“There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn’t do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself.” - Carlos Castaneda -Britannica Bio, Tales of Power Quote, Goodreads.
OddnEnds -
- Contemplating (StormArea51) Alienstock? 'Bout those permits: Time. Here's a briefing: Daily Grail. First time I notice the term "optically camouflaged cloaking devices".
- Synchronicity = UFO = Ours, theirs, unknown. I reported the 'darting shadow' and MUFON informed me that others are seeing similar oddities. Then it got complicated. I found a blurb from 2008 about optical cloaking devices. And this link from 2007. Descriptions might fit some of the things now being sighted.
Cloaking - FYI shortlist - - Popular Mehanics: PLextex and Yehudi Lights
- Wired: Cloak of Light
- Rectangular UFO - Open Minds.
- And then there was the NYTimes interview that opened the vault on Military UFO sightings.
- Offbeat trivia - the Black Mailbox/Area 51 - Atlas Obscura.
- Ultimate CBD Handbook - Change is coming. Monitoring the in between times.
- Psychonautics Film. Available on Amazon Prime.
- Michael Pollen 'How to Change Your Mind' interview with Colbert. YouTube.
- International Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness. Read the presenter abstracts. Includes Amanda Feilding (cameo in the Psychonautics film) on Microdosing LSD. The Guardian.
Carlos Castaneda is an enigma. Still relevant, the source behind his stories remains fogged and the stories continue to have an impact. Castaneda is featured in the August edition of The Echo World magazine - representing Male Archetypes.
Synchronicity. The author of a new [2019] book I have been sent for possible review says she read Castaneda's books to help her sort out the unexplained encounters in her life.
1998, I had an anomalous encounter and then read an exact reference about it in a Castaneda book - when I had written him off as non-essential. I bought the book and several more. No matter his checkered personal history, his stories strike a chord.
Lots to cover with Michael Peter Langevin. He met Castaneda. He's been a Tarot reader for 50 years and he's had some fascinating experiences referenced in his book, The Secrets of the Amazon Shamans.
Wendy's Coffeehouse Interview with Michael Peter Langevin
Another topic - Psychotropic drugs and the shift toward recognizing the validity for treating certain disorders. A 40 minute interview is just enough time as a teaser to suggest further study of the extra- ordinary in the event mainstream is ready to explore beyond the cover.
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| The Echo World - also linked on the side bar. |
Having been a long time fan of the former Magical Blend Magazine, I liked the wide metaphysical scope of that publication and was glad to see those elements resurface.
Another draw was an excerpt I read years ago from his [2003] book, The Secrets of the Amazon Shamans.
From the Amazon summary: "Michael tells what it is like to see life from the eyes of someone else in a healing ceremony; about a Calling the Dead Ritual where he could actually see their spirits with his physical eyes; what it is like to experience the intensity of Ayahuasca ritual, and having your life revisited; but also about the strain of traveling with your children being far away from so-called civilization when they fall ill."
This link is to the updated [2008] version. Reviews are excellent.
The Echo World Magazine is on line and available in print form. I have dropped copies off at several area locations, including in Crescent Springs - Overland Park, Floating KC, Centered Spirit, One More Cup (closing 9/1/19) - Waldo, Cumulus Media - Mission and Whirled Hair - Topeka. Connect if you are interested in the print version of the Magazine.
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Featured in the online content is a two part interview with Whitley Strieber, who has changed tremendously since the publication of the book that cemented his role as Alien/ET Experiencer (whether he liked it or not - and he didn't) and jettisoned his career into an entirely unanticipated direction - Communion.
Worth checking in to see that evolution in the Echo World Magazine interview. Eternal Love Part One and Part Two. In describing the ongoing bond he feels with his (deceased) wife Anne, he says he used to believe in death til we part but it is now "as we abide" because his connection with Anne is very much alive.
More than four decades of marriage. From the Amazon summary: The two had an agreement: "The first one to die would not contact the other directly at first, but through friends.
Not two hours after she died, Anne contacted a friend, Belle Fuller. And that was just the beginning of this wonderful story. It is so convincing that famed afterlife researcher Dr. Gary Schwartz wrote a foreword for the book, calling it one of the best cases of afterlife communication in history."
Whitley Strieber's Home Page. Unknown Country/Dreamland.
Related Links -
Michael Peter Langevin - Blog (Castaneda)
Conscious Living Interview: Norse Goddesses and Runes
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