January 13-15, 2006: LSD: Problem Child & Wonder Drug
International Symposium at the Convention Center in Basel, Switzerland

On the occasion of the 100th Birthday of Dr. Albert Hofmann on January 11th 2006, the Gaia Media Foundation presents an International Symposium to the best known and most controversial discovery of this outstanding scientist.

On January 7, 2006, The New York Times published a sincere portrait of Albert Hofmann as his 100th Birthday approaches, marked by the Symposium honoring the father and his infamous problem child.

Pre-Symposium Announcement
Speakers (Word Document)

A Subculture in Ecstasy: How the Psychedelic Revolution Marked Our Culture

Saturday January 14, 2006

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Auditorium
250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Featuring Robert Fink, Julie Holland, Thomas Brod and other speakers

The Psychedelic Pioneers on History Channel

by Greg Williams
The History Channel explores LSD and psychedelics in a January 20th documentary

Ten years before Timothy Leary advised everyone to eat LSD, three doctors had been working extensively with psychoactive drugs in, of all places, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.

Abram Hoffer, Duncan Blewett and Humphrey Osmond believed, and were testing the theory that schizophrenia was caused by the release of too many psychoactive chemicals naturally produced by the patient's brain. They administered the same substances to themselves endeavoring to understand the schizophrenic's world. As they looked further a field, they used mescaline, mushrooms and * once it was discovered * LSD.

On January 20, 2006, The History Channel will air "The Psychedelic Pioneers", documenting the work of these early visionaries who first opened the doors of perception. They worke! d extensively with alcoholics and by administering LSD, achieved a success rate twice that of other treatment programs.

LSD changed the professional and personal lives of all who were involved in its beginnings, but it wasn't until they began to test the drug to see what it could do for creativity that it burst out into the rest of society. Through men like Alan Ginsberg, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Aldous Huxley, tales of the experience spread like a contact high into a new generation ready to explode. All they lacked until then was the fuel.

"Pioneers" is well researched and presented in a non-judgmental, fast paced program. It is well worth watching how LSD was credited with ending the Vietnam War and changing the world forever, and how the U.S. administration was frightened by its power and rushed to make it illegal. But it wasn't before the planet had tuned in and turned on, thanks to the efforts of three men in a s! mall Canadian prairie town.

Sentient Experientials and the Council for Cultural and Biological Diversity presents the 18th "Plants as Teacher, Traditional Wisdom, and Rainforest Conservation Strategies."

A Rainforest Plant Medicine Intensive Workshops:
Monday, January 23 2006 to Monday, January 30, 2006
San Jose, Costa Rica
Cost: $1200/person
Space available for max 22 participants

Join us on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery, wellness and exploration of rainforest plant traditions with cultural masters and acclaimed ethnobotanist.

Why is Sentient Experientials hosting these quintessential, inspiring, extraordindary workshops? Please Read: www.secoya.org and www.secoyashaman.moonfruit.com

To register:
Email: puravida@guariadeosa.com
Tel: (510) 235 4313 (U.S. office) www.GuariadeOsa.com or www.OrchidoftheRainforest.com
Click on Calendar of Events

Sentient Experientials and the Council for Cultural and Biological Diversity presents the 19th "Plants as Teacher, Traditional Wisdom, and Rainforest Conservation Strategies."

A Rainforest Plant Medicine Intensive Workshops:
Wednesday February 1 2006 to Wednesday, February 8, 2006
San Jose, Costa Rica
Cost: $1200/person
Space available for max 22 participants

Join us on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery, wellness and exploration of rainforest plant traditions with cultural masters and acclaimed ethnobotanist.

