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Ayahuasca / Global Shamanism Resurgence talk and book launch in LA Wed July 8th @ Project Butterfly

Hi all,

anyone who’s in Los Angeles Wed July 8th please come along I’d love to see you, or pass this on to your networks for people you know that might be interested and able to attend, and help seed the vine!

In Lak’esh

xx Rak

for more info see:

www.ayathebook.com/launch.html
www.projectbutterfly.org > see events > July 8

Project Butterfly welcomes Rak Razam to Los Angeles for the launch of his new book, ‘Aya: a Shamanic Odyssey’ [www.ayathebook.com].

‘Aya: a Shamanic Odyssey’ is part journalistic account, part adventure-memoir of Rak’s travels in South America and the world of Amazonian shamanism.

What is Amazonian shamanism and why is it important to the world today, as we stand on the brink of environmental change and global transformation? Traveling on a magazine assignment to Peru, “experiential journalist” Rak Razam sets out to discover the answers. He joins a growing movement of Western tourists coming for the legal experience of ayahuasca – the “vine of souls” – a South American hallucinogenic plant that is said to heal, and connect to the divine.

In researching the mystery of ayahuasca, Razam undergoes his own shamanic initiation, undergoing numerous tests and trials in the jungle and the psychic landscapes the vine reveals. On the way he encounters a motley crew of characters from rogue scientists that conduct DMT-brain scans on jungle psychonauts; brujo-black magicians wielding their psychic darts; and dozens of indigenous and Western shamans that slowly unravel his cultured mind and reveal the magical landscape of the spirit world.

The evening will cover the booming international business of Amazonian Shamanism and the culture shock between the old world and the new. The difficulties presented given the mix of Amazonian shamanism and Western capitalism. And the ineffable mystery and magic of the ayahuasca experience itself, which cannot be commodified, although the West is certainly trying its best!

This will be a wonderful opportunity to learn more and to engage in dialog about plant medicines, shamanism, community and spiritual evolution. We look forward to sharing a wonderful night with you.

Wed JUL 8 :: 7:30pm

To reserve your space for this event please click on the link below::

www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

Location::
Project Butterfly Loft
821 Traction Ave #108
Los Angeles CA 90013

Alternative podcaster and author Martin W. Ball heads to Oz this week to talk with Rak Razam, gonzo journalist and editor of the new book, “The Journeybook” . This in-depth discussion analyzes the need for “experiential journalism” to capture the essence of altered states and the shamanic resurgence that Razam is famous for capturing, as well as an in-depth discussion of the current plant-based consciousness movement in Australia.

For the full interview click here.

The 2012 Apocalypse — And How to Stop It | Wired Science.

From Wired magazine and NASA:

Wired Science News for Your Neurons
The 2012 Apocalypse — And How to Stop It

* By Brandon Keim Email Author
* April 17, 2009  |
* 2:37 pm  |
* Categories: Space

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For scary speculation about the end of civilization in 2012, people usually turn to followers of cryptic Mayan prophecy, not scientists. But that’s exactly what a group of NASA-assembled researchers described in a chilling report issued earlier this year on the destructive potential of solar storms.

Entitled “Severe Space Weather Events — Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts,” it describes the consequences of solar flares unleashing waves of energy that could disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, overwhelming high-voltage transformers with vast electrical currents and short-circuiting energy grids. Such a catastrophe would cost the United States “$1 trillion to $2 trillion in the first year,” concluded the panel, and “full recovery could take 4 to 10 years.” That would, of course, be just a fraction of global damages.

Good-bye, civilization.

Full story here.

Filmmaker Rob Spence plans to implant camera in eye to become ‘Eyeborg’ | News.com.au Top stories | News.com.au.

A ONE-eyed filmmaker is going to implant a camera in his eye to make a film from his point of view.

Rob Spence, a documentary filmmaker from Canada, has been unable to use his right eye since it was damaged in a firearms accident as a child.

After wearing an eyepatch for many years, he recently got a prosthetic eye implanted – and decided he wanted to become what he calls an “Eyeborg” – a part-human, part-camera cyborg.

“I was looking at the small camera on my cellphone, and I got to thinking about the Bionic Man,” he said in a recent video on his website.

“I want to turn my prosthetic eye into a wireless camera,”

Full story here.

Hi there,

I’ll be doing a book launch at Earthfreq this Saturday the 14th Feb and signing books and meeting interesting entheo-peeps in South East Queensland, Australia! Pop in and say hi!

xx rak

SAT FEB 14, 2009

Come celebrate the South East Queensland (SE-QLD) launch of The Journeybook at Earthfreq, Sat Feb 14 Jan, 2009 located in the beautiful outdoor venue of LandCruiser Mountain Park, 2hrs north-west of Brisbane. – www.landcruisermountainpark.com.au. With readings from the authors, an art gallery space, “New Maps of Hyperspace” discussion circles, workshops, performance art, music and psychedelic shenanigans aplenty…

…The Journeybook is a collection of tales of altered states, essays, history and manifesto for psychedelic culture in the 21st century. It covers the modern usage of sacramental plants and offers insights into traditional and contemporary shamanism, as well as analysis of the current state of global psychedelic culture and its place in a sustainable future. The Journeybook Facebook group is to discuss the book and the issues it raises about cognitive liberty and consciousness.

For more information visit:  www.thejourneybook.com