Archive for January 2010

Just a quickie to direct your attention, if it's not found it already, to enfolding.org. Billed as covering "tantra, history, gender, occulture & other queer assemblies", it's a group blog initiated by Phil Hine which is still building gradually, but already there's some great material over there. Informed by recent... More »

Does your bile rise when you see fevered egos like Pat Robertson claim the earthquake disaster in Haiti was the upshot of the country's (ahem) "pact with the Devil" he says it made in freeing itself from French domination? Looking for somewhere to put all that bile, as well as... More »

This piece by Josh Schrei over at the Huffington Post is one of the best takes on Avatar I've read. The basic premise is that the criticisms of the cheesy lines given to the one-dimensional "baddies" altogether miss the reality that their real-life counterparts actually do utter such unthinkable crap,... More »

Erik Davis just posted a glowing review of a new book on ayahuasca: Singing to the Plants by Steve Beyer. While Erik makes the book sound like a must-read, it's just out and for now is only in pricey hardcover. However, I've just been browsing Beyer's blog, and I've quickly... More »

The comfy crust of semi-hibernation got pleasantly broken last night at the positively bustling opening night of the Strange Attractor Salon. It's an exhibition ably curated by SA guru Mark Pilkington, showcasing art from contributors and allies. Needless to say, the obscure, the psychedelic, the devilishly fascinating and the bizarrely... More »