Category: Entheogens
The Christ Mass Mystery
by OMNIPULSE Since some others are on this page. The XMAS MYSTERY. CHRIST MASS, the day we AXED CHRIST. Sent him on his nightmare into the next life? Or crossed the light of the sky into the next phase of solar energy? The SOL CROSSING, SOUL-CROSSING. As the light turns to night and the night […]
8 Ways Magic Mushrooms Explain Santa Story
By Douglas Main The story of Santa and his flying reindeer can be traced to an unlikely source: hallucinogenic or “magic” mushrooms, according to one theory. “Santa is a modern counterpart of a shaman, who consumed mind-altering plants and fungi to commune with the spirit world,” said John Rush, an anthropologist and instructor […]
Cannabinoids Heal the Body ~ Wes Annac
By Wes Annac, Editor, Culture of Awareness & Openhearted Rebel I wrote the following for the 228th issue of the Weekly Awareness Guide, a written document distributed weekly via email that I offer for $11.11 a month. Income from the guide helps me get by and ensures I can continue to offer free content, […]
Earth is a Drug-Lab
Earth is a drug-lab, spiritual beings are addicted to having a chemically stimulated experience on human neuro-chemistry. Serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, dimethyltryptamine, melatonin, adrenaline, endorphins, tryptophan, oxytocin, If a person takes a drug which alters this chemistry, they have a vastly different experience than normal waking reality. Get it? The human experience is a chemical-based […]
RENOWNED CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGIST TALKS MAGIC MUSHROOMS & THEIR THERAPEUTIC VALUE
By Alexa Erickson, Collective Evolution Psilocybin — or magic mushrooms — have been used in traditional healing rituals for hundreds, even thousands, of years; for more than 40 years, the drug has been illegal in the U.S.. But recent findings could tear down the taboo surrounding the drug, as they found it has the […]
Post-Modern Shamanism: Top 10 Misunderstood Psychedelics
By Anthony Tyler Guest writer for Wake Up World A subject that has received an intense amount of criticism in western culture — and continues to do so — is psychedelic drugs. Despite the fascinating scientific and anthropological results that have come from studies into these substances, there continues to be an enormous lack of funding […]
Psilocybin and the Shadow: Magic Mushrooms as a Tool For Healing Emotional Trauma
art by Crassus Since 2010 I have been exploring what it means to cultivate a spiritual practice with psilocybin, otherwise known as “magic mushrooms.” I have since written two full-length books—Decomposing The Shadow (2013) and The True Light Of Darkness (2015)—and given several public presentations on the subject. The primary lesson I have gained through my […]
MAGIC MUSHROOMS AND THE HEALING TRIP
art by Liuanta THE TRIP TREATMENT Research into psychedelics, shut down for decades, is now yielding exciting results.
ARE PSYCHEDELICS THE DOOR TO DEEPER CONSCIOUSNESS?
By Luke Miller, Truth Theory, Thanks to Earth We Are One Delve into the mystical world of psychedelics! Can they lead to a deeper understanding of human consciousness? Or are they just a quick fix? Psychedelics are not to be taken lightly, I say this meaning that they should not be abused as […]
Monologue of the mushroom ~ Terence McKenna
“I am old, older than thought in your species, which is itself fifty times older than your history. Though I have been on earth for ages, I am from the stars. My home is no one planet, for many worlds scattered through the shining disk of the galaxy have conditions which allow my spores […]
FROM ABOVE AND BELOW: HYPERDIMENSIONAL REVELATIONS
By Fred Clarke Alvarez, Wake Up World Why is the world the way it is? What is my purpose on this earth? What is spirit? What is God? What is the archetypal myth that I’m living? Over the course of my life these questions have emerged and keep emerging. As I’ve walked my path, I […]
Scientists Developed a Way to Make DMT Trips Last Longer Than Ever
By Jesse Jarnow This piece was published in partnership with the Influence. Known in drug lore as “the businessman’s trip” for its lunch-break-size 15-minute duration, DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine) is infamous for blasting its users into vivid alien worlds. It’s among the most literally hallucinogenic of all the psychedelics, and now a pair of veteran researchers […]
THE SACRED CONTRIBUTION OF THE MAZATEC SHAMAN TO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD
art by Sam Farrand via Earth We Are One There was a time when shamanic ceremonies played a key role in a society. Such rituals involved the consumption of different herbs under the supervision of the shaman who acted as a spiritual guide for those overwhelmed by the strong effects of their alternative medicine. The […]
Can Plants Talk to us?
By Jacob Devaney Understanding our potential to communicate with nature Since the beginning of time, humans have held a deep reverence for the wisdom of plants, it is only recently that this has been forgotten. This isn’t about receiving a phone call from a tree, it’s about understanding that language and communication can also […]
Federal Court Rules Native Americans Can’t Use Cannabis, But Can Use Peyote For Religious Ceremonies
By Andrew Emett, Thanks to Activist Post Although a Native American church is allowed to use peyote during religious ceremonies, an appeals court recently determined they are not excused from federal marijuana laws. Despite the fact that peyote is a hallucinogenic and cannabis is not, both drugs are currently listed by the DEA as […]
Psychedelic Science: Magic Mushrooms
Magic mushrooms have been used ritually by the native people of Mesoamerica for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. In the 1950s, R. Gordon Wasson and his wife traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico and participated in a mushroom ritual. That experience led to a 1957 Life magazine article titled “Seeking the Magic Mushroom.” The following […]
73 Mindblowing Terence McKenna Quotes
Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was an American philosopher, psychonaut, ethnobotanist, lecturer, writer and author of several books… He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including psychedelic drugs, plant-based entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, culture, technology and the theoretical origins of human consciousness. He was also the creator of […]
New Film Shows The Incredible Power Of Psilocybin Mushrooms To Heal Us, Physically And Spiritually
art by Luke Brown by Damon Orion ON APRIL 23, 2015 Inside a brick house in Oaxaca, Mexico, a wizened indigenous woman stands at a candlelit altar adorned with images of Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Pope and the Santo Niño de Atocha. A small group of Westerners watch raptly as she prays in her […]
How Shamans Dream the World into Being
By Alberto Villoldo on Friday March 11th, 2016 The power to dream is the power to participate in creation itself We are what we think. Everything we are arises from our thoughts. With our thinking we create the world. – Buddha Whether you realize it or not, we are all dreaming the world into being. […]