Wednesday 29 August 2012

Terence McKenna & Riane Eisler ~ Man & Woman At The End Of History (1988)



Terence McKenna & Riane Tennenhaus Eisler 
Man And Woman At The End Of History. Ojai CA, Mill Valley CA. (1988)

This seminar examined how one of the most fundamental human relationships, that between male and female, shapes our relationship to technology and ultimately to culture and nature. We looked at the forms of relationship between women and men in the shift from a society based on domination to one based on partnership. This is an exploration of how feminism, technology and the telling of a new story will contribute to rescuing us from history. Riane Eisler is best known for her scholarily authoring of her formidable book, "Chalice and the Blade." 

Note: This recording comes from a serialization on Roy of Hollywood's show on KPFK. It ends with Terence cut short mid sentence.


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Terence McKenna & Ralph Metzner ~ Shamanism: Before And Beyond History (1988)



Terence McKenna & Ralph Metzner: 
Shamanism: Before and Beyond History - A Weekend at Ojai (1988)

Deep sessions in a natural setting. The whole workshop: Metzner tells the ancient story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, and his aspirations in the Gaia arena while dialoguing with shamanologically wired McKenna. 

Note: Taken from MP3 files that have been doing the rounds on the internet for years. Where cuts and edits happen are where the original tapes/files ended.


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Terence McKenna: #005: The Voynich Manuscript (Mill Valley, April 1983)



Terence McKenna
The Voynich Manuscript (April 1983)
Dolphin Tapes, Berkeley CA; Big Sur CA.
ISBN: 0-937727-07-5

#005 The Paul Herbert Collection

The fifth tape of Terence McKenna from the Paul Herbert Collection. These will be uploaded here in chronological order as they are aired on The Psychedelic Salon Podcast. These recordings have been digitized from Paul's original cassettes by Lorenzo Hagerty, some are already featured on this channel and may differ in length and quality, these being professional recordings.

Where possible images of the original cassette will be featured with these uploads and all videos will be in a new playlist, The Paul Herbert Collection.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF5F01522514F0614

The Psychedelic Salon Podcast
http://www.matrixmasters.net/salon/?p=600


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Terence McKenna: #004: The Definitive UFO Tape (Mill Valley, April 1983)



Terence McKenna
The Definitive UFO Tape (April 1983)
Dolphin Tapes, Berkeley CA; Big Sur CA.
ISBN: 0-937727-08-3

#004 The Paul Herbert Collection

The fourth tape of Terence McKenna from the Paul Herbert Collection. These will be uploaded here in chronological order as they are aired on The Psychedelic Salon Podcast. These recordings have been digitized from Paul's original cassettes by Lorenzo Hagerty, some are already featured on this channel and may differ in length and quality, these being professional recordings.

Where possible images of the original cassette will be featured with these uploads and all videos will be in a new playlist, The Paul Herbert Collection.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF5F01522514F0614

The Psychedelic Salon Podcast
http://www.matrixmasters.net/salon/?p=600


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Terence McKenna: #003: Tryptamine Hallucinogens & Consciousness (Esalen, December 1982)



Terence McKenna
Tryptamine Hallucinogens & Consciousness (December 1982)
Dolphin Tapes, Berkeley CA; Big Sur CA
ISBN: 0-937727-04-0
Presented: Esalen Institute, Big Sur CA

#003 The Paul Herbert Collection

The third tape of Terence McKenna from the Paul Herbert Collection. These will be uploaded here in chronological order as they are aired on The Psychedelic Salon Podcast. These recordings have been digitized from Paul's original cassettes by Lorenzo Hagerty, some are already featured on this channel and may differ in length and quality, these being professional recordings.

