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The God Chemical: Brain Chemistry And Mysticism by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Fred Harvey, an 87-year-old roadman, or high priest, on the Navajo reservation at Lukachukai, Ariz., led a peyote ceremony. Using peyote, a cactus that induces visions when ingested, has been central to the Navajo religion for hundreds of years. Taken...
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Guided by the Moon (chap. 2) - ebook by Edward MacCrae
from : http://www.neip.info/downloads/edward/ebook.htm Chapter 2 Caboclo Conceptions of Illness and the Use of Ayahuasca In many parts of the world where magical views on health and illness predominate, the questions asked when someone is taken ill are...
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Guided by the Moon (chap. 4) - ebook by Edward MacCrae
Chapter 4 The Santo Daime Rituals The Santo Daime doctrine made its initial appearance and began to develop at a time when the decadence of the rubber based Amazonian economy forced many of the old rubber tappers to migrate to the urban areas. The basic...
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Guided by the Moon (conclusion) - ebook by Edward MacCrae
- Conclusion - We have seen that the origin of the practices and concepts of the Santo Daime religion go back to ancient Indian traditions. We have also seen that Mestre Irineu learnt the secrets of the brew from someone belonging to the tradition of...
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Awakening to the Dream: May 27 Portal Offers Healing and Transcendence - By DL Zeta
A rare astrological configuration appears on the horizon this coming week, ushering in a new and greatly expanded time on Planet Earth. In coming days, Neptune, Jupiter and Chiron rendezvous in Aquarius to create a new unique portal offering healing and...
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Psychedelic Medicine [Two Volumes] New Evidence for Hallucinogenic Substances as Treatments - by
A book by Michael J. Winkelman and Thomas B. Roberts Reviews: This is one of the few recent books that treat this subject in a scholarly way and is recommended for all medical and academic libraries. Public libraries should also purchase it because such...
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If I now know what I want to be - by Neville
If I now know what I want to be, and assume that I am it, and walk as though I were, I become it and becoming it I so completely die to my former concept of self that I cannot point to any place in this world and say: that is where my former self is buried...
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A Gathering of the Tribe by Charles Eisenstein
from : http://www.realitysandwich.com/gathering_tribe Once upon a time a great tribe of people lived in a world far away from ours. Whether far away in space, or in time, or even outside of time, we do not know. They lived in a state of enchantment and...
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Projects to protect the indigeneous communities of the world
reprinted from : http://www.journeytotheheart.org ____________________ Journey to the Heart is dedicated to the protection and promotion of indigenous traditions and healing systems through cross-cultural awareness and the formation of collaborative partnerships...
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Ayahuasca and its Mechanism of Healing from Visionary Vine: Hallucinogenic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon
from : http://www.ayahuasca-healing.net/ingles.htm by Marlene Dobkin de Rios Throughout the history of medicine we find that many cures have been effective despite the irrational concepts of disease that members of a society might hold. To the Western...
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Boom-and-Bust Development Patterns Across the Amazon Deforestation Frontier
Ana S. L. Rodrigues,1 ,2 ,3 ,* Robert M. Ewers,4 Luke Parry,5 Carlos Souza, Jr.,6 Adalberto Veríssimo,6 Andrew Balmford1 The Brazilian Amazon is globally important for biodiversity, climate, and geochemical cycles, but is also among the least developed...
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There is no limit to the power of belie
There is no limit to the power of belief or to the possibilities of prayer, but you must be brazenly impudent and not take No for an answer You do not need to ask anyone to aid you in the answer to a prayer, for the simple reason that God is omnipotent...
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Lose yourself in the feeling of possession and give it all the tones of reality
My friend wrote, saying: "When my little boy was quite young, as a family we called the Sears' Christmas catalog, the "Wish Book". Our son would spend hours looking through the pages of toys, deciding what he wanted for Christmas. This we have done for...
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An interview with evolutionary theologian John F. Haught - by Amy Edelstein
taken from : http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j35/haught.asp?ecp=ENX-ar4 A God-Shaped Hole at the Heart of Our Being An interview with evolutionary theologian John F. Haught by Amy Edelstein Standing in front of the annual Metanexus conference on...
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A Toad on the Moon: Or a Brief Speculation on Chinese Psychoactive Toad Venoms
A Toad on the Moon: Or a Brief Speculation on Chinese Psychoactive Toad Venoms by Frederick R. Dannaway from : http://sites.google.com/site/delawareteasociety/a-toad-on-the-moon-or-a-brief-speculation-on-chinese-psychoactive-toad-venoms?tmpl=/system/app/templates/print/...
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MAPS News - June 2009
from : maps.com Who is Henry Ives? MAPS News - June 2009 Dear MAPS Supporters and Friends, This month I opened an envelope that contained a $3666 check from the estate of the late Henry Ives. Henry Ives bequeathed a portion of his trust to mescaline research...
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Preparation for the Ayahuasca Experience
Preparation for the Ayahuasca Experience - by Howard G Charing from : http://searchwarp.com/swa225130.htm General Information about Ayahuasca After being virtually ignored by Western civilization for centuries, there has been a huge surge of interest...
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Is Google Making Us Stupid?
What the Internet is doing to our brains by Nicholas Carr Is Google Making Us Stupid? Article Tools sponsored by: E-mail Article Printer Format Illustration by Guy Billout "Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?” So the supercomputer...
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Ayahuasca Ceremony in England
By Sam Taken from http://www.sannyasnews.com/Articles/Ayahuasca.html At the last minute the tepee in Wales was changed to one in Somerset. Driving up in the dusk it looked huge, but by ten it was packed with some fifty people sitting in a circle round...
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Dr. Ecstasy : Alexander Shulgin - by Drake Bennett
taken from : http://www.gaiamedia.org/content/english/allgemein/main_e_06_medien.html?/content/english/templates_06_medien/medien_e_articles.html Alexander Shulgin, Sasha to his friends, lives with his wife, Ann, 30 minutes inland from the San Francisco...
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Ayahuasca and Human Destiny - by Dennis J. McKenna, Ph.D.
from : http://www.gaiamedia.org/content/english/allgemein/main_e_06_medien.html?/content/english/templates_06_medien/medien_e_articles.html Over the last few decades Ayahuasca has become one of the most thoroughly studied of the traditional shamanic plant...
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A father/daughter ayahuasca experience
From : http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v14n1-html/ayahuasca_amazon.html As part of MAPS' effort to spark discussion on more balanced and effective drug education, MAP published this story of a father and daughter's ayahuasca experience. For more on psychedelics...
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The Creative Process and Entheogens -by Alex Grey
from : from : http://www.gaiamedia.org/content/english/allgemein/main_e_06_medien.html?/content/english/templates_06_medien/medien_e_articles.html Twenty-five years ago I took my first dose of LSD. The experience was so rich and profound, coupled as it...
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Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice
Serpent and the Sun: Tales of an Aztec Apprentice, directed and produced by Shaahin Cheyene. Venice, CA: Victory Films, 2008. 90 min.; theatrical release. Reviewed by Timothy White. Reprinted from Shaman's Drum, Number 79 . from : http://shamansdrum.org/Pages/ReviewsSerpentSun.html...
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The Grand Story of Humanity - by Richard K. Moore
from : http://www.gaiamedia.org/content/english/allgemein/main_e_06_medien.html?/content/english/templates_06_medien/medien_e_articles.html Our species ancestors were like all other primates. We were a social species, organized into territorial bands...