{"id":3340,"date":"2025-01-01T07:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T07:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2025-01-01T07:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T07:04:26","slug":"january-25-good-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2025\/01\/01\/january-25-good-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"january 25 \u2013 good to read"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-3340\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3340-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3340-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><img width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_MindMeld-200x300.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-3345  attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_MindMeld-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_MindMeld.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3340-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Psychedelic Mindmeld. Telepathically Exploring Shared Consciousness<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Wade Richardson<\/strong><br \/>\nMany psychonauts have spontaneously experienced telepathy, but how does one intentionally share consciousness? In this guide to psychedelic mindmelding, experienced psychonaut Wade Richardson shows how, with the aid of psychedelics, sharing consciousness is possible. As he reveals, psychedelic journeying with a partner can help you shatter illusions, expand consciousness, dissolve our egoic separations, and enable a cooperative exploration of non-duality.<br \/>\n<strong>Park Street Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3340-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3340-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><img width=\"218\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Psychedeo\u0308ic_Pslams-218x300.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-3342  attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Psychedeo\u0308ic_Pslams-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Psychedeo\u0308ic_Pslams.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3340-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Psychedelic Psalms<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Joshua D. Rogers<\/strong><br \/>\nJosh Rogers is the CEO of Arete, the largest distributor of alternative investments in the United States. Written as short snippets suited for modern-day attention spans, it is a synthesis of Rumi\u2019s Spiritual Poems, Marcus Aurelius\u2019 Meditations, and Khalil Gibran\u2019s The Prophet. An easy to read and entertaining analysis of our human existence, the book is at times poetic and spiritual, while at other points the author offers the reader hard-hitting pragmatic critiques of culture and education.<br \/>\n<strong>Hat and Beard Booksone<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3340-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3340-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><img width=\"215\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Dengue_Boy-215x300.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-3341  attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Dengue_Boy-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Dengue_Boy.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3340-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Dengue Boy<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Michael Nieva<\/strong><br \/>\nThe year is 2272. New York and Buenos Aires were submerged years ago and the Patagonian archipelagos are the only habitable lands on Earth. Here, Dengue Boy is a humanoid mosquito whose monstrous appearance repulses everyone. Dengue Boy searches for the meaning of his life and his true origins. Elsewhere, adults exploit the value of pandemics on the Stock Exchange and waste the last of Earth&#8217;s resources, while their privileged children plug into virtual realities and stream violent video games. With joyful, savage flair, Nieva blends body horror and cyberpunk to deliver an extraordinary portrait of a demented future.<br \/>\n<strong>Profile Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3340-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3340-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><img width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Inherited_Mind-200x300.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-3343  attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Inherited_Mind-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Inherited_Mind.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3340-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">The Inherited Mind:A Story of Family, Hope, and the Genetics of Mental Illness<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>John Longman<\/strong><br \/>\nJames Longman was a preteen in boarding school when his dad, who was diagnosed with depression and schizophrenia, died by suicide. As he got older, James\u2019s own bouts of depression spurred him to examine how his father\u2019s mental health might have affected his own. He engaged with experts to uncover the science behind what is inherited, how much environmental factors can impact genetic traits, and how one can overcome a familial history of mental illness and trauma.<br \/>\n<strong>Hyperion<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3340-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3340-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><img width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Africa-History-195x300.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-3344  attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Africa-History-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2501_Africa-History.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3340-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3340-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">An African History of Africa. From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Zeinab Badawi<br \/>\n<\/strong>Everybody is originally from Africa. Badawi guides us through Africa\u2019s spectacular history \u2013 from the very origins of our species, through ancient civilisations and medieval empires with remarkable queens and kings, to the miseries of conquest and the elation of independence. Visiting more than thirty African countries to interview countless historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and local storytellers, she unearths buried histories from across the continent and gives Africa its rightful place in our global story.<br \/>\n<strong>Vermillion<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wade Richardson Many psychonauts have spontaneously experienced telepathy, but how does one intentionally share consciousness? In this guide to psychedelic mindmelding, experienced psychonaut Wade Richardson shows how, with the aid of psychedelics, sharing consciousness is possible. As he reveals, psychedelic journeying with a partner can help you shatter illusions, expand consciousness, dissolve our egoic separations,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2025\/01\/01\/january-25-good-to-read\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3365,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions\/3365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}