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LF58 David Jay Brown – The New Science of Psychedelics

David Jay Brown discusses his latest book The New Science of Psychedelics – At the Nexus of Culture, Consciousness, and Spirituality.
For as long as humanity has existed, we have used psychedelics to raise our levels of consciousness and seek healing, first in the form of visionary plants such as cannabis, and now with the addition of manmade psychedelics such as LSD and MDMA. These substances have inspired spiritual awakenings, artistic and literary works, technological and scientific innovation, and even political revolutions. But what does the future hold for humanity and can psychedelics help take us there?
Sharing insights from luminaries such as Terence McKenna, Edgar Mitchell, Deepak Chopra, Jerry Garcia, Annie Sprinkle and Rupert Sheldrake, The New Science of Psychedelics explores the revelations brought about through its author’s psychedelic experiences and his work with visionaries of the psychedelic and scientific communities. The book investigates the role of psychedelics in creativity, lucid dreaming, time travel, sex and pleasure enhancement, morphic field theory, encounters with nonhuman entities, the interface between science and spirituality, and the nature and evolution of consciousness.
Revealing not only what psychedelics can teach us about ourselves and the world around us, David also shows how they are preparing humanity for a future of enlightened minds and worlds beyond our solar system.
www.mavericksofthemind.com
For further information about psychedelics visit www.erowid.org
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LF57 Brian Czech – The End of Economic Growth

Brian Czech discusses his new book Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution.
Politicians, economists and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless economic expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment. Supply Shock debunks these widely accepted myths and demonstrates that we are in fact navigating the end of the era of economic growth, and that the only sustainable alternative is the development of a steady state economy.
Czech presents a compelling alternative to growth based on keen scientific, economic, and political insights. These include the trophic theory of money, the overlooked source of technological progress that prevents us from reconciling growth and environmental protection, and bold yet practical policies for establishing a steady state economy. Supply Shock leaves no doubt that the biggest idea of the 20th century – economic growth – has become the biggest problem of the 21st.
Brian Czech is the founder of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE), the leading organization promoting the transition from unsustainable growth to a new economic paradigm.
www.steadystate.org
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LF56 Bill Still – Jekyll Island: The Truth Behind the Federal Reserve

Monetary reform activist Bill Still discusses his latest documentary Jekyll Island: The Truth Behind the Federal Reserve.
What’s the real problem with the world economy? It’s debt. Too much personal debt, too much corporate debt and – most importantly – too much government debt. People have a natural tendency to want to spend now and pay later, and governments are no different. The problem is that government money mostly comes from just two sources; taxation and borrowing. Governments can either raise taxes to cover their reckless spending, or borrow from private banks and continue to kick the financial can down the road. Unfortunately, the vast sums governments owe to these private, for-profit banks continually attracts interest, and this mathematically un-payable debt is now strangling the life out of the economy of every nation on Earth.
But crucially, it’s not just the sheer volume of interest paid to the banks, it’s the control over the political process this debt gives the banks. We can never fix the instability in the world economic system until we forbid government borrowing. Economic instability favours banks and speculators, whereas economic stability favours the people. If banks control the creation of money, there is no way there will ever be a stable economic system. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way. Banks don’t need to be in control. Governments don’t need to borrow. Governments don’t need a national debt.
www.billstill.com
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LF55 Kirby Surprise – Synchronicity: Part Two

Kirby Surprise discusses his book Synchronicity.
This is a two part interview. Part one is here.
You have an amazing ability. Your thoughts and feelings, your memories and experiences, are reproduced in the events around you as coincidences. It’s not only you with this ability, it’s everyone. We all live in a reality in which our thoughts and emotions are mirrored back to us as synchronistic events. This is not some world of science fiction or fantasy; it’s the real world around you, at this very moment. This seemingly magical ability goes largely unnoticed, unexplained, and misunderstood. This ability is real. It’s not magic, but is the core of most myths about magic. Synchronicity is about getting orientated to powers you already use. If you would rather not spend time staring into the funhouse mirror of your own mind, you might want to turn your attention elsewhere. If, however, you would like to take the chance of embarking on an adventure of exploration through synchronicity, and don’t mind that certainty is nowhere to be found, stay tuned’¦
www.howsynchronicityworks.com
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LF54 Kirby Surprise – Synchronicity: Part One

Kirby Surprise discusses his book Synchronicity – The Art of Coincidence, Change, and Unlocking Your Mind.
This is a two part interview. Part two is here.
You have an amazing ability. Your thoughts and feelings, your memories and experiences, are reproduced in the events around you as coincidences. It’s not only you with this ability, it’s everyone. We all live in a reality in which our thoughts and emotions are mirrored back to us as synchronistic events. This is not some world of science fiction or fantasy; it’s the real world around you, at this very moment. This seemingly magical ability goes largely unnoticed, unexplained, and misunderstood. This ability is real. It’s not magic, but is the core of most myths about magic. Synchronicity is about getting orientated to powers you already use. If you would rather not spend time staring into the funhouse mirror of your own mind, you might want to turn your attention elsewhere. If, however, you would like to take the chance of embarking on an adventure of exploration through synchronicity, and don’t mind that certainty is nowhere to be found, stay tuned’¦
www.howsynchronicityworks.com
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LF53 Michael Wood – The Psychology of Conspiracy

