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EVENTS:
Psychedelics and Brain Imaging
- Dr Robin Carhart-Harris,
London UK, April 24
Final Passages: Research on Near Death & the Experience of Dying.
April 26-27, 2012
- BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison, WI
CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE BIOSPHERE:
A Colloquium held at the October Gallery,London,
on 14 May 2011
Finding Your Mythic Path:
Understanding Your Personal Mythology,
May 18-20,
Esalen Institute, California with Stanley Krippener and Steven Pritzker
8th International Amazonian Shamanism Conference,
July 14-21 Peru
Three new Evolver courses for March and April, starting off with a one-off interview between Nassim Haramein of the Resonance Project, and Evolver Director, Daniel Pinchbeck,
"Power to the People" that takes place on March 25th.
Starting on April 8th is the next full-intensive, "Visionary Nutrition: Enhancing Your Health in a Psychedelic World," hosted by Morgan Maher of Reality Sandwich and Ayahuasca.com, featuring David Wolfe, Daniel Vitalis, Peter Gorman, and Morgan Brent.
Then, on April 15th is, "Ayahuasca, Aliens, & The Ancient Mysteries: Rites of Passage for the Modern Age." An exlusive interivew set up with renowned author and truth-seeker, Graham Hancock, with Evolver Co-Founder and author or Electric Jesus, Jonathan Talat Phillips on how we can apply the initiatory wisdom of the mystery schools, entheogens, and the ET phenomenon to evolve and heal ourselves and our world.
Ayahuasca, Aliens, & The Ancient Mysteries: Rites of Passage for the Modern Age
Host: Jonathan Talat Phillips
In this exclusive interview, the historian and bestselling author Graham Hancock talks with Evolver co-founder Jonathan Talat Phillips on how we can apply the initiatory wisdom of the mystery schools, entheogens, and the ET phenomenon to evolve and heal ourselves and our world.
Sunday, April 15, 2012 2pm EST
14 – 21 October 2012
25 October – 1 November 2012
The Tiger meets the Jaguar again
Second intercultural exchange of shamanic traditions between the Himalaya and the Amazon
Dhulikhel Mountain Resort
Nepal
Gathering of the Peacemakers:
One Love Events schedule
HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS:
How Legal, Medical Marijuana Got One Couple's Children Violently Snatched Away
Operation Midnight Climax:
How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD
Turn on, tune in and get better?
ClusterBusters : Included on the site is extensive information on the treatment of
cluster headache with (low dose) hallucinogenic substances.
The new web site also contains expanded information on cluster headache
in general and the various standard treatments.
LSD as a treatment for alcoholism
Breaking Convention: MDMA Debate
Its Place in Medicine, Society and Politics
-youtube
Notes from the Psychedelic Salon: Podcast 302
– “The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide”
Spiritual Growth with Entheogens:
Psychoactive Sacramentals and Human Transformation
Edited by Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D.
Psychedelic Information Theory.
Shamanism in the Age of Reason
Chemognosis - Tabernanthe Iboga
- 1 of 2-youtube
The Secret Life of Mushrooms on DVD
The Psilocybin Solution - an inevitable mushroom book
Adventures in Inner Space Meet the Psychonauts
by Erik Davis
Dale Pendell:
Spirituality isn't in any particular molecule
-you tube
DIRTY PICTURES
- Alexander Shulgin documentary movie trailer,
SXSW 2010-you tube
Better Living Through Chemistry Fall 2011
demo-you tube
Stan Grof on the Brain and Consciousness
-you tube
Terence Mckenna
- Culture is a Childish Illusion
-you tube
William S. Burroughs - Words Of Advice
-you tube
Stanley Krippner's official website.
Excellent studies and dimensions of consciousness
Ram Dass On Attachment And Addiction
-you tube
The Fascinating Buddhist Approach to Low Self-Esteem
Is Jesus's nativity an Egyptian myth?
Hunt for the Historical Jesus
The phallic 'Savior of the World' hidden in the Vatican
How Religion's Demand for Obedience Keeps Us in the Dark Ages
Peace symbols
Catalytic Communities: The American Festival Culture
Space Collective.
