Psychedelic Salon

Guest speaker: Terence McKenna & Ralph Abraham

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This is part two of the conversation between Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham, which is featured in program #019 of the Psychedelic Salon.

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Guest speakers: Terence McKenna & Ralph Abraham

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This podcast is part of a dialogue between Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham that took place at the Omega Institute on August 1, 1998.

It isn’t often that we have the opportunity to see how accurate predictions about the future are, but this fascinating conversation between two of the great thinkers of our times has already proven to be right on target. The reason this may be of interest to you is that if they correctly predicted some things that have now happened, then we are really in for some big time excitement if some of their more far-out predictions come true.

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Guest speaker: Erik Davis

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In this talk, Erik Davis gives an overview of the role that visionary art, as lineage and practice, plays in today’s planetary culture. Then he contrasts this with what he is calling "Visionary Design": the translation of the visionary impulse into the design of artifacts, systems, and real-world solutions.

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Guest speaker: Daniel Pinchbeck

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Daniel Pinchbeck explores the thesis of a "dimensional shift," currently underway and culminating in 2012, the end-date of the Mayan Calendar. In this talk, he discusses crop circles, extraterrestrials, infraterrestrials, the likely collapse of the current socioeconomic order in the next few years, as well as the need for a new measure of time. Daniel also discussesEvolution, a new magazine and media company, currently in formation, designed to assist in the process of global healing and revisioning, offering new paradigms and tools for creating a harmonic planetary culture.

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Guest speaker: Fraser Clark

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A story about reversing the Big Lie . . . The true story of Monkey’s Marvelous Trip from theAfrican Jungle toInner and Outer Space by Fraser Clark.

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Guest speaker: Gary Fisher

PROGRAM NOTES:

The description of Gary Fisher’s work with the amazing little girl, Nancy, is what the title of this podcast refers to. However, the conversation also covers a wide range of other topics, including: an amazing cancer cure involving ayahuasca, early psychedelic research, and the first scientific paper to discuss what is now called poly-drugging.

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Guest speaker: Rick Doblin

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Dr. Rick Doblin and others present an overview of the current state of medical marijuana research. Also included in this podcast is the story of activist Steve McWilliams, who lost his life in America’s War on People who use non-prescription drugs.

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Guest speaker: Dr. Charles Grob

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A talk by Dr. Charles Grob in July 2005. The topic was his current FDA-approved research project using the active ingredient from "magic mushrooms" to treat anxiety in cancer patients.

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Guest speaker: Christian Räetsch

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A talk by Christian Räetsch at the Chan Kah hotel in Palenque, Mexico.

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Guest speaker: Terence McKenna

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A talk by Terence McKenna in Denver – April 1999

TRANSCRIPT OF THIS TALK . . . (PDF Version)

"This is a struggle between novelty and habit." . . . "[Your culture] is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment, your education, and your decency." . . . Cultures are virtual realities made of language."

One of the things Terence covers in this talk is his take on virtual reality, VR. On February 25th, about two months before this talk, Terence participated in an experiment in avatar-based random in 3D virtual worlds on the Internet.

"We were operating live from Terence’s jungle retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii on a wireless packet radio network. The hosting area was finished off in the couple of hours before we went live at 3 pm Hawaii time. Fans were already arriving by that time and helping out by finding audio files to be linked in, images and other Terence netmorabilia. Approximately 40 fans showed up with very short notice from an announcement posted on Terence’s fan lists. Another 20 or show streamed in for days after the event, to be met by "super fan" Roy Batty. In the meantime, see Cathie Leavitt’s "Trip Report" for an excellent first hand newbie view of the experience." [From DigitalSpace.com . . . article about Terence and 3D virtual worlds]

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