ruhisigi·Aug 12Part 2: Shamanic Practices in the City: Creating a Sacred Space Amidst the ConcreteIn the previous part, we discussed how a shamanic perspective is a matter of consciousness rather than geography, and that the spirit of…
ruhisigi·Aug 12Part 1: A Shamanic Perspective in City Life: Connecting with the Unseen WorldWhen we hear the word “shamanism,” most of us immediately think of wild nature, deep forests, rituals performed around a fire atop a…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Aug 8Animals Seek Altered States of Consciousness TooWhen we lived in the country and kept a house full of animals, we noticed something we could never quite explain away. In the evenings, our…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Aug 7Akasha, the Morphogenetic Field, and Quantum PhysicsModern science lives with a split mind, and the split keeps widening. Its paradigm now spans an unusually broad spectrum — from hard-edged…A response icon2A response icon2
Stanislav Carl Terence·Aug 6Shifting Personal ParadigmsThe word paradigm refers to a system of beliefs — a set of thought patterns that, at a given time and within a given field or worldview…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Aug 4Voice, Breath, and Rhythm: Ancient Technologies of Expanded ConsciousnessLong before modern therapy rooms and clinical studies, our ancestors developed a rich repertoire of techniques for entering altered states…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Aug 3How the Soccer Fans Often Touch Expanded ConsciousnessI wrote the original version of this piece some years ago for a spiritually oriented discussion forum. The conversation there had drifted…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Aug 1Experiences of “Other Lives” in Holotropic or Psychedelic States of MindOver the years I spent exploring holotropic and psychedelic states of consciousness, I have run into a recurring belief among some…
Stanislav Carl Terence·Aug 1Ego Inflation and Ego DeathAfter their first psychedelic trips or deep dives into altered states of consciousness, many people feel a powerful urge to talk. They want…
