If, by some miracle, all the world’s religions became one, if peace and freedom erupted everywhere, and if man-made cruelty vanished forever…
Category Archives: Religion
Belief in a Just World
Crushed by the weight of the countless absurdities, injustices, and pointless sufferings that define this tenuous, fleeting, painful existence…
The Virtue of Skepticism
Sincere DOUBT is more than just a right…
Mother Ayahuasca: “Trip” Report, Part 7 (Advice)
Nothing I have said in this series should be interpreted as an endorsement of Ayahuasca or DMT…
Mother Ayahuasca: “Trip” Report, Part 6 (The Verdict)
So, is this Ayahuasca/DMT thing for real? Is it a scam? An escape from reality? Does it have legitimate therapeutic value?
Mother Ayahuasca: “Trip” Report, Part 5 (The Bad Trip)
While the Ayahuasca experience is ultimately non-transferable, here is my humble attempt to share a rough timeline and highlights from “ceremony #2”, which turned out to be “the bad trip”…
Mother Ayahuasca: “Trip” Report, Part 4 (The Good Trip)
While the Ayahuasca/DMT experience is ultimately non-transferable, here is my humble attempt to share a rough timeline and highlights from “ceremony #1”, which turned out to be “the good trip”…
Mother Ayahuasca: “Trip” Report, Part 3 (The Setting)
After a suggested week-long preparation consisting of a restricted diet, abstinence from alcohol, drugs, and sex…
Mother Ayahuasca: “Trip” Report, Part 2 (Arrangements)
Intrigued by the potential therapeutic benefits and satisfied that the health and safety risks were acceptable, I committed myself to “do the experiment”…
Mother Ayahuasca: “Trip” Report, Part 1 (Background)
It all began with my three times rule…
Epidemics
Everything you do—or not—casts a vote for what exists in the world…
Aversion Therapy
World wars, “civil” wars, genocides, ethnic cleansings, witch hunts, inquisitions, crusades, colonialism, the slave trade, final solutions, the killing fields, extermination camps, and ground zeros…