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"A Spiral of Deadheads" Science Fiction Story by gvan42 - and - "Ceremony and Ritual" - Psychedelic Poetry

Question Reality

DO YOU SEE SOUNDS? HEAR
COLORS? WELL...YOU DO NOW!

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Imagine that you are floating in a tub of warm water...
every muscle in your body is completely relaxed...
your mind drifts and contentment blooms 
like a time lapse film of a Rose... Awakening...
you leave your body and rise up to the ceiling...
you look back and see your body...
it is resting with a cup of tea in it's hand...
ahh...mint...
as you watch your body, your mind seeps 
thru the ceiling and you see the
world. there is a forest...
it is for...rest...

on the shore of a lake a spiral of deadheads dance around a fire.
the flickering light seems to be perfectly synchronized to the rhythm of the drums... alas...
the reversal of entropy is merely an illusion.
one of the deadheads reaches into the shadows and lifts a
five gallon can of gasoline...
it is tightly sealed. he places it on the fire...
they all move back...
it will take time for the gas to expand enough to burst the can...
a slender woman with strawberry blond hair
raises a conch shell to her lips and draws a deep breath.
she blows a long note signaling the
beginning of a new era of mankind.
everything is dripping with meaning.
significance saturates every
leaf of every tree ...
then a tiny hole appears in the gas can and 
a cone of fire reaches for the sky...
you contemplate metallurgy, welding and 
strength of materials...
then the gas can resigns itself to fate
and a ball of fire searches for oxygen 
and of course finds it.
the spiral of deadheads emit a massive
yeah! and you drift on...

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This tale is not a verified experience... it was just a story someone told me about at a Grateful Dead concert... None of my friends EVER put a 5 gallon can of gas on a fire just to have fun... 

Infinite Rainbow by gvan42

Psychedelic Poetry - "CEREMONY AND RITUAL" - a story - Fiction - written by gvan42 about Trips to Philadelphia - Grateful Dead at JFK Stadium and The Spectrum Arena 


OUR MINDS HAVE BEEN FUSED INTO ONE SHIMMERING
COLONIAL ANIMAL…
FLOWING IN THE
CURRENTS OF THE MUSIC…
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire !

IN THE SHADOWS,TORCHES FLICKER IN THE 
BREEZE. THE ORACLE BEGINS TO SPEAK,
FEEL THE HEAT…
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!

WE DANCE OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL
REALM OF TIME AND SPACE.
THE CROWD ERUPTS IN OUTBURSTS OF FREE
-FORM MOTION
AS THE INTENSITY OF THE JAM PEAKS
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!
MY BODY IS TRANSFORMED INTO A PINBALL AND
I RICOCHET AROUND THE SPECTRUM
ARENA BOUNCING OFF THE FLASHING LIGHTS.
A CROWD OF DEADHEADS
SURROUND ME INTENT ON TELLING ME STUPID JOKES…
THEY JUST…know… THAT I WILL LAUGH…
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!

THANK YOU DR. ALBERT HOFFMAN
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This was written after attending a Grateful 
Dead concert in JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was sitting up above the crowd 
in the bleachers and could see the dancers 
move more enthusiastically during peaks of 
the music… less motion during gentle passages… as the dynamics of the improvisation ebbed and flowed, the dancers moved accordingly… like 
sea anemones moving in the currents of the ocean… I also mention the Spectrum in Philadelphia… It has many blinking 
advertisements for Atlantic city casinos in 
the area where refreshments were being 
served…

MKULTRA: a CIA Mind Control Project in the USA during the 1950's and 1960's. They were looking for a way to use drugs as weapons of war. For example: LSD as a truth serum to aid in interrogation or as a way to simply get the "enemy" to lay down their arms, voluntarily... like, too stoned to fight... 
The project conducted tests on college students at Stanford University. Ken Kesey and Robert Hunter both volunteered to eat LSD and other mind control drugs and report on the effects. Later, Ken started having "ACID TEST" parties where the participants took LSD and danced to the Music of the Grateful Dead. Robert Hunter wrote lyrics for the Dead.

Just co-incidence?
      or were "the sixties"
             a CIA experiment to see what happens?

