Transpersonal Psychology, Energetics, and Climate Anxiety

A man named Charlie who rode a pedicab in Austin and made electronic music once lent me a book called LSD and the Mind of the Universe. It was written by Christopher Brache, a professor of religious studies, documenting his journey through 73 strong doses of LSD. His wife assisted his odysseys, but when she …

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Lily-pad in giant endless ocean under a flat sky

I feel scared thinking of myself afloat on a lily-pad in a giant endless ocean, under a flat sky. There is no home. Float, float, float. There is nobody else. Adrift. It doesn't mean anything. Even my personal history keeps detaching from me, time slips away through my machinations. Who am I? What is this? …

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Crypto gets its value from magic

When I got into crypto and started buying some, I decided that I should think about where its value really comes from. I realized soon that much of what sets the value is really just speculation: people buying and selling because they think its value is something, and that’s what actually ends up deciding much …

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