Why is Sentient Experientials hosting these quintessential, inspiring, extraordindary workshops? Please Read: www.secoya.org and www.secoyashaman.moonfruit.com

To register:
Email: puravida@guariadeosa.com
Tel: (510) 235 4313 (U.S. office) www.GuariadeOsa.com or www.OrchidoftheRainforest.com
Click on Calendar of Events

Seminar on Visionary Art with Robert Venosa and Martina Hoffmann

February 12-23, 2006
Wasiwaska
Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil

The 2006 NYC Ibogaine Conference
February 25 & 26, 2006

Saturday, February 25, 9:00am to 6:00pm
Columbia University / Lerner Hall
15th Street and Broadway
Satow Room (5th Floor)
RSVP to Tyler at tfc2101@columbia.edu or 856-577-2446

Patrick Kroupa & Jeffrey Kamlet, MD
Mechanism of Action: Kenneth Alper, MD
Drug Development: Policy and Politics, with Howard Lotsof
Political Panel with: Arturo Garcia-Costas, Howard Lotsof, Dana Beal, Allan Clear, and Dimitri Mugianis

Evening Reception, 7:30pm
The Yippie Museum
#9 Bleecker St.
Ground Floor

The Yippie Museum will be Presenting, Special Screenings of Ibogaine: Rite of Passage.A documentary film, by Ben De Loenen and David Graham Scott's, BBC 1 Documentary: Detox or Die

Sunday, February 26, 11:00am to 7:00pm, Registration: $20
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
540 West 27th St., Fourth Floor
New York City, NY, 10001
212 677 7180

Ibogaine: The Crucifixion and Resurrection with: The Rev. Ron Sala, Paul DeRienzo, Carl Ruck and Dana Beal
Ibogaine: Source of Revelation with: Lee Albert, Daniel Pinchbeck and Awolowo Johnson
Ibogaine and Sacred Art: Alex Grey with Geerte Frenken, Aivia Monitto and David Hunter
Saving the World One Addict at a Time with: Hands-on Ibogaine Providers
Closing Remarks and Summary

March 3, 2006 - April 8, 2006
Minds Wide Open

Around the Coyote
1935 1/2 North Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
773-342-6777

Featuring Works By:
Luke Brown
Dean Chamberlain (featuring portrait of Albert Hoffman)
J Garcia
Alex Grey
Allyson Grey
Paul Laffoley
Kenny Scharf
Carey Thompson
Stacy Valis
Oliver Vernon
Robert Williams
Susan Williams

"Addition Treatment in Metamorphosis: Paradigm Shift in Theory and Practice"
The 2006 Conference presented by The New York State Psychological Association Division on Addictions

Friday, April 28, 2006
9:00am - 5:00pm
The New School Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street 5th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10003

View Full Brochure (PDF Format)

1st National Harm Reduction Therapy Conference

May 5-6, 2006
8:30am - 6pm
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Presented by:
The Harm Reduction Therapy Center
The Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Training Associates

Click for pdf brochure with presenter and conference details

Wasiwaska presents "Psychointegrator Plants, Science and Spirituality"
June 12 - 25, 2006

Wasiwaska Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil
www.wasiwaska.org

Invited participants: Dr. Dennis McKenna, ethnopharmacologist, associate professor of the Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Minnesota and Dr. Ede Frecska, neuroscientist of the National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Budapest, Hungary. Lectures by Dennis Mckenna: Neuroscience and Spirituality; Plant / Human Co-evolution. Lectures by Ede Frecska: Entoptic Phenomena Following Long Term Ayahuasca Experiences; Intuition, Non-locality, and Sources of Knowledge in Divination.

Click here for the conference application.

Click here for the information on other 2006 Wasiwaska events.

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate

June 15 - July 12, 2006
Bahia, Brazil

Heart of the Initiate offers tours to Brazil where we help people make sacred inner journeys through an intensive workshop experience. Our Brazil workshops incorporate shamanic ceremonies using the ancient plant teacher, Ayahuasca.

Facilitators and Staff:

Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being.

Warinei Wanare - Step into a tradition where the shaman will lead you to his world of the supernatural. Warinei Wanare will host an interactive ayahuasca experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at Heart Of The Initiate.com

SheShamans and Magic Mamas
A conference by and about women psychonauts

June 23-25 2006
Isis Oasis
Geyersville, California

Visit SheShamans.com for more information.