A forum discussing the "nature of everything"
ARTS:
Life as Art:
The Legacy of Lynn Margulis
Philip K. Dick
On The Road Official Trailer
(HD)-you tube
ONE LOVE / Ue O Muite ArukÅ
[SING OUT from JAPAN] 3.11, 2011
-youtube
Hilight Tribe - Free Tibet
-youtube
Sitar Legend Pt. Ravi Shankar & his lovely Daughter Anoushka
-you tube
Big Brother & the Holding Company live CD review
ENVIRONMENT:
Growing Gas Cloud Forces Evacuation of Oil Rig in North Sea French-owned platform is abandoned with no answers yet on how to avert further calamity
Judge Bars 17 Chevron Executives From Leaving Brazil
Stop building the monster dam in Brazil
Ire drill:
Obama lauds Keystone’s southern leg
Obama's worst speech ever
Depleted Uranium Contamination:
A Crime against Humanity
The Pachamama Alliance
Netra Halperin:
A new and positive program for Maui and the environment
Spider Crabs vs. Panda Bear
-you tube
Dirty, Unwashed Jeans Encouraged,
Says Levis to Employees
Jungle fungus eats plastic, beats cancer
Solar Micro-Spheres Catch 360° of Sunlight:
Current solar installations only operate at peak for a small part of the day.
Sphelar domes capture light sunrise to sunset.
SCIENCE:
Engineers set their sights on asteroid deflection
Graphene - Carbon12 > Carbon7
-youtube
HEALTH:
The Coffee Pillow has been designed by our good friend and healing facilitator Dr. Roy Lozano.
In his own words: "The pillow conforms and supports your spines natural curves in a way I
have never before experienced. The pillow can be used to take a relaxing power nap while
allowing your spines natural curves to gently stretch into ease at the same time.
" Feels Wonderful " is the most common comment I hear folks say"
17 Micrograms of This in Your Body Lowers Your IQ by 10 Points
Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Brian Clement on lead detoxifying
How to Know if You Are Getting Vitamin D from Sun Exposure
-youtube
Structurized Molecules - Doc Willard's Wonder Water
-you tube
Outrageous Lies Monsanto and Friends Are Trying to
Pass off to Kids as Science
Why Hot Dogs, Chicken Nuggets and Some Other "Meats"
Are Way Grosser Than 'Pink Slime'
Does Meat Kill More Americans Than Cigarettes Do?
MENS HEALTH
~ ELIMINATE GRAY HAIR, ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
-you tube
How the Surging Popularity of 'Himalayan Viagra' Is Causing
Murder and Violence in Nepal
Culture Warriors vs. Sex for Pleasure:
Why the Right Wing is Wrong When it Comes to Sex
Captive Virgins, Polygamy, Sex Slaves:
What Marriage Would Look Like if We Actually Followed the Bible
GLOBAL NEWS:
Experts:
Radiation at Fukushima Plant Far Worse Than Thought
One Year after Fukushima:
Defining and Classifying a Disaster
Censored:
Japan Cuts Emperor Akihito's Nuclear Comments from TV
Very high radiation, little water in Japan reactor
Health Experts:
Drug-Resistant TB Out of Control
Reflections By Fidel Castro
The Burial Of Our Species: The Roads Leading to Disaster by
Bibi:
First We’ll Take Tehran, Then We’ll Take Istanbul
Brazilian Activists Killed Over Land Rights Latest killings of 3
on Saturday follow deadly pattern of land dispute fights
Bolivia Has Transformed Itself by Ignoring the Washington Consensus:
By breaking with orthodox prescriptions for progress, Evo Morales has helped
to forge a new Bolivia centered on 'living well'
NATIONAL NEWS:
GENERAL INFO:
Hippie TV News and Stuff w/Winston Smith and the WWH News Team
-you tube
Alternative News from Issues and Alibis
The Ascendence of Sociopaths in US Governance
As Fukushima Worsens, US Approves New Nukes Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OKs New Nuclear Plants in South Carolina
The Video Exxon Mobil Doesn't Want You to See
Natural Gas Exxposed
-youtube
Obama Endorses KXL Pipeline, Native Americans Forced to Protest from 'Cage'Obama:
indefinite 'development of oil and gas infrastructure'
Newspaper Giant Gives CEO $32 Million Severance Package
after Laying Off 20,000 Workers
The Fourth World War:
Despite the titanic struggles of dispossessed peoples around the world, the wealth of nations continues to reside in fewer and fewer hands. The economies of poor countries collapse under vicious IMF policies, and capitalism's global 'clubs' thrive ever and ever upward. Meanwhile, people keep struggling, ultimately downward
The Barbarism of the Health-Care Repeal Crusade
GOP Justices Clown over Health Care
The Nightmare Scenario:
Supreme Court Guts Public Healthcare and Guarantees
the Private Insurance Monopoly
The Savage Arithmetic of the Pre-Existing Condition:
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:
"We're enveloped in a national debate about insurance mandates and the political
leanings of nine Supreme Court Justices. That's all well and good, but entirely beside
the point. A nation that does not care for its sick and infirm is a nation that does not
deserve to exist. A nation that actively profits from the pain and suffering of those sick
and infirm deserves to burn in Hell."
