Marcel Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 From Reality Sandwich: Two Psychedelic Conferences a World Apartby Neşe Lisa ŞenolOver the course of two consecutive weekends, I flew between Entheogenesis Australis (EGA), Australia's premier gathering of psychedelic pioneers, and Cartographie Psychedelica, a California-based conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). These are some of my observations.My plane landed at the airport in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday, December 1, after a 26-hour journey that began after I finished teaching my undergraduate class "Poetic Vision and the Psychedelic Experience" the previous Tuesday. I was somewhat jet lagged but, more importantly, I was extraordinarily excited: this was my first trip to Australia, and I was coming to present at the conference, thanks to generous grants from both EGA and my school, the University of Pennsylvania.Thursday night I stayed with Martin Williams and Kate Lee in their Melbourne home. After casually asking Martin how many EGA's he'd been to, I learned that he'd been with the organization from the very start, when a small Victoria-based interest group decided to chart a more conscious and intentional direction, leading to the incorporation of Entheogenesis Australis as a non-profit association in 2008. This would be its eighth conference... Read the rest here... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myco Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 looks great i hope to make it to one of the EGA conferences some day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualia Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 thanks. although i can understand the MAPS conference needing an air of professionalism about it. they want/need to be taken seriously by the establishment, that requires certain distancing from what is perceived by many to be simply a culture of wanton drug use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 studying philosophy for the last 3 yrs and hearing her talk on that first night, i swear to god made me fall love with Neşe Lisa Şenoldreamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 studying philosophy for the last 3 yrs and hearing her talk on that first night, i swear to god made me fall love with Neşe Lisa Şenoldreamy Ha ha ha! I can't wait to hear her response to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnySimulacrum Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Fantastic that EGA we got this king of coverage, Neşe is real nice, word is she love Australia and is trying to get back here for a year or so in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Ronny if you have contact with her your should encourage submission of something to Meanjin or Overlander, someone with her interest and skills could only do good things for the causealso if you could pass on that i like long walks and picnics in nature, and can do several rudimentary magic tricks etc etc Edited February 5, 2012 by bulls on parade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Bulls, she's a member on these here forums and she's coming your way soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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