Friedrich W. Stumpfi
Cosmic Fertilization of the Spirit
He calls himself a cosmic illustrator, visual alchemist and psychonaut. All images are from his left hand.
The Door of Perception
He calls himself a cosmic illustrator, visual alchemist and psychonaut. All images are from his left hand.
These two visionary tales are written hundred years apart, under very different conditions by very different authors yet they make a great match.
Biosphere 2 was one of the most lauded experiments of the 1990s, then one of the most ridiculed. Now it is back, offering a unique way to put theories about climate and environment to the test.
The Brazilian-born photographer Valdir Cruz has lived in the United States for more than thirty years, yet much of his…
The Whole Earth Catalog, first published in 1968, can be considered the bible of counterculture in the 60s and 70s. It compiles tools that can empower the individual within the global community.
Her vibrant nature scenes convey a sense of the divine in nature and are reminiscent of the Transcendental Painting Group.
Apocalyptic landscapes imbued with an ominous presence, that reminds me of the frailty of everything we deem safe and irrefutable.
Lloyd Kahn is arguably the most influential pioneer of the DIY building movement that emerged in the 1960s.
David Uzochukwu (born 1998) is an Austrian-Nigerian artist engaging with longing and belonging through (self) portraiture. He uses photography and…
This book is a New Age classic but just one of many publications in the same spirit springing from the counterculture of the late 1960s.
A laboratory in constant change, a small museum of desires and dreams that amuse the inner child.
Lawren Harris was born into one of Canada’s wealthiest families and was destined for a life in aristocratic circles, yet he always felt more at home in the great outdoors.
A poetic and cinematic research into spirituality and its music in Brazil by Priscilla Telmon & Vincent Moon.
A book of unseen photographs documenting the early days of the British direct action environmental movement from 1995—1999.
His meticulously rendered landscapes suggest a nostalgia for Eden and the availability of peace and joy through an expanded awareness of the beauty inherent in the land.
From detached gaze to initiatory knowledge: Verger is a true messenger between worlds.
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.
This book is leading you on travels in a mysterious and visionary world.
To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness.
The following manifesto is a testimony of an awakened youth movement realizing its power. Born from the European rave culture…
Rebel Wisdom uncovers the most rebellious ideas in philosophy, human potential and transcendence to find direction through the chaos of the time.
A perfect summer night and the mental state of being truly present to the current moment in time.
Or what being present means to me. And why I practice Ashtanga Yoga.
A trialogue on chaos and the world soul, featuring Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham – three brilliant minds sharing their views on life and the structure of reality.
These seekers of the inner spirit in outer things, wanted to carry painting beyond the appearance of the physical world.
Joth Shakerley is following the Rainbow Family for over twenty years. The pictures he brought back are beyond words.
Wenzel Hablik is a visionary, an utopian architect of the proverbial crystal castles in the clouds.
In the early 18th century Maharajah Sawaii Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed five astronomical observatories in North India, known as Jantar Mantar.
In this lecture Terence unfolds an ocean of ideas, a metaphor for the psychedelic dimension you are sailing out onto to cast the net of the human imagination to retrieve novel ideas out of the chaos.
To me the main characteristics that constitute the human condition are plasticity and the tendency to repeat.
The ancient art of wayfinding is an almost forgotten skill once common throughout the Pacific.
This book isn’t a novel but rather a manifesto. The final work of Huxley is a sociological blueprint, a manual for living, loving and dying.
Today I picked up one of my favorite books, Island by Aldous Huxley, his radical blueprint for a better world.…
Filmed mostly on a stationary 16mm camera, this documentary is the modern-day Walden.
Artists, scientists, spiritual leaders and economists gathered in Amsterdam in 1990 to explore the emerging paradigm of a holistic world view and the implications for a global economy.
Critical thinking in regard to technology isn’t overworked these days and it can’t hurt to reconsider our current course and if it is leading us towards a prosperous future.
In 1990, a BBC1 documentary film brought global attention to a remote South American people, the Kogi of Colombia, who…
Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak is a daredevil with a good eye and the guts to go beyond what meets the eye.
R. Buckminster Fuller gave an extraordinary series of lectures concerning his entire life’s work. These thinking out loud lectures span 42 hours and examine in depth all of his major inventions and discoveries.
This account from lalaland is beautifully bridging the gap between science and spirituality to open up our perception of the world.
This book is the best reminder that a computer screen can’t replace the printing quality of a well produced book. The nuances of black are outstanding…
This text is immensely powerful to illuminate death or any transition into the unknown. Remember that you already went through a fantastic metamorphosis before.
At the time when I picked the name The Door Of Perception I didn’t know much about Aldous Huxley and his teachings — because that’s what his writings are, rather than novels.
Finally, the story of the greatest science fiction epic never made has finally been told. Jodorowsky’s Dune is a new documentary about that beautiful, crazy-ambitious, disaster of an adaptation.
Published in 1973, The Secret Life of Plants was written by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. It is described as…
Simon G. Powell had no real budget or crew, but he did have a Hi-8 video camera, some music equipment, a computer and lots of inspiration.
A cinematic interpretation of this world’s largest round table gathering, Problema is a visually imaginative, thought-provoking invitation to a world of global dilemmas.
Paul Stamets is a mycologist and a true renaissance visionary with a pathbreaking message.
My own infrequent writings are purely experientially and I’m not well-read enough to refer to the spiritual heritage of millenia. However others can.
Most probably I will never look down at mother ship earth from space. But some astronauts did when they set out to explore the final frontier.
I feel like there’s a shortage of Terence McKenna here. He opened a huge door into new realisations for me and I’m so grateful for that.
I want to tell you about the Lebensreform movement in the early 20th century. The problems back then were the same like today.
This video from 1998 is one of the last interviews before Terence passed away in April 2000.
I am fascinated by people who make the bold step into alternative ways of living. If none of the given choices seem to fit you, create your own!
The film examines the re-emergence of archaic techniques of ecstasy in the modern world by weaving a synthesis of ecological…
I follow Theo Jansen for many years now. What I like so much about his design approach is the playfulness…
Lately I also rediscovered the wholesome experience of being with with a group of strangers who share an intention of love & growth.
I just discovered the greatest documentary of all time. I urge you to take the time and watch this carefully. What do you feel?
Isn’t it wonderful that the revelation of the psychedelic experience only confirms buddhist teachings.
Laffoley is a visionary painter, designer, futurist & hyperspace cartographer based in Boston. Diving into his world may cause a feeling of dizziness due to an overdose of novelty.
This 3D printing project is so extraordinary because of it’s self-sufficiency. It creates objects out of sun and sand. Of course it’s still in the early stages of development. But imagine what this could do in the future.
The fantastic Marina Abramović wants to share her legacy with the world. It’s all her knowledge condensed into a method — The Abramović Method.
Viktor Schauberger (1885 — 1958) was an exceptional inventor and scientist. His body of work revolves around water and it’s natural behavior and inherent energy.
Auroville is the dream of a better world. It doesn’t matter on how many levels such projects struggle or fail.…