“Social Security is Broke”
—and Other Corporate Scare Tactics
Food Police?
Mayor Bloomberg Bans Food Donations to Homeless Shelters
Jim Hightower | The Truth About the U.S. Postal Service
Lawmaker's Horrifying Words About Rape Victims
Christian Homeschooling Breeds Ignorance
The Bible Belt's Love Affair With (Gay and Straight) Porn
1 in 3 Black Men Go To Prison?
The 10 Most Disturbing Facts About Racial Inequality in
the U.S. Criminal Justice System
Drug War Nightmare:
How We Created a Massive Racial Caste System in America
America:
Tailor-Made to Destroy Black People
Racially-Motivated Killing the Media Missed?
NY Police Called Out on Medical Alert Shoot Dead 68 Year Old Black Veteran
What motivates Americans to Kill Muslims?
'Muslims & Buddhists:
Get Out!' Says Preacher Applauded by Santorum
Pentagon Transfers War on Drugs to Private Mercenaries
Including Blackwater
Good Night, America, and Good-Bye
WAR:
20 US Troops In Afghan Rape Massacre?
Don't be Fooled by Afghanistan Massacre:
US Marines are saints says new army video
The Massacre of the Afghan 17 and the Obama Cover-Up
US Lawmakers Reject Pakistani Calls to End Drone Strikes
THE PENTAGON'S SECRET NUCLEAR AGENDA:
"Privatizing Nuclear War"
US WAR ON IRAN:
"THE WORST MISTAKE IN AMERICAN HISTORY":
The Road to Disaster
By Fidel Castro Ruz
An Administration Gone Rogue
By Rep. Ron Paul
POLITICAL:
The enlightenment of gaffes:
What we learn about politicians from their inadvertent mistakes
ECONOMIC:
Arundhati Roy - Capitalism: A Ghost Story
Free Ride!
Meet the Companies That Don't Even Pretend to Pay Taxes
Matt Taibbi:
Bank of America Is a “Raging Hurricane of Theft and Fraud”
Bank Of America CEO Gets $7.5 Million Pay Package
After The Bank Lost More Than Half Its Stock Value
10 Most Obscene Lifestyles Choices of America's 1% Elite
SURVEILLANCE/FRINGE POSSIBILITIES:
POLICE STATE USA:
New Obama Executive Order Seizes U.S. Infrastructure and
Citizens for Military Preparedness : the President and his specifically designated
Secretaries now have the authority to commandeer all domestic U.S. resources including
food and water. The EO also states that the President and his Secretaries have the
authority to seize all transportation, energy, and infrastructure inside the United States
as well as forcibly induct/draft American citizens into the military. The EO also contains
a vague reference in regards to harnessing American citizens to fulfill “labor requirements”
for the purposes of national defense.
Detention Camps US and Executive Orders
US building biggest spy center in Utah:
The National Security Agency (NSA) is building the U.S. biggest spy center to sift
through literally all electronic communications all over the world — including
those made by American citizens
Michael Tsarion
- Age of Manipulation
- 1/3-youtube
Agenda 21 For Dummies
-you tube
Amnesty:
US ranks 5th on global execution scale
IBM at Auschwitz, New Documents
Facebook CIA Project:
The Onion News Network ONN
-youtube
Pentagon says it has no records of bin Laden's death;
CIA hasn't answered open records request
Amy Goodman | Forget Fear of Flying, Fear Airport Screening
What Was B.F. Skinner Really Like?
