EGA- Bear Owsley Headlining - FRI 6-MON 9 NOV - Last Tix

[RonnySimulacrum]

Bear (Owsley) Stanley Bio

Considered by many as one of the legends of the sixties counterculture, Bear Stanley denies his heroic status, and spends his days working on various sculptures and writing essays on subjects such as the importance of carbon dioxide, the primary and only ‘plant food’, to the expansion of food crops and life on earth. Fair and equitable taxation (equal and low percentage on all ‘income), a proper runoff method to determine the results of elections, and how to unify and balance lawmaking. Writing laws in ordinary language rather than legalese. Including ‘sunset clauses’ to allow change to adjust to the rapid changes in today’s world-- amongst others. He is renowned for his contribution to sound engineering, particularly working with live gig iconoclasts, the Grateful Dead, and perfecting the idea of on-stage monitors and high quality PA’s. A tireless archivist, he kept a ‘diary’ of his front-of-house mixes, including hundreds of Grateful Dead performances, and has seen the release of a number of albums from his “sonic journal” tapes of PA mixes. Bear was a minor participant in the Acid Tests of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. He was the first underground cook to produce high-purity LSD in the 1960s, when it was legal, including the famous White Lightning and Monterey Purple. Bear Stanley now lives in Australia.

http://www.thebear.org/

[t st tantra]

is this the bears first speaking engagement?

t s t .

[RonnySimulacrum]

To our Knowledge, he has give to inteviews in 20 years, but one never really knows when it the bear, this EGA talk is set to be his big download, he is 74, so this will not take place again.

So do not hold out

[RonnySimulacrum]

[RonnySimulacrum]

I went in to The Happy Herb Shop in Smith Street today, and they only had 7 Early Bird Tickets left

[daoistpunk]

Hi EGAers,

This thread has been started so you can organise plant trades at EGA Plant Trading Space after Torstens Propagation of Ethnobotanicals workshop,

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/inde...showtopic=22236

So your coming to EGA this year and want to share some of your plants and get some new additions to your garden?Well the Plant Trading Place is for you. After Torstens practical workshop we will be hosting a plant trading space so your funky specimans can mingle with others.

Bring along all your legal plants, herbs and extracts to trade, donate or sell. And if you have nothing to offer then let someone help you out with getting your funky garden started. So get your hands dirty and meet plant and people friends in the spirit of sharing.

This is a essential component of EGA because we are all located in different areas and this a great way for us to come together, share knowledge and create more diversity amongst our gardens!!

See you there,

Brian

[RonnySimulacrum]

Tomorrow – Sep 14 is the last day for EGA Early Bird Tickets – snap them up

Edited September 13, 2009 by RonnySimulacrum

[RonnySimulacrum]

Talk that has been in the pipe work, that has now been confirmed

E. R "Santo Daime: Ritualised Ayahuasca for Maximised Healing"

Edited September 21, 2009 by RonnySimulacrum

[RonnySimulacrum]

Full EGA program flyer Downloads

http://www.entheo.net/EGA09_A4_2pg_LR.pdf

low rez (1m)

http://www.entheo.net/EGA09_A4_2pg_HR.pdf

Hi Rez (8m)

Spread the love

Edited September 21, 2009 by RonnySimulacrum

[RonnySimulacrum]

Entheogenesis – What We Can Do

Bob Jesse - EGA Headliner

Much of the world’s suffering is unnecessary. Where can we turn for help in healing the world and building more joyful lives?

Across cultures and eras, profound experiences of unity with the cosmos – called, variously, mystical experiences, non-dual consciousness, unitive consciousness, or primary religious experiences – have sometimes lead to lasting, and lastingly beneficial, changes in the lives of those who encounter them. Some of them (Moses at the Burning Bush, the Buddha under the Bodhi tree, Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus, Bill Wilson in Towns Hospital) are not only life-changing but world-changing.

Many different activities – meditation, prayer, chanting, fasting, and dancing among them – have been used with the intention of preparing for such experiences or for occasioning them, and their nature seems to be largely independent of how they come about. The skillful, careful use of certain plants and chemicals is one of the least demanding means in terms of time and among the most likely to bring about a profound experience on any given occasion.

The wisdom traditions emphasize the critical importance of ongoing practice for spiritual development and to stabilize what may be gained in a primary experience. Today’s interconnected world presents a rich, even bewildering, array of old and new techniques and paths. Tradition and reason also say that the existence of a social "vessel" to contain the process – a group of people with some shared understanding of what the experience means and what is to be done with it – reduces risks and increases the chances that a given experience will lead to lasting benefit.

But this knowledge is scattered, incomplete, and tacit; there is more of it in the minds and hearts of teachers than there is in the writings of scientists. We know little, for example, about which practices work best for which people. There is much to be learned.

These observations lead us to believe that bringing more focus to this area would tend to decrease suffering and increase prosocial behavior in the world. We can pursue this goal by catalyzing research to improve scientific knowledge of the phenomena and their consequences, by working to create social understandings that make seeking out primary experiences seem less unusual than it now does to most westerners, and by encouraging people to find or imagine and develop social contexts that serve as appropriate vessels.

