RARE Footage : Moonflower Blooms Beautiful

August 2nd, 2008

An ode to the mythical hallucinatory properties of Jimsonweed. Also known as the moonflower, the thornapple, and datura. It is highly recommended that no one actually experiment with this plant unless, of course, you are into a long, slow, painful demise.or so the other half of the myth goes.

The Moonflower, or Jimson weed to some, blooms in the early evening for one night only and emits a faint musky-jungle scent. What a beautiful Clip!

Dark Side of The Rainbow

April 30th, 2007

Dark Side of the Rainbow (also known as Dark Side of Oz) is a perceived effect created by playing the 1973 Pink Floyd concept album The Dark Side of the Moon simultaneously with the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and watching for moments where the film and the album appear to correspond with each other. The title of the music video-like experience comes from a combination of the album title The Dark Side of the Moon and the film’s song “Over the Rainbow.”

Pink Floyd band members have repeatedly insisted that the phenomenon is coincidence. In an interview for the 25th anniversary of the album, guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour denied that the album was intentionally written to be synchronized with Oz, saying “Some guy with too much time on his hands had this idea with combining Wizard of Oz with Dark Side of the Moon.” – Wiki

Here is the Tornado scene from the Wizard Of Oz with Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon overlay. Overlap in sync with third lion roar format.

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon + Wizard of Oz =
Dark Side of The Rainbow

RARE Footage : Moonflower Blooms Beautiful

March 14th, 2007

An ode to the mythical hallucinatory properties of Jimsonweed. Also known as the moonflower, the thornapple, and datura. It is highly recommended that no one actually experiment with this plant unless, of course, you are into a long, slow, painful demise.or so the other half of the myth goes.

The Moonflower, or Jimson weed to some, blooms in the early evening for one night only and emits a faint musky-jungle scent. What a beautiful Clip!

2012 The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck

February 20th, 2007

Author Daniel Pinchbeck talks about he came to writing his new book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl

Musick and Video by Gods other dEVIL.
ART: ALEXGREY.COM

Sacred Weeds: Henbane Documentary

January 2nd, 2007

Watch the Sacred Weeds television one hour scientific study documentary investigating a plant, Henbane, also known as Devil’s Weed. A powerful hallucinogenic drug used by witches to create the illusion of flying and the cultural impact of this psychoactive plant and early civilisation and mythos.

Sacred Weeds – Henbane Video

Henbane in flowerHenbane (Hyoscyamus niger) is a plant of the family Solanaceae that originated in Eurasia, though it is now globally distributed.

It was historically used in combination with other plants, such as Mandrake , Deadly Nightshade, and Datura as an anaesthetic potion, as well as for its psychoactive properties in magic brews. Its usage was originally in continental Europe and Asia, though it did spread to England sometime during the Middle Ages. The use of Henbane by the ancient Greeks was documented by Pliny. The plant, recorded as Herba Apollinaris, was used to yield oracles by the priestesses of Apollon.

Henbane can be toxic in low doses. Its name came from Anglo-Saxon hennbana = “killer of hens”. Hyoscyamine, scopolamine, and other tropane alkaloids have been found in the foliage and seeds of the plant.

Common effects of henbane use in humans include hallucinations, dilated pupils, restlessness, and flushed skin. Less common symptoms such as tachycardia, convulsions, vomiting, hypertension, hyperpyrexia and ataxia have all been noted. Despite this it is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Cabbage Moth.

It was traditionally used in German pilsner beers as a flavouring, until the Bavarian Purity Law was passed in 1516 and outlawed the use of Henbane and allowed only the use of hops.

Henbane or Hyoscyamus was also known to have been used as an anesthetic in the first Arab hospitals.

Henbane is the etymology of the Czech town Plzeň and pilsener beer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henbane

Rushkoff & Pinchbeck Dialogue Video

November 29th, 2006

 

Mythology, Prophecy, Time & Psychedelics

 

Post-Modern Prophecy: Urgent Myths for Urgent Times? A dialogue between authors Daniel Pinchbeck and Douglas Rushkoff….

 

Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of “Breaking Open the Head” (Broadway Books), and “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl” (Tarcher/Penguin). His articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Wired, The Village Voice, Arthur, and many other publications. www.breakingopenthehead.com

 

Douglas Rushkoff’s titles include “Cyberia“, “Media Virus“, “Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism“, “Coercion” (winner of the Marshall Mcluhan Award), and Get Back in the Box. The first collection of his Bible-based comic book, “Testament“, came out this year from DC/Vertigo. www.rushkoff.com

 

Part 1 of 4 – 27 min 24 sec – Oct 7, 2006

 

Part 2 of 4 – 28 min 22 sec – Oct 8, 2006

 

Part 3 of 4 – 29 min 28 sec – Oct 9, 2006

 

Part 4 of 4 – 20 min 0 sec – Oct 14, 2006

 

Provided by Spiral Media in Motion / David Lanphier Jr.

 

Sources:
www.spiralnyc.com
http://www.key23.net/content/post/586
Part 1 of 4 on Google Video
Part 2 of 4 on Google Video
Part 3 of 4 on Google Video
Part 4 of 4 on Google Video

 

Related Links:
http://www.rushkoff.com
http://www.breakingopenthehead.com
http://newyorkmetro.com/news/imperialcity/21697/index.html
Daniel Pinchbeck and the New Psychedelic Elite – Rolling Stone Article
Breaking Open the Head by Daniel Pinchbeck
2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck
Cyberia by Douglas Rushkoff
Media Virus by Douglas Rushkoff
Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism by Douglas Rushkoff
Coercion by Douglas Rushkoff
Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out by Douglas Rushkoff
Testament by Douglas Rushkoff



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