I had some inquiries of late regarding to the Experiential Ecstasy processes I demonstrated at a recent workshop and how they apply to folks who like to have a good time chemically but who would like to avoid the actual chemicals of getting high or drunk. As many of you know, I have a bit of experie...

Here is a short video clip of Japanese master hypnotist Red from the "Red Hypnosis DX-9" program. The sequence features an expectancy-based hand energy technique in a hypnosis session. There is no nudity or the like in this clip but the original program features erotic hypnosis, very expli...

As a general skeptic, how do you come to terms with a partner who believes in metaphysics? I'm a firm agnostic, staunch proponent of the scientific method, and subscriber to the notion of variability and probability. Just about every partner I've had holds beliefs in such things as predestiny, past ...

Here is a short video clip of Japanese master hypnotist Red from the "Red Hypnosis DX-9" program. The sequence features an expectancy-based energy fractionation technique in a hypnosis session. There is no nudity or the like in this clip but the original program features erotic hypnosis, v...

There is a fascinating culture emerging around distributed version control systems (DVCS), facilitated by software, but responding to (and suggesting) shifts in collaboration styles. It is very easy to imagine these practices percolating through other areas of information production. I am still a bi...

My students in British Literature and Composition have just begun a unit on late Renaissance/Restoration poetry.  We will read the following writers: John Donne Ben Jonson Andrew Marvell Robert Herrick Sir John Suckling John Milton Afterward, students will explicate a poem, something I was not aske...

Music is the secret we must all evolve into! As a living breathing artistically imbued creature of the earth we all exist to create, express and connect. No other desire will compensate for the lack of recognizing the innate creative impetus. In order for a human being to find meaning in his presen...

I've never felt so alone. I have my dog, and good friends, but I am completely alone and feel it. Not point in fighting it. I am alone and feel horrible. I'm going to quit the convenience store job tonight. I don't care if I have another job lined up or not. I'm so far in debt there's not getting ou...

Brian Holtz returns to the site today with Nephilim Push: In the beginning a dark hatred ruled the heavens. It was a rage that bred floods, giants, and Hell itself. It’s power yet lingers between us all, watching and waiting. Three distinct timelines document the origins of good and evil, a sa...

What the Bleep (Debunked) Some people will think that post is funny coming from me, who bought that movie hook, line & sinker when I first saw it....