Are some people more likely than others to believe in conspiracy theories, and if so, why? Real conspiracies are exposed every day, but where does the line between fantasy and reality disappear?
In a recent study entitled What About Building 7? – A Social Psychological Study Of Online Discussion Of 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, Dr Michael Wood and Dr Karen Douglas of the University of Kent (UK) explore these questions, and more. Their research suggests that people who argue in favour of conspiracy theories do so differently from those who argue against them, and that there are distinct psychological differences between those who support conspiracy theories and those who support the official story. Belief systems also have a profound effect on the acceptance or rejection of conspiracy theories.
In their analysis, conspiracy theories are more about disbelieving the official story than believing in some alternative account. For those who think 9/11 was an inside job, for example, the focus is not on promoting a specific rival theory, but in trying to debunk the official account. Those promoting 9/11 conspiracy theories are also more likely to promote unrelated conspiracy theories, such as those about the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Princess Diana. The study also found that those who favour official accounts are generally more hostile than the pro-conspiracy camp and – perhaps unsurprisingly – that conspiracy theorists do not like being called conspiracy theorists.
www.conspiracypsych.com
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LF52 Adam Taggart – Living With Purpose

Unfulfilled by your job? Wish that the work you do on a daily basis was more aligned with the person you really are? You are not alone. In fact, a majority of workers would chose a different career path if given the chance. The reasons are varied. Some simply experience a bad fit with the career that fate steered them into. Many others, however, fear that their expertise (or lack of it) will have little or no relevance in a future shaped by increasing financial crises, energy shortages and environmental collapse.
But the reality is, most people don’t take the steps to find a more meaningful path. The potential life upheaval and uncertainty that can come with a full-scale career transition often prove too daunting and overwhelming for most people, and so they resign themselves to a future of lowered expectations and simply enduring their job.
It doesn’t have to be this way. In his new book Finding Your Way to Your Authentic Career, Peak Prosperity’s Adam Taggart shows how, through a process of self-discovery, we can break the unfulfilling patterns of the past and align our work with our passions, natural abilities, and values.
The profound problems that the World is facing will ensure that the next twenty years will be completely unlike the last twenty years. Jobs for life are gone. Cosy career paths are rapidly becoming things of the past. But with challenge comes opportunity. Change is on its way, but how we face it – or even embrace it – will have far-reaching effects on our future wealth, health, and happiness.
www.peakprosperity.com
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LF51 Samuel Alexander – Entropia: Life Beyond Industrial Civilisation

Samuel Alexander discusses his new book Entropia: Life Beyond Industrial Civilisation.
When industrial civilisation collapsed in the third decade of the 21st century, a community living on a small island in the South Pacific Ocean found itself permanently isolated from the rest of the world. With no option but to build a self-sufficient economy with very limited energy supplies, this community set about creating a simpler way of life that could flourish into the deep future.  Determined above all else to transcend the materialistic values of the Old World, they made a commitment to live materially simple lives, convinced that this was the surest path to genuine freedom, peace, and sustainable prosperity. Seven decades later, in the year 2099, Entropia describes the results of their remarkable living experiment.
Dr Samuel Alexander is a part-time lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs, University of Melbourne, Australia. He teaches a course called Consumerism and the Growth Paradigm: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the Masters of Environment. He is also co-director of the Simplicity Institute and co-founder of Transition Coburg. He writes regularly at the Simplicity Collective and posts most of his academic essays at www.TheSufficiencyEconomy.com
www.bookofentropia.comwww.SimplicityInstitute.org
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LF50 Kingsley Dennis – The Struggle For Your Mind

Kingsley Dennis discusses his book The Struggle for Your Mind: Conscious Evolution and the Battle to Control How We Think.
Within society there exists a silent war. The battlefield is our everyday lives: our education, our work, our leisure, our emotional and spiritual well-being, and our thinking and perceptions. Our very sense of reality is deliberately engineered to work against conscious evolution and preserve social norms. In short, we are all part of a war of consciousness. And the opportunity is at hand for us to win.
Exploring the biology of consciousness, Kingsley reveals the emerging mechanisms for neuro-genetic evolution within the brains of gifted individuals, psychics, and visionaries and the coming increases in solar and magnetic energies that will activate them within all of us.
Explaining how we can free up mental and emotional energy to break through the barriers inhibiting conscious evolution, he shows that by taking back our minds and changing the way we think, we can restore our connection with Nature and the Divine and lead humanity into a new age of harmony and awareness.
www.kingsleydennis.com
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LF49 Dr. Malcolm Torry – Why We Need A Citizen’s Income

Dr. Malcolm Torry discusses his new book Money For Everyone – Why We Need A Citizen’s Income.
Due to government cuts, the benefits system in the UK is currently a hot topic. In this timely book, a Citizen’s Income (sometimes called a Basic Income) is defined as an unconditional, non-withdrawable income for every individual as a right of citizenship. Money for Everyone is the first book for over a decade to analyse the social, economic and labour market advantages of a Citizen’s Income. It demonstrates that it would be simple and cheap to administer, would reduce inequality, enhance individual freedom and would be good for the economy, social cohesion, families, and the employment market.
The book also contains international comparisons and links with broader issues around the meaning of poverty and inequality, making a valuable contribution to the debate around benefits. Whether you’re capitalist, socialist, somewhere in between or even beyond, you may believe the very idea of a Citizen’s Income to be variously unworkable, unaffordable, unethical or some combination thereof. However, in a world of growing poverty and inequality, spiralling military spending, banks too big to fail and the Ponzi scheme of debt-based fiat currency, it is perhaps worth looking again at how we could radically improve the lot of the many through more inventive and imaginative economic systems.
Dr. Malcolm Torry is Director of the Citizen’s Income Trust; he has first degrees in mathematics, theology, philosophy, and economics and management; and higher degrees in social policy and in theology. He has recently completed an honorary research fellowship in the Social Policy Department at the London School of Economics. He is Team Rector of the Church of England Parish of East Greenwich.
www.citizensincome.org
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