Entheogenic/spiritual experiences in movies and T.V

Ok I hope people enjoyed my last entry on games, I will continue to update when I notice more things. Now it's on to two other mediums of communication, television and movies. First off I really hope for people that haven't experience what I have that I am letting you in on something amazing, I am sure there are a lot of people out there that realise that the concepts I am going to highlight in these shows and movies are actually psychedelic in nature and originally came from someones visions on entheogens or the spiritual path initiated by them.

Ok I am going start with a movie called Flatliners, it's a movie with Keifer Sutherland. The movie is about a group of med students that decide to controllably kill themselves and see what is on the other side of life. I think that is an amazing concept and I am sure was inspired by real events, however these med students are definitely not the first people to engage in activities like this. Much of this information has been suppressed and the rituals I am going to talk about were made illegal by the American government. It is interesting in the movie that they either face up to the wrong doings of their past or make peace with a deceased loved one. I was told when I met Deb Webber(a renowned spirit medium in Australia from the show Sensing murder) that this is exactly the case, if you murder someone before you can pass on to heaven or a more peaceful higher realm you must be forgiven by the person that you killed. This concept is the main theme in the movie. As I was saying this is not ground breaking stuff, the Native American people would have a ritual called the "Sundance" in which the whole community would pretty much have a party that went for 4 days to a week. There was a special role played by the shaman of the tribe, the shaman would dance for 3 to 4 days straight sometime mutilating himself until he dropped dead and then came back to life. This was to gain visions of the future in times of war to see how to engage, this part of the ritual is being suppressed right now by the American government and banned. You will find Sundance rituals being held today but they don't include this aspect.

 Now this is my personal experience and I can testify to the fact that if you stay awake to the point of exhaustion your heart will stop for a period and hopefully start again, I'd say you have to be doing some serious soul searching and be dedicated to even contemplating putting your life on the line to gain spiritual knowledge in such an extreme way, there are also reports that similar events occurred in South America where they would use morning glory seeds(containing lsa/lsd) to help them stay awake for long enough. I do not endorse anyone engaging in this type of thing, people have been known to die and not come back even after 24 hours of sleep deprivation.

 If you have seen Game of Thrones, you will find heavy psychedelic concepts in the show, especially with Bran Stark, he is pushed off a high tower and has a near death experience (dies and comes back to life) after this occurs he is able to have visions of the future, it is also worthy to note that the Gods which are worshipped by his family are humanoid trees(trees with faces). This is a phenomenon seen on different types of psychedelics and one I have experienced myself. It is also documented in the true story of Dannion Brinkley that was struck by lightning and was dead for 20mins then revived at hospital that he had the ability to see the future. You can watch his true story movie, it's called "Saved by the light".

 Now there is a show called Medium it is about a spirit medium that works with police to help solve cases, it is a work of fiction based on a real medium. There is also a doctor featured in the show that uses defibrillation to die and be revived and acquires the same abilities as the main character the medium. In my personal opinion this is the cutting edge of science and enchanting the world again, it doesn't surprise me that the American government has suppressed the aspects of the Sundance.

Hope you enjoyed :)

Nintendo and psychedelics.

Psychedelics in popular culture. There are many concepts within popular culture, music,games, T.V shows and movies. I couldn't really find anything in relation to this on the web so I thought I would share what I have observed in my life. Much of the time I had no idea that these were psychedelic concepts until I grew up and took psychedelics/entheogens, as well as having other spiritual experiences.


I am going to start with what I saw growing up in all different types of media, I guess the first would be Mario or super Mario as well as other concepts used by Nintendo. Now by no means is this a complete catalogue of psychedelics in popular culture, just what I have observed and then relating them to my own experiences with entheogens/psychedelics(what I have seen personally). Mario loves his mushrooms, there are mushrooms in the game mario for nintendo. They have magical properties and cause mario to grow in size essentially giving you an extra life, if you are hit then you shrink down again. The mushrooms featured in the Mario games are red with white spots, this is the colours of the Amanita mushrooms which are renowned more for their ability to make you feel energetically charged and high. It was speculated by Professor Samuel Odman in the 19th century that Viking warriors use these mushrooms to gain an advantage over their opponents in combat, by going into a rage and having super human strength and speed.
http://www.flyagaric-amanita.com/berserker_rages.html

Fly Agaric shroom

Mario mushroom.

The second concept that has a psychedelic origin is the concept of a humanoid tree( The Deku tree in Zelda). You will find the druids of the anglo countries have been drawing these for quite some time. In my personal experience I have seen trees turn humanoid on blotter paper what was claimed LSD in reality it was probably LSA mixed with some secondary alkaloids(which I believe are ignored for their properties). People also report on psychedelics like ayahuasca or smokeable dmt that nature can grow in fast forward or envelope them with vines covering their body. Perhaps these humanoid trees you see are people that have passed on to be incarnated or integrated into nature. In my personal experience I have seen vines growing out of persons body when I smoked dmt. Fairies are also popular in psychedelic culture and are a heavy them in Zelda, which all relate to Anglo lore. Druids were the spiritual guides of their communities, settling disputes whilst also being knowledgeable in medicinal plants, as well as psychedelics for spiritual medicine. They also had sacred groves/forests. Much like Links hometown in Zelda.


It is also worthy to note this in relation to deru compared to deku.
 "Based on all available forms, the hypothetical proto-Celtic word may then be reconstructed as *dru-wid-s (pl. *druwides) meaning "oak-knower". The two elements go back to the Proto-Indo-European roots *deru-^[15] and *weid- "to see".^[16] The sense of "oak-knower" (or "oak-seer") is supported by Pliny the Elder,^[1"
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid
"In the Welsh legend, divination was known as awenyddion or awenithion, which was a power of poetic insight. The insight or divination come from sleeping and dream, where the sleeping person would speak during a rapt ecstasy."
Well I can tell you that this is real, as I have experienced it myself. I would say that most of the stuff people hear about these kinds of things is utter bs, a lot of propaganda was disseminated by the Romans when they invaded Britain. In an attempt to stamp out the Druids. I guess they just didn't understand the infinite soul, so they would have just came back.
http://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/druids.html

I have personally experienced all of these phenomenon myself^, which I guess is why I am drawing attention to these stories in the game having their roots (no pun intended :) in real life.

Druidic face.

Deku Scrub from Zelda

I will continue on with other mediums such as television and movies next blog :) I hope you enjoyed and feel free to contribute.