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Carlos Castaneda wrote many books about the Brujo Don Juan Mateus, a Yaqui Indian. He taught a different view of the world using medicinal plants and reality-stretching exercises.

The first book is called "The Teachings of Don 
Juan:  A yaqui Way of Knowledge". It's a Classic anthropological study of Mexican Indians. 
Required reading in freshman cultural-anthro at 
Chico State in 1973... The people in the book used 
the teachings to learn how to run thru the desert 
at full speed it total darkness using power from an "ally" that looked like a moth... Hence the images 
of men running... and Moths.  They were also able 
to travel instantly from one place to another... 
Often in these books, Carlos and Juan do things 
that are absolutely impossible... If you believe the traditional view of reality... However, the first set 
on the path of knowledge is to "question reality".

The book "Tales of Power" has many images in it 
that I used to make this animation... Like "finding 
your hands while dreaming": a way to take control 
of your dreams and use them to learn. 

Carlos Castaneda wrote of "seeing" people as 
luminous eggs... with bolts of power connecting 
their midsections to the world around them.
I'm re-reading all those books again... a worthwhile 
use of my time... The Teachings of Don Juan starts 
the series... A Separate Reality, Journey to Ixtlan, 
The Eagle's Gift, Tales of Power and The Second 
Ring of Power... These books document a cultural anthropologist 's study of Mexican Indians, 
psychedelics and Toltec Warriors.  The first book is about psylocibin, datura and peyote experiences 
but the author quickly outgrows these and 
embarks on a magical journey learning the 
ancient arts of "stalking" and "dreaming".

A complementary author is Don Miguel Ruiz... 
The Four Agreements... They work well together.

and I remember doing a POWER WALK after a Grateful Dead Concert... I took ONE STEP and Grocked Everything there was to know about That Location... and then I took Another Step... and 
Grocked THAT Location... and Many Silly 
Deadheads Mocked Me For Walking SO FAST! 
"Watch Out Everybody! This Guy is Speeding 
TOO FAST! Danger Danger!" and I walked that 
way all the way to my car in the parking lot...

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Great Book: "The Four Agreements" by Don 

Miguel Ruiz, a Toltec Brujo from Mexico. (Doctor/Priest/Teacher.)


1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don't take anything personally.
3. Don't make assumptions.
4. Always do your best.

Starting at birth we are told what to think by our parents, schools and church. These people give us free advice to help them live out their dreams. Their advice may not be in our best interests. By telling us what to think they mold what our reality looks and feels like. Even though we do not know it, we have made agreements with them to live our life according to their rules. Don Miguel Ruiz calls this "The Domestication of Humans". Like we have domesticated horses and bent them to serve our purposes, humans have been enslaved. The first step in breaking free of the bondage that our elders have placed us in is to realize that we are slaves. Then we may reject the agreements that were made without our knowledge and write our own. These new ways of viewing reality can be to our benefit.


Instead of living our lives helping someone else accomplish their goals, we can work to help ourselves realise our own goals. We can stop living the life of a slave and be free. The people that have been programming our minds are not neccesarily evil. They themselves have been programmed by their own parents, school and church and do not realize that they are carrying out the wishes of their elders. The Toltec Warrior's goal in life is to wake up and see the world as it is. We are all living in a dream world that is not of our own making. They are engaged in a battle for their own minds. READ MORE:



Tripping 

(1999 Ken Kesey / Merry Pranksters 

documentary)



Inca Sun God - Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42


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As Phil Lesh noted in his 2005 memoirs, Searching For The Sound: My Life With The Grateful Dead, “We were at the first Acid Test not to play, but just to feel it out, and we hadn’t brought any instruments or gear.”

https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/grateful-dead-acid-test-1965/  The band members in attendance did eventually pick up some Prankster instruments and mess around. As Ken Babbs, Kesey’s Prankster lieutenant and host of the fateful party, recalled to Rolling Stone in 2015, “I remember the band, the guys who later became the Grateful Dead, showing up and playing on our instruments … and us playing on our instruments, and [Neal] Cassady being there and [Allen] Ginsberg and [novelist] Bob Stone and being up all night lying on the floor with microphones rapping stuff into tape machines until dawn.”

 Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the first time the Grateful Dead, still known as The Warlocks, attended one of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters‘ Acid Tests, where like-minded individuals would take LSD and enjoy “permissive bedlam” and untethered visual and, eventually, musical displays. This was the first Acid Test opened to the public, and the members of the Warlocks attended not necessarily to perform, but rather to check out the scene. However, the Warlocks would soon become the Grateful Dead, the Grateful Dead would soon become the Tests’ house band, and the weekly gatherings would become the training ground that allowed them to evolve into an improvisational force the likes of which had not been seen before.
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Lyrics to I'm a Vidiot" by Greg Vanderlaan - and - "Global Economic Collapse" - and - "Television is a Mirror (with a Feedback Loop - Loop, Loop)"

"I'm a Vidiot" by Greg Vanderlaan

 I'm a vidiot, I stay plugged in all day (A,D,E)
I'm a vidiot, All I do is play (A,D,E)
I'm a vidiot, if you don't like my game (A,D,E)
You can goto hell 'cause I'm playing again (E)

 Once upon a time I used to do things
 (A,A*,E) A*=E0, A0, D2, G2, B3, e0
-but no longer- (spoken words)
I used to go out and play with other kids (A,A*,E)
-that was years ago- (spoken words)
Now I stay indoors and drool at the TV set (A,A*,E)
-that's right- (spoken words)
I can't wait for 3D,it will be the greatest yet ! (A,A*,E)

 I'm a vidiot, it's the only way
I'm a vidiot, I've got that brain decay
I'm a vidiot, hey mister gimme a quarter
So I can go down to the video parlor

 When Dad was a kid he was into wholesome things
-like drugs- (spoken words)
But kids today are not that spaced out kind
-well, maybe just a little- (spoken words)
We just grab a joystick in our grubby little mitts
And fiddle with the knobs till we go blind

 I'm a vidiot, everyone says I'm sick
I'm a vidiot, give me a joystick
I'm a vidiot, I'll show you my stuff
I'll make Donkey Dong look like a cream puff

 Mom got me one of those plug in TV thingees
-well, FINALLY- (spoken words)
Hoping I'd stop bugging her for quarters
-NO WAY !- (spoken words)
Now that I've got 6 billion and a half cartridges
-one for every person on earth...plus three- (spoken words)
I GOTTA GET ONE MORE, 'CAUSE THEY CAME OUT WITH DONKEY KONG THE 17TH ! WHEE!

 I'm a vidiot, my thumb's getting sore
I'm a vidiot, I want more, more, more
I'm a vidiot, if I play one more game
maybe I'll do the ultimate...

 BREAK THE MACHINE !!!


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"Global Economic Collapse" - By Greg Vanderlaan
(GENRE: Bubble Gum Pop Rock... Sung Brightly)

 “The growth industry of the 90’s…
will be... Subsistence farming…
when Reagan’s rubber check bounces…
and global economic collapse…
rears its ugly head…
what will you do for food ?
CHORUS: LETS EAT RATS FOR LUNCH…

 OOOh, The winter gets cold…
when the Arabs turn off the oil…
Your BMW will make a lovely planter…
growing beets in bucket seats…
open the sun roof wide…
scrounging in the city dump…
I seem to have lost my pride…
CHORUS: LET’S EAT RATS FOR LUNCH…

 "Television is a mirror" - by Greg Vanderlaan 

 Television is a mirror…
with a feedback loop… loop, loop…
Television is a mirror…
with a feedback loop… loop, loop…
Everyone watches and is programmed to be…
what they see… WHEE!
What is the strange attraction of Miss White?
The available caucasian…
psychedelic art by greg vanderlaan Television is a mirror lyrics gvan42
This is what I see when I turn out the lights.
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Great TV Show: "The Vietnam War" a Documentary by Ken Burns. American history.


