The Elwa Winter Salon Exhibition presents the work of 4 contemporary artists. Please click through the links to see examples of their work and learn about their backgrounds: Andrew Moon Bain Andrew Graham Devin Powers Emet Sosna The Junta starts the party early. Before the masses show up for the gallery affair, we have the opportunity to discuss …
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Jungle Drugs
“Unlike other man-made psychedelics such as LSD, synthetic DMT takes many users to the same ‘place,’ where they report meeting elfish, clown-like, and insectoid beings who frequently extend the same warm and welcoming message: ‘We’ve been expecting you.’” If science is beginning to look seriously into psychedelics for health benefits, they are only trying to …
Tue. November 8: Psychedelic Drugs in Modern Cancer Research
Can the mystical states of mind occasioned by psychedelic drugs help alleviate anxiety and depression in people with terminal and recurrent cancer? That is the subject of investigation at NYU and Johns Hopkins, where researchers believe their work could also lead to better treatments for drug addiction and alcoholism. Alexander Zaitchik has been writing about …
Spirit Wrap
We began our spirituality discussion with an overview from EJ of his Zen beliefs – oddly, as it turned out, since Zen as he explained it is not spiritual at all. Zen does not teach that people have “spirits”, or “souls”, as such. “There is no ‘you’; there is no ‘me’.” Like other belief structures, …
WikiWrap
Last week’s discussion was well attended despite the impending ice storm. Thanks to everybody for coming out. Here’s some of what went down. “I am really surprised there isn’t more outrage from Americans over the Wikileaks releases,” said Joah. He meant the Apache helicopter video in particular. The soldiers in the video technically did follow …
Wikileaks Discussion
The Junta convenes tomorrow night (Tues) to discuss Wikileaks. Please join us for a robust exchange of ideas about privacy, espionage, diplomacy, war, revolution, and freedom, among other things. All viewpoints are welcome. Read previous posts for more background. Tuesday, February 1st, 8:30pm DOC Wine Bar, 83 N. 7th St. in Williamsburg. (Cash bar only)
Wikileaks Basics
Our conversation topic this coming Tuesday is certain to provoke some strong opinions. In the last week, in the interest of Junta promotion, I’ve been engaging people on Wikileaks; in each instance, a thoughtful and spirited discussion broke out, exposing many of the thorns around the issue: secrets, privacy, whistleblowing, the military, anarchy, power. There …