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Light from the Forest: Cultural Heritage and Religious Drug Use in Amazonian Brazil (*)
by Matthew Meyer University of Virginia The officials present offered unstinting praise of Alto Santo and the other ayahuascachurches. “Binho” Marques, Acre’s Labor Party governor, called the ritual use of ayahuasca “one of our reasons for survival” and...
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L’alternative des savoirs autochtones - par Jacques Mabit
tiré de Psychotropes – Vol. 7 n° 1 7 Jacques MABIT Directeur du Centre Takiwasi Résumé — À la maladresse avec laquelle l’occidental induit des modifications de sa conscience, les médecines ancestrales répondent par un savoirfaire des plus sophistiqués...
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Scientific Info on Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca is both a serotonin and dopamine agonist at the same time. The other visionary substances are generally one or the other, ayahuasca is both at the same time. It activates more areas of the brain at once by Affecting GABA through more than one...
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To see - or not - beauty
An account of an experiment conducted by The Washington Post newspaper: A man sat at a metro station in Washington, DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since...
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Rick Doblin from MAPS on YouTube
Hear and see Rick Doblin here link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPLyo3vnRhs&feature=related Rick Doblin, Ph.D. Rick is the founder (in 1986) and president of MAPS. His dissertation (Public Policy, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government) was on "The...
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Les diverses facettes de la conscience 1
L'exploration des espaces inconscients par le biais des plantes sacrées est imprévisible. Heureusement car nul n'entreprendrait de tels voyages en sachant d'avance où le chemin nous conduirait. Car ce n'est pas toujours facile loin de là. D'où le besoin...
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Follow up on the Santo Daime Oregon case
By Bia Labate and Matthew Meyer from : http://www.bialabate.net/news/follow-up-on-the-santo-daime-oregon-case We are happy to announce that this site has published a selection of what we consider the most important statements of the Santo Daime Oregon...
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The Psychotherapeutic Employment of Sacred Plants - by Silvia Polivoy
from : http://www.gaiamedia.org/content/english/allgemein/main_e_06_medien.html?/content/english/templates_06_medien/medien_e_articles.html The human being shows a remarkable disposition to seek spiritual transcendence. Since the irrational cannot be...
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Holotropic Research and Archetypal Astrology - by Stanislav Grof
Part 1 Holotropic Research and Archetypal Astrology In the concluding article in this section, Stanislav Grof addresses the interface between transpersonal psychology and the astrological perspective, describing his collaboration with Richard Tarnas and...
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How to keep a healthy level of insanity
1. At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down. 2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice. 3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries...
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Chamanisme amazonien et monde occidental : entre l’encouragement et la mise en garde.
Chamanisme amazonien et monde occidental : entre l’encouragement et la mise en garde. D R . J ACQUES M ABIT Médecin, fondateur du Centre Takiwasi Article publié en français à deux reprises. D’abord dans la revue SYNODIE 1 publiée par le Groupes de Recherches...
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Rencontre de deux médecines au chevet des toxicomanes
Rencontre de deux médecines au chevet des toxicomanes D R . J ACQUES M ABIT Médico, fundador del Centro Takiwasi tiré de : takiwasi.com L’Amazonie péruvienne cache en son sein les champs de coca, coca destinée au trafic de cocaïne via la Colombie. Riche...
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FACTS ABOUT DOCUMENTARY INSIDE LSD
from : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4094/Overview#tab-facts INSIDE LSD Albert Hofmann created LSD while mixing lysergic acid with diethylamide. He labeled and shelved this 25th combination of his, LSD-25, for over 5 years. By...
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The Way of Light: A Healing Journey with Ayahuasca
by Rak Razam on :http://www.realitysandwich.com/aya_healing The last time I came to South America I was seeking the mystery of ayahuasca, but this time the "vine of spirits" was no mystery. After drinking with over two dozen curanderos throughout Peru,...
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Near Death Awakening—Mellen-Thomas Benedict
The Road to Death In 1982, I died from terminal cancer. My condition was non-operable. I chose not to have chemotherapy. I was given six to eight months to live. Before this time, I had become increasingly despondent over the nuclear crisis, the ecology...
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Drugs and Dharma in the 21st Century
Drugs and Dharma in the 21st Century from http://www.realitysandwich.com/print/48523 By Allan Badiner Created 05/11/2010 - 06:15 Two great directions in human thought and activity have recently been coming into sharper focus. Interest in Buddhism has...
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Shamanism & Humaniversity (Part 1)
Merging Shamanism and Humaniversity Psychology .... into HUMANIVERSITY NEOSHAMANISM The fondamentals of an on-going work in progress toward the growth of a new branch on the Humaniversity tree This is the first part of a my master paper, which was submited...
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Shamanism & Humaniversity (Part 4)
4 - Shamanism and Humaniversity psychology I will now compare the various concepts of shamanism and the Humaniversity psychology, highlighting the elements from both approches that are similar, while also identifying the main points of difference. 4.1-...
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Shamanism & Humaniversity (Part 3)
3 - The meeting of shamanism and western psychology : Psychoshamanism Jean-Jacques Dubois, a canadian psychotherapist and author of many books on the subjects of anthropology, philosophy, psychology and shamanism, developped an approach that aims to integrate...
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Books on Psychedelics — from the Psychedelic Library
www.psychedelic-library.org THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION by Aldous Huxley Huxley's classic from 1954, which sparked the rediscovery of psychedelics by a wide and varied audience. "There is nothing the pen of Huxley touches which it does not illuminate, and...
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Shamanism Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY On Shamanism Achterberg, Jeanne. (1985) Imagery in Healing : Shamanism and Modern Medicine / Shambhala ; New York, 253 p. Arrien, Angeles (1993) The four-fold way : walking the paths of the warrior, teacher, healer, and visionary, HarperSanFrancisco,...
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Shamanism & Humaniversity (Part 2)
2 - Shamanism 2.1 - What is shamanism ? Shamanism is rapidly gaining popularity since a few years in the Western world. In North America, we are regularly offered workshops or seminars on shamanism to discover shamanistic tools or to learn to become a...
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MAPS March News Update
LSD Has Arrived! MAPS is jumping with exciting news. Here’s a sample of what’s going on: LSD Ready for Swiss Study; First Subject has been Enrolled Report on Craker Senate Lobby Campaign—And What YOU Can Do to Help! Psychologists and Psychiatrists Wanted...
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News from MAPS - 01/08
Maps informed us that Anita Hofmann and Laura Huxley both passed away in December 2007. Both in their nineties, these two courageous women were a huge inspiration to many of us in the psychedelic community. Anita, the wife of Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann,...
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Weekly Meditation de la semaine
Looking Into the Blue Sky. Look into the blue sky and go on looking. Do not think about it; do not say it is beautiful. Do not say, "How lovely!" Do not appreciate the color; do not start thinking. If you start thinking, you have stopped. Now your eyes...