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Reindeer getting high
By
Gus diZerega
I have just read about a delightful report that reindeer and other animals as well eat mushrooms to get high. Having done the same myself (and seen colors that are not on the spectrum) I can only nod in approval. The entire issue of seeking kinds of consciousness different from the businessman doing his books,…
Texting, Cell Phones, and Spirit
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Gus diZerega
David Spangler was one of the early leaders at Findhorn, and has since worked in his own way in a broad spiritual approach that I often find attractive: a mystical approach that honors and loves the world of manifestation rather than endless seeking to transcend it. I was just sent a very interesting little essay…
Vaccines, War and Remembrance
By
Gus diZerega
Daily Kos has a fascinating story on the rapid increase in whooping cough cases in California in 2004, a spike apparently correlated county by county with the number of children whose parents chose not to have them vaccinated. This increase in whooping cough cases has been accompanied by a increasing infant deaths. The falsehood that…
A vacation from the net
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Gus diZerega
Every medium of communication has its strengths and weaknesses. Some of the strongest media have the greatest weaknesses. David Abram’s wonderful The Spell of the Sensuous makes a powerful, and for me convincing, case that literacy helped sever our awareness of the meaning and communication intrinsic to the natural world. Its gains were great, but so…
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