Sunday, February 24. 2008The Upside Of Being Down'Author Eric G. Wilson has come to realize he was born to the blues, and he has made peace with his melancholy state. Friday, February 22. 2008Devotion Through Music'The objects of devotion are seemingly limitless. Some are defined by culture, and appear as figures, crosses or mandalas; others are expressed through different mediums, such as chanting, painting and mathematics. (Yes, some consider numbers to be sacred.) Making music is possibly the most ubiquitous and widespread form of devotion the world knows. When applied in this manner, music is a form of prayer; it is an oblation, ritual and correspondence.' (Pop Matters article). Thursday, February 21. 2008If There Is No Free, Is Everything Permitted?'As the brain sciences advance, the space for free will shrinks. Many philosophers, legal analysts, and regular people worry these findings will undercut our moral and legal systems that rely on notions of personal responsibility. If a defendant pleads "not guilty" on the grounds that "my amygdala made me do it," how can we justify punishing him for something over which he had no control?' (Reason Magazine article). Wednesday, February 20. 2008Debunking Food Myths'The human digestive tract has about the same number of neurons as the spinal column. What are they there for? The final word isn't in yet, but Michael Pollan thinks their existence suggests that digestion may be more than the rather mundane process of breaking down food into chemicals. And, keeping those numerous digestive neurons in mind, Pollan's new book In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto entreaties us to follow our knowledgeable guts when it comes to figuring out what to eat.' (Alternet article). Tuesday, February 19. 2008Paranoid?'Have you seen the latest issue of Paranoia Magazine? Thursday, February 14. 2008How Writing Changed The World'Humans had been speaking for a couple hundred thousand years before they got the inspiration or nerve to mark their ideas down for posterity. Wednesday, February 13. 2008Travellers To Europe May Face Fingerprinting'The European Commission will propose tomorrow that all foreign travellers entering and leaving Europe, including U.S. citizens, should be fingerprinted. If approved by the European Parliament, the measure would mean that precisely identifying information on tens of millions of citizens will be added in coming years to databases that could be shared by friendly governments around the world.' (Washington Post article). Tuesday, February 12. 2008Ancient Mexican And Egyptian Gods'Ancient Mexicans and Egyptians who never met and lived centuries and thousands of miles apart both worshiped feathered-serpent deities, built pyramids and developed a 365-day calendar, a new exhibition shows. Friday, February 8. 2008Clarity Sought On Searches'The seizure of electronics at U.S. borders has prompted protests from travelers who say they now weigh the risk of traveling with sensitive or personal information on their laptops, cameras or cellphones. In some cases, companies have altered their policies to require employees to safeguard corporate secrets by clearing laptop hard drives before international travel. Wednesday, February 6. 2008Confirming Pre-existing Beliefs'Despite the plethora of information available on the Internet, people mostly use it to confirm their pre-existing beliefs, according to Australian researchers. Tuesday, February 5. 2008Satellite Spotters Glimpse Secrets'When the government announced last month that a top-secret spy satellite would, in the next few months, come falling out of the sky, American officials said there was little risk to people because satellites fall out of orbit fairly frequently and much of the planet is covered by oceans. Monday, February 4. 2008FBI Wants Database Of Physical Traits'The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people's physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists. Sunday, February 3. 2008The Artist As Healer'Both artist and healer are able express the deeper archetypal energies operating in their individual psyches, and, thereby, to be both in-formed and transformed by them, ultimately transforming the collective unconscious of humanity at large.' (Reality Sandwich article). Wednesday, January 30. 2008Ayahuasca & KabbalahSince Aldous Huxley published The Doors Of Perception, most spiritual practitioners have assumed that the point is: All is One. But as more spiritual seekers pursue non-unitive paths - including drinking ayahuasca and smoking DMT - I have a hunch that it is about to change. (Reality Sandwich article). Tuesday, January 29. 2008The Society Of Cute'The Society of "Cute" in a World of Hurt - where we begin to build in bifurcation's, many unproductive directions that are leading to possible worlds of destructive cycles and misunderstood illusions. Truth and purposeful reason are our goals. Monday, December 31. 