Souldish NYC Events: 4/10 thru 4/17 2008

“Some kind of dialog is now going on between individual human beings   and the sum total of human knowledge and…nothing can stop it.”
—Terence Mckenna

New Yorkers, this week you can learn more about Shamans, journey to your favorite Psytrance party, Learn about the Dark Side of Psychedelics and more.  Save the date and get your tickets for the Reality Sandwich’sAyahuasca Monologues April 17th at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors.  This event is hot and will probably sell out fast.  Steve’s really cool picks this week on http://www.souldish.com include: Sex Addiction? It’s a Crock…Yes it is!  Naked City, Another great Audacia Ray website, How to Cut Deals With Your Subconscious Mind, Enlightenment Reason or Occult Conspiracy? & The Coming War Between Religion And Super-Science.

Cheers,
-Salma

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====April17th=====

The 2nd Annual  “Ayahuasca Monologues: Tales of the Spirit Vine”

Following on last year’s successful event, we are pleased to present five new visionary stories about ayahuasca, the renowned sacred brew of the Amazon. For centuries, shamans have drunk this powerful concoction to heal illness, obtain mystical insights, contact spirit guides, and explore magical worlds. Hear of experiences both miraculous and terrifying when Westerners access ayahuasca’s incredible gifts. Music, dancing, and mingling will follow performance.

Featuring:
Alex Grey: Visionary Artist, Co-Founder of CoSM, Author of The Mission of Art & Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey, Creator of the film ARTmind.  Daniel Pinchbeck: Editorial Director of Reality Sandwich, Author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl & Breaking Open the Head: Psychedelics and Contemporary Shamanism.  Maxi Cohen: Filmmaker of feature documentaries & shorts: “Joe and Maxi,” “Seven Women - Seven Sins,” “South Central LA: Inside Voices,” & “The Holy Give Me” Adam Elenbaas: Writer/Storyteller, Contributing Editor of Reality Sandwich, completing Fishers of Men, a memoir of ayahuasca journeys in the Peruvian Amazon Fabian Alsultany: Music Impresario, DJ, Producer, Ritual Connoisseur; GlobeSonic Entertainment, Uprise Consulting, Parashakti’s Dance of Liberation.  Hosted by Jonathan Phillips: Community Director of Reality Sandwich, Editor of Souldish.com,  Founder of the NY Gnostics & The Electric Jesus Workshops.  Music by Alien Ambassador and Globesonic’s Fabian Alsultany.  Presented by Reality Sandwich, CoSM, & Souldish.

(7:30p, $20)
CoSM, 542 W. 27th St. 4th Fl.
http://realitysandwich.com / http://cosm.org

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=====Thursday, April 10th=====

Shamanism, Visionary Art and the Dark Side of Psychedelics

A trialog with Jeremy Narby, Alex Grey and J.P. Harpignies.  This evening Jeremy Narby the renowned anthropologist and indigenous land rights activist with extensive  experience in the Amazon basin, author of the classics, The Cosmic Serpent: DNA, The Origins of Knowledge, and Intelligence in Nature, and co-editor of Shamans Through Time, in of of his infrequent visits to the U.S. will engage in a freewheeling, honest discussion about shamanism , art and entheogens with our host, Alex Grey, the leading visionary artist of our era, and Bioneers Conference associate producer J.P. Harpignies, the editor of Visionary Plant Consciousness.

