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How can a name given to you at birth, reflect anything about you? Isn’t it kind of arbitrary? Every metaphysical science is about recognizing the hidden relationships between the visible and the invisible, the obvious and the obscure, matter and energy. Nothing stands alone in this universe. Everything is connected to everything else. It is […]

Of all the things that people have in common around the world, stress and suffering rank at the top of the list. Regardless of how much you make, your age, looks, culture, or job, you likely do not escape frustration and aggravation with ease – it’s a part of being on planet earth. Fortunately, we […]

The ancient Egyptians laid the foundations of many sciences and some of their discoveries influenced Greek and Roman science. In the field of acoustics we know from the Roman architect, Vetruvius, that acoustic techniques were employed in both the Roman and Greek cultures; but were their architects inspired by acoustical knowledge obtained from ancient Egypt? […]

Thanksgiving feasts in America are widely-recognized for their over-the-top qualities—platters of turkey, various bread-based stuffings, white-flour rolls, gravies, cranberry jellies, casseroles of assorted varieties, rich salads, mashed potatoes and candied yams grace most tables across America for this national holiday. Followed by pecan, pumpkin, and numerous berry pies, it’s a meal that often leaves one […]

Growing up, pancakes were a mainstay in my diet. In fact, until I discovered sushi when I was 15, pancakes reigned supreme as my go-to favorite food. Some of my most distinct, sweetest memories are of enjoying—no, absolutely loving—my Grandma’s ‘silver dollar’ pancakes, little golden discs, bigger than actual silver dollars, but smaller than a […]

Nutritious, crispy, savory coconut flour crackers I think most of us tend to think of coconut flour in the vein of the sweet delicacies, for which is so well-suited. But when one uses a fair amount of coconut flour in cooking and baking (read: me), it is nice to diverge from the usual path. And […]

For the past 25 years the development of DNA music has progressed in parallel with new technical discoveries by Geneticists around the world. Today these advancements are providing us with wonderful new opportunities of experiencing this medium of biological music in ways that we only dreamed before. There is an amazing clarity coming through the […]

Ludwig Van Beethoven once asked a famous question: What ‘is’ music and what is its function, its part to play in life? These are two amazing questions that can be more accurately explained due to the advancements in science and understanding as we progress into the 21st Century. Our new discoveries into the structure and […]

Precisely Seven years ago I composed a symphonic work ‘Seven Wonders Suite for Orchestra’ which included The Great Pyramid of Giza as its finale piece. I remember composing it in the north of Scotland (Strontian) with my father Tommy on a break from a rather frustrating relationship I was having in Edinburgh at the time. […]

Document distributed under permission of Rick Strassman MD — The Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease Copyright 1996 by Williams & Wilkins Vol 184, No. 2, Printed in U.S.A. (Note: all footnotes are at the end of this article) INTRODUCTION A multinational, collaborative, biomedical investigation of the effects of hoasca (ayahuasca), a potent concoction of […]

Three years ago I decided to return to a research project in music perception that I had postponed nearly thirty years earlier. It seems time had not diminished my curiosity about how we are able to organically measure the degree of dissonance and mentally anticipate the direction of resolution in music harmony. My original work in this area had […]

This state of awareness sets the standard as we move forward. This is where you will not only see the gate but begin the journey through it. We now move to the energy fields that lie behind what manifests physically. We begin to tap into the hidden depths to expose the underlying images. We see […]

Document distributed under permission of Rick Strassman MD — Rick Strassman, M.D. is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia and author of DMT, The Spirit Molecule. In January 1991, twenty-three minutes after I injected a large dose of DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine) into Elena’s arm vein. Elena is a forty-two-year-old married psychotherapist […]

Of the following descriptions, how might you categorize yourself? Balanced in perspective Experience even energy throughout the day Hardworking and industrious Physically able and active Have a healthy appetite with good digestion Responsible and focused affect, with orderly, functional surroundings Or: Feel chronically tired and rundown Have a lack of vitality, both in body and […]

I often talk about the ‘secret messages’ we receive from God or the universe that guide us along our path. You may have heard me talk on the subjects of animals, numbers or dreams and how they are vehicles for these messages. Another vehicle for divine communication that should not be underestimated is the people […]

What in the world could a common office tool used to create holes in paper have to do with synchronicity? Let’s take a look at what a hole punch is useful for and then I’ll draw my analogy. The most obvious thing a hole punch does is punch holes. That would seem obvious right? But […]

Many of my clients have heard me say the phrase, ‘We play checkers, but God plays chess.’ I had never phrased it that way until early last year, when I made the acquaintance of a great man named O.L. Houston. O.L. and I met for a business lunch one day to discuss how he might […]

No matter what stage you’re at in life, getting clear on your purpose serves to bring meaning and direction. In our adolescence we struggle to define ourselves and frequently don’t come to any real sense of identity until our mid-twenties. As we age, we often begin to identify ourselves with the roles we adopt and […]

The first time you really experience a synchronistic event in your life, you feel a real sense of wonder and awe. It can be difficult quite simply because you get so excited about it that you want to tell everyone, and more often than not, you’ll get blown off and people will discount it as […]

Beyond the veil of our physical world, lies the intelligence that guides the planets in their course and maintains the ebb and flow of all the happens upon the stage of life. Think of this as the air traffic control of existence. As we begin to focus on this aspect of reality we must lose […]