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James Fadiman on Psychedelics Reconsidered, Part 1

James Fadiman on Psychedelics Reconsidered, Pt. 1

James Fadiman on Psychedelics Reconsidered, Part 2

James Fadiman on Psychedelics Reconsidered, Pt. 2

Photo Essay on These United States

Photo Essay by Ingrid A. Marcroft
On a cross-country drive, these vistas large and small invited contemplation of the natural world.
Place your cursor on the photo; click on bottom left to start the slideshow, bottom right for full screen, Esc to return to home page.
In order of appearance: Redwood Forest, CA; Pacific Coast [...]

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Psychedelics Reconsidered by James Fadiman

James Fadiman, PhD, an early researcher on the psychotherapeutic uses of LSD, was a founder of The Association for Transpersonal Psychology and the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, where he now teaches. He has taught at Brandeis and Stanford, given workshops worldwide, and is the author of several textbooks and self-help books, as well as [...]

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Island of the Heart by Christopher Bamford

The forgotten holy island of Wales, quiet Celtic companion of Iona and Lindisfarne, still offers its gifts of serenity to lovers of silence and simplicity.
Christopher Bamford is co-director of Anthroposophic/Lindisfarne Press and author of many articles on the Western Mystery Tradition.
For Ralph White, who led us there.
There is an island there is no [...]

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An Aboriginal Dreamtime Odyssey by David Yeadon

A traveler in the scrub-dotted desert beyond Ayer’s Rock is slowly initiated into the ‘old ways’.
“Never forget–everything’s a mystery. Once it stops bein’ a mystery it stops bein’ true.” – David Mowaljarlai, Aboriginal Elder (from Dreamkeepers by Harvey Arden)
I was cold. Very cold. Despite the daytime furnace heat of Australia’s outback, a numbing nighttime chill [...]

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On Flying by Leslie Hazelton

Small planes take you into a time warp, back to the days when flying was an adventure, even a privilege, and to fly was to laugh out loud in delight.
Lesley Hazleton is the author of five books including England, Bloody England and Memoirs of a Fast Woman. She currently lives on a houseboat in Seattle.
The [...]