Rene­gade is one of the most beau­ti­ful movies I have ever seen. It’s also the most accu­rate depic­tion of a shamanic entheogenic expe­ri­ence. The pro­duc­ers even got the sound right — down to the crin­kling plas­tic and the shamanic singing. It’s truly amaz­ing that this has escaped pop­u­lar notice…or maybe not that amaz­ing as the pop­u­lar cul­ture is not very inter­ested in this type of thing.

The fea­ture film “2012: Time for Change” presents an opti­mistic alter­na­tive to apoc­a­lyp­ti­cal doom and gloom. Directed by Emmy Award nom­i­nee Joao Amorim, the film fol­lows jour­nal­ist Daniel Pinch­beck, author of the best­selling 2012: The Return of Quet­zal­coatl, on a quest for a new par­a­digm that inte­grates the archaic wis­dom of tribal cul­tures with the sci­en­tific method. As con­scious agents […]

Syra­cuse, NY — The Bible con­tains few verses about the time Jesus and his fam­ily spent in Egypt—fleeing King Herod’s mur­der­ous vow to kill all baby boys, to the family’s weary jour­ney through the Sinai Desert and even­tual return to Pales­tine (Mat. 2:14). But what really hap­pened dur­ing Jesus’ five years in Egypt? Can evi­dence sep­a­rate fact from speculation?What sto­ries of […]