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Gourd with kanji for Tao The decorated gourds on this page were created in the Spring and Summer of 2004 in Napa, California. They were grown in a field behind one of the public schools there. All the gourds were of the large variety some measuring 2 feet in length and over a foot in diameter. Duck, goose and other water foul feathers were used to decorate them along with acrylic pigments, leather, bamboo and other materials.  Blue bulb gourd vase with beautiful feathers   Gourd vase with cowrie shells and beautiful blue feathers Gourd painted gold with rim band and feather decorations Spirit gourd for protecting the space (2 images) Thick basket gourd for gathering fruit, herbs and nuts with bamboo handle Two gourds decorated with many feathers and tiny bells (right)

  The following titles from Mantra Press are available at Etsy.com, Ebay.com and the Chicago book and zine seller: Quimby's on North Ave. All links are below. The Taoist Way of Sexual Health: Methods, techniques and processes for male sexual empowerment and well being. Internal Alchemy: Taoist Practices of Immortality The Warrior Mon's Manual for Navigating the Apocalypse Restorative Acupoint Therapy Self-healing Applications The Legend and Culture of Kokopelli and the Native American Flute Sahaja Tantra: An Outline for Sacred Loving Sacred Erotic Texts of Buddhism, Hindu Tantra and Taoism Magical Breath Magical Life: The Yoga of Conscious Breathing  The Poetic Oracle of Goddess Quan Yin: A Channelled Work of Her Wisdom The Immortal Body: Practices and Teachings of Spiritual Alchemists The Restoration of Original Templates and Healing Power of Medicine Buddha Medicine Buddha for Healing the Hun and Resolving Depression Twenty Asian Tonic Herbs that Benefit Health and Promote L...

Taoist Sage holding a Sheng wind instument and riding a Crane a Symbol of Immortality *** In terms of life extension and a youthful appearance nature contrives to present us as thebest we will ever be, most vigorous, most attractive when our hormones are at their fullest…in our youth. To again suffuse the body with hormones, specifically sexual hormones, re-invigorates and renews the body like when we were young. The dissipation of this energy in fantasy, sexual excesses or through emotionality or personal dramas would cause an even faster degeneration of the life force. That is why the discipline of a well-established spiritual path is necessary in order to retain and properly direct the energy produced. Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming states that: “Hormones stimulate mental activity, thinking and physical growth and are directly related to the strength of our life force. They determine the length of a person’s life, and whether they are healthy or prone to illness. They stimulate the emotions an...

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  Psilocybin Sessions: Psilo-tote' April, 2025 Notes and Insights: The mushroom dissolves the ego into multiple perceptions. The mushroom creates multiple points of perception with no way to choose but only witness. As magic medicine opens to multiple layers of existence each with its own lights, sounds, shapes and colors. Lights swirl, throb, pulsate, radiate, dance, bounce, expand and contract endlessly forming new patterns, shapes, densities and marvels overwhelming the senses leaving one breathless and speechless. The ego dissolution brought on is like a death that is repeated in an endless pattern of shifting intensities each going deeper than the ones before leaving one speechless and in awe with no way to escape or change the scenario or context. One's exposure to the unknown internal tapestry of feeling, seeing and knowing is both ecstatically blissful and terrifyingly ruthless as the participant gets exposed to all they don't want to see, remember or inwardly ackno...

Sacred mushrooms as the original Tree of Knowledge in Eden “Where hallucinogen use is unknown or severely restricted, cultural innovations and creative genius is also severely restricted, unknown or vastly underdeveloped.” Terrance McKenna, Food of the Gods Shamans ‘awake’ on alkaloid rich power plants are the harbingers of cultural advancement, spiritual healing and understanding, hidden knowledge and culturally useful creativity and innovation.  The use of psycho-active plants by shamans and the spiritually oriented, dissolves the cultural and socially conditioned boundaries; this serves to give shamans access to the wisdom and hidden (occult) knowledge of the spirit world. The dissolving of the ego-centered matrix into an undifferentiated whole is what is meant by the term, ‘Tao’. The Tao moves us beyond all categories sanctioned by the common social milieu and off...