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Anadenanthera

By Neil Logan December 1999 Plants containing entheogenic tryptamines are known around the world and are represented in nearly every Family. These plants commonly have an abundance of folk and medicinal history…

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Neil Logan
20 min

Shamanism Versus Capitalism

By Martin A. Lee Wander long enough through the bustling passageways of any crowded village marketplace in the northwest Amazon river basin and youll come upon herbalist stands with dried plants, hanging…

Martin A. Lee
10 min

Cybernetics & Entheogenics

Peter Lamborn Wilson From Cyberspace to Neurospace 1996 The term “Neurospace” I learned from the Kiev artist Vladimir Muzehesky, through Geert Lovink. What I immediately thought he meant by it was a…

Peter Lamborn Wilson
25 min

Body Signs : Body Decoration and Sensory Symbolism in South America

By : David Howes Sociology and Anthropology Concordia University Montreal . Quebec CANADA H3G 1M8 Westerners are accustomed to seeing photographs of native South Americans with elaborately painted bodies or with lips…

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David Howes
15 min

Wise Mind – A Case for the Integration of Subjective Experience with Objective Reality in the Age of Fragmentation

By: Flore Singer Aaslid (flore.aaslid@svt.ntnu.no) Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Abstract The manner in which reality is perceived and conceptualized has profound implications for many levels of human existence. From…

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Flore Singer Aaslid
42 min

Ritual

By : The Bricoleur Ritual can be described in various ways. Here are the most accurate descriptions I can think of: Mircea Eliade, a pioneer in the study of religion and spirituality,…

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The Bricoleur
18 min

Elisabeth Landgraf Interview – Trancing the Sacred

Elisabeth Landgraf is a remarkable artist whose life journey weaves from the mountainous landscapes of South Korea to the bustling streets of Paris and the picturesque vistas of Scotland. A journey not just across continents, but through the realms of self-discovery

Interview
Daniel Mirante
6 min

Igor Volos Interview

Igor Volos stands as a bridge between the past and the present. His artworks embody a deep reverence for the traditional forms and artistic techniques of various cultures, while infusing them with his own unique vision and contemporary interpretation, inviting viewers to contemplate the intertwining threads of history, culture, and the ever-evolving nature of artistic expression.

Interview
Daniel Mirante

H. R. Giger and the Zeitgeist of the Twentieth Century

A penetrating and groundbreaking analysis of the biomechanical, transhuman, mystical and perinatal imagery in the artistic oeuvre of Han Rudi Giger.

Source
Stan Grof
74 min