Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 31, 2008 | 6 Comments
This is the Anthropology of Consciousness Review – Part III.
Shamanic tourism is gaining popularity every year. This segment of the ecotourism industry serves First Worlders who want to experience entheogens in a somewhat Indigenous context.
Tags:anthropology, ayahuasca, Dream Herbs & Supplements, shamanic tourism
Filed Under: Consciousness & Health
Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments
Two great presentations to cover tonight from two experts in shamanism.
Author Hillary Webb gave a spell-binding talk about her participatory research into Andean cosmology. When she asked a respected Andean shaman about the worldview of complementary dualism that is at the heart of his culture, he replied, “It’s best to download it from the [...]
Filed Under: Lucid Dreaming
Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments
I”m back from chilly New Haven, CT with a head full of ideas. The annual Anthropology of Consciousness conference was a blast, providing fascinating ethnographic reports, experiential research and some intriguing new perspectives of the role of consciousness in anthropology. Luckily there was a great Irish pub to help with the consolidation of [...]
Tags:Ruth Tuolson, spirit loss, vampires
Filed Under: Consciousness & Health
Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 17, 2008 | No Comments
I”m getting on a train this evening, heading towards Yale Divinity for the 2008 conference for the Society of the Anthropology of Consciousness. Got my woolens and my soft brown shoes so I can blend in with the ivy scene.
Who am I kidding tho? I”m a southerner and to prove it I”ve [...]
Tags:Anthropology of Consciousness
Filed Under: Consciousness & Health
Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 12, 2008 | 1 Comment
One of the most original dream-related sites on the web, urbandreamscape.com, has begun a blog detailing their dream incubation experiments: the Oneironauticum.
Jennifer Dumpert and associates discuss their participation in on-going group dreaming projects with an emphasis on how dreams and waking life meet through the perception of landscape and cityscape. It’s part slumber party, [...]
Tags:Dream & Sleep Research, psychogeography
Filed Under: Eco-Dreaming
Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 10, 2008 | 3 Comments
Since I”m in the business of pointing out good dream research, today I thought I would point out the opposite. Unfortunately, a recent fluff piece from The Daily Advertiser in Arizona is pretty typical of mainstream journalism. It’s an entertaining read, but devoid of actual journalistic research.
The title of this article “Stuff that [...]
Tags:Dream Interpretation
Filed Under: Dream Interpretation
