Tuesday, April 17, 2007

THE POWER AND THE GLORY


Harmaline, 5-MeO-DMT & DMT
by Netrunner

http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=34866

The other leader who had a gift for reading into people told me afterwards that he saw my heart swollen, huge, like it was ready to burst. He asked me to think about anything in my life that I needed to let go of or deal with. I was actually in the extremely intense, painful, and drawn-out process of breaking up with my girlfriend of several years. For the other guy, he said he saw a large insect-like being clinging to his head, holding on, talking to him. The leader talked with the insect to find out what he wanted. The insect said he was telling him what he needed to know. The leader told the insect to leave because we couldn't control him. The insect left and our friend became even more frenzied, so he called the insect back to calm him down, which eventually happened.

Monday, April 16, 2007

HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING




by UrbanTiki


In computer graphics and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) is a set of techniques that allow a far greater dynamic range of exposures (i.e. a large difference between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to the deepest shadows.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

Sunday, April 15, 2007

DEFTONES - SATURDAY NIGHT WRIST





Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist via Megaupload

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L42JF3EJ

Friday, April 13, 2007

JOSEPH CAMPBELL, AUTODIDACT



Pages 52-54 in his book, The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work

From Britannica, “[Joseph Campbell was a] prolific American author and editor whose works on comparative mythology examined the universal functions of mythology in various human cultures and examined the mythic figure in a wide range of literatures.” - source

He left the Ph.D. program at Columbia University for “self-imposed exile”. He studied for five years in the woods–reading 9 hours each day.


Full article @ http://www.dansmind.com/?p=181

WE'RE CRACKING THE NEURAL CODE, THE BRAIN'S SECRET LANGUAGE


by John Horgan, Adbusters


Chances are you have never heard of the neural code. And yet, from both a practical and philosophical perspective, the neural code is the most important remaining scientific mystery.

The immediate goal of many neural-code researchers is producing “neural prostheses” for the disabled. By far the most successful neural prosthesis is the artificial cochlea. More than 80,000 people have been equipped with these devices, which restore at least rudimentary hearing by feeding signals from an external microphone to the auditory nerve. Work on other prostheses is proceeding more slowly. Artificial retinas, light-sensitive chips that mimic the eye’s signal-processing ability and stimulate the optical nerve or visual cortex, have been tested in a handful of blind subjects, but they usually “see” nothing more than phosphenes, or bright spots.



Full article @ adbusters.org/the_magazine/63/Were_Cracking...

Thursday, April 12, 2007

DJ /RUPTURE - MINESWEEPER SUITE


Tigerbeat 6



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KYYF4OWG

I TAKE ILLEGAL DRUGS FOR INSPIRATION


by Dr. Susan Blackmore

I can honestly say that without cannabis, most of my scientific research would never have been done and most of my books on psychology and evolution would not have been written. Some evenings, after a long day at my desk, I'll slip into the bath, light a candle and a spliff, and let the ideas flow - that lecture I have to give to 500 people next week, that article I'm writing for New Scientist, those tricky last words of a book I've been working on for months. This is the time when the sentences seem to write themselves.

http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/journalism/telegraphdrugs.htm

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

PSYCHADELICS AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE


by Alan Watts

"Almost invariably, my experiments with psychedelics have had four dominant characteristics.
1. a slowing down of time
2. awareness of polarity
3. awareness of relativity
4. awareness of eternal energy


http://deoxy.org/w_psyrel.htm