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Are language and consciousness co-evolving? Can psychedelic
experience cast light on this topic? In the Western world, we stand
at the dawn of the psychedelic age with advances in neuroscience; a
proliferation of new psychoactive substances, both legal and
illegal; the anthropology of ayahuasca use; and new discoveries in
ethnobotany. From scientific papers to the individual trip reports
on the Vaults of Erowid and the life work of Terence McKenna,
Alexander and Ann Shulgin, and Stanislav Grof, we are converging on
new knowledge of the mind and how to shift its functioning for
therapeutic, spiritual, problem-solving, artistic and/or
recreational purposes. In our culture, pychonautics, the practices
of individuals and small groups using techniques such as
meditation, shamanic ritual, ecstatic dance and substances such as
LSD and psilocybin for personal exploration, is a field of action
and thought in its infancy. The use of psychonautic practice as a
site of research and a method of knowledge production is central to
this work, the first in-depth book focusing on psychedelics,
consciousness, and language.
" Xenolinguistics" documents the author's eleven-year adventure of
psychonautic exploration and scholarly research; her original
intent was to understand a symbolic language system, Glide, she
acquired in an altered state of consciousness. What began as a
deeply personal search, led to the discovery of others, dubbed
xenolinguists, with their own unique linguistic objects and ideas
about language from the psychedelic sphere. The search expanded,
sifting through fields of knowledge such as anthropology and
neurophenomenology to build maps and models to contextualize these
experiences. The book presents a collection of these linguistic
artifacts, from glossolalia to alien scripts, washed ashore like
messages in bottles, signals from Psyche and the alien Others who
populate her hyperdimensional landscapes.
With an entire chapter dedicated to Terence and Dennis McKenna and
sections dedicated to numerous other xenolinguists, this book will
appeal to those interested in language/linguistics and the benefits
of psychedelic self-exploration, and to readers of science fiction.
An exploration of the connections between feminine consciousness
and altered states from ancient times to present day Women have
been shamans since time immemorial, not only because women have
innate intuitive gifts, but also because the female body is wired
to more easily experience altered states, such as during the
process of birth. Whether female or male, the altered states
produced by psychedelics and ecstatic trance expand our minds to
tap into and enhance our feminine states of consciousness as well
as reconnect us to the web of life. In this book, we discover the
transformative powers of feminine consciousness and altered states
as revealed by contributors both female and male, including revered
scholars, visionary artists, anthropologists, modern shamans,
witches, psychotherapists, and policy makers. The book begins with
a deep look at the archetypal dimensions of the feminine principle
and how entheogens give us open access to these ancient archetypes,
including goddess consciousness and the dark feminine. The
contributors examine the female roots of shamanism, including the
role of women in the ancient rites of Dionysus, the Eleusinian
Sacrament, and Norse witchcraft. They explore psychedelic and
embodied paths to ecstasy, such as trance dance, holotropic
breathwork, and the similarities of giving birth and taking
mind-altering drugs. Looking at the healing potential of the
feminine and altered states, they discuss the power of plant
medicines, including ayahuasca, and the recasting of the
medicine-woman archetype for the modern world. They explore the
feminine in the creative process and discuss feminist psychedelic
activism, sounding the call for more female voices in the
psychedelic research community. Sharing the power of "femtheogenic"
wisdom to help us move beyond a patriarchal society, this book
reveals how feminine consciousness, when intermingled with
psychedelic knowledge, carries and imparts the essence of
inclusivity, interconnectedness, and balance our world needs to
heal and consciously evolve.
Reborn to Live is the second installment of a futuristic trilogy in
which humans are living in a dystopian world. Capitalism has
failed, a great cataclysm has occurred, and an "End Times" of our
own making has left our planet in chaos. In the first book in the
series, Dying to Learn, an Avatar named OroCritshna comes to Earth
to teach and to guide the resurrection of the human race. But
because our planet is shrouded in superstition, ignorance, and
darkness, OroCritshna finds few students who understand his
messages of Truth, Love and Light. Only one Initiate - Vadusfadam -
attains enlightenment. In Reborn to Live: Second Book of the
Initiate, Monk Vadusfadam assumes the duty left to him by Master
OroCritshna: To awaken human beings to their divine origin and help
them spiritually ascend. However, time is of the essence.
Vadusfadam must quickly gather a new crop of Initiates to defend
Earth against the Forces of Darkness. He then leads the Initiates
through a labyrinth of imagery and interior challenges that are
designed to detach them from the material plane and support their
quest for enlightenment. They must learn the rules of the "Game of
Life," free themselves from illusion, and reach self-awareness ...
before it's too late At the end of the book, multiple conclusions
are proposed to test the dedication of the Initiate. The Initiate
series includes three futuristic novellas written by Oberto "Falco"
Airaudi, founder and spiritual guide of The Federation of Damanhur
in Italy. Originally, Falco wrote the Initiate trilogy for students
at the Damanhur Mystery School and to honor Damanhur's Temples to
Humanity, which are often called the "Eighth Wonder of the World."
Now, Falco's texts have been translated into English and are being
offered to the public at large. The other books in the trilogy are
entitled Dying to Learn: First Book of the Initiate and Seven
Scarlet Doors: Third Book of the Initiate. The series also includes
a free e-book entitled Road to the Central Fires: Prequel to Seven
Scarlet Doors, which can be downloaded at The Oracle Institute
website (www.TheOracleInstitute.org).
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Net of Being (Hardcover)
Alex Grey; As told to Allyson Grey
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Discovery Miles 13 370
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Revealing the interwoven energies of body and soul, love and spirit
that illuminate the core of each being, Alex Grey's mystic
paintings articulate the realms of consciousness encountered during
visits to entheogenic heaven worlds. His painting Net of
Being--inspired by a blazing vision of an infinite grid of Godheads
during an ayahuasca journey--has reached millions as the cover and
interior of the band TOOL's Grammy award-winning triple-platinum
album, 10,000 Days. Net of Beingis one of many images Grey has
created that have resulted in a chain reaction of uses--from
apparel and jewelry to tattoos and music videos--embedding these
iconic works into our culture's living Net of Being. The book
explores how the mystical experience expressed in Alex Grey's work
opens a new understanding of our shared consciousness and unveils
the deep influence art can have on cultural evolution. The
narrative progresses through a successive expansion of
identity--from the self, to self and beloved, to self and
community, world spirit, and cosmic consciousness, where bodies are
transparent to galactic energies. Presenting over 200 images,
including many never-before-reproduced paintings as well as
masterworks such as St. Albert and the LSD Revelation Revolutionand
Godself, the book also documents performance art, live-painting on
stage throughout the world, and the "social sculpture" called CoSM,
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, that Grey cofounded with his wife and
creative collaborator, artist Allyson Grey.
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