Where possible images of the original cassette will be featured with these uploads and all videos will be in a new playlist, The Paul Herbert Collection.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF5F01522514F0614

The Psychedelic Salon Podcast

http://www.matrixmasters.net/salon/?p=600

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Terence McKenna: #002: Psilocybin & The Sands Of Time (SEN Interview, 1982)



Terence McKenna
Psilocybin & The Sands Of Time (December, 1982)
SEN Interview,
Dolphin Tapes, Berkeley CA; Big Sur CA.
ISBN: 0937727059.
Presented: Esalen Institute, Big Sur CA. 

#002 The Paul Herbert Collection

The second tape of Terence McKenna from the Paul Herbert Collection. These will be uploaded here in chronological order as they are aired on The Psychedelic Salon Podcast. These recordings have been digitized from Paul's original cassettes by Lorenzo Hagerty, some are already featured on this channel and may differ in length and quality, these being professional recordings.

Where possible images of the original cassette will be featured with these uploads and all videos will be in a new playlist, The Paul Herbert Collection.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF5F01522514F0614

The Psychedelic Salon Podcast
http://www.matrixmasters.net/salon/?p=600


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Terence McKenna: #001: New & Old Maps Of Hyperspace (ISC Lecture, Berkeley, 1982)



Terence McKenna
New & Old Maps Of Hyperspace (November, 1982)
Dolphin Tapes, Berkeley CA; Big Sur CA.
ISBN: 0937727032.
Presented: Institute for the Study of Consciousness, Berkeley CA.

#001 The Paul Herbert Collection

The first and earliest recording of Terence McKenna from the Paul Herbert Collection. These will be uploaded here in chronological order as they are aired on The Psychedelic Salon Podcast. These recordings have been digitized from Paul's original cassettes by Lorenzo Hagerty, some are already featured on this channel and may differ in length and quality, these being professional recordings.

Where possible images of the original cassette will be featured with these uploads and all videos will be in a new playlist, The Paul Herbert Collection.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF5F01522514F0614

The Psychedelic Salon Podcast
http://www.matrixmasters.net/salon/?p=597



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Terence McKenna: Language About The Unspeakable ~ Part 6/6



Raving In The Light Of The Third Millennium
Language About The Unspeakable
Maui, Hawaii, February 1994


Firstly, many thanks to Kevin Esbensen for making this upload possible. Kevin had a VHS copy from the original event (Recorded by AXIOM, I can't find them on the net and these recordings seem to be no longer available, I will gladly remove them upon request) which he then converted to DVD and kindly sent copies to me at his own expense to be shared with the community here. I'm very grateful to be able to present this for you on Kevin's behalf.


This talk has only appeared in audio format as far as I know on The Psychedelic Salon as, "In Praise Of Psychedelics" and here as, "Speaking The Unspeakable". As a host of a channel that archives McKenna material it's a great pleasure to be able to bring you something new (to the web) that may have been lost to time if not for the foresight and generosity of Mr. Esbensen, thank you Kevin.


~blimp


Kevin Esbensen
http://www.youtube.com/user/kaiagavin


Divine Nation (Salvia Divinorum)
http://www.facebook.com/salviadivinenation


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Terence McKenna: Language About The Unspeakable ~ Part 5/6


Raving In The Light Of The Third Millennium
Language About The Unspeakable
Maui, Hawaii, February 1994


Firstly, many thanks to Kevin Esbensen for making this upload possible. Kevin had a VHS copy from the original event (Recorded by AXIOM, I can't find them on the net and these recordings seem to be no longer available, I will gladly remove them upon request) which he then converted to DVD and kindly sent copies to me at his own expense to be shared with the community here. I'm very grateful to be able to present this for you on Kevin's behalf.


This talk has only appeared in audio format as far as I know on The Psychedelic Salon as, "In Praise Of Psychedelics" and here as, "Speaking The Unspeakable". As a host of a channel that archives McKenna material it's a great pleasure to be able to bring you something new (to the web) that may have been lost to time if not for the foresight and generosity of Mr. Esbensen, thank you Kevin.