(8p, $20)
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
542 W27th St., 4th Fl.
http://www.cosm.org/  under calendar and then April

=====Thursday, April 10th=====

Your Magic Marketing Formula for Building Your Business or Practice

This teleclass is for self-employed professionals who want an easy-to-follow method for marketing and building their practice.  Article marketing offers a simple, yet powerful approach to marketing your business, services and products. Not only can article marketing be effective in bringing more business directly to your door, it is also easy on your budget.  Is article marketing hard? Once you know the process, have the right tools and resources, and take the simple steps to do it, it’s easy.  With article marketing, marketing your business will stop feeling like a struggle, and instantly become Exciting and Fun.  Best of all, once you know how to use article marketing, you will be able to use it over and over again with every article you write.  In this one-hour introductory class you will discover: What is article marketing, and why it is so powerful

1p,Free
To Register:https://www.teleclasscatalog.com/participant/login.html
Info: http://www.teleclasscatalog.com/event_details.html?eventid=10291

=====Also on April 10th=====

Chakracize   with Kiana Love @ East West Yoga

Relax, ground, energize, and balance yourself through the chakras.  Take a journey through the energy centers of the body using breath, meditation, yoga, stretching, toning and more.  Come away with simple tools you can use throughout your week to help you focus, relieve stress, and be present in your body.

Thursdays
(7:45p-8:45p, donation)
East West Yoga; 212-243-5994.
78 Fifth Avenue @ 14th Street
http://www.eastwestnyc.com

=====Friday, April 11th=====

Sitar with Dawoud

Dawoud will present a sitar performance at The Malcolm Shabazz Cultural Center.  He will be premiering new music; and there may be a few surprises.  The food they serve is great.  I’ll see you there

(7p, $ for food)
The Malcolm Shabazz Cultural Center
119 Lennox ave - between 115th & 116th
http://www.renegadesufi.com
http://www.myspace.com/renegadesufi

=====Also on Friday=====

Bassnectar + Kin Britt Featuring:  Sp. Guests Sub Swara

While existing as a mutating collaborative effort, BASSNECTAR is traditionally the amorphous music project of Lorin Ashton, a San Francisco based Musician / Producer / DJ, (“probably the largest cult following of any DJ in San Francisco” – SF Weekly) highlighted by massive basslines, thick mob scene beats, freakshow energy, emotive melodics, traditional acoustic instrumentation, and fearless mashing of genres, styles, sounds, moods, and approaches. Fusing elements of midtempo breakbeats, big beat, old school hip hop and dub, DnB, glitch, IDM, electronica, death metal, grindcore, punk rock, alternative, folk, swing, and jazz; and sampling anything from the human history of sound and music, Bassnectar might be most accurately described as “omni-tempo maximalism.”  Rarely will you find a talent whose vision supersedes the boundaries of genre, until you have met KING BRITT. This Philadelphia native has found a way to escape the boundaries of a single category of music by expressing his creations through deep house, hip-hop, broken beat, nu jazz, funk and afro-tech. He has been honing his DJ and production skills for the greater part of a decade. The result: a pioneer of all things soulful, rhythmically textured and melodically  provocative.  SRO * All ages * In association with Mixed Bag Productions

(12a, $20)
BB King Blues Club and Grill
237 W. 42nd ST. 7-8 Ave.
Tix: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004066B1CC707C?artistid=857459&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=201
http://www.bbkingblues.com/

=====Also on Friday=====

The Courtesy Tier

I adore this band.  Omer is one friendly dude.  He plays lead guitar.  Come check them out, dance, or close your eyes and be transported to your special, magical safe place, because this music will do that for you.  It’s the magic bus ride to bliss.  (-S) The show starts at 8 pm with an open bar till 9 pm!

(8p, $7)
The Trash Bar
256 Grand St. btwn Driggs & Roebling
Williamsburg, Brklyn; 718.599.1000
http://www.myspace.com/thetrashbar
http://www.myspace.com/thecourtesytier

=====Also on Friday=====

Hybrid a forum for new evolutions in contemporary global performance

Alchemy Performance artistic director Sarah Johansson Locke presents HYBRID, a performance series featuring artists who explore new forms and fusions from ancient and contemporary sources. This month features local dancers and musicians who sample ethnic and electronic elements — from India to the Balkans, North Africa to Brooklyn ? and remix them into a moving collage across cultures:  Sarah Johansson Locke and Irina Akulenko of Alchemy Dance Theater.  Pete List: beatboxing, vocal loops, and more.  Freyja: tribal fusion bellydance from San Francisco, Cera Byer: modern bellydance fusion from San Francisco, Vorona: tribal fusion bellydance, MaKaKo: fire spinning, dance, and acrobatics, Rob Mastrianni: guitar, Jimmy Taps: tapdance.  Cera and Frejya will also be teaching workshops on Saturday April 12th