Entheon Convergence is a party in Chicago to benefit the MAPS/Chapel of Sacred Mirrors Burning Man camp, called Entheon Village. The party starts at 9 PM and goes until 5 AM. There will be lots of amazing entertainment, DJs, live painting by Alex Grey and others, and Rick Doblin and Valerie Mojeiko will be there at a MAPS table.

2nd International Amazonian Shamanism Conference: A Gathering of Healers

June 30 - July 8, 2006
Sponsored by the Church, "Soga del Alma" - "Vine of the Soul"
Iquitos, Peru

Confirmed lecturers so far: Dr. Benny Shannon, Dr. Dennis Mckenna, Dr. Valentin Hampjes, Dr. Jacques Mabit, Dr. Richard Grossman, Dr. John Heuser, Peter Gorman, Alan Shoemaker

This International Conference is open to all people in the world willing to drink the medicina with local curanderos and to meet with people sincerely and seriously interested in the Knowledge from the Amazon forest.

Wasiwaska presents Altered States of Consciousness, Psychointegrator Plants, Art and Religion
July 4 - 17, 2006

Wasiwaska: Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil
www.wasiwaska.org

Invited participants:
Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods, and other books on ancient civilizations, now touring the world talking about his latest book Supernatural, Meetings with the Ancients Teachers of Mankind, on rock art and altered states of consciousness. Santha Faila, an outstanding photographer, Hancocks wife, Clark Heinrich, author of Forbidden Fruit , Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy, and with Carl Ruck and Blaise Daniel Staples of The Apples of Apollo. Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist. Lectures by Clak Heinrich: Hidden In Plain Sight: Decoding the Symbols of Myth, Religion, and Alchemy; Finding God Without Religion: The Art of Passing In (lecture and workshop).

Click here for the conference application.

Click here for the information on other 2006 Wasiwaska events.

The First Annual Clusterbusters Convention

July 15-17, 2006
Marriott Hickory Ridge Conference Hotel
Lisle, Illinois

Click here for more information

Room rate is $84.00 per night.
Those booking rooms will receive a complimentary copy of Dr. Larry Robbins' new booklet, Headache 2006-2007.
Also a copy of the copyrighted Clusterbusters CD, Music for the Mind.

Speakers: Dr. Andrew Sewell, Dr. John Halpern, James Joseph, and others to be announced.

Cost: $50.00 All events
$35.00 Sunday events only, or, if you are a registered attendee of the OUCH convention.

Psychedelic Mindview Class
July 21 - 22, 2006

College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Friday, July 21 from 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday, July 22 from 9:00am to 5:00pm

M Building, Room 113
Taught by Bruce Sewick, LCPC
Human Services #1840, code 48130
One credit hour

Click here more information about the course or contact:
Human Services / Frank Salvatini: 630-942-2043
Bruce Sewick: gunting@sbcglobal.net

Wasiwaska presents "Shamanism and the Brain
July 25 - August 7, 2006

Wasiwaska: Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil
www.wasiwaska.org

Invited participants:
Dr. Michael Winkelman, of the Department of Anthropology of Arizona University, author, among other books, of Shamanism. The Neural Ecology of Consciousness and Healing, and who coined the term psychointegrator, and Dr. Mihly Hoppal, a world authority on Eurasian shamanism, Director of the Institute of Ethnology of the Hungarian Academy of Science, and author of many books and films on shamanism. Lectures by Michael Winkelman: Shamanism in Cross Cultural Perspective; Shamanism and the Brain: Psychointegrators and the Brain. Lectures by Mihly Hoppal: Shamanism Renaissance in Eurasia; Functions of Shamans in Hunting Societies; Types of Symbolism in Shamanism. Films by M. Hoppal: Shamanism: Past and Present; Shamans in Eurasia.

Click here for the conference application.

Click here for the information on other 2006 Wasiwaska events.

Boom Festival 2006

August 3-9, 2006
Lake Idanha-a-Nova
Outside of Lisbon, Portugal

Boom Festival is a global art, music and culture gathering held every two years in Portugals sun-drenched countryside in a stunning outdoor location on the shore of the Lake Idanha-a-Nova.

Tickets are 80 Euros in advance, 110 Euros at the door.

Visit boomfestival.org for more information.

