"Among the traditional people, it is understood that spirit medicine and physical medicine are simply different halves of the same whole—like different sides of the same coin. If a warrior is brought into camp with an arrow sticking out of his body, however, that would not be the time to grab the rattle and go into trance. This would be the time to get that arrow out of the wound, staunch the bleeding, prevent infection and promote healing. This would be the time for physical medicine, and all traditional healers kn..."

"It has often been said that the Native Elders of any given tribe hold the keys to knowledge. This statement has never been more clearly confirmed than in the recent interview I had the great privilege to conduct with Zulu “Sanusi” (Shaman) Credo Mutwa, now nearing eighty years of age. Through the efforts and assistance of David Icke, I was able to establish contact with Dr. Johan Joubert, who graciously coordinated with Credo Mutwa, thus allowing the interview to take place by telephone, literally half-way aro..."

"As human beings, we are hardwired to experience ecstasy, epiphany, laughter, and bliss. Little children twirling in the summer sun to experience the altered state of becoming falling-down-dizzy are not very far removed from whirling dervishes seeking spiritual attunement with the harmonious spin of the planet. If the pull upward into ecstasy is mighty, human frailties dictate that the ascent will be an imperfect one, with use sometimes leading to the hell of abuse. The National Institutes of Health put the total co..."

"GT: Greetings Daniel - thanks for taking the time to speak with us. Your book BREAKING OPEN THE HEAD is a journey of discovery into shamanism and the intriguing domain of altered states of consciousness, including those brought about by entheogens (hallucinogens). It has been a generation since the 1960s psychedelic era - most people today consider these substances, and indigenous shamanism, to have little relevance in our complex, technologically-based civilization. Why do you believe there is still validity and m..."

"Originally from the Caucausus, Gurdjieff founded a school near Paris where he died in 1949. In Gurdjieff’s system, students perform movements and dances in a state of heightened self-awareness. At his school, he used ritualized gestures to break apart dead habits – old postures, moth-eaten ideas – and release new forces. Some intellectual defenders of the Rave movement have adopted Gurdjieff’s system as a way of explaining the innate mystical rapport Ravers feel while dancing. Gurdjieff thought that the purpose ..."

"Terence McKenna's software plotting the internal fractals of "novelty" over many thousands of years of earth's history, up to 2012 C.E., at which point novelty will reach the state of internal infinite fulmination. He defines novelty, of course, as "the density of connectedness" or the "degree of complexity." The I Ching says that Time is a series of identifiable elements in internal flux. There are 64 of these "elements." He also believes that what we today call the I Ching is but a tiny fragment of a once immens..."

"The following cases show that abductions experiences can involve far more than pure fantasy.

The first reported alien abduction during the modern UFO era occurred in 1957 and involved a Brazilian law student named Antonio Villas-Boas. In the morning of 16 October while ploughing on his parents' ranch, he noticed an extremely bright red star overhead. As it approached it changed into an egg-shaped craft which landed on 3 telescoping legs. His tractor engine died. He was then confronted by a short ..."