Since it is over here is a review from Common Ground writer:
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2012 Entheogens Film Festival Testimonial Feb.13, 2012
How delightfully “mind-blowing” it was to have been a guest at the 2012 Entheogens Film Festival’s opening evening. Not only were the documentary film presentations fascinating and even ground-breaking, there was an electricity generated by the collective energy of those present, I.e., the filmmakers, consciousness pioneers, leading edge clinicians and researchers, and even erstwhile psychonauts like myself. What I witnessed was an evening so extraordinary that I reconfigured my already bulging schedule to attend almost the entire weekend.
Facilitator and author Ralph Metzner is a natural wellspring of information, a fount of experience and insight, and a beam of “clear light” illuminating a path forward for those of us given to consciousness expansion and/or “rapid-progress” psychotherapeutic approaches. The dozen or so eye-opening films presented here and the accompanying panel discussions shed much needed light on the entheogens’ vast potential for both these novel psychotherapeutics, and for personal and even societal transformation. Kudos too, to both Cathy Coleman for her sharp organizational and logistics skills and Jan Fischer for her welcoming behind-the-scenes presence and support; both their contributions allowed the proceedings to flow seamlessly.
IONS hosts a panoply of “frontier” consciousness events and concerts at its gemutlich retreat center located in the hills of Northern Marin County. The freshly prepared natural cuisine is not only luxurious and delicious, it’s healthy, too. IONS is a place where urban tensions simply melt away, streaming you into that eternal moment of now.
--Roy Strassman, contributing writer for Common Ground Magazine, Senior Hellerwork Practitioner, and Bay Area Latin and Jazz percussionist>>
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ENTHEOGENS FILM FESTIVAL & SEMINAR
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For a full schedule of the weekend and to register, click here to go to the EarthRise website.
The seminar leaders and contributors include: Kat Harrison, Jan Edl Stein, MFT, Silvia Nakkach, Rod Mann (director of Entheogenesis), Martin Lee (author of ACID DREAMS), Frank Echenhofer, Ph.D., Gary Bravo, MD, David Presti, Ph.D., Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. (author of numerous books and articles : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Ralph_Metzner)
Day passes for the entheogens film festival are now available!!
Friday night only: $60 includes dinner
Saturday only: $160 (3 meals)
Sunday only: $110 (2 meals and closing wine reception)
Please visit HERE to make your payment!
Also, Commuter Registration Fee has just been added: $295 for weekend program & meals, no lodging included.
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HopeDance FiLMs presents an exciting weekend immersion in films and discussions about entheogenic/visionary/psychedelic plants and substances February 10-12, 2012 at EarthRise Center at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, in Petaluma, California. The weekend experience includes 12 + films and six seminars on the topic of entheogens, including cannabis, ayahuasca, ibogaine, LSD, MDMA, and DMT.
Participants will learn about:
• The use of entheogens in indigenous shamanic societies for healing and connecting to the spirit world
• Entheogen applications in the modern world for the treatment of addictions and amplification of psychotherapy; and
• Entheogen potentials for consciousness-expanding insight and heightened creativity
The immersion experience begins with dinner Friday evening and ends with a closing reception Sunday afternoon. In addition to viewing excellent films and participating in discussions led by experts in the field, there will be time for interaction with fellow participants and seminar leaders through mealtime exchanges. Space is limited to 75 participants.
The seminars and discussions are being coordinated by Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., who has a B.A. in philosophy and psychology from Oxford University, a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Harvard University, and has been involved in the study of transformations of consciousness ever since. As a graduate student, he worked with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (later Ram Dass) on the Harvard Psilocybin Projects. He co-wrote The Psychedelic Experience and was editor of The Psychedelic Review. Professor Emeritus and former Academic Dean at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) throughout the 1980s, Metzner taught courses there on “Altered States of Consciousness” and “Developing Ecological Consciousness.” His books include two edited collections on the science and the phenomenology of Ayahuasca and Teonanácatl, and Birth of a Psychedelic Culture, which he co-authored with Ram Dass and Gary Bravo.
Other discussants include filmmaker Rod Mann; CIIS psychology professor Frank Echenhofer, Ph.D.; Holos Institute Executive Director Jan Edl, Ph.D.; Martin Lee, and others to be confirmed.
The weekend is organized into six sections focusing on the topics of entheogens, cannabis, ayahuasca, ibogaine, MDMA and DMT, and LSD. Among the films to be presented and discussed are:
Fees: Registration fees INCLUDE films, presentations, onsite lodging, and six freshly prepared meals, Friday evening dinner through Sunday lunch.
• Shared Occupancy (two to a room) $395 per person EarlyBird Fee through January 31, 2012; $425 per person thereafter
• Single Occupancy $445 EarlyBird Fee through January 31, 2012; $475 thereafter
• Commuter Registration Fee - $295 for weekend program & meals, no lodging included.
EarthRise Center is located just 35 minutes north of San Francisco. It is easily accessible from the East Bay and North Bay, as well as from San Francisco. It is set among 194 acres of rolling hills and magnificent oak trees. The center provides a gathering place to explore ancient wisdom traditions, support experiential learning, and engage in modern scientific inquiry. EarthRise at IONS is a place where psychologists, educators, leaders, philosophers, frontier scientists, and spiritual masters conduct their work. Guests enjoy outstanding, nourishing, fresh California cuisine. The land offers hiking trails, wildlife and beautiful vistas. A new state-of-the-art hot tub with surrounding deck has just been completed and guests at this retreat will be among the first to use it.
This is a campus-only event at this time with no commuter options. For a full schedule of the weekend and to register, click here to go to the EarthRise website. For questions not answered by the website, contact Jan Fischer at 707-779-8202.
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