Psychoactive Cinema is an exploration of experimental film, guided by the twin lights of entheogenic awakening and yogic-meditative transformation. In this installment, we appreciate the work of cinematic necromancer Bill Morrison.
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A dangerous outbreak is spreading quickly. Here’s what you need to know.
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Let’s take a trip—way, way back to April 2019—and revisit Doc Kelley’s appearance on the Dead to Me podcast. Doc and DTM host Casey Rae take a deep dive into the “many real world connections” between Buddhism and the Grateful Dead.
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“Though psychedelics have the potential to catalyze so-called mystical experiences, these are still marked by a subtle sense of self and time, and thus one may still be attached to these experiences. The self experiences that they are one with the world, thus this apparent unity has an observer.”
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Psychoactive Cinema is an exploration of experimental film, guided by the twin lights of entheogenic awakening and yogic-meditative transformation. In this installment, we appreciate the work of three visionary animators: Harry Smith, James Whitney, and Jordan Belson.
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Psychoactive Cinema is an exploration of experimental film, guided by the twin lights of entheogenic awakening and meditative transformation. In this installment, we check out Larry Jordan’s psychedelic documentary, The Sacred Art of Tibet.
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It’s Halloween, so why not, let’s talk karmic retribution. Let’s talk about Buddhist Hell, as depicted in the trippy cult classic, Jigoku.
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“Simply put, the Hindu god Siva is the apotheosis of a psilocin-rich psychedelic mushroom, probably Ps. cubensis.”
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“What happens when you open the door and don’t shut it tightly behind you? Here is where the real controversy begins … Indeed, psychedelic spirituality may well be the only real heresy in American Buddhism (except for maybe voting Republican).”
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“I find psychedelics offer a direct experience of that which the sutras and tantras speak of. Without psychedelics, these states are likely to be merely names and concepts on a printed page without any living correlate—words that may be intellectualized or entirely misconstrued.”
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In order to take part in this study you must be at least 18 years old. Also, you should have some interest in and/or involvement with Buddhism, and have had at least one unusual, anomalous, or paranormal experience you would like to share.
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“As a person and author, I see all these aspects of my life—Buddhism, psychedelics, sexuality, substance (mis-)use, mental health, learning difference—as parts of a whole.”
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Composed sometime around the third century C.E., The Supreme Array Scripture (Sanskrit: Gandavyuha Sutra) is one of the most psychedelic Mahayana sutras ever composed by Buddhists.
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