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- Original photograph by Elfriede Stegemeyer (1908—1988)
Almost five years after I released the first DOP mixtape, here’s the sequel. It’s a little gift in remembrance of an unsanitized rave culture, that is so much more than mere escapism.
Pierre Verger
Black Gods in Exile
From detached gaze to initiatory knowledge: Verger is a true messenger between worlds.
Thoughts on
Plasticity & Repetition
To me the main characteristics that constitute the human condition are plasticity and the tendency to repeat.
Ayahuasca Manifesto
The Spirit and its Planetary Mission
Many people ask me about Ayahuasca and I’m happy to share my experiences and the information I gathered.
Eating the
Fruit of Perception
10.03.2014
I had an experience that still resonates and vibrates deep within me. If I can keep just a mere afterglow alive, I will be a changed man.
Ithell Colquhoun
Psychomorphologies
After decades of neglect, the British artist and writer Ithell Colquhoun is finally recognized as one of the most exciting and creative occult thinkers of the 20th century.
Thoughts
09.09.2011
These are the insights of one night in september 2011. It’s straight from the heart as I felt it back then. I think it’s worth sharing.
Irene Hardwicke Olivieri
Rewilding the Heart
Her paintings speak to us with such a refreshing immediacy, reminding us how wild it is to be alive.
Storm Thorgerson
Taken by Storm
Thorgerson’s metaphorical language to me feels like as if Magritte would have been into photography instead of painting.
TAS
DMT fluorescence out of the dark
The Adventurous Spark aka TAS is an Austrian 3D artist specialized in live visuals and mapping for psytrance festivals.
Utopian Visionaries
Dostoevsky & Le Guin
These two visionary tales are written hundred years apart, under very different conditions by very different authors yet they make a great match.
Johfra Bosschart
The Zodiac Series
Surrealism based on studies of psychology, religion, the Bible, astrology, antiquity, magic, witchcraft, mythology and occultism.
Illustrating
Infinity
In my point of view these 3D animations of mandelbrot sets are a very effective way of getting a glimpse of infinity
Stanislav Grof
Holotropic Breathwork
I just had an experience that left me totally overwhelmed. I went to my first group session of Holotropic Breathwork…
John C. Lilly
Of Mountains and Molehills
This little chapter from The Center of the Cyclone by John C. Lilly turned out to be a piece of wisdom that stood the test of time.
Peter Birkhäuser
Light from the Darkness
Few artists have so powerfully evoked the uncanny otherness of the unconscious like Swiss artist Peter Birkhäuser.
Joth Shakerley
The Rainbow Tribe
Joth Shakerley is following the Rainbow Family for over twenty years. The pictures he brought back are beyond words.
Snu Voogelbreinder
Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden explores the vast world of psychoactive plants, animals and other organisms, and their uses in shamanism, spiritual exploration and healing.
Philip Kirkland
Energy Ecstasy and your Seven Vital Chakras
There is already another post about Philip Kirkland but these images I’ve just found deserve to stand alone.
The Ayahuasca Diaries
A Trip Inside
In April this year, I went to Peru for a month. The reason for this trip was my recent felt…
Hamzeh Carr
The Light of Asia
The Light of Asia is a famous narrative poem that tells the life and time of Prince Gautama Siddhartha, who after attaining enlightenment, became the Buddha.
