From: [e--ta--m] at [aol.com] (Exstasy M) Subject: Island Group: Toward a Psychedelic Culture Date: 14 Jul 1994 00:09:01 -0400 Join Island Group--Let's Create a Psychedelic Culture!--Subscription Information and Catalog Over 30 years ago, Aldous Huxley published Island--his novel about a utopian society based on the visions glimpsed by people on LSD, MDMA and other consciousness-changing compounds. Island Group was formed to examine and synergize the many new ideas that have arisen in the past three decades and forge a new psychedelic culture. Areas of interest: psychedelic and other mind-changing compounds with new and more precise effects * experimental forms of relationship and community * the "new physics" * life extension * nanotechnology virtual reality and multimedia *the increasingly friendly human-computer interaction *chaos theory *techno-shamanism *a transpersonal psychology based on the mystical experience *consciousness-changing technologies including "brain machines" Island Group conducts the following activities: *Membership includes 4 issue subscription to Island Views: a newsletter bringing you articles, news and opinion from the cutting edge of psychdedelia, Tim Leary, Bruce Eisner, Peter Stafford and more. * Hosts discussion salons nationwide * Sponsors events and conferences including 1991 Bridge Conference at Stanford, 1993 Bicycle Day and an amazing conference planned for 1999 The Island Group Offers Two Types of Membership Subscriptions General Membership $30: Receives a four issue subscription to Island Views and notification of all conferences and special events sponsored by Island Group Supporting Member $99 Receives a four issue of Island Views plus a your choice of the Bridge Conference Video or the LSD: 50 Year Anniversary Video described below Island Marketplace The Bridge Conference Video $39.95: A compilation of the best of a the two day conference video held at Stanford University, Feb., 1991 featuring Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna, Francis Huxley, Bruce Eisner, Peter Stafford, John Lilly, Howard Reingold, Robert Anton Wilson and over 50 other experts The LSD 50th Anniversary Video $30 : A compilation of a four hour event held at U.C. Santa Cruz Performing Arts Theater on April 16, 1993. Features Robert Anton Wilson, Laura and Francis Huxley, Claudio Naranjo, Stephen Gaskin, Bruce Eisner, Richard Yensen and others, plus video taped messages from Albert Hofmann, Ken Kesey and Humprey Osmond Timothy Leary's Transformation Session $30 Multimedia presentation by Dr. Timothy Leary at U.C. Santa Cruz Porter Hall, February 26, 1993 Bruce Eisner Audio or Video Tape "Understanding Ecstasy: From Psychotherapy to the Rave Culture." Two cassettes includes lecture plus questions and answers. $15 Two hour video $30 $5 for sample Island Views and full Island Catalog! Send orders or membership subscriptions to: Island Group 1803 Mission St. Suite 175 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 For Info: (408) 427-1942