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The Electric Jesus Hits the Road

Jonathan Talat Phillips — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:12 -0800

For those of you on the West Coast, I invite you to celebrate the release of my debut book, The Electric
Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic. These Evolver gatherings will feature aliens, ayahuasca, and chakra activations -- oh my! (I'll be hitting the East Coast later in the year and the middle of the country during spring and summer).

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Situation Normal, All Fucked Up: A Freakonomic Analysis of the Burning Man 2012 Ticket Fiasco

Tony V — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:10:43 -0800

Save the Wirikuta's Sacred Site

Faye Sakellaridis — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:04:53 -0800

[Action Alert] • The Wirikuta Cultural and Ecological Reserve, located in Real de Catorce, Mexico, is in danger of irreversible damage due to Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver Corp's plans to mine silver there.

The site is sacred to the Wixarika People, who practice their ancient religion in this reserve. The landscape is not only crucial to the lifestyle and culture of the native inhabitants, but is also home to an immense variety of animal and planet species, some endangered.

Esoteric Voices 7: Parapsychology Research

Kent Bye — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:22:59 -0800

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Dean Radin is a senior scientist at The Institute of Noetic Sciences where he studies exceptional human experiences and conducts parapsychological research. He claims that psi phenomena do indeed exist--he's researching how and why they happen and extending the frontier boundaries of science in the process. He identifies five different types of psi phenomena:

The Chosen People of Iboga: A Conversation with Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis

Ido Hartogsohn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:44:43 -0800

Charles Eisenstein in NYC

Reality Sandwich — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:27:25 -0800

Join Charles Eisenstein in NYC this weekend for two unique and informative events.

This Week in Psychedelics

Neşe Lisa Şenol — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:13:29 -0800

Psilocybin shows promise in the treatment of depression, the UK Home Affair's Select Committee kicks off its first evidence session on drug policy, and a Polish politician threatens to light up a joint in parliament in this week's psychedelic news.

The Energetic Facts of Life

Mitch Fraas — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:24:39 -0800

The following originally appeared on http://mitchfraas.blogspot.com/

Life is a merry-go-round.
Like the one at the end of Strangers on a Train,
it's out of control and spinning faster and faster. Every atom, every neutron,
every proton, every electron, increases its spin and raises its vibration as a
necessary response to the increasing DENSITY of our times.

Transformational Entertainment

Erin Shaw — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:14 -0800

GATE, the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment, is a nonprofit professional membership community dedicated to fostering the creation, development and distribution of entertainment and media that enlighten, inform and transform our world.

Crafting Our Activism

Emory Mort — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:03:39 -0800

With the mainstream excesses of Valentine’s Day 2012 approaching, Craftivists are cleverly fusing their love for hand-crafting goods with their compassion for those suffering in the world. Sarah Corbett’s London-based Craftivist Collective is a hub of international creativity, inspiring the transformation of a purely practical or leisurely activity into a seriously playful form of activist creation.

Ecstasy and the Escaton

Shunyamurti — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:24:51 -0800

Magic Antidepressants

Faye Sakellaridis — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:07:15 -0800

Continued studies on the effect magic mushrooms have on the brain are showing that psilocybin, the active ingredient of psychedelic mushrooms, affects key parts of the brain in ways that relate to depression and anxiety disorders.

2012: Between Critical and Visionary Thinking

Joseph Gelfer — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:46:31 -0800

Occupy this Week

Kelly Fragale — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:07:06 -0800

OWS Sustainability hosts the first Eco Summit on Saturday, January 28th in which the environmental groups operating within the movement are gathering to exchange ideas and present all current projects. Some interesting collaborations are sure to come out of this meeting. If you want to plug in, see the link for details. http://www.nycga.net/events/event/eco-summit/

Two Psychedelic Conferences a World Apart

Neşe Lisa Şenol — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:27:07 -0800

Reptilian Evolution?

Maggie Sherman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:39:28 -0800

Researchers at the University of Sidney in Australia have concluded that rising global temperatures have increased the brain functions of lizards. Quicker response times in simple learning tests have been recorded when these tiny lizards are exposed to higher temperatures. This has lead to
some concluding that as the world continues to warm, so will the cognitive behaviors of our reptilian neighbors.

