The band of friends from the Book of Face once again venture forth to discover new adventures. This time they travel to the Land Downunder where they discover exciting mysteries of an ancient land.
Written in the form of a long, psychedelic, near-poem. In The Prison of Concentration the world's only psychedelic detective must attempt to deal with an idea that is striving to become... real.
This investigation into the psychedelic music of San Francisco outlines its musical and cultural context and identifies key characteristics. The origins, development, decline, and revival of this... More > vibrant and innovative form of rock, which emerged in the mid-1960s, are traced through an original model of musical style evolution. Part of the research involved interviews with members of bands such as the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Country Joe and the Fish, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, and It’s A Beautiful Day.
This is a book edition of a Ph.D. thesis for an interdisciplinary program in humanities. The approach blends music, history, and communication studies. Craig Morrison is a musician (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and is also the author of Go Cat Go! Rockabilly Music and Its Makers (published by the University of Illinois Press) and American Popular Music: Rock and Roll (published by Facts on File).< Less
This investigation into the psychedelic music of San Francisco outlines its musical and cultural context and identifies key characteristics. The origins, development, decline, and revival of this... More > vibrant and innovative form of rock, which emerged in the mid-1960s, are traced through an original model of musical style evolution. Part of the research involved interviews with members of bands such as the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Country Joe and the Fish, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, and It’s A Beautiful Day.
This is a book edition of a Ph.D. thesis for an interdisciplinary program in humanities. The approach blends music, history, and communication studies. Craig Morrison is a musician (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and is also the author of Go Cat Go! Rockabilly Music and Its Makers (published by the University of Illinois Press) and American Popular Music: Rock and Roll (published by Facts on File).< Less
Though now largely banned by governments and mainstream religions alike, entheogens have played a direct role in the spiritual practices of countless cultures. Martin W. Ball, Ph.D., makes the case... More > for the value and significance of direct spiritual experience through entheogen use and how they can alter our collective understanding of the nature of reality and our personal relationship with the divine.
Exploring topics like 2012, U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding religious use of psychedelics, the phenomenology of entheogenic shamanism and mysticism, the history of sacred medicine use for spiritual practice, and practical advice for working with 5-MeO-DMT, Ball takes his readers through a philosophical, spiritual, and personal journey into the heart of the sacred in search of a vision of hope and transformation.
Both inspiring and insightful, The Entheogenic Evolution is a call to awaken.< Less
Though now largely banned by governments and mainstream religions alike, entheogens have played a direct role in the spiritual practices of countless cultures. Martin W. Ball, Ph.D., makes the case... More > for the value and significance of direct spiritual experience through entheogen use and how they can alter our collective understanding of the nature of reality and our personal relationship with the divine. Exploring topics like 2012, U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding religious use of psychedelics, the phenomenology of entheogenic shamanism and mysticism, the history of sacred medicine use for spiritual practice, and practical advice for working with 5-MeO-DMT, Ball takes his readers through a philosophical, spiritual, and personal journey into the heart of the sacred in search of a vision of hope and transformation.
Both inspiring and insightful, The Entheogenic Evolution is a call to awaken.< Less