I just saw what happened between 1850 and 1963... The French invaded and made Indo-China a colony.
During WW2 the French left to go home and fight the Germans and the Japanese invaded. When WW2 was over the Japanese left and Vietnam was governed briefly by the
Vietnamese people. Then the French invaded again and Ho Chi Minh fought them until the late 1950s when the French surrendered and left. At that time the USA was
helping the French. The country split into the North [Communist] and the South [Capitalist] in 1954. In many ways Vietnam War was a replay of the Korean
War. However, the USA foreign policy that had worked in Korea failed to work in Vietnam. 
In the early 1960s Vice President Nixon went on TV and explained to the American People "The Domino Principle"... how the Red Chinese were supporting the Viet Minh in
North Vietnam just like they had supported the North Koreans... He explained that if we did not stop the Red Chinese in Vietnam they would continue to make many other
Asian countries Communist. Eventually the whole world would turn Communist and we would be fighting them at our border with Mexico. Watching Nixon on TV his concept
seemed reasonable... The people of the USA were busy raising children and were not very interested in the events half way around the world in Vietnam.
President Eisenhower sent more American troops as advisors to the South Vietnamese army. President Kennedy continued and so did President Johnson...
Eventually, President Nixon ended the war by making the Vietnamese fight their own civil war. It's interesting to see Nixon at the Start and the End. I see that the main
problem in Vietnam was the French. They had a colony there and treated the natives like inferior people. Ho Chi Minh was a great hero to his people and fought for
freedom from Foreign invaders just like Mao Tse Tung did in China. True Freedom Fighters.
During the last years of the French occupation the Commanding General said that French victory was near and that "he could see victory like the light at the end of a
tunnel." A famous quote... Echoed by American Generals.
After we lost the Vietnam War the USA was at Peace with the world for about a decade. Then we invaded Nicaragua and chose sides in another civil war during
the term of President Reagan. He failed to learn the lessons of Vietnam even though as Governor of California he was in an excellent position to observe the Anti-War
movement. Berkley was a center of demonstrations and Governor Reagan did call in National Guard troops to stifle dissent. So he had to have considered the questions
raised by the people protesting. Eventually President Bush invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. The USA spent about 6 trillion dollars and thousands of lives blowing up
those two countries. Sadly, all that effort did not make America safer nor did it improve the quality of life in those countries. Bush also failed to grasp the
concepts learned during the Vietnam War. So here it is: Let those people over there solve their own problems. It's their country and they should run it however
they want... DUH!
While it now seems absurd for anyone to actually believe the War in Vietnam was a good idea, at the time it was popular. During the 1950s and early 1960s the people of
the USA were rather obedient. As My Uncle said: "If the Government said go to war in Korea, you just went." It wasn't until the late 1960s that people started to think
for themselves and question authority. Corporations promoted the War as a way to increase profits. For example: Hughes Aircraft sold a lot of Helicopters.
Dow chemical sold a lot of Agent Orange and Napalm. Corporations sold airplanes, boats, uniforms, medical supplies, meals ready to eat, rifles bullets and coffins.
President Eisenhower warned us about the Military Industrial Complex and he was right. During the 1950s the USA also had a Panic Attack about Communists...
Senator Joe McCarthy had investigations of Commies in the entertainment industry. He felt that Hollywood had great power of persuasion by creating propaganda.
He wanted to make sure that the propaganda promoted Capitalism and The American Way of Life. Many people could still remember the 1930s and the Great Depression
when Capitalism self destructed. We were fighting the Reds world wide... It's funny that later Nixon opened up trade with China, the largest Communist Country.
Another often forgotten part of American History is when President Reagan provided weapons and advisors to the "Freedom Fighters" in Afghanistan. They were
the Mugahaddin and they were fighting the invading army of the Russians. The children of those freedom fighters were called The Taliban and are classified as
"Terrorists" for fighting the invading army of The Americans. Ironic? Yes...  The only difference between a "Freedom Fighter" and a "Terrorist" is who they
are trying to throw out of their country...
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I remember protesting against the war in Vietnam. I'm glad that I did. History has shown that the war was a terrible mistake. The government was lying to the American
people and it took a long time for us to realize that they were lying. Eventually, the American People forced the government to stop killing.
After the war was over we enjoyed peace for about ten years. Then the government invaded Nicaragua and Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria. Each invasion was wrong.
We are still stuck in an endless war in Afghanistan with no possible hope of ending. Those people will defend their country against foreign invaders forever.
Every war has made the USA less safe. When we blow up a country the survivors plan revenge against us. Some times we supply the weapons like we did with ISIS. 

A better plan is for the USA to simply stop invading countries. War Does Not Work.



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