Temple of 5 Elements

09/05/2018

Great for TraVel!

10/09/2015

The power of shamanic drumming

“Shamanism is not a religion. It’s a method. And when this method is practiced with humility, reverence and self-discipline, the shaman’s path can become a...

27/06/2015

Amazing stuff!

In one of the great tragedies of our age, indigenous traditions, stories, cultures and knowledge are winking out across the world. Whole languages and mythologies are vanishing, and in some cases even entire indigenous groups are falling into extinction. This is what makes the news that a tribe in t…

26/05/2015

Wow, I think this is amazing!

In a quest to ease pressures on the Brazilian prison system, mental health workers have opted to give prison inmates the psychedelic brew ayahuasca, in the hopes of helping them to work through their deeply-rooted emotional traumas. It is no secret that the current prison system is in shambles. Ove…

12/02/2015

There are a number of human experiences that are characterized by presentness, detail, externality, and three-dimensional explorable spacefulness: we can call

08/02/2015

Psychedelic Rituals of Ancient Greece

photo:ruins of Eleusis, Greece.

"In the Telestrion, giant initiation hall in Eleusis, over three thousand neophytes at a time experienced powerful experiences of psychospiritual transformation. The cultural importance of these mysteries for the ancient world and their as yet unacknowledged role in the history of European civilization becomes evident when we realize that among their initiates were many famous and illustrious figures of antiquity. THe list of Neophytes includes philosophers PLATO, ARISTOTLE and EPICTETUS, the military leader ALKIBIADES, the playwrights EURIPIDES and SOPHOCLES and the poet PINDAROS" ("Psychology of the Future", Stanislav Grof, 2000).

08/02/2015

NEURONS TO NIRVANA (featured on Netflix)

A feature documentary about the resurgence of psychedelics as medicine. Psychedelics can be potent tools for getting to know who we are, who we can be. and for healing the trauma of a society that is addicted to greed and consumerism. This film dares to break the taboo surrounding psychedelic medicines, by examining and revealing their proven potential to heal and alleviate suffering on a global scale.

09/10/2014

Ayahuasca Tourism: A Cautionary Tale

"Westerners discontent with their Judeo-Christian heritage have long sought alternative spiritual traditions. In the 1950s, the Beats dabbled in Zen. In the 1960s, the hippies flocked to Hindu swamis. In the 1970s, the Reverend Moon and other cult leaders swayed large followings. In the 1980s, the New Agers embraced Tibetan lamas. In the 1990s, shamanism came into vogue. Perhaps within a few years, the avant-garde of the United States will undergo a mass conversion to Islam in order to assimilate this estranged manifestation of the Other. But at the present time, many North Americans and Europeans are still seeking enlightenment through exploring shamanism, some traveling to South America to find the wisdom, and the brews, of other traditions."

R. Stuart

http://maps.org/news-letters/v12n2/12236stu.html

09/10/2014

Banned TED Talk by the author and journalist Graham Hancock speaking about the war on consciousness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0c5nIvJH7w

Re-uploaded as TED have decided to censor Graham and remove this video from the TEDx youtube channel. Follow this link for TED's statement on the matter and ...

09/10/2014

The documentary Fire on the Mountain: A Gathering of Shamans was filmed in 1997 at a ten-day gathering of tribal elders, wisdom keepers, and medicine women from five continents, who had travelled to Karma Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist retreat center in the French Alps, to discuss their concerns with the Dalai Lama and representatives of the world’s religions.

21/04/2014

More studies show:

Eduardo Schenberg, of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, recently published a piece in Sage Journals, detailing his belief that Ayahuasca…