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1-2. Who is Savitar, who is Savitri ? Who is Savitar, who is Savitri ? Agni is Savitar, earth is Savitri. Where there is Agni there is earth and where is earth there is Agni. The two are causes forming one pair. Varuna alone is Savitar, water – Savitri. When there is Varuna etc., – they are the sources, forming a pair.3-6. (Again) Air alone is Savitar, ether is Savitri. Where there is air there

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ITwo diaries in a week, I know, but this is a special occasion. I want to get the events of yesterday down while they are still fresh in my mind — I thus plead your indulgence.I chanced upon a flyer a couple of nights ago offering "alternative tourism". Down near the bottom was the following.Ayahuasca Therapy"Ayahuasca is a sacred plant with psychotherapeutic effects, usually used by jungle

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Space Time ContinuumAlien DreamtimeWith Terence McKennaThe following pages contain the words to the Space Time Continuum / Alien Dreamtime album. Recommended to discontinue further reading of these pages if you have not first listened to the album.You have been warned. Alien Dreamtime was a multi media event recorded live on February 26th/27th 1993 at the Transmission theater, San Francisco, Ca.

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Transcription of a taped workshop with Ethnobotanist & Researcher Terence McKenna. May 26/27, 1990 - New Mexico. A detailed elaboration about the experience of the enigmatic 'DMT entities' reported in many experiences.IThe Tykes...Well, I suppose it's an invitation do describe a DMT trip, which is never to be passed up. Because I think, I think what we're talking about here is a continuum, I'm

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by Henry MunnHENRY MUNN has investigated the use of hallucinogenic plants among the Conibo Indians of eastern Peru and the Mazatec Indians of the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. Although not a professional anthropologist, he has resided for extended periods of time among the Mazatecs and is married to the niece of the shaman and shamaness referred to in this essay. The Mazatec Indians, who have a

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By Malcolm MuggeridgeI want to speak to you today about what I regard as the one vital question of our time. This, put very simply, is: Is God in charge of our affairs, or are we? A great, and growing, body of opinion, some of it ecclesiastical, much of it in worldly terms powerful and influential, takes the view that we are now in charge. Whereas formerly it was considered man's highest aim to

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1Dhritarashtra said,"In the field of duty, in the field of Kuru,gathered together to fight,what did mine and Pandu's sons do, Sanjaya?"Sanjaya said,"Seeing the Pandava army arrayed,King Duryodhana then approaching his teachersaid this speech:"Look, master, at the Pandava's great armyarrayed by the son of Drupada, your intelligent student.Here are heroes, great archersequal in battle to Bhima and

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CHAPTER I.THE TWIN-VERSES1. All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.2. All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a

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Hávamál The Sayings of Hár1 The man who stands at a strange threshold,Should be cautious before he cross it,Glance this way and that:Who knows beforehand what foes may sit Awaiting him in the hall?2 Greetings to the host, The guest has arrived. In which seat shall he sit?Rash is he who at unknown doors Relies on his good luck. 3 Fire is needed by the newcomer Whose knees are frozen numb;Meat and

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An extraordinarily detailed and well researched reply to the question of the morality of using vaccines obtained from human fetuses, according to the teachings of the Catholic Church. The Cardinal Ratzinger referred to below is, of course, the present Pope Benedict XVI. "The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (see below) is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia. Among

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The publication that started it all puts it all quite clearly: "In our view a possible future declaration of a sede vacante "the period of time when the Apostolic See is empty, as a consequence of the heresy of the Pope, Catholic Family News, 7/2000) would take place automatically when the Church would become aware of the gravity of the present day errors and who is responsible for them." - We

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From Hotevilla, Arizona, in the Hopi Sovereign Nation, Chief Dan Evehema, Eldest Elder, in his latest message to mankind, says:I am very glad to have this time to send a message to you. We are celebrating a time in our history which is both filled with joy and sadness. I am very glad that our Hindu brothers have given us this opportunity to share these feelings with you because we know many of

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BOOK ICHAPTER 1YEARS OF YOUTHTHE SEABeautiful is the sea when it lies at rest in its sublimity, its murmuring waves gently rippling upon the beach, the sky above reflected with a soft light upon its dark bosom.Beautiful is the sea when it bears upon its surface the stately ships, as though they were rose-leaves caressingly tossed by one wave to another. Beautiful is the sea when the light barks

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By Laura Litr. by Jonathan BarnardDispellers of evil, makers of fortunes and guardians of health. . are little dZi beads really all they're cracked up to be?Not long ago, international film stars Mel Gibson and Jet Li visited Taiwan. While they were here, both were given Tibetan dZi ("zee") beads reportedly worth millions of NT dollars. Three years ago the world was stunned when a China Airline

