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Schwann
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Paperback about tripping with Terence and Dennis McKenna
#25624715 - 11/19/18 07:38 AM (5 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ok some of you may like Terence and some of you may not. That's ok, I don't really mind, except where #fakenews creeps in.
Just thought you should all know that my paperback book, Journey to Everywhere has been published and will be officially launched during a cannabis activism evening in RL which'll be vidcast.
I've never walked my talk as you'll see from a meander through the 25 year trip report. My memories of walking with Terence McKenna and tripping to other lands with Dennis McKenna are fully approved by The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss and should be considered compulsory for those who're foolish enough to try this
The launch of this paperback will take place at a cannabis activism evening but we'll be broadcasting cannabis-positive politicians, lawyers, doctors and professional people for all to see. Bookmark the event and read the book. Somewhere inside there's a map to somewhere from where there's no good reason to return.
Please support independent stoner authors!
Schwann https://www.facebook.com/events/291567141692066/ https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Everywhere-Schwann-Diaries-Kawitzky/dp/0620554738
Edited by Schwann (12/11/18 08:10 AM)
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Thesunbeam
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Re: Book Launch: Paperback about my travels with Terence and Dennis McKenna [Re: Schwann]
#25624795 - 11/19/18 08:30 AM (5 years, 4 months ago) |
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Very cool! Is it going to be a live feed?
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Schwann
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Re: Book Launch: Paperback about my travels with Terence and Dennis McKenna [Re: Thesunbeam]
#25625622 - 11/19/18 03:31 PM (5 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thesunbeam said: Very cool! Is it going to be a live feed?
Yes, it's gonna be crazy. I'll have little or no control over the 'select crowd' because they're all prime maniacs and I'll be wearing a microphone and greeting everyone while trying to keep it all together and actually perform
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Schwann
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Re: Book Launch: Paperback about my travels with Terence and Dennis McKenna [Re: Schwann]
#25648053 - 11/30/18 08:23 AM (5 years, 3 months ago) |
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Press Release:
Cannabis meets cyber-culture
The success of the campaign to decriminalize cannabis in South Africa will be celebrated at an innovative book launch event on 6 December. Stalwarts of the cannabis campaign Gareth Prince, Jeremy Acton and Monica Cromhout will be recognised for their contributions to the struggle for decriminalization at the launch of local writer Mike Kawitzky's book, Journey to Everywhere, which will feature a live online streaming show with the author. Journey to Everywhere is a book that is likely to enrage the anti-drug lobby as it encourages a more enlightened approach to thinking about psychoactive substances. The launch will celebrate cannabis activism because mind-altering substances form an integral part of the book's storyline. Comments Kawitzky, "The decriminalization of cannabis is one step along the path to freeing the potential of human consciousness through the judicious use of psycho-active substances that enhance creativity. The measures towards legalization have come not a moment too soon." Kawitzky is a former columnist for Intelligence magazine and a cyber-guru who has explored online culture in both his writing and practice in internet communications. An early adopter of internet technology, Kawitzky is a pioneer of internet streaming in South Africa and the launch will be streamed on his YouTube channel using a special set for the show. Those who want to view the online launch can do so at https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeKawitzky/live In his book Kawitzky chronicles his adventures on the path to making an innovative movie about human consciousness called Cognition Factor. Mike's alter-ego Schwann takes the reader on a hilarious road-trip across the globe where he encounters many luminaries of science, psychedelia, cyber-culture and spirituality. They include 'magic mushroom' specialists Terrence and Dennis McKenna, the inventor of LSD Albert Hoffman, leading biologist Rupert Sheldrake, visionary artist Alex Grey and other colourful characters. The book documents the evolution of cyber-consciousness via social networking from a uniquely South African viewpoint. Says Kawitzky, "It's a look-see into a world of psychedelics, an experiential romp with sacred madness through a desert of corporate zombification to an oasis beyond insanity." Kawitzky's adventures range from covering solar eclipses and hanging out with the animals in the Kruger National Park to clubbing in Ibiza and attending the LSD Symposium in Basel, Switzerland. Here he met the creator of LSD, Albert Hoffman, as well as blowing the audience out of their seats with the boom of an atomic explosion in his promotional video screening. The book abounds with such quirky escapades as 'Schwann' travels to Europe on a container ship, braves the vicissitudes of uncooperative weather and tropical heat to record solar eclipses and shares cannabis spliffs with his travelling companions as he narrowly escapes death on the road in his V8 Pontiac. Kawitzky left his early career as a 'suit' in the fashion business to become a free-wheeling writer and film maker determined to live outside of the mainstream. As one reviewer wrote, "Journey To Everywhere sheds light on the fascinating untold story of '90s counterculture, the early days of South African internet, M-Web and the cyberpunks who cobbled it all together as they went along. But it does so through a unique lens, one man's quest for enlightenment both spiritual and digital for himself and everyone else. Although Schwann is an everyman in some ways (i.e. he searches for meaning in life; treasures creative freedom) his openness to radical ideas and dedicated follow-through despite an uncertain destination sets him miles apart from most average people." Journey to Everywhere is available from Amazon.com and print copies will be available at book stores throughout South Africa in the near future.
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Schwann
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Shrooms meet cyberculture tonight! [Re: Schwann]
#25660934 - 12/06/18 05:01 AM (5 years, 3 months ago) |
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Due to the authenticity of this event, the live stream goes directly to 'private' when we're done. So you will not be able to view after the event. Please subscribe to the channel to avoid disappointment. Live at 5.30 PM (GMT +2) today Thursday 6th Dec.
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Re: Shrooms meet cyberculture tonight! [Re: Schwann]
#25664652 - 12/07/18 10:53 PM (5 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hey congratulations! I wish you great success and hope the fight to. Freedom becomes a reality. I’m in Canada and am proud we finally legalized cannibis. We have more to do but a hell of a start. Good luck with the book launch! When I click the link it goes to YouTube but just says unresponsive.
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Schwann
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Re: Shrooms meet cyberculture tonight! [Re: SunnyDayze]
#25665414 - 12/08/18 10:33 AM (5 years, 3 months ago) |
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SunnyDayze said: Hey congratulations! I wish you great success and hope the fight to. Freedom becomes a reality. I’m in Canada and am proud we finally legalized cannibis. We have more to do but a hell of a start. Good luck with the book launch! When I click the link it goes to YouTube but just says unresponsive.
Thank you very much bro. Yes, it went very well. All the people came and it was big. The launch movie went to private immediately after. So yeh, that link is only for when I'm live.
A.M.A.
Warmest
Schwann
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