Hamilton Morris: Tales from the Trip

Hamilton Morris made his own “pharmahuasca” and spoke in tongues: Tales from the Trip

(Animated) Oh, Hamilton Morris (Hamilton's Pharmacopeia), will you never learn? We are reminded of that hippie from Reality Sandwich and the blond gal from Neuro Soup. Hamilton Morris takes pharmahuasca and screams in tongues. Then someone animates it to bring it to life for sober viewers who envy his journey. Potential travelers, beware. Wyrd is no place to wander.

(Family Guy, Season 2, Episode 14) Seth MacFarlane writing team does it

You used to be such a nice, clean-cut boy, Hamilton! Now you're Lennon

• The toad venom pamphlet that changed psychedelia forever | Hamilton's Pharmacopeia (VICE TV) Haunted by his past mistakes, Hamilton embarks on a journey to correct an error in his reporting while identifying the origin of an international "toad venom" smoking phenomenon. In Season 3 of Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, the Ham Man continues his odyssey into the historical, chemical, and societal impacts of some of the world's most mind-blowing drugs. He learns more about LSD (acid), bufotenine (bufo or 5-MeO-DMT), DMT (the spirit molecule), and more. Why? It's because he wants to free his mind so his butt will follow.

Kids, listen to Lando: Avoid toad

(Family Guy) Brian the Dog is addicted to drugs

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ABOUT: Tales from the Trip: Don’t have the time, money, or connections to take drugs (even entheogenic ones) with comedians? Tales from the Trip is here to help. Go on an animated psychedelic journey with funny people as they recount their hilarious, scary, and sometimes dangerous experiences with DMT, acid, shrooms (psilocybin or Amanita muscaria), salvia divinorum, molly (MDMA, ecstasy), and more.

Credits: Live Action, Video Directors: Greg Washburn, Nik Kazoura. Animation Director: Grant Lindahl. Editor: Nik Kazoura. Lead Animator: Ben Luce. Lead Animator: Jasmine Soompholphakdy.

What'd booze 'n drugs ever do for Homer Simpson?

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• Reality Sandwiches, poetry by Allen Ginsburg
• Hamilton Morris, Animated, Comedy Central, Nov. 10, 2021; Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, Dec. 7, 2021; Family Guy; The Simpsons; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Research: spirituality and psychedelic use

PsyPost, 2/27/24; Bill Shapiro, Esquire; Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

New research explores the relationship between spiritual well-being and psychedelic use.

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  Meditate or medicate? Let go or find plants?

  We just had this discussion over the weekend, as we traipsed through the woods on a mushroom hunt, discussing the entheogenic, psychedelic, shamanic, psychological, and medicinal use of mind-expanding substances like magic mushrooms and plant medicines, DMT and spiritual practices such as Eight Limbed Yoga and Buddhist Meditation.
• The drug-free prescription for stress, depression, anxiety, and pain -- have you tried it?  It's called mindfulness (sati)

• As fewer Americans profess a faith, research shows religion and spirituality improve well-being and mental health

What it's like to take a psychedelic trip without drugs

Ecstatic breathing, yoga, cold plunge, NDE, sex?

(Esquire) It doesn’t take a third eye (Buddhist dibba cakkhu) to see that Americans, at long last, are primed to turn on, tune in (and possibly drop out).

OK, ready, everyone's doin it

If you’ve heard yourself utter the phrase “plant medicine” when what you mean is “shrooms,” if you’ve found yourself absently Googling “Ayahuasca retreats” the way you used to look for beach getaways, if you’ve got a friend who flew across the country to take a “heroic dose” of magic mushrooms (psilocybin) in the care of a psychedelic shaman and you felt the sharp pinch of jealousy…you are, well, hardly alone. More: What it's like to take a psychedelic trip without drugs

• Health: Medical research suggests cognitive ability associated with more controlled emotional response
• First-in-humans discovery reveals brain chemicals at work influencing social behavior
• Psychosocial therapies effective treatment for physical
• What the ancient Hindu spiritual text the Bhagavad Gita ("Song of the Lord") can teach us about not putting too much of our identity and emotions into work
• Medical research: Keep the faith: Spirituality can improve mental health, expert says