Wasiwaska presents "Moving Through Time and Space"
August 14 - August 25, 2006

Wasiwaska: Research Center for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants, Visionary Art and Consciousness
Florianpolis, Brazil
www.wasiwaska.org

Invited participants:
Christos Daskalakos, South African/Greek architect and teacher of Biodanza, and Karen Helle Grue, Danish Jungian psychologist and certified Holotropic Breath Work facilitator. The seminar navigates two paradigms: the everyday common understanding and transcendence, achieved through Biodanza, Holotropic Breathwork and rituals. At the end hopefully one will achieve an expanded and better understanding of the everyday. Lectures by Christos Daskalakos: Architecture of Movement; Transformation Through Movement. Lectures by Karen Helle Grue: Transformation, Death/Rebirth: fairytales, myths, alchemy, tarot, dreams and Holotropic Breathwork experiences in the light of Stan Grof and Carl Jung; The Shadow and Evil. An analysis of fairytale Vasilisa the Beautiful; The dynamic of Animus and Anima seen through dreams and fairytales East of the sun and West of the Moon, and other fairytales; Individuation seen through dreams, myths, and Andersens fairytale The Traveling Companion.

Click here for the conference application.

Click here for the information on other 2006 Wasiwaska events.

MAPS 20th Anniversary @ Burning Man

Thursday, August 31 2006 - Monday, September 4 2006

On the occasion of both Burning Man's and MAPS' 20th Anniversaries, MAPS will be highly present at this year's Burning Man celebrations, organizing a lecture series and assisting the Rangers in providing psychedelic emergency services.

Consciousness and the Spirits of Nature
Presented by Heart of the Initiate
Bahia, Brazil

September 5, 2006 - October 2, 2006

Heart of the Initiate offers tours to Brazil where we help people make sacred inner journeys through an intensive workshop experience. Our Brazil workshops incorporate shamanic ceremonies using the ancient plant teacher, Ayahuasca.

Facilitators and Staff:

Ralph Miller - Respected facilitator Ralph Miller utilizes the gifts of our Earth Mother to awaken the Truth and Proof of our real selves. His gentle, quieting stillness creates a soothing and safe environment necessary to reach the depth of our inner being.

Warinei Wanare - Step into a tradition where the shaman will lead you to his world of the supernatural. Warinei Wanare will host an interactive ayahuasca experience with drumming, singing, dancing and movement.

For booking and additional information please visit our website at www.heartoftheinitiate.com

Transpersonal Conference 2006: 100 Years of Transpersonal Psychology

September 7-9, 2006
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
1069 East Meadow Circle
Palo Alto, CA 94303

One hundred years ago, William James used the word transpersonal for the first time, in reference to that which transcends the boundaries of the individual self. A century later, the Association for Transpersonal Psychology and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology invite you to our annual professional conference for an exciting end of the summer and a great way to prepare for the fall. The Conference will be held at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, California.

Keynote Speakers: Stanislav Grof, Jeanne Achterberg, Marilyn Schlitz, James Fadiman.

Special Thursday evening opening event: "Honoring Women in Transpersonal Psychology" with Louisa Teisch, Christina Grof, Leslie Gray, Olga Louchakova, Rosemarie Anderson, Judy Schavrien, Kate Wolf-Pizor and others.

Other outstanding presenters include Stanley Krippner, Estelle Frankel, Daniel Benor, Ronald Jue, Frances Vaughan, Brian Wittine, Ruth Cox, Charles Tart, Neil Fiore, Kirk Schneider, David and Cristel Lukoff, Stuart Sovatsky and Sylvia Nakkach.

Topics: transpersonal psychotherapy, therapy, transpersonal approaches to trauma, healing, transpersonal education, entheogens, Kaballah, dreams, expressive arts, women in transpersonal psychology, the contributions of William James, Otto Rank, C. G. Jung, & Baruch Spinoza, experiential workshops at no extra cost, and poster sessions.

Continuing Education units are available.

Go to the Association for Transpersonal Psychology website for conference information, the program of the presenters and topics, and lodging. You can register at the website online, and by fax and mail. Phone: (650) 524-8764.

