[p2p-research] Fwd: Intentional Economy, Terence McKenna, Toward 2012 Tour

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Reality Sandwich <news at realitysandwich.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Subject: Intentional Economy, Terence McKenna, Toward 2012 Tour
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  2009 is proving a fortuitous year for our evolutionary community with
Publishers Weekly recently selecting our first RS anthology, *Toward 2012:
Perspectives on the Next
Age<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2334&qid=76599>
* as their "*Web Pick of the
Week<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2335&qid=76599>
*." With subjects ranging from jaguar medicine to spiritual activism,
guerrila gardens to gender evolution, the book covers a rich and diverse
spectrum of juicy, consciousness-expanding topics for your reading pleasure.
You can pick up * a copy
online<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2336&qid=76599>
* or at your local book store. For those in the New York area, we invite you
to join us in celebrating the launch of our national book tour with a
reading at McNally Jackson this Tuesday, January 13 (details below).

* * *

*Toward 2012 -- Book Tour *

Reality Sandwich is coming to a city near you! Join us for a night of
celebration, conversations, and community bonding as RS contributors read
from our first anthology. Invite friends, spread the word, and will the
transformation in your area.

*Manhattan, NY:* Daniel Pinchbeck, Ken Jordan, Anya Kamanetz, and Jonathan
Phillips will read at McNally Jackson, 52 Prince St b/t Lafayette and
Mulberry. Tues, Jan. 13, 7-9pm.

*Baltimore, MD:* Daniel Pinchbeck, Ken Jordan, Jonathan Phillips, and
Michael Robinson at the St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church (courtesy of
Breathe Books), 800 W. 36th St. Tues, Feb. 3, 7-9pm.

*Boulder, CO:* Daniel Pinchbeck, Michael Garfield, Tristan Gulliford at the
Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St. Wed, Feb. 4, 7:30-9:30pm.

*Portland, OR:* Daniel Pinchbeck, Kal Cobalt, Paul Levy, and Taylor Ellwod
at Powell's on Burnside, 1005 W. Burnside. Tues, Feb. 17, 7-9pm.

*Manhattan, NY:* Adam Elenbaas and other RS readers TBA atEast West Books,
78 5th Ave. Fri, Feb. 6, 7:30-9:30p.

*Capitola, CA:* Daniel Pinchbeck at Capitola Books, 1475 41st Ave. Tues,
Mar. 3, 7:30 – 9:30pm.

*Oakland, CA:* Erik Davis and Daniel Pinchbeck join forces at Diesel
Bookstore, 5433 College Ave., Thurs, Mar. 5, 7-9pm.

*Atlanta, GA:* ST Frequency, Adam Elenbaas, and an RS panel at ParkGrounds
Coffee Shop, 142 Flat Shoals Ave. SE, Sat, Feb. 21, 6pm.

* * *

*New Articles*

We publish new stories on Reality Sandwich daily, M-F. Below are teasers for
recent highlights. We hope you will enjoy these articles and share them with
your compatriots:

*The Wounded Male Geek: My Vision of Terence
McKenna<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2337&qid=76599>
*
by Adam Elenbaas
After a terrific and scary psychedelic journey, I realized that I needed a
mentor. I found Terence McKenna. Several years later, during an Ayahuasca
ceremony, a vision of Terence taught me to stop relying so heavily on my
intellect and reach out from my heart.
Read it here:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/wounded_male_geek_my_vision_terence_mckenna

*Imaginal Hygiene*<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2338&qid=76599>
by M.T. Xen
Imaginal hygiene is the inner art of self-managing the imagination, to
defend it from forces that compromise, pollute, and sterilize it, and to
cultivate those that illuminate and nourish it. Knowledge of this is
essential to the story of human survival into the 21st century.
Read it here: http://www.realitysandwich.com/imaginal_hygiene

*Meditation on Creativity*<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2339&qid=76599>
by Noa Jones
Meditation is no match for procrastination, laziness, and the draw of a
crack-of-dawn email check. These afflictions arrest meditation and art, and
have to be conquered by sheer discipline, the mark of great artists and
great meditators.
Read it here: http://www.realitysandwich.com/meditation_creativity

*The Intentional
Economy*<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2340&qid=76599>
by Daniel Pinchbeck
The breakdown of our financial system presents an opportunity to make a new
start. We could develop a different intention for what we are supposed to be
doing together on this swiftly tilting planet, and institute new social and
economic infrastructure to support that intent.
Read it here: http://www.realitysandwich.com/intentional_economy

*Into the Green
Underworld*<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2341&qid=76599>
by Daenin Tejeda
Although I had never smoked marijuana myself, I noticed that partakers of
this plant became susceptible to foreign entities. I decided to investigate,
and followed the smoky wisp spirits into the green underworld.
Read it here: http://www.realitysandwich.com/green_underworld_part_1_2

*Facing the Deindustrial
Age<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2342&qid=76599>
*
by John Michael Greer
Since peak oil was predicted in 1956, the prospect of any constructive
response has grown steadily more distant. Neither political reform nor
withdrawing to mountain hideaways are viable responses to our predicament.
Is it too late to negotiate the collapse of fossil-fueled civilization?
Read it here: http://www.realitysandwich.com/facing_deindustrial_age

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*Community as Financial Safe Haven in Troubled
Times<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2346&qid=76599>
*
by Catherine Austin Fitts
Reduced confidence in the public stock market has fostered opportunities to
invest in our neighbors and ourselves. These opportunities will continue to
grow in 2009 and for the foreseeable future.
Read it here:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/community_financial_safe_haven_troubled_times

