Showing posts with label Psychedelia Hallucination Vision Ecstasy. Show all posts
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Monday, February 2, 2015
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
The Serpent Power by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe) (1918)
Source. Sir John George Woodroffe (1865–1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose work helped to unleash in the West a deep and wide interest in Hindu philosophy and Yogic practices. Some context (Wikipedia).
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila (1577)
The First Mansions
Chapter I. Description of the Castle
Chapter II. The Human Soul.
Chapter I. Description of the Castle
Chapter II. The Human Soul.
The Second Mansions
Chapter I. War.
The Third Mansions
Chapter I. Fear of God
Chapter II. Aridity in Prayer
The Fourth Mansions
Chapter I. Sweetness in Prayer.
Chapter II. Divine Consolations
Chapter III. Prayer of Quiet
The Fifth Mansions
Chapter I. Prayer of Union
Chapter II. Effects of Union
Chapter III. Cause of Union
Chapter IV. Spiritual Espousals
The Sixth Mansions
Chapter I. Preparation for Spiritual Marriage
Chapter II. The Wound of Love
Introductory Note to Chapter III by the Editor
Chapter III. Locutions
Chapter IV. Raptures
Chapter V. The Flight of the Spirit
Chapter VI. Spiritual Jubilation
Chapter VII. The Humanity of Our Lord
Chapter VIII. Intellectual Visions
Chapter IX. Imaginary Visions
Chapter X. Intellectual Visions Continued
Chapter XI. The Dart of Love
The Seventh Mansions
Chapter I. God's Presence Chamber
Chapter II. Spiritual Marriage
Chapter III. Its Effects
Chapter IV. Martha and Mary
Epilogue
Index
Chapter I. War.
The Third Mansions
Chapter I. Fear of God
Chapter II. Aridity in Prayer
The Fourth Mansions
Chapter I. Sweetness in Prayer.
Chapter II. Divine Consolations
Chapter III. Prayer of Quiet
The Fifth Mansions
Chapter I. Prayer of Union
Chapter II. Effects of Union
Chapter III. Cause of Union
Chapter IV. Spiritual Espousals
The Sixth Mansions
Chapter I. Preparation for Spiritual Marriage
Chapter II. The Wound of Love
Introductory Note to Chapter III by the Editor
Chapter III. Locutions
Chapter IV. Raptures
Chapter V. The Flight of the Spirit
Chapter VI. Spiritual Jubilation
Chapter VII. The Humanity of Our Lord
Chapter VIII. Intellectual Visions
Chapter IX. Imaginary Visions
Chapter X. Intellectual Visions Continued
Chapter XI. The Dart of Love
The Seventh Mansions
Chapter I. God's Presence Chamber
Chapter II. Spiritual Marriage
Chapter III. Its Effects
Chapter IV. Martha and Mary
Epilogue
Index
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Mickey Mouse Haunted House (1929)
Labels:
Act Routine Pratfalls Physical Comedy,
Archetype Stock Character Caricature,
Dream House,
Flat LoDef Video Game Animation,
Halloween Holiday Bad Christmas,
Monster,
Party Ceremony Ritual,
Psychedelia Hallucination Vision Ecstasy,
Sight Gag Misdirection,
Spooky Macabre,
Stories within Stories,
Violence Fighting Sadomasochism,
Walt Disney
Monday, September 13, 2010
Wizards (1977)
Labels:
Archetype Stock Character Caricature,
Division,
Drive In Movies (Cult),
Epic Myth,
Fate Destiny,
Flat LoDef Video Game Animation,
Folklore,
Magic,
Mecha Tech Machines Inventions Consumer Electronics,
Monster Freak Mutant,
Mordant Wit,
Progress,
Psychedelia Hallucination Vision Ecstasy,
Quest,
Stories within Stories,
The Future,
Violence Fighting Sadomasochism
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Reefer Madness
Starting with the 19th Century, gaining speed into the 20th, one sees the merging of interest in an unlimited, visionary subjectivity (a la Romanticism) and the recreational use of perception-altering drugs. The ritual serves as a leisure-time equivalent of what is being said by an emergent psychology field: that subjectivity is a chemical, biological process, not a transcendent one.

Into the 20th, there is Celine whose take on hardboard realism is tantamount to hallucination (the subject of literal drug use is not explored). Aldous Huxley is perhaps the prominent idealist and optimist of drug use, holding it dear for tapping into hitherto under-experienced adventures in subjectivity, explorations aligned with mysticism. Shortly later, Timothy Leary follows his example. William Burroughs is less rosy: drug use being the commodification of subjectivity--subjectivity given an external, material form--turns subjectivity over to the laws of commodities: trade, regulation, policing, negotiable ownership.
