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Krishna
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i just got an email from rick strassman!
#10327165 - 05/12/09 01:04 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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i sent him a note about doing research at the cottonwood research foundation and got a reply back within an hour!
unfortunately they are pretty much dormant while he works on his new book, but nonetheless, it's cool that he responded
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FunkadelicFlash
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Re: i just got an email from rick strassman! [Re: Krishna]
#10327192 - 05/12/09 01:11 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wow! I'm jealous, for sure! I thoroughly enjoyed spirit molecule, and I can't wait to see what they do with the movie!
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badchad
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Re: i just got an email from rick strassman! [Re: FunkadelicFlash]
#10327204 - 05/12/09 01:14 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, it is difficult to find research-related positions at the moment.
His foundation faces the same lack of funding issues as other academic institutions.
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mushappy
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Re: i just got an email from rick strassman! [Re: Krishna]
#10327238 - 05/12/09 01:23 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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I received an email from him a few days ago. I just wrote that I enjoyed his book DMT The Spirit Molecule, and appreciated all his work in getting the required permits to perform human trials. He responded quickly with a short thank you.
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Krishna
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Re: i just got an email from rick strassman! [Re: mushappy]
#10327253 - 05/12/09 01:26 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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he's working on a new book about prophets that sounds interesting.
from his website
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Inner Traditions/Bear & Company, which published "The Spirit Molecule," and "Inner Paths," has agreed to publish my new book, tentatively entitled: "The Soul of Prophecy - What it Is, How it Works, and Why It's our Birthright." This book will be a stretch for some of of the readers of my previous books, as it will deal with material from the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible, that brings up a lot of painful cultural and personal history. Nevertheless, I believe that Westernizing the spiritual perspective wrought by psychedelics is timely, and that the Old Testament conception of prophecy is as relevant to the psychedelic experience as is the Buddhist or shamanic. I acknowledge the resistance brought on by considering the Old Testament a relevant sacred text. Therefore, I devote substantial effort in describing my personal and philosophical reasons for taking this approach. In this model "prophecy" isn't foretelling the future; rather, it is the highest state attainable within a Western spiritual perspective. Thus, it is the logical (for me anyway!) development in my thinking about the role of endogenous DMT in human consciousness and evolution. One of the good things about signing a book contract is that I now have a deadline. This is mid-February, by which time a completed manuscript should be on the publisher's desk. I welcome questions and feedback regarding this idea.
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Wapakz
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Re: i just got an email from rick strassman! [Re: Krishna]
#10327288 - 05/12/09 01:32 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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That's awesome.
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deathbydefault
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Re: i just got an email from rick strassman! [Re: Wapakz]
#10327383 - 05/12/09 01:54 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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just received his new book through amazon, seems pretty good so far!
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notapillow
I want to be a fisherman
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Re: i just got an email from rick strassman! [Re: deathbydefault]
#10327490 - 05/12/09 02:12 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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fakin illuminati chemistz
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