Future Primitive - Dialogue on emergent communities in a planet-friendly future.

Blessing ceremony by Dave Courchene

Fri, 16 May 2008 06:28:26 +0000

Joanna presents a blessing ceremony by Dave Courchene (Nii Gaani Aki Inini), Elder and spiritual advisor from the Anishnabe Nation, Eagle Clan. Dave is the visionary behind The Turtle Lodge the First Nation’s Center for Learning and Healing in Sagkeeng, Manitoba, Canada. A documentary about his vision and journey The 8th Fire made by Cindy and Andy Pickard premiered October 13, 2007 in Austin, Texas.

Interview with Craig Barnes

Sun, 04 May 2008 07:56:28 +0000

Craig Barnes is an author, essayist, playwright and international mediator. In the 1980s he negotiated nuclear issues with leaders in the Academy of Sciences in the Kremlin, in the 1990s he facilitated talks between opposing sides in the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan and thereafter led talks to knit together transboundary water agreements between Kazakhstan, Uzbeckistan, Tajickistan, and Kyrghizstan. His books include In Search Of The Lost Feminine, Decoding the Myths that Radically Reshaped Civilization, an analysis of the roles of women as they appear in archeology and myth before the patriarchy.

Daniel Pinchbeck and John Lash at the World Psychedelic Forum 2008

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:02:09 +0000

Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl and advocate of the use of psychedelic substances for enriching people’s intellectual, psychological and spiritual beliefs through the psychedelic experience.
John Lash is the author of Not in His Image and Quest for the Zodiac, co-founder and principal author of the Metahistory.org and one of the foremost exponents of the power of myth to direct and shape an individual’s life, as well as history itself.

Colombian Mama at the World Psychedelic Forum 2008

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:22:07 +0000

Kajuyali Tsamani (COL) - Shaman, initiated by Bernardo Moscote, Master Shaman of the Kogi Nation, indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

Stanislav Grof at the World Psychedelic Forum 2008

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:18:13 +0000

Stanislave Grof is one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a pioneering researcher into the use of altered states of consciousness for purposes of healing, growth, and insight. Grof received the VISION 97 award granted by the Foundation of Dagmar and Vaclav Havel in Prague on October 5, 2007. He developed a form of psychotherapy called Holotropic Breathwork believed to allow access to nonordinary states of consciousness.

Jeremy Narby at the World Psychedelic Forum 2008

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:12:30 +0000

Jeremy Narby is anthropologist and writer who spent several years living with the Ashaninca in the Peruvian Amazon cataloging indigenous uses of rainforest resources to help combat ecological destruction. Narby has written three books, as well as sponsored an expedition to the rainforest for biologists and other scientists to examine indigenous knowledge systems and the utility of Ayahuasca in gaining knowledge. Since 1989, Narby has been working as the Amazonian projects director for the Swiss NGO, Nouvelle Planete.

Second interview with Genoa Bliven

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:25:52 +0000

Director of Human Design America. The Human Design System is a form of cosmology which partakes of Eastern and Western Astrology and synthesizes that system with the Hindu Chakra, the Kabbalah and the I Ching and is a new, unique and powerful system of knowledge which provides a framework for understanding human life itself and specific knowledge about each individual.

Destiny in the Stars - third of three talks

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:18:51 +0000

Introducing the idea that Genius can be inherited, but not from blood-relations. In third talk John defines the “endowment” or genomic inheritance we each carry, and demonstrates how to read “Star Base,” his unique format of constellational astrology. In conclusion he proposes “biographic empathy,” and discusses the possible applications of this alternative system.

Destiny in the Stars - second of three talks

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:32:11 +0000

Sign Zodiac and Star Zodiac: In the second talk John Lash details in simple language the difference between the two Zodiacs and proposes what he calls the genotype to contrast with the horoscope. Discussing tropical, sidereal, Vedic versions of astrology, he explains the implications of the true star zodiac (the circle of thirteen constellations), for our notion of destiny.

Destiny in the Stars - first of three talks

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:02:15 +0000

In the first talk John Lash describes his struggles and conflicts working as a consulting astrologer for 30 years, explaining what led him to formulate an alternative Zodiac based on observation of actual star-patterns. He points out why the word astrology is misleading, although astrology itself is valid on its own terms.

All talks refer to John’s book, Quest for the Zodiac recently reissued by the Marion Institute.

More information on the book can also be found on the Metahistory page with that name.

Second interview with Dr. Ralph Metzner

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:18:20 +0000

Psychotherapist, writer and researcher who has been involved in the study of transformations of consciousness since graduate school when he worked with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (later Ram Dass) on the Harvard Psilocybin Projects. He co-wrote The Psychedelic Experience, and was editor of The Psychedelic Review. He is the co-founder and president of the Green Earth Foundation, an educational and research organization dedicated to the healing and harmonizing of the relationships between humanity and the Earth.
To listen to the first interview click here.