~blimp


Kevin Esbensen
http://www.youtube.com/user/kaiagavin


Divine Nation (Salvia Divinorum)
http://www.facebook.com/salviadivinenation


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Terence McKenna: Language About The Unspeakable ~ Part 4/6



Raving In The Light Of The Third Millennium
Language About The Unspeakable
Maui, Hawaii, February 1994


Firstly, many thanks to Kevin Esbensen for making this upload possible. Kevin had a VHS copy from the original event (Recorded by AXIOM, I can't find them on the net and these recordings seem to be no longer available, I will gladly remove them upon request) which he then converted to DVD and kindly sent copies to me at his own expense to be shared with the community here. I'm very grateful to be able to present this for you on Kevin's behalf.


This talk has only appeared in audio format as far as I know on The Psychedelic Salon as, "In Praise Of Psychedelics" and here as, "Speaking The Unspeakable". As a host of a channel that archives McKenna material it's a great pleasure to be able to bring you something new (to the web) that may have been lost to time if not for the foresight and generosity of Mr. Esbensen, thank you Kevin.


~blimp


Kevin Esbensen
http://www.youtube.com/user/kaiagavin


Divine Nation (Salvia Divinorum)
http://www.facebook.com/salviadivinenation


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Terence McKenna: Language About The Unspeakable ~ Part 3/6



Raving In The Light Of The Third Millennium
Language About The Unspeakable
Maui, Hawaii, February 1994


Firstly, many thanks to Kevin Esbensen for making this upload possible. Kevin had a VHS copy from the original event (Recorded by AXIOM, I can't find them on the net and these recordings seem to be no longer available, I will gladly remove them upon request) which he then converted to DVD and kindly sent copies to me at his own expense to be shared with the community here. I'm very grateful to be able to present this for you on Kevin's behalf.


This talk has only appeared in audio format as far as I know on The Psychedelic Salon as, "In Praise Of Psychedelics" and here as, "Speaking The Unspeakable". As a host of a channel that archives McKenna material it's a great pleasure to be able to bring you something new (to the web) that may have been lost to time if not for the foresight and generosity of Mr. Esbensen, thank you Kevin.


~blimp


Kevin Esbensen
http://www.youtube.com/user/kaiagavin


Divine Nation (Salvia Divinorum)
http://www.facebook.com/salviadivinenation


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Thursday 19 July 2012

McKenna Forum... Find The Others



Find the others in hyperspace.


http://mckennaforum.com/

Terence McKenna: Language About The Unspeakable ~ Part 2/6




Raving In The Light Of The Third Millennium
Language About The Unspeakable
Maui, Hawaii, February 1994


Firstly, many thanks to Kevin Esbensen for making this upload possible. Kevin had a VHS copy from the original event (Recorded by AXIOM, I can't find them on the net and these recordings seem to be no longer available, I will gladly remove them upon request) which he then converted to DVD and kindly sent copies to me at his own expense to be shared with the community here. I'm very grateful to be able to present this for you on Kevin's behalf.


This talk has only appeared in audio format as far as I know on The Psychedelic Salon as, "In Praise Of Psychedelics" and here as, "Speaking The Unspeakable". As a host of a channel that archives McKenna material it's a great pleasure to be able to bring you something new (to the web) that may have been lost to time if not for the foresight and generosity of Mr. Esbensen, thank you Kevin.


~blimp


Kevin Esbensen
http://www.youtube.com/user/kaiagavin


Divine Nation (Salvia Divinorum)
http://www.facebook.com/salviadivinenation


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Sunday 15 July 2012

Terence McKenna: Language About The Unspeakable ~ Part 1/6




Raving In The Light Of The Third Millennium
Language About The Unspeakable
Maui, Hawaii, February 1994


Firstly, many thanks to Kevin Esbensen for making this upload possible. Kevin had a VHS copy from the original event (Recorded by AXIOM, I can't find them on the net and these recordings seem to be no longer available, I will gladly remove them upon request) which he then converted to DVD and kindly sent copies to me, at his own expense to be shared with the community here. I'm very grateful to be able to present this for you on Kevin's behalf.