Friday April 11th at 7:30p
Galapagos Art Space
70 N 6th St. (btw. Wythe & Kent), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$17 at the door
http://www.alchemyperformance.com

=====April 11th=====

Cera Byer and Freyja in NYC for workshops and show — April 11+12  a Sarah Johansson Locke and Alchemy Performance

Come get a spring dose of inspiration, strength, grace, groove, and power for your dancing.  Don’t miss this rare chance to get some great technique and fun new combos from two of San Francisco’s most innovative artists.  Alchemy Dance Theater, Pete List, Freyja, Cera Byer, Vorona, MaKaKo, Rob Mastrianni.

(7:30p, $17)
Galapagos Art Space
70 N 6th St., Williamsburg, Brklyn
Ask Sarah about the dance workshops: sarah@alchemyperformance.com

=====Also on Friday=====

Psybotik Presents Auroboros

Kameleon and Labyrinth are coming up from South Cak-A-Lak and throwing down hard; full force dark and mysterious. But first Sleezy D’s dub step acid techno facial will start the night off pushin the subs to their limit!  Haitian the master of mash ups will shake you soul until Bioluminescence prepares your minds for transcendence with their LIVE tribal psychedelic sound.  From there Electrik will accelerate the party into a full on frenzy leaving K&L to continue hard and strong. A few surprises remain for the very end. Sum 3 will be the mad scientists behind the curtain distorting all your visual perceptions while Sonic Beating’s debaucherous deco sets the mood. NycRavers will be providing an public UV art wall for you creative pleasures.  Enjoy.  Kameleon and Labyrinth (Pangea Productions | Greenville, SC).  *Psytrance - Darker Mysterious Full On*.  Electrik - With LIVE Visuals (Psybotik Records | NYC).  *Psytrance - Full On / Stomp*.  Bioluminescence - LIVE (Pure Perception Records | Greenville, SC) *Tribal Psychedelic*.  Haitian (2KDeep | Burlington, VT) *2012 Mash Up*.  Sleezy D (2KDeep | Burlington, VT) *Dubstep - Acid Tech Facial*.  Visual Stimulation: Sum3; Environment: Sonic Beating; Original Artwork: Bert H. Esenherz.  Bottle Service Available.

(10p-6a, $10 Adv, $15Dr, $20 After Midnight)
Club EXIT
149 Greenpoint Ave. b/w Manhattan Ave and Leonard St
Take the G to Greenpoint Ave.
Tix http://www.psybotikrecords.com
http://www.club-exit.com
Flyer: http://www.psybotikrecords.com/auroborosflyer.jpg

=====Saturday, April 12th=====

Official Disco Biscuits TDB After Party Hallucinogen live, Shpongle DJ, Telepath

Hallucinogen aka Simon Posford is a pioneer of electronic music and founder of the psy-trance scene. With the release of his first album, “Twisted”, which reached Number 27 in the French album charts, a genre was born. There are many words to describe modern electronic music but none that come close to the wealth of emotion and experience that comes from listening to a Posford tune.  These days he is just as likely to be entrancing crowds around the globe with a throbbingly epic live set as he is to be dribbling ambient delectations in the Hallucinogen Soundlabs in the West Country. He is co-director of Twisted Records with Simon Holton.

Highline Ballroom
431 16th St btwn 9th & 10th Ave (212) 414-5994
http://www.highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=432
http://www.twisted.co.uk/artists/

=====Also on Saturday=====

Psytrance: Awake, Paranoid Zen, Ocular Delight

(9p, $ inquire)
You Have To Email Awake for the location
http://www.awakeproductions.net
Meriden, CT
http://events.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&eventID=411293.47644

=====Also on Saturday=====

Progressive Psy

Event is 21 and up. Dress Code rules apply (Vesta Policy). Our crew will be holding downstairs floor. Space is limited.

