Guest speakers: Susan Blackmore, V.S. Ramachandran, Richard Glen Boire, John Gilmore, Ralph Metzner, and Jaron Lanier PROGRAM NOTES: Here are a few samples from the 2003 Mind States conference that was held in Berkeley, California in May of that year. Sound bites from the following talks are included here: Susan Blackmore:“The Grand Illusion of Consciousness” […]
Category Archives: Consciousness
Podcast 021 – “Psychedelic Psychotherapy and the Shadow”
Guest speaker: Ann Shulgin PROGRAM NOTES: This is a talk given byAnn Shulgin at the Mind States Conference in 2002. It provides a rare look into the world of psychedelic therapy during the years immediately preceding the scheduling of MDMA as a Category I substance. This schedule level means that the U.S. Government considers MDMA to […]
Podcast 020 – “The World Wide Web and the Millennium” (Q&A)
Guest speaker: Terence McKenna & Ralph Abraham PROGRAM NOTES: This is part two of the conversation between Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham, which is featured in program #019 of the Psychedelic Salon. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option
Podcast 019 – “The World Wide Web and the Millennium”
Guest speakers: Terence McKenna & Ralph Abraham PROGRAM NOTES: 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 […]
Podcast 011 – “Culture and Ideology are not your friends”
Guest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES: 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 […]
Podcast 010 – “The Lacandón People And Palenque”
Guest speaker: Christian Räetsch PROGRAM NOTES: A talk by Christian Räetsch at the Mayan ruins, Palenque, Mexico – 2001. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option
Podcast 009 – “Waking Up from the American Dream”
Guest speaker: Michael Brownstein PROGRAM NOTES: A talk by Michael Brownstein at Burning Man 2004. Michael Brownstein is the author of nine books of poetry and three novels:The Touch, Country Cousins, Self-Reliance: A Novel. His most recent book,World on Fire, is a prophetic, impassioned examination of corporate globalization. A personal book, World on Fire moves back and forth […]
Podcast 006 – “Drug Inspired Metaphysical Concepts”
Guest speaker: Jon Hanna PROGRAM NOTES: A talk by Jon Hanna at Burning Man 2003. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option
Podcast 002 – “Linear Societies and Nonlinear Drugs”
Guest speaker: Terence McKenna PROGRAM NOTES: A talk by Terence McKenna at the Palenque Entheobotany Conference in 1999. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option
Podcast 001 – “Psychedelic Thinking and the Dawn of Homo Cyber”
Guest speaker: Lorenzo PROGRAM NOTES: A talk by Lorenzo presented at the Mind States II conference in Berkeley, California in May of 2001. Full text of Lorenzo’s talk Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option