Guest speakers: Allyson & Alex Grey plus Ralph Abraham

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"Our parents were completely unprepared for the sixties . . . and for our behavior." – Alex Grey

"[In drug education as it is practiced today] there is this kind of overriding mis-characterization of drugs, and an exaggeration of the problems that, marijuana especially, gives us." –Alex Grey "And they contradict people’s own observations." –Allyson Grey

"There are perils, and we have children and we want to protect them. So drugs can lead to terrible things as well." –Allyson Grey

"Basically, you want to establish a bond with your children, and not to come in with total, preconceived notions about how they ought to behave. The idea is to listen and to establish a link of trust so that you can really be there for them, instead of alienating them. So you have to learn about these substances and the possible substances they’re using, so that you can be an informed assist for them." –Alex Grey

"If you’ve already been lying to your kids about drugs, then why should they listen to you about anything, including the dangers of meth?" –Alex Grey

"If any of you haven’t gone a year and a half without any substances, it’s really a great experience. The altered state of sobriety is something Alex and I recommend." –Allyson
Grey

"This is what my mother taught me when it came to sex, and I applied it to drugs. Whenever a child asks a question you answer it, and you don’t tell them things they don’t want to know, or they’re not ready to know. But if they ask you something, you tell them honestly." –Allyson Grey

"We’re part of an underground society, and that’s a heavy burden to place on a young mind if they’re not ready." –Alex Grey

"The Connection Between Mathematics and the Logos"
Ralph Abraham tells the story of how he became involved with the psychedelic community and how psychedelic medicines informed his work and that of the generation who developed the personal computer among other achievements. In this trialogue, Ralph poses (and answers) the question, "Have psychedelics had an influence in the evolution of science, mathematics, the computer revolution, computer graphics, and so on?"

"We have to admit that mathematics has been reborn, and this rebirth is some kind of outcome of, apparently, the computer revolution and the psychedelic revolution, which took place concurrently, concomitantly, cooperatively in the 1960s." –Ralph Abraham

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I saw a bumper stick one day, or maybe it was a dream? It said “Read a book. Blow your mind”. There have been a few books that have done just that to my highly ticklish inner cranium. “The Holographic Universe” by Michael Talbot, “Supernatural” by Graham Hancock and “The Cosmic Serpent” by Jeremy Narby are three such tomes that satisified the Doormousian need for humans to feed our heads. These three books should be required reading for every human being. Well- maybe that’s a bit draconian. Lets just say- anyone who loves a good “mind fuck” should read them. Without birth control.“Triptosane” was the psychedelic love child of the orgiastic lovefest of those books, countless hours of lectures by the late and great Terrence McKenna, my fascination with the transcendant power of music and my love of wise-cracking electronic A.I. machines. It is also very much a pro psychedelic drug film- one that treats these medicines as something to be respected and used with wisdom.

It was a rainy November night in 2006. I was reading an interview with Darren Aronowsky about the making of his debut film, PI. I was on my home home from yet another day of reporting film grosses for a major film company. I have had this job for what must be a record amount of time. I often fear I appear extremely unambitious- but it’s a job that is so pressure free and so utterly dead end that it has acted as an emotional whip to keep me focused on my real dreams. As I read Aronofsky’s account of how he managed to pull of a feature film for about fifteen grand AND have the decency to share his profits with his cast and crew- a real- true to life inspirational fire sparked in my soul. I could do this! Hell- I owned my own DVX100 (which I used to do alot of freelance shooting). A small light kit. I had a G5 Mac and Final Cut Pro (from doing freelance editing), I had access to an empty apartment in the brownstone my parents owned in East Harlem. I had a great imagination. I had a few bucks I had saved for this very purpose and with some begging, borrowing and more borrowing i could put together at least 15K. I decided there and then- I was going to make my film. I beat a message into myself. It would be a story that dealt with themes I love and care about and nothing, absolutely nothing- was going to make me lose my focus. I WAS- for better or worse- making a feature film. My heart pounded. I had convinced myself. The mind - our thoughts- project reality. A year later (to the date) I was on the set of Triptosane - pinching myself that this - like the many odd moments of my main character Rupert Graham’s life (a hybrid name from Rupert Sheldrake and Graham Hancock) - was just a dream. Then again- it is all a dream. It is all liquid consciousness. All mind.

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Hi Salon Sailors!

I’ve been getting so into these podcasts lately.

I’m a 20 year old filmmaker and i decided to make a 5 minute meditative ‘trip’ video inspired by a lot of these great thinkers and their ideas.

the url is: www.myspace.com/dylanwiehahn

the film is ‘He Climbed In’.

I hope you all like it, i have so much respect for what you are doing here Lorenzo, you’re the man!

cheers,

Dylan

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Lorenzo and The Psychedelic Salon has given me new life.

With most of my heroes and inspirational figures (McKenna, Leary, Ginzy, etc.) all gone now, it is such a blessing that we still have a handful of great voyagers and travelers who bring the light of truth to our ears and our hearts.

Damer, Pinchbeck and the like all carry the torch through to those who desire to see the flame still alive.

But, Lorenzo has created the medium for the message with the Psychedelic Salon and his free podcasts. I don’t think you really are aware of what a monumental light you bear, my friend.

Bless you, Lorenzo! May peace and love surround you and your family for what you have given back to us.

We love you.

- GONZO

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Guest speaker: Bruce Damer

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[NOTE: The following quotes are by Bruce
Damer.]

"It seems as though the universe is a sort of self-contained thing, never looses any information."

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"A mechanism called ‘life’ was able to fight against all this crud, and entropy, and fires and brimstone and preserve this little piece of information [DNA] forward, and it’s called reproduction, it’s called life. And that process has outlived the life of most stars. It’s certainly older and tougher and more resilient than all the configuration of the continents."

"What if the universe, like Chris Langston’s brain, is gradually booting up an awareness of itself?"

"And are you part of that great project that the universe is trying to do, which is to know itself?"

"It’s like exposing you to the most powerful drug ever given to primates, which wasn’t alcohol, it’s not nicotine, it’s not MDMA, it’s not LSD. It’s the computer/human interaction."

"A Gigantic Unplanned Experiment … on You"   an essay by Bruce Damer

Records of the time DigitalSpace hosted a fan gathering for Terence McKenna

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