entheology.org

[Auxin]

I registered to entheology.org and filled out their questioneer and was declined membership ( thats never happened to me before) but the strange thing was the way I was declined. I got an email talking about how they are "not a 'conventional' internet forum whose purpose is simply the discussion and exchange of information, experiences and opinions" but are a "close-knit community that works together in a shamanic way for planetary transformation".

That sounds strangely cultish to me, a secret organization plotting the transformation of the human race.... not a normal sounding rejection anyway.

Based on the data on the public side of their site I didnt figure they are the entheological intellectual elite of planet earth, its mostly just a well presented repetition of very common info, so I figure they didnt reject me cause they know me from here and regard me as a dumb ass

So, yeah, just wondering what the deal with that place is.

[dqd]

I registered to entheology.org and filled out their questioneer and was declined membership ( thats never happened to me before) but the strange thing was the way I was declined. I got an email talking about how they are "not a 'conventional' internet forum whose purpose is simply the discussion and exchange of information, experiences and opinions" but are a "close-knit community that works together in a shamanic way for planetary transformation".

That sounds strangely cultish to me, a secret organization plotting the transformation of the human race.... not a normal sounding rejection anyway.

Based on the data on the public side of their site I didnt figure they are the entheological intellectual elite of planet earth, its mostly just a well presented repetition of very common info, so I figure they didnt reject me cause they know me from here and regard me as a dumb ass

So, yeah, just wondering what the deal with that place is.

On the basis of this I tried signing up - no email, no probs (i'm in dude, i'm in!!! ). Try signing up through a different email address maybe? Good luck

[Auxin]

can you access their forums tho? when I signed up I got a confirmation email & password straight away but couldnt access the forums and 4 days later I got a email saying membership denied.

man, if you just poked a button and got in someone out there doesnt like me

[Rev]

ive signed on also

well see if i get rejected?

[Dirty Old Man]

entheology? Sounds like a hippy version of scientology to me.

[Rev]

heres the questionaire

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well its one way to play

ill fill inthe app and see if they accept

if so ill nominate you Auxin

Putting it plainly Auxin, a forum that rejects you - well the loss is entirely theirs

[Auxin]

Putting it plainly Auxin, a forum that rejects you - well the loss is entirely theirs

Thanks man :D

And thanks to both of ya for checking that site out

[Andy the Great Something]

Yeah, entheology....... you aint missing anything special Auxin.

[teonanacatl]

y is it that there are so many completely useless ethno forums out there and only a handfull of good ones?

[Auxin]

see it as the blessing it is teo- intellectuals seek out intellectuals and thus fill the good forums and make em better, people who just want to ask if you can get stoned off smoking potato chips join the first forum they find with a cool background image and others trying to smoke potato chips.

Granted, it makes good ones hard to find for the serious ethno/entheo nuts too... but thats how the game goes.

[AndyAmine.]

It comes across as a pile of elitest hoo-har, Im not sure if I would even WANT to join a community like that... but then again, maybe Im not good enough to join in the first place.. hmmmm.

[Rev]

so where do you guys like apart from here?

id spend time at EBA, and the nook mainly

a little at the shroomery but mostly lurking

am i missing any hot locations?

[Auxin]

Read my mind rev.

Just here for me- best damn forum around :D

I used to frequent EBA before its troubles began and I peek in on others now and then- e-dot, the sinicuichi group, etc.. when I get bored to see if they came up with anything we've missed And sometimes I track down sites plagurizing my work just to make em feel uncomfortable

I've looked at the nook before but somehow got the impression somewhere that it was just a tweaker den (meth group), I think cause it was mentioned with rhodium and the hive a few times, maby I should join so I can see those hidden forums.

[Andy the Great Something]

There are a variety of ethnobotanical forums and the like out there, it just depends on what a person is looking for I guess.

Among a few sellect others, the Corroboree is one of the better ones IMO.

I occasionally check out the lycaeum, but it's a pretty unruley site. Entheogen.com has a pretty good archive. Ayahuasca.com the same. DMTworld..... blah. herbalsciencesinternational.com has some potential but hasn't sparked up just yet.

Gosh yah know theirs a good book out there that used to be updated every year (I don't know if it still is) called the psychedelic resource list by Jon Hanna that has all the goods that I highly reccomend picking up. My earliest copy is from 2000 thats like 150 pages long just on resources. Vendors, email groups and internet sites, gardening/lighting, mushrooms, religious and professional groups, periodicals, seminars/gatherings, smart drugs, pharms, exc. exc. exc.

Edited April 25, 2006 by Andy the Great Something

[teonanacatl]

yeah its here EBA and the nook for me, cruze the shroomery for shroom stuff but. in my opinion nook is only good for its cactus and chem section.

[devance]

With a little thinking I think a past unpleasant experience, as for a

unpleasant U.S. drunken Indian leader forum.

Might be trying to ressurect its putrid head.

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