This talk has only appeared in audio format as far as I know on The Psychedelic Salon as, "In Praise Of Psychedelics" and here as, "Speaking The Unspeakable". As a host of a channel that archives McKenna material it's a great pleasure to be able to bring you something new (to the web) that may have been lost to time if not for the foresight and generosity of Mr. Esbensen, thank you Kevin.


~blimp


Kevin Esbensen
http://www.youtube.com/user/kaiagavin


Divine Nation (Salvia Divinorum)
http://www.facebook.com/salviadivinenation


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Thursday 5 July 2012

A Deep Dive Into The Mind Of McKenna




This Episode of The Psychedelic Salon Podcast is a must hear for any student of McKenna or casual listener alike. There are some home truths and insights into Terence that will come as a surprise to many and has made me begin listening to these talks again with this information and light shone on McKenna the person, for me it makes him all the more human, conflicted and complex a character... one of us.


Lorenzo ends the podcast with the great news that more tapes (over 160!) will be digitized and aired on The Psychedelic Salon in the coming months, so get yourselves over there and support the Podcast.


Much love, thanks and respect to Lorenzo, Bruce, Dennis and Kat for sharing this with us.
~blimp




This program is a recording of part of a live event at the Esalen Institute near Big Sur, California. The workshop, titled "Terence McKenna: Beyond 2012", was led by Bruce Damer and Lorenzo Hagerty. This specific recording took place on Saturday morning, June 16th and consists of Bruce's "deep dive" into the mind of McKenna. It begins with Bruce's "Ode to Terence" and is followed by Bruce's readings of parts of the soon-to-be published book by Terence's brother, Dennis . . . the book's title: "Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss".
The Psychedelic Salon Podcast


Lorenzo Hagerty
http://lorenzohagerty.com/


Bruce Damer
http://www.damer.com/


Dennis McKenna
The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

Friday 29 June 2012

The Village is the Village, the Land is the Land, the Suicide of the Spaceman and Other Stories (1996)


I've been digging for a copy of this or any information regarding it since a friend (Andrew. G) told me about it in the late 90's and I fell in love with the title. I've also seen the title translated as, "The Village...the Village...the Earth...the Earth, and the Suicide of the Astronaut." It is a children's book by Muammar Gaddafi that from what I can glean takes a sarcastic swipe at Western history. This PDF is in Arabic and was uploaded online last year. Gaddafi would have been 70 this month (according to some sources, it's vague, some say Spring others September). I was excited just to see it and the illustrations until I can get it translated. Due to the lack of information I've been able to find on it (There's less on the net than there was 5 years ago) if not an occult book it's certainly hidden.



Monday 4 June 2012

Terence McKenna: Speaking The Unspeakable


Lecture given by Terence McKenna in early 1994 on the Hawaiian island of Maui.


"Anyone who loves adventure, and who loves life, and who loves the experience of being, has an obligation, I think, to explore this [the psychedelic realm]. It's as much a part of your identity as your sexuality, your ancestral history, or your hopes and fears. And to ignore it is to choose to play with less than a full deck. Don't do that. Play with a full deck!"


"Millions of people right now are being warehoused by television. Television is the heroin of the electrified middle class."


"It's ridiculous to criticize a drug you haven't taken. It's sheer, boneheaded, know-nothingism."




Originally aired on The Psychedelic Salon Podcast

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Terence McKenna: Introduction To The Valley Of Novelty Workshop


A talk given over a weekend in summer 1998. Where questions from the audience are inaudible, they have been cut out leaving a pause before Terence answers.


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Full Workshop can be heard here.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011)


Toynbee tiles are linoleum tiles of unknown origin found embedded in the asphalt of streets in about two dozen major cities in the United States and four South American capitals. Since the 1980s, several hundred tiles have been discovered. They are generally about the size of an American license plate and contain some variation on the following inscription:

TOYNBEE IDEA
IN KUBRICK'S 2001
RESURRECT DEAD
ON PLANET JUPITER.


