | YouTube
Peter Russell and Eckhart Tolle discuss how meditation should be effortless, an open awareness to the present moment.

"We’re Awake and We’re Standing Up"

7 Mar 13 | Ta’Kaiya Blaney, You Tube
She’s only 11 years old, but she’s already been working for environmental justice for a few years now. Here, she addresses the crowd at an Idle No More event in British Columbia, Canada.

Telepathetic

7 Mar 13 | Teafaerie, Erowid
Do psychedelics increase the potential for telepathic experiences? along with a whole-hearted affirmative yelp, performing such magic on command, can be problematic.

Influential few predict behaviour of the many

1 Mar 13 | Julie Rehmeyer, Nature
In general, systems of high complexity, including living things but ranging from the Internet to social networks, are often impossible to track in all their details. A new technique helps to untangle such systems from metabolism to social networks.

The Year of the Witch

1 Mar 13 | Pam Grossman, Reality Sandwich
In 2013 we will channel the spirit of the witch, honor the earth, and elevate women and girls to equality all over the world – feminine magic that we are manifesting together.

The Curious Case of the Lusty Wasps

25 Feb 13 | Lizzie Wade, Science
Can sex pheromones evolve without anyone noticing? A team of researchers found that one wasp species has developed a specific scent, which keeps it from mating with other species.

Tennis with Plato

25 Feb 13 | Mark Rowlands, Aeon
In play an adult can become like a child, fully absorbed in the here-and-now. Play, not work, brings us fully to life.

Protolanguage Generator

19 Feb 13 | Philippa Warr, Wired UK
Based on 637 languages currently spoken in Asia and the Pacific, a computer program takes theories and rules about how the spoken word change over time to work and applies them to contemporary languages.

Our Kinship With Gaia

19 Feb 13 | Interview: Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Future Primitive
Stephen H. Buhner is a poet and the author of books on nature, indigenous cultures, and herbal medicine. A conversation about the states of mind necessary for successful habitation of Earth. Audio.

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Good Vibrations
 

An amazing resonance experiment in a short and in a long version with original high frequency sound.

 


This Is Water 

David Foster Wallace’s timeless graduation speech from 2005 on the meaning of life, now with a sequence of images in a remixed and abridged version.

 


The Recycled Orchestra 

A film about people transforming trash into music, about love, courage and creativity.

 


The Connected Universe 

An upcoming documentary explains the new scientific theory in Nassim Haramein's physics paper titled "Quantum Gravity and the Holographic Mass".. 

 


Psychedelic Images 

In the course of developing sophisticated imaging techniques for peering into the human body, Dr. Kai-hung Fung discovered something within himself: an artist. 

 

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