Superfluid Hologram

Michael Garfield — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:26:31 -0800

“What is the internet?,” asks one of the now-hilarious VHS-era videos sampled in the opening sequence of the recent collage-umentary INTERNET RISING For the next hour, the filmmakers take us on a far-ranging journey through innumerable perspectives on that basic question, from technogurus (Kevin Kelly) to e-celebrities (ze frank), media scholars (Douglas Rushkoff) to Second Life activists (Serenity96).

A Society Based on an Open Heart

Lodro Rinzler — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:02:44 -0800

The following is excerpted from The Buddha Walks Into a Bar: A Guide to Life for a New Generation, available from Shambhala Publications.

Fight Big Brother ACTA

Faye Sakellaridis — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:48:30 -0800

[Action Alert] • The fight to preserve our online freedom is a seemingly never-ending one. With all the controversy surrounding SOPA and PIPA, you may not have heard of ACTA, or "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement," which threatens the basic infrastructure of the Internet as we know it. ACTA is an agreement between countries besides the United States, which means it can be passed without the approval of Congress and the Supreme Court.

This Week on Evolver Planet Radio

Evolver Planet Radio — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:15:35 -0800

Evolver Planet Radio, where world-changing ideas come together: this weekly show talks about the shift in consciousness, models and practices for change, experiences with spiritual awakening and how the practical can create the ideal. Evolver Planet Radio is the perfect frequency at which to transform together, with respect and love but always moving forward with an intense curiosity about the times we live in.

Buddha, Jesus & Ayahuasca

Reality Sandwich — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:58:46 -0800

The rising interest in Eastern spiritual disciplines, shamanic
ceremonies, “the psychedelic renaissance,” mystery schools, and
neo-tribal festivals like Burning Man reveals a potential reemergence of
the initiatory process in our techno-industrialized world. Could
civilization itself be acting out a hero’s journey, embarking on a quest
of separation, initiation, and reunion in a final dramatic act to heal
ourselves and our world?

Apocalyptic Machine Music?

John Topp — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:19:29 -0800

In recent months there have been a number of YouTube videos posted from around the world of unusual sounds emanating from either the ground or sky, with no clear point of origin. Videos have been posted from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Costa Rica, Budapest, Taipei, Chile, Mexico, Czech Republic, France, Norway and Denmark.

Food Stamp Solidarity

Faye Sakellaridis — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:43:51 -0800

From Suburban Sprawl to Peak Oil: Talking With James Howard Kunstler

Duncan Crary — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:02:59 -0800

This interview is excerpted from Duncan Crary's The Kunstler Cast: Conversations with James Howard Kunstler, from New Society Publishers, available here.

Syllable and Sound

Michael Taussig — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:32:23 -0800

The following was originally presented as a lecture at
Duke University, January 2010; originally printed in Trigger93: The Word,
Volume 1.

"The
brain is just the weight of God," wrote Emily Dickinson,

For,
lift them, pound to pound,

And
they will differ, if they do,

As
syllable from sound.[1]

Esoteric Voices 6: The Journey of Forgiveness

Kent Bye — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:00:34 -0800

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Azim Khamisa talks about his journey of forgiveness after his 20-year old son was shot and killed in a gang ritual in 1995. He founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation in order to teach the non-violent principles of forgiveness to at-risk youth.

HOPE: Healing Our People & Earth.....2012 and Beyond

Jude Currivan PhD — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:10:56 -0800

Future Farmers

silentinfinite — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:26:37 -0800

The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture has a six-year plan for a robotic "Dream Project": automated tractors and robot farmers will transform land ruined by the March 2011 tsunami into a futuristic super farm.

Sacred Economics: Chapter 24, Conclusion: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Tell Us Is Possible (Pt. 25)

Charles Eisenstein — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:55:58 -0800

Robo-Justice For All

Jameson Viens — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:29:26 -0800

EDITOR'S UPDATE: As many sites across the Internet are blacked-out today as a way of protesting the possibility of SOPA being passed, we are re-posting the information below as well as an additional list of links to help you take action against the internet being censored.