Today, as it has been since the reign of Richard Milhouse Nixon, the greatest threat to Ethnobotanical & Entheogen research continues to be the “ War on Drugs ”.
That this “ war ” is actually a war against the citizens of this world, escapes the notice of many people.
“We are not alone in forecasting the future, all humans do it to some degree. Just a quick search of the internet will provide dozens of forms of future forecasting. Some use astrology, some use other methods.”
-Cliff High, halfpasthuman.com
About a year ago, my girlfriend and I both thought I was a little crazy for becoming obsessed with Wife Swap, an ABC reality show that I found through its syndicated version on Lifetime. I don't normally watch Lifetime (I don't even have cable TV), but the show was on at a family get-together around Christmastime.
I read an article in today's paper headlined: Tanning's Dark Secret: Study finds the facilities can become addictive. The article spoke to the point that tanning activates the same parts of the brain triggered by drug dependence. Apparently in a blind study, groups of people who tanned and then were deprived of tanning underwent a withdrawal.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
