a conference on the exploration of various techniques for accessing and navigating novel states of consciousness.
dale pendell offers his unique blend of history, poetry, and science. Dale is the author of Pharmako/Poeia and the forth coming Phamako/Dynamis.
Clark Heinrich is the author of Strange Fruit: Alchemy, Religion and Magical Foods, and (with Carl Ruck and Blaise Staples) The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist. Clark's radical reinterpretation of religious and alchemical artworks has challenged, amazed and delighted many people. His colorful new slide presentation reveals secret mushroom imagery that has been hidden for hundreds of years, until now.
phil farber is the author of Future Ritual: Magic for the 21st Century and Breaks: the Adventures of Richard Nixon in the 21st Century. He can be found online at http://members.aol.com/pstuart/
is an advanced personal trainer, holistic health consultant, fitness counselor, advanced aerobics instructor, Tai Chi instructor, and Yoga instructor. Djenaba pursues fitness as a parallel course to healing modalities.
is a long time contributor to the Entheogen Review under various pen names. Todd leads us on a tour of the frontiers of neuropharmacology.
demonstrates how sound, dance, and breath can be facilitators in the entheogenic experience.
an early contributor to Entheogen Review, has done groundbreaking work on North American Ayahuasca Analogs.
has a background so varied & eclectic he can only be described as The Renaissance Man of the clown-shaman tradition.
Crystal will provide an evening of entrancing space music.
is the owner of the Garden of Scentual Delights and offers aromatherapy workshops.
NEW SPEAKERS ADDED! KTrout is the author of Sacred Cacti. As an author and scholar he has been actively writing about psychoactive plants for the last 6 years and studying them passionately for more than 20 years. He presently serves as technical editor of the Entheogen Review. His current passion is creating a taxonomic and visual data base for the genus Trichocereus. (see http://www.troutsnotes.com)
Richard and Iona Miller Richard Miller a solid state physicist with graduate work at MIT, has written numerous books on herb farming, paraphysics, and ceremonial magick. Richard and Iona co-authored The Modern Alchemist, hailed by Stanley Krippner as the most illuminating study of alchemy since Carl Jung. Richard and Iona can be found on line at http://www.nwbotanicals.org and http://www.geocities.com/iona_m respectively.
Paul Bartscher and Micah Nilsson founded Al-kemi (http://www.al-kemi.com), a company dedicated to the research and revival of Alchemy, the west's lost lineage of energy healing. Their new project Veriditas (http://www.veriditas.com), applies Gnostic concepts to the creation and use of Alchymical Initiatics for willful spiritual development.
Cost of the experience is $350 This includes: all seminars, workshops, and events; on-site camping; and three meals a day. Meals begin with dinner on Thursday the 19th and end with lunch on Sunday the 22nd. Please specify if you would like vegetarian meals when you register.
The conference site is a short drive from Sisters, nestled by the Deschutes National Forest. If traveling by air, Redmond is the closest airport 30 minutes away, or choose Eugene as your destination to enjoy a beautiful drive over the Cascades.
Join us for an experience of informative seminars, creative workshops, discussion groups, music by the Crystal Awareness Project , and more.
TO REGISTER: Send $350 in check or money order to: I-9 Research PO Box 1506 Sisters, Oregon 97759
Registration packet will contain more detailed travel information and a map to the conference site.
If you have any questions or need more information call or e-mail Richard Nelson at: (541) 420 –0738 [email protected]