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Boy in Nepal draws crowds; some say he's Buddha reincarnate By Sujit Mahat, APKATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A teenage boy has been meditating in a Nepalese jungle for six months, and thousands have flocked to see him, with some believing he is the reincarnation of Buddha, police and media said Wednesday. Ram Bahadur Banjan, 15, has meditated, allegedly sans food or water, in the Nepalese jungle for

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Shiva Ratriby Avigya Karki Nepal is the only Hindu kingdom in the world and thus the land of Lord Shiva, Lord of all Lords, for here you can feel his presence everywhere. Even in the sacred texts of the Hindus it has been stated that Mt. Kailash in the Himalayas is the abode of Lord Shiva or Mahadeva as he is also known. Shiva the Destroyer of Evil is among the most praised and worshipped of all

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Roads Where There Have Long Been Trails ...by Kathleen Harrison In the rugged semitropical mountains of southern Mexico, in the northeastern comer of the state of Oaxaca, the Mazatec Indians grow corn, beans, and coffee. The Mazatecs are one of many discrete linguistic and ethnic groups in that diverse state. Due to their long isolation in the deeply folded terrain of the Sierra Madre Oriental,

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Tolkien ephemeraDimrost: The Rainy StairA cascading waterfall on the stream of Celebros, where it flowed down to meet the River Teiglin on the borders of Brethil. The tumbling falls raised a fine spray into the air, from which they took their name, which means 'Rainy Stair'. Above Dimrost, the Men of Brethil had constructed a wooden bridge to cross the Celebros.From the bridge, a wide view could

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The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen and Cal Jams I & II by Robert SantelliThe largest crowd that ever gathered for a rock festival did so at Watkins Glen, New York, in July of 1973. Outdrawing the previous high at Woodstock almost two to one, more than 600,000 young people sardined themselves into Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway for a single-day festival known as the Summer Jam. Featured groups were

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This version of the Tao Te Ching is a personal compilation of many translations. I've taken the liberty of cobbling them together into rendition I find personally satisfying and true to the spirit of Tao as I understand it. IThe Tao that can be toldis not the constant Tao.The way that can be namedis not the constant way.Nameless, it is the progenitorof heaven and earth.Named, it is the mother of

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“Is it possible that global civilisation might collapse within our lifetime or that of our children? Until recently, such an idea was the preserve of lunatics and cults. In the past few years, however, an increasing number of intelligent and credible people have been warning that global collapse is a genuine possibility. And many of these are sober scientists, including Lord May, David King and

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Prostrations to the Thirty-five BuddhasThe Bodhisattva’s Confession of Ethical DownfallsA Short, Powerful Buddhist Teaching by a Modern Master, the Venerable Thubten Chodron at Dharma Friendship Foundation, Seattle, USA; January 2000.Contents:The Four Opponent PowersInitial VisualizationProstratingDoing The PracticeThe Prayer Of The Three HeapsConfessionFour Doors Through Which Downfalls

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Re-Evolutionby Terence McKennaHuman history represents such a radical break with the natural systems of biological organization that preceded it, that it must be the response to a kind of attractor, or dwell point that lies ahead in the temporal dimension. Persistently Western religions have integrated into their theologies the notion of a kind of end of the world, and I think that a lot of

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Precepts and EnvironmentDharma Discourse by Abbot John Daido Loori, M.R.O.Imagine, if you will, a universe in which all things have a mutual identity. They all have a codependent origination: when one thing arises, all things arise simultaneously. And everything has a mutual causality: what happens to one thing happens to the entire universe. Imagine a universe that is a self-creating,

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Chernobyl Fallout: A Hard Rain for the Sami By Stephens, Sharon Issue 11.2 June 30, 1987 At the end of April 1986, Swedish nuclear power authorities noted unusually high rates of radiation in routine measurements at a plant north of Sweden. They initially feared that a nuclear accident had occurred in one of Sweden's own 12 nuclear power stations. It was several days later when they learned that

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by Terence McKennaIt is almost as though what the psychedelics are attempting to do for sociology and psychology is what was achieved by quantum physics for matter in the 1920s and '30s. Matter, during that period, was re-analyzed and found to be not tiny hard billiard ball-like particles whizzing through space carrying spin and electric charge. there was another level, a lower layer, and that

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CIA's Sidney Gottlieb: Pusher, Assassin & PimpUS Official Poisoner DiesSidney Gottlieb, who for more than two decades managed the CIA's Technical Services Division, died on March 10. His obituaries in the New York Times and the Washington Post tended to focus on Gottlieb's testing of LSD on himself and other CIA officers, portraying him as a kind of Merry Prankster, the CIA's very own Ken

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