Ayahuasca Healing Retreats
Bahia, Brazil

October 7 - 14, 2006
November 4 - 14, 2006

Click here for more information

Psychedelic Therapy Beyond "Sitting": A Potential Role for Psychoanalysis with Drug-Induced Ecstatic/Mystical States

New Center for Psychoanalysis
2014 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025

A two-hour workshop on a radical "thought experiment," led by Dan Merkur, Ph.D. What if we could design a psychoanalytic study in which a "subject" and a psychoanalyst worked together while the subject was "high" on a psychedelic drug? What would need to be considered?

Click here for more information.

The First Arab-Israeli Joint Conference on Peace and Drug Policy

Wednesday, October 25 beginning at 11 am
Beit Meirsdorf, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Featuring talks by MAPS President Rick Doblin, Ph.D., and Lester Grinspoon, M.D.

Sponsored by the Ali-Yarok Party.
For more information, visit the Ali-Yarok Party website, or contact chen@ale-yarok.org.il or 054-572-5833

From the conference flyer (translated from Hebrew):
Cannabis is a common denominator between diverse cultures and nations. Israel's residents are a prime example of people in conflict and Jerusalem is at the core of the problem ... and possibly also the solution. The conference will bring together Arabs and Jews alike to delve into the various issues related to the legalization of marijuana and industrial hemp.

Beyond Zero Tolerance Conference

October 25, 2006
Fort Mason Conference Center
San Francisco, CA

This one-day conference offers realistic, pragmatic, and cost-effective strategies for implementing drug education and effective disciplinary practices in secondary schools.To learn more and register, click here.

Ed Rosenthal's 2nd Annual Wonders of Cannabis festival

Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
October 28-29, 11am-7pm

A benefit for the Cannabis Action Network (CAN) and Green Aid.
For more information and to purchase advance tickets, click here.

MAPS staffers Jag Davies and Julia Onnie-Hay will be hosting a MAPS information booth and will each speak briefly about MAPS' medical marijuana research initiatives.

Ayahuasca Healing Retreats
Bahia, Brazil

November 4 - 14, 2006

Click here for more information

Experience ayahuasca ceremonies in a beautiful and relaxing environment by the ocean, in Bahia, Brazil. Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced programs available, including ceremonies with Salvia divinorum and siline capensis (dream inducing herb). Lucid dreaming, remote viewing and similar psychic modalities are also featured in some of our programs.

6th National Harm Reduction Conference
Drug User Health: The Politics and the Personal

November 9 - 12, 2006
Marriott Oakland City Center Hotel
Oakland, CA

Click here for more information

Featuring MAPS staffers Valerie Mojeiko, Julia Onnie-Hay, and Jag Davies. They will each present as part of the panel, "Psychedelic Harm Reduction: Coordinating Services, Techniques, and Education," and Davies will also be presenting "The Political Obstruction of Marijuana Vaporization and Medical Marijuana Research."

Harm Reduction Coalition
22 West 27th Street, 5th Fl
New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-213-6376
Fax: 212-213-6582
www.harmreduction.org

Just Say Know: The SSDP 2006 International Conference

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C.
November 17-19

Click here for the conference website.

Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and society as a whole. SSDP mobilizes and empowers young people to participate in the political process, pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while fighting back against counterproductive Drug War policies, particularly those that directly harm students and youth.

Hallucinogens and Ecstasy: Harms, Possibilities and Research
Oslo, Norway

Harvard researcher John Halpern, M.D., will be presenting this seminar. MAPS members will receive an discount on the registration fee, and all profits from the seminar will be devoted to psychedelic research.

To learn more and to register, click here.

This seminar has been approved by the Norwegian Psychological Association (NPF: Norsk Psykologforening). The organizers have also applied for approval from the Norwegian Medical Association (Den Norske Lgeforening: Dnlf), The Norwegian Nurses Council (Norsk sykepleierforbund: NSF) and the joint association of social educators, child welfare specialists and social workers (Fellesorganisasjonen for vernepleiere, barnevernpedagoger og sosionomer: FO).