Interview with Sandra Ingerman

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:55:16 +0000

Sandra Ingerman is an author and lecturer who teaches workshops internationally on shamanic journeying, healing, and reversing environmental pollution using spiritual methods. She is recognized for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods into our modern culture addressing the needs of our times.

The Revolution and Evolution of Love

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:49:21 +0000

The fifth and final in a series talks on Entheogens and the Planetary Shift. The fifth talk deals with The Revolution and Evolution of Love.

Interview with Maurice Lavenant

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:48:01 +0000

Astrologer and acupuncturist who studied astrology with Andre and Anne Barbault and acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine at the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine - Westminster University. Recent publications include "Pluto in Capricorn 2008-2023: An Astrological Study" in the Feb/Mar 2008 issue of The Mountain Astrologer.

Interview with Dr. Evelin Gerda Lindner

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:38:50 +0000

Transdisciplinary social scientist and founding director of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, a global fellowship of concerned academics and practitioners whose vision is to serve as a global enabling platform, giving space and encouragement to people who wish to dignify our world and transcend humiliation.

Interview with Amber Elizabeth Lynn Gray

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:12:31 +0000

Human rights advocate, mental health professional and Director of
Restorative Resources which provides consulting and training to people and organizations who serve survivors of extreme interpersonal trauma.

The Planetary Shift - Society or the Species

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:42:05 +0000

The fourth in a series of five talks with John Lash on Entheogens and the Planetary Shift. The fourth talk deals with the Planetary Shift - Society or the Species

Addendum to The Organic Light and Telestic Shamanism

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:39:41 +0000

Addendum to the third in a series of five talks with John Lash on Entheogens and the Planetary Shift. John clarifies certain points regarding the Organic Light and Telestic Shamanism.

The Organic Light and Telestic Shamanism

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:28:47 +0000

The third in a series of five talks with John Lash on Entheogens and the Planetary Shift. The third talk deals with the Organic Light and Telestic Shamanism.

Interview with Glenys Livingstone

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:22:18 +0000

Glenys Livingstone is the author of PaGaian Cosmology, Re-inventing Earth-based Goddess Religion. Glenys’ doctoral research at the University of Western Sydney in the School of Social Ecology was an experiential study of the three phases of ‘Goddess’ – Virgin, Mother, Crone – as Creative Cosmological Dynamic.

The Psychonautic Adventure - Three Generations of Discovery

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:51:39 +0000

The second in a series of five talks with John Lash on Entheogens and the Planetary Shift. The second talk deals with the psychonautic adventure.

Rapture and Revolution- first of five talks

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:04:30 +0000

The first in the series of five talks with John Lash on Entheogens and the Planetary Shift. The first talk deals with the Wasson thesis and the religious view of nature.

Interview with Genoa Bliven

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:12:52 +0000

Interview with Riane Eisler

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:14:51 +0000

Riane Eisler is an eminent social scientist, attorney, social activist and best known as author of the international bestseller The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future, hailed by Princeton anthropologist Ashley Montagu as “the most important book since Darwin’s Origin of Species“. She is also president of the Center for Partnership Studies, dedicated to research and education.

Interview with Dr. Ralph Metzner

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:55:40 +0000

Interview with Mary Lou Cook

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:24:56 +0000

Mary Lou Cook lives New Mexico and has contributed immensely as a major creative force and model of citizen activism. She has received numerous international, national and community honors and awards as a distinguished leader. One such honor was being named "Santa Fe Living Treasure". She is a teacher, counselor, lecturer and minister who performs non-traditional weddings.

Interview with Tina LeMarque Denison

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:43:05 +0000

Tina LeMarque Denison is an artist and author who documents primordial memory, myth and archetype using paint, digital photography, mediated imagery, and mixed media.

Interview with Tim Ward

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:26:46 +0000

Canadian-born author of books on spiritual/travel literature including Savage Breast: One Man’s Search for the Goddess.

Interview with Margaret Randall

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:33:18 +0000

American-born photographer and author, Margaret Randall, returning to the United States in 1984 after living in Central America, was ordered deported under the Walter McCarran Act. Because of opinions expressed in some of her books, she was accused of “being against the good order and happiness of the United States.” She won her case in 1989.

Interview with Anne Waldman

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:31:08 +0000

Anne Waldman is a poet and teacher, and with Allen Ginsberg co-founded of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado in 1974. She was featured along with Ginsberg in Bob Dylan’s experimental film ‘Renaldo and Clara.’