The small Asian nation of Bhutan lies to the east of Nepal and to the south of China. Since 1999, the country’s government has been implementing policies and programs in an attempt to create a new societal system. In a world where the pitfalls of commercialism are reflected across the economies o... [Read more...]
The Dark History (and Reality) of Eugenics in America and the Forced Sterilization of Women
Between 2006 and 2010, at least 148 female inmates were sterilized by doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, according to a report by the Center for Investigative Reporting. The report not only dredged up the dark and painful history of eugenics i... [Read more...]
Chris Judge’s Bright Spiral is One of the Best Indie Occult Comics on the Web
Bright Spiral is an excellent series of occult comics by Chris Judge, who identifies himself on Twitter as a “Tantric Yogi, undisciplined chaositect, Qi Gong, Tai Chi man, and Alchemical/occult/medicinal illustrator.” The black-and-white, pen-and-ink comic depicts an aspirant’s initiation into th... [Read more...]
Binaural Beats: Three Binaural Apps That Are Pure Ecstasy in Your Ears
Good news for i-dosers on the run: There’s a bunch of great apps for binaural beats and isochronic tones, so you can take your dose on the go. [Read more...]
Amplituhedron: A Quantum Butterfly Outside Space and Time
The amplituhedron: It’s a butterfly-like mathematical object that demonstrates that particle interactions (the most basic aspects of nature) are the results of geometry, radically changing quantum field theory. [Read more...]
Where Does Your Imagination Live? In a Brain-Wide Neural Network
Researchers at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College have located the origin of imagination in the human brain—and it’s not in any specific location. Instead, says the Dartmouth team, imagination is spread out in the brain in a widespread neural network, or “ment... [Read more...]
Watch a Spectacular Animation of a DMT Trip (Including a Terence McKenna Voiceover)
The video below, dubbed “DMTrmx,” in an absolutely spectacular computer visualization of a DMT trip created by Martin Stebbing—it combines immense animation with audio of Terence McKenna describing the effects of the drug. [Read more...]