Flip Posted March 31, 2010 Please spread the word! JONATHAN OTT’S HOME & BELONGINGS DESTROYED IN A FIRE! Xalapa, Mexico mid-March 2010 A tragic fire by arson has burned our dear friend Jonathan Ott’s lovely home to the ground. He was lecturing in Spain at the time and he is personally safe, but homeless and shaken. This is a tremendous loss, and Jonathan could use your help right now. He must relocate. How often have we heard Jonathan referred to as the leading authority on entheogens (a word he jointly coined)? His writings are considered the gold standard of accuracy. And those of us who know him personally have experienced his endless generosity, wit, and talent. He is one of the legends in our midst to whom we owe so much. Now is our chance to pay him back in his hour of need. Here is what we can do... Jonathan is currently homeless but staying with neighbor friends. Each of our efforts, however small, when combined will make a huge difference for our esteemed friend and colleague Jonathan. He needs financial help for shipping expenses and various relocation costs right now. Please make a donation right now: http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/news/jonathan_ott_fund.htm Please forward this request to your contacts and post on sympathetic web sites. Longer text at above link. Jon Hanna: Jonathan had been providing a place to crash in his newly created lab/guest house for two guests, who ended up getting into a couple of physical altercations with Jonathan's neighbor. Clearly, Jonathan found this to be unacceptable, and his guests' anger was then turned onto him. While he was gone from the country, they burned his place down. Nearly all of his books are now covered soot and have to be cleaned before packing up, but thankfully only about 40-50 of them were charred and none were consumed. So he's got a bunch of sad, dirty, tedious work ahead of him, packing everything up into fruit crates, trucking it to Veracruz, shipping it by container to Cartagena de Indias, then overland to Manizales, in the Cordillera Central. Colombia as a spot to relocate likely has more to do with the fact that he has a gig and a friend he can stay with there; but it is also true that he was increasingly disenchanted with the area in Xalapa where he lived. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDanger Posted March 31, 2010 Arson? Who would want to burnt Mr. Ott's house down? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quill Posted March 31, 2010 "In his own words: "[My] home was completely burned, destroying everything that was most important: laboratory, hydroelectric system, custom-built and -designed electric motorcycle and, for the crowning touch, [the arsonist] tried to burn [my] library, one of the best private collections on ethnomedicine that exist. Signed, personal copies of some of Albert Hofmann’s books were even used as fuel to ignite expensive laboratory equipment! While the humidity of the cloud-forest saved the books, the house was rendered uninhabitable and without power; the laboratory unusable. “It is the attempted book-burning which most outrages me and, I think, will outrage others." Yep. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paradox Posted March 31, 2010 shit man. thats seriously fucked up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vual Posted March 31, 2010 "Signed, personal copies of some of Albert Hofmann’s books were even used as fuel to ignite expensive laboratory equipment!" WTF.... Who in there right mind... Thats extremely lame... not cool at all... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flip Posted March 31, 2010 (edited) Well, whoever they are ... J Ott knows them well enough to have them as guests but at the same time... they're clearly fucked up people that *shouldn't ever be guests* yet alone tolerated in any way. Yet, for some reason... their names are being shielded. Personally, If someone burned down my house ESPECIALLY, after I showed such a kindness as allowing them to sleep there I would hunt them both down Drag them back by their scalps through ant mounds while smeared with honey Only to have them tied to stakes and fed to wild dogs. While streaming it live over the internet and charging for tickets to recoup my losses. Before I would start even thinking of calling things even. Edited March 31, 2010 by Flip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rizla Posted April 5, 2010 Flip, I can think of a bunch of reasons for not naming names. Think about it, he's in MEXICO. We don't know who his guests were... maybe not tye dye wearing anglo hippies or normally harmless people. I would imagine someone who would do a thing like this felt like they could get away with it...and Jonathan is an expatriate, even if he speaks the language and fits in down there... I hope Jonathan's staying safe...and will pass this along, and send a donation. Ott's books changed my life forever, and many other people's too...opened a lot of doors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devance Posted May 3, 2010 http://www.godlikeproductions.com/news/Breaking_News/15879-Grand_Canyon_Tribe_Accepts___039_Genetic_Piracy__039__Settlement] nobody whats yours or mine auss. nasty genetically fuckup te=eth. Be a dentist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devance Posted May 4, 2010 http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/26/baboons.south.africa/ ,but not the female Share this post Link to post Share on other sites