A New Study Parses His Traits
Atlantis in Antartica
Project Camelot:
Escape Twilight of the Old Boys and UFO discussion
Hippies head for Noah’s Ark:
Queue here for rescue aboard alien spaceship
HUMOR:
QUOTES FOR THE WEEK:
"Nothing is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowing itself to be "governed" without opposition by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instinct. It is certain that today every honest German is ashamed of his government. Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when one day the veil has fallen from our eyes and the most horrible of crimes
- First Leaflet - The White Rose Society - Munich, 1942
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams, speech at the Philadelphia State House, August 1, 1776
"The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power and make deliberative and concerted use of it to set in motion evils which leave no home in the world untouched."
Justice Robert Jackson - Nuremberg address
" Educate and inform the whole mass of people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. And it requires no very high degree of education to convince them of this. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
- -- Thomas Jefferson - 1743-1826
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people"
-John Adams - Second President - 1797 - 1801
"The right to know is like the right to live. It is fundamental and unconditional in its assumption that knowledge, like life, is a desirable thing."
- George Bernard Shaw - 1856-1950
"We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine; and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular. This is no time for men . . . to keep silent, or for those who approve. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of a republic to abdicate his responsibilities." -Edward R. Murrow
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" - George Orwell
"Those who don't read the news are uninformed, those who do are misinformed." - Mark Twain
"One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences." - -- O. A. Battista -- [Orlando Aloysius Battista] (1917-1995), Canadian-American chemist and author
"And say, finally, whether peace is best preserved by giving energy to the government or information to the people. This last is the most legitimate engine of government. Educate and inform the whole mass of people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. And it requires no very high degree of education to convince them of this. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
-- Thomas Jefferson - (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
"The right to know is like the right to live. It is fundamental and unconditional in its assumption that knowledge, like life, is a desirable thing."
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish comic dramatist. Source: The Doctor's Dilemma, 1906
"It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners."
- Albert Camus
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
- Albert Einstein
"In this war - as in others - I am less interested in honoring the dead than in preventing the dead." - Butler Shaffer
"Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire." - Richard Maybury
"When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace." - St. Augustine
"War has become a spectator sport for Americans."
- Rear Admiral Gene R. LaRocque
PUNMASTER MUSIC NEWS:
Davy Jones, the singer for the Monkees perhaps best known for his vocals on “Daydream Believer,” died on Wednesday at his home in Indiantown, Fla. He was 66.
The cause was a heart attack, according to the medical examiner’s officer there and a spokeswoman for the singer.
Mr. Jones, a former jockey and stage actor, was an important member of the first and arguably the best of the pop groups created for television to capitalize on the success of the Beatles. Though they were not taken seriously at first, the Monkees made some exceptionally good pop records, thanks in large part to the songwriting of professional songwriters like Neil Diamond and Tommy Boyce.
Mr. Jones was born on Dec. 30, 1945, in Manchester, England, the son of a railway fitter and a homemaker. He dropped out of school after his mother’s death from emphysema in 1960 and began a career as a jockey, but later quit to pursue acting, appearing in television shows like “Coronation Street” and “June Evening.” He landed a contract with Colpix Records after he appeared in the musical “Oliver!” and performed on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” He was 20 when his first album, “David Jones,” came out.
In 1965, he auditioned for the TV comedy series dreamed up by Columbia Pictures executives who were inspired by the Beatles film “A Hard Day’s Night” and landed the part, along with Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork. Though they didn’t play instruments at first, the group’s debut album the following year yielded the hit single “Last Train to Clarksville”; two more big hits, “I’m a Believer” and “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone,” were on the second album. The show was broadcast until 1968.
After the Monkees disbanded in the late 1960s, Mr. Jones pursued a solo career as a singer, recording the hit “Rainy Jane.” He also made a series of appearances on American television shows, among them “Love American Style.” He played himself in a widely popular “Brady Bunch” episode, which was shown in late 1971. In the episode, Marcia Brady, president of her school’s Davy Jones fan club, promises she could get him to sing at a school dance.
By the mid-1980s, Mr. Jones teamed up with Mr. Tork, Mr. Dolenz and the promoter David Fishof for a reunion tour. Their popularity prompted MTV to rebroadcast “The Monkees” series, introducing the group to a new audience. In 1987, three of the Monkees (excluding Mr. Nesmith) recorded a new album, “Pool It.” Two years later, the group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the late 1990s, the group filmed a special called “Hey, Hey, It’s the Monkees.”
Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Jessica.
