A psych-video about “going to your own birthday party after death.” Up until 1:20 I found it to be an extraordinary video simulation of the psychedelic experience. After that, things get a bit too scary for me, though no less innovative. Ambar Navarro the director does a great job transforming mind-states on the screen, which makes the film a rare spectacle.
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DATURA: THE DEVIL’S WEED
21 Aug
Mad Mike is a self taught expert on hallucinogenic plants. As a recovering addict/alcoholic, he feels a responsibility to share his knowledge with parents and teenagers about the effects of Jimson Weed. Datura scare videos abound on the Internet, but rarely satisfy the curiosity of inquisitive kids. This short film is intended to inform people about Datura from first hand knowledge of the plant. Mad Mike is a real person who has studied hallucinogens sometimes to his own detriment. Mikes warnings should be heeded and the authors of this film in no way advocate the ingestion of this dangerous narcotic.
Orpheus´ Pony – Michael Fragstein
20 JulA beautiful melancholic and pensive animation by Michael Fragstein to music by Lisa Tuyala.
“So now you are looking at this strange creature,
sitting at a pond trying to bond with nature.
Its features are the most obscure.
Orpheus´ metamorphotic walk through the lost and found land.”
Psychedelics birds and fish
6 JulSome of you might remember the psychedelic bird fractals which we featured here a couple of years back. We liked those bird a lot back then but this “Bird Ballet” video really takes the whole bird-fractals thing up by a couple of levels. Beautiful.
And birds are not the only animals which sometimes come together to create beautiful psychedelically transforming shapes. Fish do also, as you can see in the two videos below which remind us once again how psychedelic nature can be.
AYA-AWAKENINGS
26 Jun
AYA: Awakenings is a narrative documentary into the world and visions of ayahuasca shamanism, adapted from the cult book ‘Aya: a Shamanic Odyssey’ by Rak Razam. By blending narration directly from the book with video footage, interviews with practicing curanderos, samples of traditional icaros or magic songs, photographs and cutting edge special effects, Aya: Awakenings reproduces the inner landscape of the visionary state in unprecedented detail, invoking a spiritual awakening in the viewer.
Fantastic Fungi: The Forbidden Fruit
19 Jun
An excerpt from the feature documentary by Louie Schwartzberg following notable mycologist, Paul Stamets, as he discusses the important role mushrooms play in the survival and health of the earth and human species.
The Scared is scared
15 JunThis is probably one of the cutest things I saw in my life. Bianca Giaver asked a six years old what her film should be about. She directed the story he told her verbatim and with the sweetest devotion. The result is funny, inspiring and psychedelic.
(Link: Ori Ben Ezra. Thanks!)
MAELSTORM
13 JunThis is what the makers of this video say about it:
When a lonely young woman in London faces an ever growing loss of identity, the only thing she can cling onto are her melancholic devotion to her snake and plants. Unfortunately flora doesn’t talk back and her snake is radiating a mysterious glare as ever. Mysteriously her plant shows her that there is enlightenment to be found sipping through the cracks of consciousness. She decides to see how deep the rabbit hole goes and aligns back with her true self.
Miley Cyrus Salvia Simulation
12 Jun
An attempt to simulate the dissociative effects of Salvia Divinorum in both audio and visual.
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