16th Aug 2012
Her_Path_to_Divinity_by_brainwar23

More “Fear and Loathing in Iquitos”, and Ayahuasca/DMT Investigations (“Heaven Earth” and “DMT: The Spirit Molecule” full-length documentaries)

There has recently been a resurgence of discussion on one of the papers in my “academic work” section, here on Practice of Madness: “Fear and Loathing in Iquitos: Cynicism, Sincerity,...

“Letters of Complaint: The Art of Getting What You Deserve as a Human Being” – Letter #8 (Dear Mr. Alan Shoemaker…)

Quite some time has passed since I’ve had to write a full-on letter of complaint to some bureaucratic entity that has screwed me over.  In this case, I am responding...

14th Apr 2010
Amazon River and Jungle

Fear and Loathing in Iquitos: Cynicism, Sincerity, and the Commercialization of Shamanism.

(hint: parts of this paper are written from a more “sincere” viewpoint than others ) Update, July 16, 2010: For another perspective on this check out this excellent blog, from...

24th Feb 2010
A desperate letter from the Amazon Jungle…indeed, I am home early, and can hardly believe I made it…this correspondence sent to a friend sums it up to some degree…

A desperate letter from the Amazon Jungle…indeed, I am home early, and can hardly believe I made it…this correspondence sent to a friend sums it up to some degree…

Dearest ____ , oh my fucking god…or i guess i should say “jésus cristo” after leaving Lima things started to turn bad…we took a bus to a “desert oasis”…i assumed...