Foremost, we can redouble our commitment to our own spiritual growth, to the long personal work of tilling the soil for awakening, and to the communities that hold these intentions.

Edited September 28, 2009 by RonnySimulacrum

[sharxx101]

Might make it this year looks awesome!!

[RonnySimulacrum]

A positive story about LSD- Augustus Owsley Stanley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB4XK8lkzEM&NR=1

Edited October 1, 2009 by RonnySimulacrum

[RonnySimulacrum]

Here is an interesting quote from Tim Leary about Augustus Owsley Stanley the 3rd;

"I've studied with the wisest sages of our times: Huxley, Heard, Lama Govinda, Sri Krishna Prem, Alan Watts and I have to say that AOS3, college flunkout, who never wrote anything better (or worse) than a few rubber checks, has the best up to date perspective on the divine design than anyone I've ever listened to".

[t st tantra]

and what a rare opportunity this will be!

it may be his only ever public speaking engagement......i believe there have been none previously.....and maybe he wont do it again!

i've read that there is only one photo of him on the public record and thats old and not great quality.something to tell ya grand children about....!!!

t s t .

[RonnySimulacrum]

Edited October 18, 2009 by RonnySimulacrum

[RonnySimulacrum]

Cool Pic Edited October 8, 2009 by RonnySimulacrum

[RonnySimulacrum]

Envisioned by master sound man and LSD chemist Owsley "Bear" Stanley, the Wall Of Sound was unlike anything seen before. As Stanley himself described it:

"The Wall of Sound is the name some people gave to a super powerful, extremely accurate PA system that I designed and supervised the building of in 1973 for the Grateful Dead. It was a massive wall of speaker arrays set behind the musicians, which they themselves controlled without a front of house mixer. It did not need any delay towers to reach a distance of half a mile from the stage without degradation."

[sharxx101]

Not long now till EGA yay!!!

[Alchemica]

"Augustus Owsley Stanley III, first of the great underground LSD chemists and normally camera shy, caught in the background at an early California rock festival (Jim Marshall)" The Brotherhood Of Eternal Love

Thanks to t st.

[RonnySimulacrum]

EGA Healing Temple

Coordinator: Becca Dakini

Structure: Bedouin tent

Hours: 9am – 5pm Saturday & Sunday

Featuring local & international healers & therapists, providing holistic services to all patrons of EGA free of charge – a space for personal development & healing

*** Featuring ***

Jeremiah Abrams (USA)

Bio: JEREMIAH ABRAMS LCSW, MPC is a Jungian therapist, author, and teacher based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Jeremiah is a popular teacher at Esalen Institute in California and Skyros in Greece. He has taught Depth Psychology in the graduate program at Sonoma State University and is considered a leading expert on the human shadow. His books include the best-selling Meeting the Shadow; The Shadow in America; and Reclaiming the Inner Child; and the new 3-CD audio program, The Dreamtime Journey: The Path of Direct Experience.

Liz Kerley - bodyworker, movement therapist and health counsellor

Rob Wilkie – I Ching diviner

Mike – massage therapist & energetic healer

Jenji San – bodywork & sound healer

Chris James – Tarot diviner

Cian – Huna bodywork & massage

[morganjc]

Owsley Stanley

This picture is a Robert Venosa portrait of Albert Hofmann, not Owsley Stanley.

[RonnySimulacrum]

This picture is a Robert Venosa portrait of Albert Hofmann, not Owsley Stanley.

hahaha, shit how did i miss that, strange i found it listed as Owsley Stanley

Sorry

[RonnySimulacrum]

[RonnySimulacrum]

*** EGA Market Space ***

FOOD STALLS :

1. Semilla's Kitchen - Organic vegetarian food: Breakfasts, Lunch, Dinner, Desserts.

2. Jerry's burger stall - Vegetarian burgers, chocolates, soft drinks and bottled water

3. PsyBusSpace - Chai tea, blended herbal teas, organic fairtrade coffee, hot choc. Lentil soup, Quesadillas (vegetarian and mexican wraps). Sweets - carrot/zuchini cake, chocolate balls and other treats.

OTHER STALLS:

1. Astrophyte - plant stall.

2. Logical Unsanity - Artworks, books, literature.

3. Leafy Creations - clothing, Artworks, leaf cushions and blankets.

4. Sycamore Stuff - Clothing, Artworks, dreamcatchers, wings and other things.

5. Earthpod - Plants, Nootropics/ "Smart drugs", Supplements, aphrodisiacs, Herbals.

6. Happy High Herbs - Plants, herbals etc etc.. (not specified, bet we know the go..)

7. Sage Dreaming - Sage, White sage (salvia apiana). Also will set up small space where he will smudge anyone who choses.

8. Tutu's N Stripes N All things nice - clothing

9. Cicada - Artworks and jewellery

10. Lil' n' Smith Trading House - Clothing, artworks, books, ritual and elemental tools.

11. Izwoz + Spiral Harmonics - Clothing, artworks, crystals etc..

OTHER:

1. Traditional Health Care Inc - Info desk mainly about acupuncture and herbalism.

[KanJe]

This is awesome! A piece by Izwoz?

Edited October 22, 2009 by KanJe