($15, w/ Guestlist $10)
Vesta Lounge NYC (8th Ave - Between 29th and 30th Streets).
Vano (DJ Set) - Progressive Psy.
http://www.myspace.com/vanomusic
Deo (DJ Set) - Tribal, Deep Trance
http://www.myspace.com/venomous2
deo@restless-fingers.com

=====Wednesday, April 16th======

Aloha sustainable living enthusiasts

Spring is here and it is a great time to organize and re-invent ourselves after the long slumber of winter! And what better way to do that than with a fresh breath of sustainability in our bio-region.  If you were unable to attend the network’s March 19th meeting, you will find this re-cap very insightful:  The Really Really Free Market - The network has reserved a tentative date of April 19th (Saturday) with Andover Borough to hold the market at the Borough Park.This Is not the official date just yet, due to a certificate of liability that has yet to be completed. The official date and more information will be sent out soon within the next week. It was also decided that the date of April 19th is great in regards to April 22nd being Earth Day.  Sustainability Library - The network is developing a library of films, books, magazines, articles and more to be open for everyone to learn more about every aspect of sustainable living. If anyone has books or resources that they would like to loan to the library please reply to this email.  Farmer’s Market - Ideas were discussed in regards to a farmer’s market at the Gristmill Cafe. Cooperatively working with other area farmer’s markets and the Foodshed Alliance could increase the availability and diversity of foods in our local area.  Transition Culture - Frank Cook is an inspiring guide to the world of Ethnobotany (the study of the relationship between people and plants) and will be giving a presentation on transition culture May 29th 7:00PM at the Gristmill Cafe.

(7p, $15)
Gristmill Cafe
4 Lenape rd, Andover, NJ
Pre-register for Frank’s visit with Paul Klemm via e-mail at paul_klemm@yahoo.com
http://www.transitionculture.org
http://www.transitiontowns.org

)))))=Ongoing=(((((

For ongoing Body/Mind/Spirit events please check Alan Steinfeld’s wonderful website at: http://www.newrealities.com/events_ongoing.html

)))))=Listen Now: Audio Discussions/Podcasts=(((((

Psychedelic Salon:
134-Pinchbeck: “A Playalogue about Sex and Social Control, Tantra and Liberation”
http://www.matrixmasters.net/archive/DanielPinchbeck/134-DanielPinchbeckBM07.mp3
http://feeds.feedburner.com/PsychedelicSalon

Living the Field interesting interviews by Lynne McTaggart:
http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/podcast.htm

)))))=Notable Links=(((((

Best NYC events listing calendar? ;-)
http://www.souldish.com

coolest e-zine on the planet:
http://www.realitysandwich.com

I love my meditation guru Steven Sadleir:
http://www.selfawareness.com/

Expand your mind:
http://www.secondattention.org

)))))=Upcoming=(((((

=====Thursday, April17th=====

The 2nd Annual  “Ayahuasca Monologues: Tales of the Spirit Vine”

Following on last year’s successful event, we are pleased to present five new visionary stories about ayahuasca, the renowned sacred brew of the Amazon. For centuries, shamans have drunk this powerful concoction to heal illness, obtain mystical insights, contact spirit guides, and explore magical worlds. Hear of experiences both miraculous and terrifying when Westerners access ayahuasca’s incredible gifts. Music, dancing, and mingling will follow performance.