2007Block Blackwater'Watch this short Courage Campaign documentary highlighting the activism of Carl Meyer, a concerned citizen working to help the rural community of Potrero block Blackwater from building a mercenary base just a few miles from the California border. Bhutto Assassination Cover-Up'The Islamic militant accused by the Pakistani government of being behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto today denied that he or al Qaeda orchestrated the killing, and opposition leaders say the allegations are part of a government cover-up.' (ABC News article). Thursday, December 13. 2007Hear Voices?'New Yorker Alison Wilson was walking down Prince Street in SoHo last week when she heard a woman's voice right in her ear asking, "Who's there? Who's there?" She looked around to find no one in her immediate surroundings. Then the voice said, "It's not your imagination." Thursday, November 15. 2007Taser Death Caught On Camera'An amateur cameraman has released footage of the death of a man tasered by Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Vancouver International Airport. Tuesday, November 6. 2007No Email Privacy'On October 8, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati granted the government's request for a full-panel hearing in United States v. Warshak case centering on the right of privacy for stored electronic communications. At issue is whether the procedure whereby the government can subpoena stored copies of your email - similar to the way they could simply subpoena any physical mail sitting on your desk - is unconstitutionally broad. Thursday, October 25. 2007A Saucerful Of Secrets'Step back 40 years to the heady days of 1967 as Andy Roberts explains how the Summer of Love was in part shaped by the hippie movement’s fascination with flying saucers.' (Fortean Times article). Sunday, October 14. 2007McShutdown'On September 15, 2007 all 85 McDonald’s stores in Manhattan were temporarily shut down by Steve Lambert and friends using simple handwritten signs. Monday, October 8. 2007Why Do We Conform?'Whether you subscribe to the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule or some instinctive moral code, society functions largely because most of its denizens adhere to a set of norms that allow them to live together in relative tranquility. Scientists Deliver 'God' Via A Helmet'Scientific American is reporting on scientific work done to map the euphoric religious feelings within the brain. As a result, it's now quite possible to experience "proximity to God" via a special helmet: "In a series of studies conducted over the past several decades, Persinger and his team have trained their device on the temporal lobes of hundreds of people. In doing so, the researchers induced in most of them the experience of a sensed presence - a feeling that someone (or a spirit) is in the room when no one, in fact, is - or of a profound state of cosmic bliss that reveals a universal truth."' (Slashdot commentary & Scientific American article). Thursday, October 4. 2007Homegrown Revolution'The practice of alchemy is not, as many of us were taught in school, some sort of get rich quick scheme in which wrong-headed science was applied in the futile attempt to turn base metals into gold. Alchemy is instead a symbolic language, which like its descendent Freemasonry contains the transformative wisdom of western esotericism. Alchemy and Freemasonry are experiential arts, practiced in the lab and in the lodge. The symbolic message of these two disciplines are imprinted through physical experience. Just as you can't learn to ride a skateboard through reading a book or playing a video game simulation, symbolic journeys must have a physical component. Thursday, September 27. 2007Taser This... Fuck Bush'The September 21 editorial of The Rocky Mountain Collegian was a taunt: "Taser This... Fuck Bush". Students groups like the College Republicans and faculty have in fact, obliged - insofar as they are legally able - to take down the students responsible. Saturday, September 15. 2007Freegans'Freegans are a growing subculture that has opted out of capitalism by cutting spending habits and living off consumer waste. Wednesday, August 29. 2007China Bans Reincarnation'China has rather brilliantly declared that, from next month, Tibetan Buddhist monks must have official permission to reincarnate, Newsweek reports. Saturday, August 11. 2007Homeland Security To Scan Emotions'United States Department of Homeland Security will install new technology to secretly scan people using a lasers, cameras, eye trackers and microphones, according to an upcoming article in New Scientist. Thursday, June 28. 2007Bush & Cheney Subpoenaed'The US Senate has issued subpoenas demanding the White House hand over documents relating to its policy of snooping on US citizens without getting warrants or other legal clearance.
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