Adult film star Nacho Vidal was arrested in Spain last week, and charged with suspicion of manslaughter following an 11-month investigation into the death of fashion photographer Jose Luis Abad in July 2019, Yahoo! Finance reports. “The police operation began following the victim’s death during the celebration of a mystic ritual based […]
Sam is an energetic and passionate writer/presenter, always looking for the next adventure. In August 2016 he donated all of his possessions to charity, quit his job, and left the UK. Since then he has been on the road travelling through North, Central and South America searching for new adventures […]
Many of us wouldn’t choose to be put into a stressful situation. But journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney says forcing ourselves to confront stressors is how humans build resilience. In his new book, Carney writes “humans love comfort to the point of absurdity,” and as a result, “we’re crippled with […]
Many of us wouldn’t choose to be put into a stressful situation. But journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney says forcing ourselves to confront stressors is how humans build resilience. In his new book, Carney writes “humans love comfort to the point of absurdity,” and as a result, “we’re crippled with […]
Psychedelics drugs are increasingly being studied for their potential to treat depression and other mental health issues, although little attention has been given to some of the stranger effects of these consciousness-altering substances. In an attempt to fill this void, a new study in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology describes […]
Eat vegetarian this weekend There is good news from COVID-19 for this Memorial Day. We won’t be getting stuck in traffic jams. And, the meat shortage will keep us safe from our outdoor grills. Folks who grill hamburgers and hot dogs face a nasty choice. The U.S. Meat and Poultry […]
Ben Valsler This week, Georgia Mills examines a compound at the core of a spiritual psychedelic experience. Georgia Mills DMT goes by many names, ‘Dimitri’, ‘fantasia’, ‘businessman’s trip’ or if you happen to be in a lab, N,N -Dimethyltryptamine. DMT is a drug which can create vivid hallucinations, in which people […]
<p>In arguments, few things are more frustrating than when you realize that someone is using bad logic, but you can’t quite identify what the problem is.</p><p>This rarely happens with the more well-known logical fallacies. For example, when someone in an argument starts criticizing the other person’s reputation instead of their […]
Rudraksha, the seed produced by a large evergreen broad-leaved tree of the genus Elaeocarpus. It is abundantly found in the temperate and sub-alpine zone is a pioneer of symbolism in the Shivaism, a major tradition of the Hindu dharma where the believers regard Lord Shiva as the principal deity. Worn around their […]
reader comments 86 with 58 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] Sting, Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller, and the late Carrie Fisher and Anthony Bourdain are among the celebrities interviewed for the new Netflix documentary Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics. Carrie Fisher had a psychedelic-induced encounter with a […]
