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May 16, 2018
Culture
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Chris Grosso: ‘Dead Set on Living’, Meditation, Introversion and Slayer

Author, Chris Grosso, has plunged deeply into the thick of his life to ignite his ability to create a state of peace within irrespective of outside circumstances. Having recently released his compelling new book, ‘Dead Set on Living’, Chris candidly showcases that he has waxed and waned through a variety of life experiences and in... / READ MORE /
January 17, 2018
Culture
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The Gamelatron: Merging Indonesian Gamelan Music into Sonic Kinetic Sculpture (Interview)

Merging his life with art in a remarkable, Aaron Taylor Kuffner has created an instrument that breeds environments that envelop human beings into further alignment with both themselves and the world around them. Spending years in Indonesia studying Gamelan Music and taking components of his research into his artistic practice, the vision behind the Gamelatron... / READ MORE /
November 23, 2017
Culture
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This Device Allows You to Listen to the Music of Your House Plants (and More)

“All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sounds. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature.” – Rudolf Steiner Biodata sonification is a process which allows us to convert the activity of plants to music. Pioneered by creative engine/record label Data Garden, the device — called the MIDI Sprout — gives us a... / READ MORE /
November 15, 2017
Culture
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Navigating The Now Age, Plant Medicine, Music and Happiness with Prince Rama

Bringing the now-age to life and serving as beacons of light, Brooklyn Musical Duo, Prince Rama, navigate and create from a place of love and unity. Being as vulnerable as an open fire in a forest to reveal the most befuddling dimensions of human existence, plant medicine has served as a rich healing agent that... / READ MORE /
August 23, 2017
Entheogens
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33 Songs That Provide a High-Vibe ‘Set and Setting’ For a Psychedelic Journey

Visionary Art by Luis Tamani Timothy Leary was well-known American psychologist and writer whose life’s work revolved around advocating the exploration of “inner space” through the use of psychedelic medicines. He truly believed that the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions could bring humanity to new levels of consciousness, awareness, and spirituality. One... / READ MORE /
November 30, 2016
Consciousness
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This Hypnotic Meditation Allows You to Expand Your Intuition and Help Heal the Collective Unconscious

The following song, “The Hypnotist” by Sisterlove is a hypnotic meditation set to soothing music to calm the soul, and expand the intuitive faculties of the mind. In listening to the 9:03 of this song, you will immediately feel a shift in consciousness, which in turn acts as a ripple effect in the waters of... / READ MORE /
November 30, 2016
Consciousness
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The Physics of Playing a Guitar Visualized: Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” Viewed from Inside the Guitar

The video below shows a visualization of the physics of music in real-time from the inside of a guitar. By placing his phone inside an acoustic guitar, YouTuber LuvABullTN, plays Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” against a backdrop of clouds and blue sky. After a moment, you begin to see the actual waves of the vibrating guitar strings!... / READ MORE /
September 1, 2016
Art
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Did This Russian Mystic Influence the Occult Symbols on the Back of the Dollar Bill?

Nicholas Roerich was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure, who in his youth was influenced by a movement in Russian society around the occult. He was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices and his paintings are said to have hypnotic expression. Many of his paintings are housed in New York City’s Roerich... / READ MORE /
August 21, 2016
Art
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Space Jazz: Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard was a Songwriter

Most know him as a science fiction writer turned cult leader. L Ron Hubbard was the founder of widely criticized modern religious group, Scientology. Few people know that in addition to writing stories, Hubbard composed soundtracks with support from some of the great session musicians at the time; Chic Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Nicky Hopkins. Space Jazz was the... / READ MORE /
July 1, 2016
Art
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Audio Logos: Brian Eno and the Windows 95 Startup Theme

Brian Eno began his career as a glam rock artist and gradually shifted toward solo electronic music. Albums like Another Green World (1975), Discreet Music (1975), and Music for Airports (1978) highlight his transition from writing rock and roll tunes to designing ambient music. “I want to be on this edge between improvisation and collaboration. As soon as you hear two... / READ MORE /
June 17, 2016
Occult
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Krishna’s Flute and the Peacock Chakra

Art by Santosh Chattopadhyay A political documentary called Zeitgeist (located here) took the internet fringe-conspiracy scene by storm in 2007. The film included a detailed comparison between the religious myths of Christ and Krishna; their stories share many key features (example). However, the estimated birth of Krishna predates Christ by about 3,000 years. Also, Krishna was... / READ MORE /
June 8, 2016
Art
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The Cut-Up Method: William Burroughs, Scientology, and John Zorn’s Flashcards

The complete letters of William S Burroughs can be found in a compilation called Rub Out The Words. These documents show that during the 1960’s, he showed a great interest in Scientology and was undergoing their “clearing” program. A number of letters were written to associates during this period, describing the similarity between his cut... / READ MORE /
May 16, 2016
Art
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6 Ways Music Changes Consciousness

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”  ― Confucius The term cymatics was coined by a Swiss man named Hans Jenny (1904-1972) who followed a school of philosophy known as anthroposophy (popularized by Rudolf Steiner). The word comes from Greek: κῦμα, meaning “wave”, and relates to the study of visible sound.... / READ MORE /
May 6, 2016
Art
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Xeno-Musicology: Close Encouters, Star Trek, and the Space Harp

The study of life on Earth is called biology. So far as the general public is concerned, sentient life on other planets has not yet been discovered or studied. A second term has been created to talk about the theoretical life forms that could exist on other planetary habitats. Astrobiology and Exobiology are fields of empirical knowledge pertaining to the... / READ MORE /
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