Print, Psychedelics, White Lightning

III. Ultracultural

Like everything Bear approached in life he was totally focused on what he was doing in the present moment, consumed in the now with a singular will. And when his hearing aid kicked back onto the frequency, Bear was drawn to the sound of the unspoken thing…

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Print, Psychedelics, White Lightning

II. A Bear In The Woods

Considered by many as one of the legends of the Sixties counterculture, “Bear” Owsley Stanley III denies his heroic status. Bear was a minor participant in the Acid Tests of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and supplied the acid for their events. He was the first underground cook to produce high-purity LSD in 1965 when it was legal, including the famous White Lightning and Monterey Purple, and by giving much of it away for free he helped catalyse the hippie movement

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Print, White Lightning

I. The Bear’s Last Roar

I present to you, in as much authentic detail from the lips of Owsley ‘Bear’ Stanley himself, his ideas. His words. His way. You get them filtered through me, in classic gonzo tradition, but perhaps that’s the best way to capture the truth of the matter, the elusive pearl in the diamond.

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Print, Shamanism

The Shaman’s Path

As I write this introduction in 2013, twenty-four years after Terence first wrote his manifesto, the massive global shamanic resurgence, spearheaded by the ayahuasca movement worldwide, is seeing a critical mass.

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Lectures, Print, Psychedelics

The Next Step

At the height of the first wave of psychedelia in the 1960s, Ken Kesey promoted the idea of the “Next Step”, which at the time he envisaged as “Beyond Acid”.

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Lectures, Print, Shamanism

Ayahuasca Shamanism

What is shamanism and how is it relevant in the 21st Century? How does ayahuasca fit in with all this, and why is it booming as a business – and as a spiritual movement?

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