Sacred Vine of Spirits and Sacred Mushroom of Visions
A talk by Ralph Metzner, Ph.D.

November 21, 2006 at the Randall Museum
hosted by the Mycological Society of San Francisco

Click here for more information

Ayahuasca and the psilocybe mushrooms are two shamanic entheogens that have entered underground, like illegal immigrants, into Western societies in the late 20th century. Their use has spread, vine-like and mycelium-like, through the psychedelic subculture of individuals and groups interested in consciousness expansion, psychospiritual healing and growth, and the restoration of a more direct relationship with thesacred dimensions of the natural world.

Dr. Metzner will present the findings regarding these two mind assisting medicines, and how they relate to psychotherapy, shamanic journey practices and alchemical divination. He is a psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also the author of The Well of Remembrance, The Unfolding Self, and Green Psychology. He has developed a training program in Alchemical Divination processes for accessing intuitive knowledge for healing and guidance.

Mycological Society of San Francisco
c/o The Randall Museum
199 Museum Way
San Francisco, CA 94114
ph: (866) 807-7148
www.mssf.org

Tom Roberts Speaking at Transistions Bookplace in Chicago

November 28, 2006

Tuesday at 7 pm
Chicago, Illinois

Transitions Bookplace Website

"Can we go beyond discovering, describing and domesticating "mindbody" states as they now exist, and start designing new states?" In Tom Robert's new book Psychedelic Horizons he answers "Yes, we can!" But only if we embark on a new kind of scientific endeavor, exploiting and embracing the potential benifits of psychedelics for humanity. This book has a forward by Roger Walsh, MD, PHD.

Transitions Bookplace

1000 W. North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
ph: (312) 951-READ
www.transitionsbookplace.com

Entheon: ABUNDANCE

Cultural Re:Evolution

www.entheonvillage.com
for tickets & full event information

Saturday December 9, 2006 9pm-6am
Heir Gallery - 4115 S. State St. - Chicago IL 60609

Theme: To bring in the holiday spirit of ABUNDANCE, we are encouraging all that attend to dress up in their best and most creative WHITE! outfits.
Yep it's a White Party!!

18+ to enter 21+ to drinks Cash Bar ID is required to enter event!

Full event information, past Entheon event photos, video and music clips visit www.entheonvillage.com

The Line-Up

AUDIO
Edit vs Ooah [live] (Glitch Mob) Los Angeles
Rena Jones [live] (Native State Records) Portland
Shen [live] (Native State Records / GSC) Toronto
Noah Pred (Metapath / Sentient Sound) Toronto
Phidelity (Oracle Gatherings) Portland
Daniel Mnookin (Siteholder Records) Chicago
Brad Miner [live] (Illmeasures) Chicago
S.O.T. (Chilluminati / Divine Balance) Chicago
Kaiser Soze (Chilluminati / Divine Balance) Chicago
Brill [live] (Entheon) Chicago
Damon (Chillumafia) Chicago
Miss Levi (Entheon) Chicago
Sasha Navarro (Playco) Chicago
Mark Ersfeld (Entheon) Chicago

MC- Goodfelllow - Lucid Wordsmith

VISUALS: Live video performance artists and interactive video installations curated by Psymbolic and the Chicago Motion Graphics Festival :

StopTime341
OVT / M1 Interactive
Merkaba Visuals
MF Chicago
VJ Mason Dixon
Shudder

LIVE PAINTING
Robert Venosa
Martina Hoffmann
J Garcia
Oliver Vernon
Kris D
Mark Hensen
Roman Villagrana

PERFORMANCES
SPUNN - Kinetic Fire
Pyrotechniq - Urban. Fire. Mafia.
John Sacelli - AngLynx Divination
Opening/Closing Ceremonies: Niema & Aquarius

INSTALLATIONS
The Gallery: IAMU - Interdimensional Art Movement Unified
The Lighting: Magic Lasers & Mero Productions
Main Room Sound: Function 1 by Sound Investment
Deco: Kevin Loftus - Pulsating Visions on Fabric
Deco: Venus Envy Studios - Dramatic Visual Environments
Deco: Patrick "Alobar" Jones - EntheoAbstract Art & Décor
Earthen Sculpturing: Chi Cob Co
Crystal Energetic Grid: AtlPsy
Intentional Altars: Niema, Aquarius, Yahazim