In the course of the film, evidence is presented that a reclusive Philadelphia resident, Severino “Sevy” Verna, placed the tiles through a hole in the floor of his car while broadcasting a message via short wave radio about his theories. ~ wiki



Monday 23 April 2012

Manual Of Evasion LX94


Manual Of Evasion LX94: Edgar Pêra's Dadaist film about Time.
Starring Terence McKenna, Robert Anton Wilson & Rudy Rucker.




Tuesday 3 April 2012

Terence McKenna: Dreaming Awake At The End Of Time (1998)



Dreaming Awake At The End Of Time
San Francisco, December 13, 1998

Join Terence McKenna, author, explorer and philosopher for a think along deconstruction of the deepening worldwide weirdness. With his characteristic hope and humor, McKenna examined time and its mysteries, the nature of language, the techniques of ecstasy, high technology and virtual cyberspace, the role of hallucinogenic plants in shamanism and the evolution of human cultures, and the foundations of post-modern spirituality. The lecture and discussion was didactic, syncretic, challenging, eclectic, eidetic and irreverent intellectual adventure - "for those who have grown weary of Moldevite suppositories and unicorny flimflam!




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Friday 30 March 2012

Peter J. Carroll: Liber Null (1978) Psychonaut (1982) (published 1987)



Peter J. Carroll is a leading figure within the Chaos Magic movement. Along with "The New Equinox" publisher and writer Ray Sherwin, Carroll is widely considered to be the originator of Chaos Magic as an independent field of occult exploration. 

A meeting between Peter J. Carroll and Ray Sherwin in Deptford in 1976 has been claimed as the birthplace of chaos magic, and in 1978 Carroll and Sherwin founded the Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT), a chaos magic organization. Liber Null (1978) by Peter J. Carroll further developed this new, experimental perspective on magic. This book and Carroll's Psychonaut (1981) remain important sources.


Tuesday 27 March 2012

Hazelwood Trialogue: Part 5 - Angels, Entities And The Heavens (Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham)



Hazelwood Trialogue: Part 5 ~ Angels, Entities And The Heavens

Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham

Disincarnate entities and their messages. Their concern with the development of language. Angels as the guardians and intelligences of the natural world. Recovering a sense of the life of the universe. Recovering the link between heaven as a state of being and the actual sky. The Islamic conception of paradise. Heaven as a world without physics. Eternity and the DMT state. The need to resacralize the sky. The Merkaba mystics. The Polynesian notion of heaven. The physical collapse of the universe. Could there be negative entities located in the heavens? Black holes, quasars and galactic centres. The redemption of the world soul through the physical healing of the earth. A ritual invocation of the world soul. The soul can be conceived of in terms of fields. The noosphere. Field models for the world soul.



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Hazelwood Trialogue: Part 4 - Fractals (Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham)



Hazelwood Trialogue: Part 4 ~ Fractals

Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham

Hazelwood, Devon, England, June 1993
Ralph tells a fractal story and explains how fractal models can illuminate our understanding of the world. Applying fractals to individual psychology.. The need for chaos and disorder in the personality. Multiple personality 'dischaos'. A 'sandy beach' model of the mind. Therapeutic strategies to increase chaos. The need to restore pantheism. A mathematical model for monogamy. Order and chaos must be balanced. Multiple attractors at the end of time. A polytheistic psychology. The unity within polytheistic systems.. Cultures and individuals need fractal rather than rigid boundaries. A fractal cosmos.

The mystery of the Holy Trinity. The loss of unity through rigid boundaries. How can we fractalize our boundaries and create unity? Psychedelics, meditation, travel, tantra and chanting. Returning to the pre-verbal mode of expression. What about people whose boundaries are too low already? The cure to boundary anxiety can be found within. Is there any culture that has managed to avoid 'dischaos'? Questions and answers: The Aristotelian perspective of modern science needs to be balanced by the Platonic. Maths anxiety. Chaos is a kind of order and vice versa. Jung's deconstruction of Yahweh. The sacred trinity of the goddess. Recovering the aboriginal state of consciousness. Cultural taboos.