Hashish and Opium Literature
- Confessions of an Opium-Eater by Thomas DeQuincey.
- Artificial Paradises: on hashish and wine as means of expanding individuality by Charles Baudelaire.
- Protocol I. Highlights of the First Hashish Impression [by Walter Benjamin: 18.Dec.1927]
- Protocol II. Highlights of the Second Hashish Impression [by Walter Benjamin & Ernst Bloch:15.Jan. 1928]
- Protocol III. Walter Benjamin: Protocol of the Hashish Experiment of 11 May 1928.
- Protocol IV. Walter Benjamin: 29 September 1928. Saturday. Marseilles.
- Protocol V. Walter Benjamin: Hashish Beginning of March 1930
- Protocol VI. Walter Benjamin: On the Session of 7/8 June 1930
- Protocol VII. Egon Wissing: Protocol to the Experiment of 7 March 1931.
- Protocol VIII. Fritz Fränkel: Protocol of the Experiment of 12 April 1931 (Fragment.)
- Protocol IX. Fritz Fränkel: Protocol of 18 April 1931.
- Protocol X./ Crock Notes Walter Benjamin: 1932
- Protocol XI. Fritz Fränkel: Protocol to the Mescaline Experiment of 22 May, 1934.
- Protocol XII. Walter Benjamin: Undated Notes.
Other Narcotics Literature
- The Psychedelic Library
- Dr. Albert Hoffman: LSD: Completely Personal (1996).
- Dr. Albert Hoffman: Insight Outlook.
- Dr. Albert Hoffman: Excerpt from original diary of first self-administered LSD trip.
Contemporary Resources
- NoSlang.com Drug Slang Translator "Learn the latest drug slang terms kids are using."
- Slang Drug Terms from Pride Prevention
- National Institute of Drug Abuse and Addiction, The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction
- Acid/LSD
- Wikipedia entry on LSD.
- Alcohol
- Wikipedia entry on Alcohol.
- Club Drugs
- Wikipedia entry on Club Drugs.
- Cocaine
- Wikipedia entry on Cocaine.
- Ecstasy/MDMA
- Wikipedia entry on Ecstasy.
- Heroin
- Wikipedia entry on Heroin.
- Inhalants
- Wikipedia entry on Inhalants.
- Marijuana
- Wikipedia entry on Marijuana.
- Methamphetamine
- Wikipedia entry on Methamphetamine.
- PCP/Phencyclidine
- Wikipedia entry on PCP.
- Prescription Medications
- Steroids (Anabolic)
- Wikipedia entry on Steroids.
- Tobacco Addiction
- Wikipedia entry on Tobacco.
- Testimonial Community Board from Blue Light (may require registration).
In Film
Curious Alice - 1970s After School Special
Reefer Madness
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Funhouse Dreams - The Sopranos
Dream montage from season 2 finale of The Sopranos, Funhouse.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
In full, with original illustrations, at project Gutenberg.
I Down the Rabbit-Hole
II The Pool of Tears
III A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
IV The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
V Advice from a Caterpillar
VI Pig and Pepper
VII A Mad Tea-Party
VIII The Queen's Croquet-Ground
IX The Mock Turtle's Story
X The Lobster Quadrille
XI Who Stole the Tarts?
XII Alice's Evidence
c/f 1903 film version . . . .
I Down the Rabbit-Hole
II The Pool of Tears
III A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
IV The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
V Advice from a Caterpillar
VI Pig and Pepper
VII A Mad Tea-Party
VIII The Queen's Croquet-Ground
IX The Mock Turtle's Story
X The Lobster Quadrille
XI Who Stole the Tarts?
XII Alice's Evidence
c/f 1903 film version . . . .
Labels:
Archetype Stock Character Caricature,
Clowning,
Crackpot Eccentric Armchair Philosopher,
Deal Riddle,
Dream Sleep,
Fancy (Whimsy),
Fantastical Journey,
Game (Gambling),
Meaning Perception Subjectivity Incompleteness,
Mirror World Underworld Multiverse,
Nonsense Absurdity Non Sequitur,
Party Ceremony Ritual,
Preciousness,
Psychedelia Hallucination Vision Ecstasy,
Stories within Stories,
Violence Fighting Sadomasochism
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