Unreported almost anywhere, in March 2014 the Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Sadeq Hussaini Rohani in Qom, Iran issued an extraordinary formal legal ruling (a…

Looking forward to the new year….

On Cognitive Liberty-(via A Psychedelic Right - VolteFace)

realsurrealfeel:

Art by Michael Garfield

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(via Openwork stamp seal: figure holding snakes | Work of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

If his horned headdress is similar in meaning to examples found in Mesopotamia and Iran, the figure may be divine. The arrow-shaped forms emerging from his shoulders and under his arm may represent snakes or lightning bolts.  More likely, they are psychoactive mushrooms.

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Disco de la Muerte, 200-650 AD.

If I’m translating this properly, and I’m sure I’m not, the Mayans also predicted the death of disco.

Skull within mushroom.  We grow them from the Dead.

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consciousness:

“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.” -Alan Watts

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Asker Anonymous Asks:
What are medieval pocket monsters, and how can the Getty help me catch them all?
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Books of Hours were the medieval best-seller, and most could fit in your pocket. Many of these awesome manuscripts featured wondrous marginalia filled with monsters. And there you have it, Medieval Pocket Monsters. Their variety was so great, that we haven’t even caught them all! But here are some fun ones (from a single book) for you to explore (and the book is actually on view in our North Pavilion gallery)!

-Bryan

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americansatori:

something old, something new. @adamsken

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War Bruegel Mario @adamsken