This image represents what I’m calling unity of function: subtopics, congruence & confluence.
You’re looking at an inner and an outer circle (micro- and macrocosm) within and across which harmonious reciprocal exchange occurs. Energy flows along its proper pathways and water in its channels.
I came across this configuration of shapes and duo-directional arrows while [...]
Table of Contents
On-Going Experiments
Stroboscopic Effect
Countering The Puke-Saber
Total Yogic Control of the Nervous System
Biofeedback & Galvanic Skin Response
Universal Self-Actualization
On-Going Experiments
I’ve been continuing my experiments with the Ganzfeld effect, and with techniques to dial-in perceptual states or states of consciousness at will. No new reports or specific experiences to report on today. The conditions of my [...]
I have a feeling, and I may be totally wrong, but I wonder if in “traditional cultures” (however broadly you want to define that) the notion of an “individual identity” even existed. It may be that you were first and foremost a member of your tribe or clan and then your lodge or your family [...]
Our experiences of life are mediated by our nervous systems. Culture further restricts available perceptual experiences by defining, however loosely, an acceptable set of parameters in which a healthy-functioning member may exist without getting ostracized by the group (I believe community is vitally essential to the well-being of individual human animals).
As our bodies grow and [...]
I am officially retiring the old “best of” page from back in the Pop Occulture days. The “Essential Writings” page will hereafter take its place as a toehold into the worlds we’ve explored here together.
For safekeeping though, here is the old goodness:
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Welcome to the Best of Pop Occulture. Collected here are all my favorite [...]
Sometimes it’s nice to be vindicated. In this case, it comes from a BBC article on research at University College London about how the brain uses its “spidey sense” to detect dangerous situations, by matching conditions against past traumatic events.
“Although we may not always be aware of it, the brain tries to ensure our [...]