China's Triumph and Troubles

1. Painting of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong declaring the founding of People's Republic of China on Oct. 1, 1949 moves past the Tiananmen Square during a parade celebrating China's 60th anniversary in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. To mark 60 years of communist rule China put together its biggest-ever military parade: hundreds of thousands of marchers, batteries of goose-stepping soldiers, and weaponry from drone missiles to amphibious assault vehicles (AP/Vincent Thian). But troubles persist all over China due to human rights abuses. 2. Pro-democracy activists march to China's liaison office during a protest against the 60th anniversary of Chinese National in Hong Kong Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. The protesters are demanding human rights in China (AP/Kin Cheung). Not only restive Hong Kong, but Tibetans in the south, Uighurs in the west, Nepalese dissidents, Indian exiles, and Burmese refugees along the border highlight just some of the world's largest nation's troubles.

• China marks 60 years of Communist rule (photos)

AP: Nepal's turmoil won't stop peace

Text: Tim Sullivan (AP)

Nepalese rural Maoists (CPNM-M) and city sannyasins in Kathmandu (AFP).

KATMANDU, Nepal – The political turmoil that has roiled Nepal in recent weeks will not stop its peace process from moving forward, the country's prime minister said Saturday, adding that the former Maoist guerrillas still must prove that they are committed to negotiations.

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, whose coalition government has been all but paralyzed by Maoist strikes and internal bickering since he came to power last month, said he expected the peace process and the new constitution to be completed by the May 2010 deadline.

The government "has extended its hand of cooperation to the Maoists," he told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview, and the Maoists have pledged to negotiate seriously.

"If they are really honest in their words, then I hope...we will be able to take the peace process to a positive conclusion," Nepal said. More>>

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U.S. concern over Nepal's peace process

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U.S. expresses concerns over peace process
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Middle Asia, Robert O. Blake, expressed concerns over Nepal's peace process on today.

He said that the increasing differences among the major political parties and the Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoists (UCPN-M) and the delay in the expansion of the government could jeopardize the already fragile peace process.

Blake, who arrived here Friday to take stock of the latest political development, voiced concerns during his meeting with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar of Nepal.

The meeting took place at the Prime Minister's office in Singha Durbar shortly after Blake's arrival in the capital.

The visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary said that the government's priority to conclude the ongoing peace process should be on drafting the new constitution, integration of the UCPN-M combatants and rehabilitation of the minors residing in the United Nations-monitored cantonments.

The discussion also dwelled on the possible extension of the United Nations' mission in Nepal, which is due to end on July 23, 2009.

Blake is the highest-ranking political official to visit Nepal after the UCPN-(M)-led government was toppled last month.

• The Marxist overthrow of the corrupt King of Nepal

"Nude" discos protest Katmandu's crackdown

Dance restaurant employees protest in Katmandu on 9/15/08 (Reuters/Gopal Chitrakar).

KATHMANDU (Reuters, 9/15/08) -- Hundreds of disco workers protested in Kathmandu on Monday against a government crackdown on "nude dancing" in its bid to improve the deteriorating law and order. Police have raided scores of discos, nightclubs, and dance bars in the past two weeks and detained 1,500 people saying many were running bars where "nude dances" were performed, not allowed by law in the largely Buddhist/officially Hindu-majority society.

There are hundreds of such night spots in the Kathmandu valley, although the country has no specific law to regulate them. A Maoist-led government which took power in August has already ordered the bars should be closed an hour before midnight, to halt worsening public security in the capital, home to more than two million people.

Bar and disco operators are protesting the move would jeopardize their business and render 80,000 people jobless. Police official Sarbendra Khanal said those dancing nude in bars as well as their clients would be charged under the public offence act. If found guilty they could be sentenced to up to one year in jail and fined $400.

(Reporting by Gopal Sharma; editing by Bappa Majumdar)