“FOOD THAT RAWKS” :Surviving the Holidays edition. Exciting news for those who like dessert for breakfast!
What would the holidays be without some Punkin Patch cheesecake to indulge in with zero guilt? Is it too good to be true? Your dreams have been answered my friends! After many months of fine tuning this recipe, I have […]

Find time for some self-love with this solo Reiki practice. Many have heard of Reki, the healing and clearing of the body’s energy field. Reiki adds to the venerable human tradition of “laying on of hands,” in this case working with ki in one’s channels and energy centers. In the linked audio Laura of BodyTalk […]

According to a report cited in this article on the Drug Policy Alliance website, though still illegal, marijuana is now the largest cash crop in the United States of America.  That’s an enormous underground economy from which the government derives no revenue whatsoever, and more to the point, which it spends tons of our tax […]

Psycho-nauts everywhere can now say they’ve seen everything as entheogen author and “New Edge” shaman, Daniel Pinchbeck, was interviewed by Stephen Colbert in - of all places - a humbly constructed nativity scene on The Comedy Central set. After a silent moment of “communing” with Pinchbeck, Colbert asked him, “Are you high right now?” […]

Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time Studies Anarchism in history. Like any good discussion it starts with a definition of terms. The panel discusses the gentle, humanitarian, and even spiritual roots of the philosophy. After all, systems ranging from Christianity to Buddhism point out we must not suppress our duty to God or the divine in […]

It is thought to be the only work of art ever constructed which is meant to be “viewed” with your eyes closed, and for practically no money, you can build one yourself — a device that will induce a drug-free trance state, complete with top-notch psychedelic visions, using nothing but flickering light.
In 1958, a poet […]

What do you do after selling 63 million books hocking a cheesy and exploitive idea of a Christian apocalypse? If you’re Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye, the writers of the Left Behind book series, you cash in on movie adaptations, mobile phone tie-ins, music albums, calendars, greeting cards, and then, finally - the video […]

RELATIONSHIFTS: On Friday, December 22nd two anti-war protestors hope that you’ll do something sexy to help put an end to war. Instead of forcibly making a change through combat and killing, their hoping to gradually change the world by coming. Alone or with a partner, the moral of their story is a happy ending. […]

Oh I’ve just been WAITING with my knees crossed for an excuse to force Bob The Angry Flower on you lovelies. I’d like to dedicate this post to all the seekers mired in spiritual materialism. Bob feels your pain. Or at least he’d like to, as he goes to see a healer for Chakra […]