-
Genetic Predisposition Towards Hypersensitivity Shared Between the Shaman and the Schizophrenic
To enter the subtle realm of spirit with clear intention and mastery constitutes our species' oldest profession. Hypersensitivity to one's surroundings is the curse shared by the shaman and the schizophrenic, both. And it is no coincidence that, in the early stages of the disease, rare and unexplainable spiritual experiences are often described by ( Read more... ) -
Señor TMI Strikes Again!
Trish,
I remembered you had said you were going to see your aunt, possibly say your goodbyes, up North so I’ve gathered that must be where you are. I hope you are able to connect with her. Sounds like it could be tough. I’m here if you ever want to talk.
But, I’m going to guess that no, you don’t. Senor TMI strikes again!
Oh well. Let me at least ( Read more... ) -
The Boy Prince, Siddharta, Who Wanted For Nothing
Find a cubby fort and hide, a soft pillow fortress, building from the couch a place we cannot be seen. Taste of sugar, a sleepover pizza divided with a lost cause. Do not become attached to the members of your platoon, as their upcoming death could break you if love and camaraderie has formed between comrades. Commmunity is rad, sure sure. But my ( Read more... ) -
The Water that Cuts the Rockbed
Take an inventory of my sensations, the details of the room I am in, the sounds and my various branches of hypervigilant fixation on ideas or behavior, the habits we have permitted to develop, either healthy or unhealthy, in the composition of our identity in the world. The various blood vessels, muscles, and branched configurations of nerves, ( Read more... ) -
On Ghosts and Ghosting
Thinking of the actual severity of my social ineptitude and how these years of self-imposed isolation have only served to worsen the problem and increase the breadth of that felt gulf between myself and others - an other, any other! The perceived desperation felt in my authenticity, sputtering out confessions in the hope they inspire the reciprocal ( Read more... ) -
The Little Old Woman, Teaching Me Spiritual Protection Rituals In Dreams
An elderly woman of Latin American descent was speaking to me as she laid a many sided protective center of white on the ground inside of an outer darker area of cloth. Perhaps a dodecahedron? Not an exact circle, as sides and points were seen in the thick off white quilted cloth material. She anointed this with scented oils and prayed over it, ( Read more... ) -
Low Latent Inhibition and the High IQ Schizophrenic
Schizophrenia exists on a spectrum... As with Autism, there are many shades of schizotypal symptoms. While not florid psychosis, the hypersensitivity of low LI often goes hand in hand with visionary or hypnagogic-type sensory phenomena.
Those are what are referred to as positive symptoms. The negative symptoms, the thought disorder, for instance, ( Read more... ) -
The Naturalistic Study of Psychedelics: Benefits and Limitations
Psychedemia Conference Presentation
University of Pennsylvania
Philidelphia, Pennsylvania
September 27th, 2012
Abstract
The study of psychedelic compounds, while therapeutically and spiritually promising, has remained consistently and strictly bound by legislative constraints. Yet, while the authorization required to administer a Schedule I ( Read more... )