The purpose of a new currency is to be, initially, complementary to standard national currencies and eventually, in the event of economic meltdown, a replacement for them. An essay by Charles Eisenstein. 10|9|08
Tiny green diatoms create the illusion of a fernlike forest as they attach to their marine-invertebrate hosts. The image earned first place in the photography category of the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. 10|9|08
What would happen if women were taught to enjoy birth rather than endure it? This the question posed by a unique new documentary film Orgasmic Birth. 10|6|08
Tune in for the all new Astrobiology Rap, written by Jonathan. 10|6|08
in which large satellites would collect plentiful solar energy in orbit and beam it safely down to Earth, is the only energy technology that is clean, renewable, constant and capable of providing power to virtually any location on Earth. 10|1|08
Research on near-death experiences is unlikely to find evidence that human consciousness can survive without a brain. Sue Blackmore explains. 10|1|08
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, unveiled the World Wide Web Foundation, to fulfill a vision of the Web as humanity connected by technology. 9|27|08
In a video, visionary artist Alex Grey shares his hilarious, horrific, and heartening adventures with "the champagne of ayahuascas.“ 9|24|08
Might the balls of light that have been appearing in photographs in recent years be evidence that the solar system is undergoing a phase transition to a higher-energy state? 9|21|08
The maker of El Topo and The Holy Mountain gets initiated by Zen masters and singing vulvas. A review by Erik Davis. 9|21|08
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This elegantly written book investigates what traces of humanity might interstellar explorers find on Earth 100million years from now? Written like a science-fiction detective story, it begins with the how-to's of studying our planet's past, but soon focuses on what the aliens might find of us: climate change, extinctions, an "urban stratum" of fossilised cities, and rare remains of a species that still has the choice to minimise its impact or wreak havoc on a scale
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comparable to the extinction of dinosaurs. 10|9|08
If the 100 largest cities in the world replaced their dark roofs with white shingles and their asphalt-based roads with concrete or other light-colored material, it could offset 44 billion tons of greenhouse gases, a study shows. 10|9|08
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This year four recipients have received the award: Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan, and their organisation LAFTI (Land for the Tillers' Freedom) (India), Amy Goodman (USA), founder of Democracy Now!, Asha Hagi (Somalia) "for continuing to lead at great personal risk the female
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participation in the peace and reconciliation process in her war-ravaged country," Monika Hauser (Germany), gynaecologist and founder of medica mondiale, receives an Award "for her tireless commitment to working with women who have experienced the most horrific sexualised violence in some of the most dangerous countries in the world, and campaigning for them to receive social recognition and compensation." 10|6|08
All humans are forecasting the future to some degree. Just a quick search of the internet will provide dozens of forms of future forecasting. Half Past Human employ a technique based on radical linguistics to reduce extracts from readings of dynamic postings on the internet into an archetypical database. With this database of archetypical language, they calculate the rate of change of the language. The forecasts of the future are derived from these calculations. 10|6|08
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Whatever your views on LSD, its impact on culture in the UK has been phenomenal. Being concerned with mythology, magic, urban legend and new religions, it is ideal subject for a seasoned Fortean researcher like Andy Roberts. The book is very well researched, much of the material here has never been published before, rumours and hearsay have been followed up, and facts have been checked. Roberts also emphasises how mindset and environmental setting are vital to how
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LSD is experienced and how the effects of LSD, especially within in a society such as our own, are not always positive. 10|1|08
is a repository for published works that contribute to the standing body of emergent language. Scholars worldwide are currently identifying trends of new language, narrative, myth and metaphor, which are part of transformational patterns within the global system. This developing collection exemplifies significant works documenting these trends and their conditions. 10|1|08
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We have a real, innate desire to see our dreams come to life. Video games can help us understand our potential to become the gods and myths of
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our imagination. A blog by Stephen Hershey. 9|27|08
If human memory were truly digital, it would have just received an upgrade from something like the capacity of a floppy disk to that of a flash drive. A new study found the brain can remember a lot more than previously believed. 9|24|08
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The book reveals Jodorowsky – playwright, filmmaker, composer, mime, psychotherapist, and author – turning the same unsparing spiritual vision seen in El Topo to his own spiritual quest, and shows how the author’s spiritual insight and progress was catalyzed repeatedly by wise women, including famous María Sabina, the priestess of the sacred mushrooms, shamans, and healers. 9|21|08
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In a study that at first glance seems counterintuitive, researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, reviewed safety studies from 17 countries and 68 cities in California and found that the more people bike in a community, the less they collide with motorists. 9|21|08
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The new theory presented in Left In The Dark suggests the extraordinary evolution of our brain was influenced by changes in the activity of our own hormones. Such a seemingly innocuous idea has dramatic ramifications. It not only explains a number of recently uncovered anomalies within the human mind, but also makes sense of the stories of human degeneration that are
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preserved in virtually all cultural myths and religions from around the world. 9|17|08
Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it. 9|17|08
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How was all of the "stuff" that went along with the study of magic first derived? Philip H. Farber wants to understand the nature of the gods and goddesses from books and esoteric lore that he had come to love and find a pantheon
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
Ramana Maharshi
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