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INDEPENDENCE DAY: With Beauty and Fecundity For All

Posted in Features, Holidays, tagged , , , , on July 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »

What does it mean to be a patriotic American in this day and age?  If we shop at Wal-Mart, we may be under the impression it means buying red, white, and blue plastic crap—extruded petroleum from China, of course.  Newspapers suggest that being patriotic means supporting the wars du jour, rooting for the home team [...]

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LEVITATING OVER THE PRISON WALLS: It can be done (sections 3 and 4)

Posted in Features, tagged , , , , , on June 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »

3. PKD realized this world is deranged, to the point it destroys any attempts to heal it. But the physician (the plasmate) is moved by love, and risks all to plant the seeds of knowledge: that this psychosomatic illness is easily treated, once one becomes aware of what it is that is really wrong. The [...]

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TO YOU, THE MOST BELOVED: Misunderstandings of “crazy” (part 1)

Posted in All That is Sacred, Features, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »

In America, we have words to describe the experience of hearing voices: wacko, delusional, crazy, schizoid, etc. To hear a voice speaking to you, whether out loud or in one’s mind, is not allowed. Hearing voices, especially those of God, is viewed as insanity within the rational paradigm that provides the framework for everyday life. [...]

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GIFTS & GIVING: “An Immediatist Potlatch,” by Hakim Bey

Posted in Series, tagged , , on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Excerpted from Hakim Bey’s book Immediatism. For the entire text please click here. In this section Hakim Bey gives us a taste of what a possible “Immediatist potlatch” would look like, fit with homemade gifts and performances. iv. The main purpose of the potlatch is of course gift-giving. Every player should arrive with one or [...]

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PRESS RELEASE: “First Vanishing Art Work Takes Place at Mombaccus,” by Peter Lamborn Wilson

Posted in All That is Sacred, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Saturday, Oct. 31    (Samhain) ’09         (3:30 PM) I went with some friends of mine (including Charles Stein, David Levi Strauss & Raymond Foye) to a place in Accord, NY, where two rivers meet: the Rondout & Rochester Creek (formerly called the Mombaccus Kill). I’ve been fascinated by this spot for years. Although it [...]

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