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Friday 23 March 2012

Aleister Crowley - Magic Without Tears (1954)


Magick Without Tears, a series of letters, was the last book written by English occultist Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), although it was not published until after his death. It was written in the mid-1940s and published in 1954 with a forward by its editor, Karl Germer. 

The book consists of 80 letters to various students of magick. Originally to be titled Aleister Explains Everything, the letters offer his insights into both magick and Thelema ~ Crowley's religious and ethical system ~ with a clarity and wit often absent in his earlier writings. The individual topics are widely varied, addressing the orders O.T.O. and A∴A∴, Qabalah, Thelemic morality, Yoga, astrology, various magical techniques, religion, death, spiritual visions, the Holy Guardian Angel, and other issues such as marriage, property, certainty, and meanness. The book is considered by many as evidence that Crowley remained lucid and mentally capable at the end of his life, despite his addiction to heroin.


Wednesday 21 March 2012

Luigi Serafini: Codex Seraphinianus (Abbeville Press Edition, 1983)


Codex Seraphinianus, originally published in 1981, is an illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, created by the Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini during thirty months, from 1976 to 1978.

It has been compared to the Voynich Manuscript, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", and the works of M.C. Escher and Hieronymus Bosch, it also brings to mind the technical drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci.



Monday 19 March 2012

Robert Anton Wilson: Prophets Conference, Palm Springs (December, 2000)



December 16, 2000, Palm Springs, CA. Speaking at the Prophets Conference ~ Palm Springs (number 8) held at the Marquis Resort Conference Center. Recorded by Steven Pratt using a portable minidisc recorder.

More information here:
http://www.myspace.com/rawmemorial/blog/538046145 



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Hazelwood Trialogue: Part 3 - Time (Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham)



Hazelwood Trialogue: Part 3 ~ Time

Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham

Hazelwood, Devon, England, June 1993 

Changing the way we look at time. Orthodoxy's teachings about time. Apocalyptic intuitions from psychoactive plants. Complexity and novelty in the universe. Terence's attempts to construct a new temporal cosmology. Is the universe being pulled and shaped by a transcendental attractor? Is our planetary crisis really some kind of birth? Using dream, yoga and psychedelics to glimpse the transcendental attractor. Myths of time and their differing impact upon cultures. Life as a strategy for the conquest of dimensionality, including the conquest of time. Metamorphosis and boundary dissolution. Does Terence's vision concern the transformation of this planet or of the entire universe?

Vacuum fluctuations and the potential disappearance of the material universe. 2012 and the timetable of Terence's Novelty theory. The role of entheogens in the preparation for the future. A cosmic initiation ritual. Questions and answers: A geometric theory of spirituality. Encouraging the creative and artistic impulse. Neo-archaism and the shamanic art of gaining a familiarity with death. The need to minimise materialism within our society. The need to re-empower our sense of self and community. The 'union of opposites'. History as an alchemical process. 'All time rests within eternity'.



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Saturday 17 March 2012

Robert Anton Wilson: Borders (1989)



Borders (1989)

A philosophical flume ride through the physical, political and moral borders that inhibit the free movement of people and ideas. Mixing commentary, computer graphics, dramatisations, and investigative journalism, "BORDERS" probes the unsettling paradoxes behind immigration, drugs, Star Wars, and other topics.

Staring: Robert Anton Wilson, Michio Kaku, Margaret Randell, Juanita Kreps, Brian Freemantle & Steve Buscemi

Written/Produced/Directed by: Merrill Alidighieri & Joe Tripician

http://artclips.free.fr/dvd.htm



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PS: For some years now I've felt that Steve Buscemi would be a fine candidate to play Terence McKenna if there were ever to be a biopic of his life.