*Magnetic Breach<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2347&qid=76599>
*
by Erin Shaw
NASA has discovered a record-breaking breach in Earth's magnetosphere that
could lead to severe solar storms.
Read it here: http://www.realitysandwich.com/storm_watch

*Astral Organics: A Cow Jumped Over the
Moon<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2349&qid=76599>
*
by Erik Davis
That Biodynamic horticulture invokes cosmic forces should come as no
surprise, especially when it comes to a soul-enriching Dionysian delight
that remains one of the most refined and spiritually symbolic products on
the planet.
Read it here:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/astral_organics_cow_jumped_over_moon

*Boys to Girls<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2350&qid=76599>
*
by Joseph Flatley
Worldwide pollution is tampering with evolution by feminizing males across
the animal kingdom.
Read it here: http://www.realitysandwich.com/boys_girls

*A New Eleusis: The Long Trip Isn't Over
Yet<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2352&qid=76599>
*
by Paul Devereux
A new Eleusis would make us aware that we have read but the first few pages
of the great book of nature, and make our decisions regarding the
environment, foreign relations, the economy, science, and social structures
more informed, humane, and sustainable.
Read it here:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/new_eleusis_long_trip_isn039t_over_yet

*Getting Beyond Corporate Culture: An Interview with Douglas
Rushkoff<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2353&qid=76599>
*
by Propaganda Anonymous
In this interview with author Douglas Rushkoff we explore some topics from
his upcoming book Life Incorporated, and his upcoming course at the Maybe
Logic Academy.
Read it here:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/getting_beyond_corporate_culture_interview_douglas_rushkoff

*Reuniting the Self: Autoimmunity, Obesity, and the Ecology of Health (Part
2)<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2355&qid=76599>
*
by Charles Eisenstein
The point of utter destitution is also the point of turning. We are
beginning to experience the softening and expansion of the separate self. As
multiple crises reach their fulfillment, could we be entering an Age of
Love?
Read it here:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/reuniting_self_autoimmunity_obesity_and_ecology_health_part_2

*The 411 on 2012<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2357&qid=76599>
*
by Michel Anderson
Rosemary Regello's article "Apocalypse 2012?" provides robust reading lists
and links for all your 2012 needs.
Read it here: http://www.realitysandwich.com/411_on_2012

* * *

*Reality Sandwich's Featured Contributor: Antonio
Lopez<http://www.realitysandwich.com/sites/realitysandwich.civicactions.net/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2359&qid=76599>
*

Antonio is a media critic, author and educator with roots in the Los
Angeles' hardcore punk scene in the early '80s. He co-founded a zine called
*Ink Disease* and has written for *Mondo 2000*, *High Times*, *Punk Planet*,
and *In These Times*. He's maintained a spiritual and ecological
orientation, leading to his involvement with Dharma Punx, Buddhism,
bioregionalism, permaculture, and a media literacy educator. His book
*Mediacology:
A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the 21st Century* ties
together these different influences and life themes. He's currently working
on a PhD in education and sustainability while teaching, blogging and living
in Rome, Italy.

RS: What brought you to Reality Sandwich?

A. I met Daniel at a party (just kidding). Actually, it was a little more
fortuitous. I'm a friend of RS contributor Erik Davis who connected me with
Daniel and the original print version of RS (when it was Evolver), for which
I wrote a piece. When Daniel and I finally hooked up, a bunch of us had a
"meeting of the mind's eye" as we spent a night cruising art events and
readings in Brooklyn (along with Propaganda Anonymous) while connecting
deeply around the potential relationship between pre-Columbian philosophy
and modern media. The initial dialog continued when RS was launched. What
motivates me to continue contributing to RS is the opportunity to be
involved in a community of lively minds and open hearts, where it's safe to
talk about all the strange things we are normally forbidden to discuss (such
as in my current role as a "professor"). Doing RS reminds me of the energy
we felt in the old punk days when we made it up as we went, and enjoyed
experimenting with the communication tools we had at the time (Xerox
machine, typewriter, glue, scissors-- no PCs back then!). Now we have a big
new toy to play with called the Internet, and I think it's incredibly fun
and dynamic to filter, link, connect, chat, comment and dialog
instantaneously with an intelligent, like-minded tribe of freaks. It's hard
to come by, so I offer gratitude.

RS: What transformations do you hope to see in your lifetime?

A. Basically I expect the last 5,000 year-cycle of civilization to end. What
I mean by that is not death and destruction (because that's what we *will*
have if civilization does not evolve), nor the end of time in the scary
sense that suddenly we'll be sucked into a black hole or destroyed by evil
aliens. I think we will go back to time as art, and reconnect with nature,
which has been veiled from our perception because of the various historical
trends we are well familiar with: patriarchy, war, monotheism, capitalism,
industrialization, etc. I don't foresee us going back to caves or anything
particularly primal, nor do I see the end of conflict per se, but what I do
see is that all the current systems that have maintained us and driven our
reality and paradigms are failing badly. They simply won't survive and will
take down those who refuse to shift gears and surf the changes with open
architecture and open hearts. Facilitating the emergent shift will be
networks of like-minded folks who engage in mutual aid, education and
support, alternative economic and media practices, nonviolent communication
(and resistance), some kind of meditation or yogic practice, a little punk
rebellion, and dynamic integration between local production for food and
living, and global exchange for culture and art. I also know that it will be
like nothing we expect, and at the same time quite normal. It's the ancient
future. Incidentally, everything I mentioned is already happening-- so enjoy
the ride!

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Cheers,

Daniel, Ken, Jonathan, Michael, Steven, ST, Kris, Jennifer, Maya, Jeffrey,
Caroline and the rest of the Reality Sandwich team.


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