Featuring:
Alex Grey: Visionary Artist, Co-Founder of CoSM, Author of The Mission of Art & Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey, Creator of the film ARTmind.  Daniel Pinchbeck: Editorial Director of Reality Sandwich, Author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl & Breaking Open the Head: Psychedelics and Contemporary Shamanism.  Maxi Cohen: Filmmaker of feature documentaries & shorts: “Joe and Maxi,” “Seven Women - Seven Sins,” “South Central LA: Inside Voices,” & “The Holy Give Me” Adam Elenbaas: Writer/Storyteller, Contributing Editor of Reality Sandwich, completing Fishers of Men, a memoir of ayahuasca journeys in the Peruvian Amazon Fabian Alsultany: Music Impresario, DJ, Producer, Ritual Connoisseur; GlobeSonic Entertainment, Uprise Consulting, Parashakti’s Dance of Liberation.  Hosted by Jonathan Phillips: Community Director of Reality Sandwich, Editor of Souldish.com,  Founder of the NY Gnostics & The Electric Jesus Workshops.  Music by Alien Ambassador and Globesonic’s Fabian Alsultany.  Presented by Reality Sandwich, CoSM, & Souldish.

(7:30p, $20)
CoSM, 542 W. 27th St. 4th Fl.
http://realitysandwich.com / http://cosm.org

=====April 17th=====

Psycheground presents:  E-Jekt Live

E-JEKT are Gadi Vered and Uri Azene from Tel Aviv, Israel. Gadi came from a heavy metal background as a drummer and searched for the same “feel” in electronic music. He met acid house and techno in the early 90’s and upon listening to trance, the future was set. Gadi has had an active part for many years in the global psy movement as an administrator at Isratrance. Uri was a professional sound designer, working at the top of the Israeli sound design industry for a decade. He has been a DJ since 1992 during the unforgettable DAT era. His musical influences are 60’s and 70’s psychedelic and experimental rock. E-JEKT’s music can be described as hard, unique, heavily psychedelic and free of fluff and cheese. The duo, currently continue to release and work on new music at a feverish pace and a 2nd E-Jekt album is well underway. The theme of the new album is kept true to the E-JEKT core concept: crushing quality dance floor beats. Featuring sets by: Luis Campos  (Dreamcatcher / Alladin Group , BR / NYC); Ctlr+ Alt + Del (Nexus Media, IN/NYC); deco by Dreamcatcher’ s
21+ with ID

(10p - 4a, $10)
Sullivan Room, Manhattan, New York City
218 Sullivan St (between Bleecker and West 3rd St, 2 blocks east of 6th Ave)
Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, or V trains to “W 4 St - Wash Sq”
http://www.myspace.com/psycheground
http://www.myspace.com/gadimon
http://www.myspace.com/gadimon

=====Friday, April 18th=====

Seed Gallery Presents:  head

Promoting awareness for hemp as fiber, fuel, and medicine presented by The Green Light Society, Tha Itis, DJ Urban & Mike Ferraro

(8p-2a, $20)
239 Washington St
Newark, NJ
http://www.newarkseed.com
http://www.time4hemp.com

=====Friday, April 18th=====

Friends, Romans, Countrymen (but especially Romans),

April Fool’s is upon us, and once again the only “tricks” I can think of are all major international crimes. It’s all for the best, then, that I’ve got plans that night: an evening of storytelling with some other sweet speaking denizens of NY. And so, if you’re trying to decide between hitting up a foreign bank (and calling “April Fools!” if caught) or sitting around the proverbial NY campfire (known as “beer”), choose the latter and join me for a night of autobiographical tales at Speakeasy on 4/1.    For those who don’t know, Wanderlust is about going out into the Sahara and demanding an epiphany. Any epiphany. Some proof that we’re part of a grander story than the ones playing out inside our heads. Jean-Michele Gregory, the director, and (whoever wrote this) have developed the piece during performances in San Francisco, New York, and Westchester, and we’re excited to see how it’ll continue to evolve as we settle into one space for a while. Please come! And tell your friends about it. Our advertising budget is, you know, this email.

