Personal Archives

Terence McKenna
The Age of Confusion

I haven’t shared anything from Terence McKenna in almost seven years, and yet few thinkers had a stronger influence on…

Alexis R.
Embroidery of Autonomy

A few hours ago I found this woman sitting on the floor near the marketplace of a small town in Southern France.

DOP Mixtape II
Nothing Lasts but
Nothing is Lost

This is a little gift in remembrance of an unsanitized rave culture, that is so much more than mere escapism.

Enchanted Embodiment
and Ashtanga Yoga

Or what being present means to me. And why I practice Ashtanga Yoga.

Tintin
Coming of Age

I grew up with Tintin and I just realized how formative Hergé’s ‘ligne claire’ was for me. His distinct visual…

Joth Shakerley
The Rainbow Tribe

Joth Shakerley is following the Rainbow Family for over twenty years. The pictures he brought back are beyond words.

Ashtanga Yoga
Mysore Style

The term Mysore Style means you practice a memorized yoga sequence without being led by a teacher. The role of the teacher is to guide as well as provide adjustments or assists in postures.

Thoughts on
Plasticity & Repetition

To me the main characteristics that constitute the human condition are plasticity and the tendency to repeat.

DOP Mixtape 1
The Ideal is Unreal

This is the first DOP mixtape, my very personal selection of music that stood the test of time.

Frieder Grindler
Posters 1963 – 2005

Frieder Grindler is one of the big names of German poster design in the second half of the 20th century.

Breath of the Gods
The origins of modern Yoga

The documentary investigates the origins of modern yoga and presents especially Krishnamacharya’s life and teachings.

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.

Stepping into the fire
Part III

I will step into the fire. The fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn me, it will only burn what I am not.

Stanislav Grof
Holotropic Breathwork

I just had an experience that left me totally overwhelmed. I went to my first group session of Holotropic Breathwork…

Vipassana
Meditation

Isn’t it wonderful that the revelation of the psychedelic experience only confirms buddhist teachings.

John C. Lilly
Sensory Deprivation

Today I spent my first hour inside a floatation tank. If you never heard of it I recommend this article for a start: Sensory Deprivation Tanks. I just started to read a book by John C. Lilly the inventor of the tank. He also combined the lack of external stimuli with large doses of LSD.

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