The Strange Tale of the Sasquatch Curse red pill junkieTuesday, January 29th "I saw Bigfoot once. 1951, back in Sequoia National Park. Had a foot on him thirty-seven inches heel to toe. It made a sound I would not want to hear twice in ... 0 Comments19 min read
The Spectral Arctic: A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration GregMonday, December 24th The Arctic is a liminal place for Westerners - unexplored until just a couple of centuries ago, painted with a palette that most Westerners are not familiar wit... 0 Comments4 min read
Entering the Underworld: Subterranean Chamber and Tunnel Found Beneath the Pyramid of the Moon (Teotihuacán) red pill junkieTuesday, October 30th Teotihuacán is without a doubt one of the most popular archeological centers in all of Mexico. Just last year, according to official statistics, it received ove... 0 Comments6 min read
Mind Masters: Tibetan Yogis Have Upgraded Their Brains Through Meditation GregMonday, October 22nd In 1992, neuroscientist Richard Davidson traveled with a team of scientists into the Himalayan mountains, lugging hundreds of pounds of computers, EEG electrode... 1 Comment3 min read
Stranger Than Fiction: Exploring the Twilight Zones of History, Culture and the Human Mind GregThursday, October 4th Mike Jay is perhaps my favourite writer on strange and obscure history: his excursions into rarely traveled back roads of conspiracy theory, mind control, drugs... 0 Comments2 min read
From Shock to Awe: Documentary Exploring How Psychedelics Can Heal the Wounds of War red pill junkieTuesday, October 2nd We Westerners believe in the power of names. We like to live under the impression that naming a thing gives us control over it; not only that, but we also th... 0 Comments3 min read
Life, Death, and Psychedelics: A New Paradigm in Psychiatric Medicine GregThursday, September 6th Just last week RPJ wrote here on the Grail about new clinical trials on the use of psilocybin - the entheogenic chemical in 'magic mushrooms' - as a treatment f... 0 Comments1 min read
“Consciousness is Fundamental”: Dean Radin Discusses Parapsychology and Magic GregMonday, September 3rd Last month the Parapsychological Association (PA) hosted their 61st annual conference, and I'm really pleased to see that they've already been posting some vide... 1 Comment1 min read
Bye Bye, Prozac! FDA Approves Psilocybin for Depression Clinical Trials red pill junkieWednesday, August 29th Here's another great news that shows the times, they are definitely a-changing: The FDA has granted Compass Pathways --"a life sciences company dedicated to acc... 0 Comments4 min read
Are Near-Death Experiences Caused by the Release of DMT in the Dying Brain? GregMonday, August 20th A new scientific paper linking the effects of the psychedelic DMT with near-death experiences has been making major news headlines over the past few days, and p... 3 Comments6 min read