Wanderlust
Fridays, April 18 & 25, May 2 & 9
(8p, $15)
The Barrow Group Studio Theatre
312 W36th Street, 3rd fl., between 8 & 9 Aves.
http://www.smarttix.com

=====Saturday, April 19th====

CoSM Full Moon Ceremony

On the full moon each month we gather at CoSM With Alex and Allyson Grey in the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors to focus energy on manifesting a permanent, public site for the chapel of Sacred Mirrors and to celebrate the cretive spirit in us all.  Join us for an evening of wisdom, devotional chanting, and prayer from all traditions, followed by dancing to the tribal sounds of the most dynamic drum circle in NYC.  Doors open at 7pm. Ceremony frm 7:30-9:30 and drumming and dancing follows until Midnight.

Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
542 W27th St, 4th Flr
http://www.cosm.org

=====Saturday, April 19th=====

‘Shamanism is about not knowing - A Workshop with Christina Pratt

Literally, shamanism is about not knowing. It’s about going to the spirits to ask. When Ms. Pratt teaches, it isn’t academic, and she does not have a curriculum. This keeps the work vital and effective. She leads people into shamanism that’s completely appropriate for the particular group gathered. She does real shamanic healing ritual-not the same ritual over and over. She dances and get others to dance with abandon from their souls, even if they’re paralyzed by self-criticism, haven’t moved their hips their entire lives, or are sitting in a wheelchair. You will leave understanding how, why, and when to use what you learn. You will be able to take it with you, to use in your life, to live in a way that honors and celebrates the wholeness and integrity of your soul.  CHRISTINA PRATT is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing. Her book, An Encyclopedia of Shamanism, was just released. She offers a four-year path of mastery called The Cycle of Transformation and teaches a popular graduate course on the Foundations of Shamanism at the University of Minnesota. She’s a skilled healer of exceptional clarity, humor, and inspiration who deftly weaves her authentic shamanic experience, extensive training, and experience with shamans from Ecuador, Nepal, Tibet, and Africa into effective healing rituals for contemporary people. She frequently speaks for the American Holistic Medical Association and serves as the spiritual advisor to their Board.

(2p, $n/a)
The New York Theosophical Society
242 E53 St.  Btwn 2 & 3 Ave; Trains: ‘E’ or ‘V’  (Lex & 53 ST. Station) & the #6 Train (Lex & 51 ST. Station)
212-753-3835 or 212-758-5521
nyts@theosophy-ny.org
http://www.theosophy-ny.org/Weekend%20Events.htm

=====Saturday, May 10th=====

Souldish, Reality Sandwich and the SEED Gallery Artists Collective present: Speaking from the Divine

MANA-fest II Speaking From the Divine :
An exploration of eclectic spiritual practices in their contemporary forms

What enchantment unfolds when a host of conscious creators and thinkers gather under one roof to spread their most potent ideas?

Souldish, Reality Sandwich and Seed Gallery invite you to a convention-busting convention of interactive art and ideas.  Come experience
an evening of heightened awareness, holy shenanigans, and the exploration of sacred language thru forum discussions, performance art, dance,
music and visionary workshops.

Featuring: Reality Sandwich’s Panel discussions on topics such as: the subversive
use of esoteric symbols, the paradigm shift in consciousness and culture, and more. Including talks
by Daniel Pinchbeck and other notables. Conscious Hip-Hop by Propaganda Anonymous,
Workshops on how to make your own esoteric magickal symbols,
2nd Chakra activation with Kianna Love, and Intro to Hatha Yoga with David Bryson form Raw Yoga.

Performance and installation art by the Seed Gallery Collective;
Music by Jungle Jazz Initiative, Dawoud on the Sitar,
DJ L’ement and a surprise appearance by one or more DJ’s who’ll knock your socks off.
(The musical collection for the evening will include: hip hop, breakbeat, psytrance, dubstep, jungle, jazz, ambient, asian fusion
and more) Plus a  special chill out space.

May 10th 2008 (7p-5a, $20 dr, $15 adv)
SEED Gallery
239 WASHINGTON ST NEWARK, 917-607-4440
seedgallery@mac.com
http://www.newarkseed.com