Ultraculture

I recently began a series of experiments with the sensory deprivation tank as developed by John C. Lilly, M.D., a device that most have heard of but few have tried. (Yes, that’s the one from the 1980 movie Altered States.) It took me a decade and a half of self-directed experimentation on conscio... [Read more...]

Conner Habib is a gay porn star and educator, as well as being a student of the works of esoteric thinker Rudolf Steiner. [Read more...]

So. Sex magick. This will likely be remedial information for most of you but it never hurts to drag out the classics for another look. Some basics: [Read more...]

Initiation is the process of ceasing to be a passive subject of reality and of becoming a conscious creator within that reality. It is the process of deciding to start creating reality. [Read more...]

The “First World Problems” meme series, in which a Whole Foods shopper gets teary over inconsequential problems, is a regular and appreciated reminder to put your complaints in context. At Reddit, there are also groups dedicated to Second World Problems, Third World Problems, and Fourth World Pro... [Read more...]

The core insight of the Tathagata, Gautama Buddha, was that there is no core self. There is nothing you can truly point to and say “this is me.” The answer to “Am I Real,” for the Buddha, was a resounding No. The Buddha considered the self to exist only in relation to other beings or situations. [Read more...]

The MOVE Organization were a group of mostly black, freedom and nature loving activists who lived in Philadelphia in the early 1970s to early 80s—until the Philadelphia police department dropped a bomb on their house from a helicopter on May 13, 1985, silencing their central figure, John Africa. [Read more...]