YUMMY TREATS
Amazing Starr Bar - Tantalizing Elixirs & Concoctions
Vegan Sustenance
Dulcenea Angel Water

TRIBAL VISIONARY MARKET
IAMU-Interdimensional Art Movement Unified
MAPS- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Entheon Village
Psymbolic Shop
Conscious Alliance
Dreamers Jewelry
And all live painters present at ABUNDANCE will have artwork & literature on sale

Visionary Art Gallery Exhibition and Auction
Sunday, December 10, 6p.m – 9p.m.
Dulcenea - 1431 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago

The world's largest traveling visionary art exhibition featuring work by Robert Venosa, Martina Hoffmann, Oliver Vernon, J Garcia, Kris Davidson, Roman Villagrana, Mark Hensen and many others. Original works from each artist available during silent auction: doors open at 6 p.m., auction close at 8:30 p.m. Solo Cello set by Rena Jones and Dominic Johnson, beverages and light food provided.
Robert Venosa will signing his book Illuminatus

THE LOGISTICAL DETAILS For Saturday December 9th

Tickets:
Pre-Sale Tickets are $20 available at entheon village website. $25 at the door if you bring 5 items of non-perishable food or a toy that will fit into a box
In the spirit of Abundance non-perishable food and toys will be donated to Conscious Alliance www.consciousalliance.org
$75 Event Sponsor includes exclusive area, free drinks, food voucher, and Entheon T-Shirt

Directions:
Heir Gallery is located at 4115 S. State St. Chicago IL 60609
Mapquest
Carpooling is high suggested

Driving:

From Lakeshore drive:
Take Pershing Rd exit and go west.
At State St. go left or south
To 4115 S. State

From 90/94:
Take Pershing Rd Exit and go east
At State St. go left or south
To 4115 S. State St.

Public Transportation:
Train: Green Line south to Indiana
** the green line does not run from 12:30am to 6am on Sunday morning.

Bus: #29 State Street South to 4115 S. State

The Final Details
Entheon: ABUNDANCE
Cultural Re:Evolution
Saturday December 9, 2006
9-6am

Purchase tickets at www.entheonvillage.com

18+ to enter
21+ to drink
ID is required!
This is an ALL CASH event, so please plan accordingly.

Flyer Created byPhidelity.com
Tickets by Psymbolic.com
Visit our myspace profile at: www.myspace.com/culturalreevolution

if there are any questions please email: entheonvillage

Increasing Spiritual Intelligence: Chemical Input, Religious Output
Hosted by the Theosophical Society in America

December 14, 2006
Thursday at 7:30 pm
Chicago, Illinois

The Theosophical Society in America's National Events Webpage

The spiritual uses of psychedelics can, under special circumstances, lead to spiritual understanding, primary religious experience, and higher levels of social responsibility. From the rites at Eleusis in ancient Greece, to soma in Vedic religions, to 20th century religious explorations, does the religious use of psychoactive drugs offer direct experience of the sacred and open doors to the spiritual aspects of human nature? Dr. Roberts claims "yes." Tom Roberts, PhD, has just retired from Northern Illinois University as a full professor in the College of Education, where he taught the course Psychedelic Mindview for 25 years. This quarter he is a visiting research professor at Johns Hopkins University, Department of Psychiatry. He edited Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion and is the author of Psychedelic Horizons(2006). Bruce Sewick, MA, LCPC, is a Clinical Supervisor at a community mental health center and an adjunct professor at the College of DuPage, Triton, and Wright Community Colleges. He seeks to share a better understanding of the spiritual and therapeutic potential of entheogens.
$8 guests $6 members

The National Center of the Theosophical Society in America
1926 North Main Street
Wheaton, IL
phone: 630-668-1571;
fax: 630-668-4976;
e-mail: olcott@theosophical.org
www.theosophical.org