I first discovered Peter Levenda when he did his latest 2009 Red Ice Creations interview and he's been on my radar ever since. Derek and Sharon Gilbert also have a nice collection of free interviews with Levenda spanning several years. It's some fascinating material that has put his Sinister Forces trilogy towards the top of a list of books I'd like to get my hands on this year. Peter has some interesting posts on his blog, the latest of which comments on the strange statements that continue to be made by Pat Robertson on his 700 club news show. The most recent slur was towards the suffering victims of the Haiti earthquake and how he speculates the reason for this disaster was a "pact with the devil" that the people of Haiti somehow entered in to at some point in the past. Yes....he actually said this on a show aimed towards Christians.

Levenda puts a fascinating spin on this story by suggesting that it's Robertson who has actually made the pact with the devil and builds his case based on published reports from Time magazine in volume 2 chapter 15 of his Sinister Forces trilogy. Peter points to the support Robertson has given to murderous thugs such as Taylor from Liberia, Chiluba of Zambia, and Mobutu of Zaire. The accusation is that Robertson used these connections and alliances along with his Operation Blessings charity as a conduit for conflict diamonds.

I have not read the Time magazine information yet, but Levenda is clearly not a crackpot. I wished I could say the same for Robertson, I once looked up to this man during my early days of Christianity.

 

If you like research heavy with documentation and technical schematics then you will love Joseph P Farrell. He's fast becoming one of my favorite personalities in the alternative research community, mainly because he's so darn thorough, which is a trait I appreciate when dealing with such far out speculations like the Great Pyramid of Giza being originally designed as a huge weapon or how post war Nazi scientists have been operating a secret space program that makes NASA look like childs play.

A great way to get introduced to Dr Ferrell's train of thought would be some of the free interviews available out there. Erskine Overnight has a good collection of Ferrell conversations on his 2009 archive page where he has graciously edited out the advertisements. The next place I would suggest is the Byte show, which is run by GeorgeAnn Hughes. This collection is a bit more personal and provides a deeper look into the mind and ideas of Dr Ferrell thanks to the friendly back and forth style of GeorgeAnn and the obvious history the two share. Red Ice Creations has an excellent collection of Ferrell interviews with information I have not heard anywhere else, but you'll have to be a member to get access, which I can honestly say is well worth the small fee.

 

Alex Tsakiris is a successful entrepreneur turned science philanthropist who hosts the Skeptiko podcast, which is a labor of love and an obvious passion. In 2007 Tsakiris founded OpenSourceScience.net, a non-profit project that helps to fund controversial science experiments.

I've only heard a few episodes of Skeptiko so far, but I really like where this guy is coming from. I think he did a great job at separating out some of the historical facts from fiction when he interviewed Jon Ronson, the author of "The men who stare at goats" and then followed it up by interviewing Paul Smith, the author of "Reading the Enemy's Mind". The comparison helps to show how one author was more concerned about weaving a funny Hollywood story for George Clooney and the other had a true desire to shed some light on a fascinating program that seems to have made some real breakthroughs in the field of remote viewing and psychic spying.

 

Martin Ball has proven how plant-based medicine can be used as a tool to help awaken a deeper connection with the non physical side of our personality. Yes...he uses the God word, but you'll never hear him pushing any kind of dogmatic belief. On the contrary, this guy uses Occam's razor to rip through any beliefs that get in his way in a lucid and composed manner.

The Entheogenic Evolution podcast is a place where Martin articulates his evolving view of consciousness and brings many esoteric concepts down to Earth without any extra mystery or fanfare. It's an impressive expression of Martin's genuine desire to distill down all the years he's spent researching and working on his Ph.D. in this fascinating field. I suggest you try at least one of his episodes and I'll bet you'll be hooked just as I was with his no nonsense approach and musical style.</span

 

Martin W. Ball has created in my opinion a masterpiece with his new book titled Being Human: an Entheological Guide to God, Evolution, and the Fractal Energetic Nature of Reality.

The title is ambitious and bold. Nothing less than a Grand Unified Theory of Reality that accounts for the physical world and how it connects to personal consciousness.

I was expecting the usual New Age god talk to explain such a far out concept but was met with a very calm and coherent argument that provided a fresh and fascinating new perspective on the evolution of our species. I'm especially intrigued with Dr Ball's concept of infinity loops and how he uses the model to effectively explain his use of the term fractal energy and how it relates to reality.

This incredible revelation is the direct result of Dr Ball's intensive work exploring his energy and consciousness with entheogenic medicines such as Ayahuasca and 5-MeO-DMT. Section three of Being Human provides some excellent details on these two medicines along with specific information on psilocybin mushrooms and Salvia divinorum.

Being Human delivers a simple, easy to follow guide on how to use and understand entheogenic medicines that is completely free of metaphysics or religious dogma. I highly recommend reading this book if you are at all interested in learning how your consciousness can be expanded through the use of these unique and mysterious plants and mushrooms. I can't help but to wonder what kind of world we would be in today if this kind of information was presented in Health class back in High School?

The amazing fractal image is from Phidelity.com, a site worth checking out for treating your eyes to some truly wonderful visuals and perhaps the best fractal blog on the web at this time.

 

I don't know much about Chris Helder yet, but his site Awaken to the Truth.com is worth checking out for its huge collection of videos delving into the Cosmic Cookout realm.

 

Back in 2005 four M.I.T. students teamed up to apply some of the school's expensive testing gear to a few different tin foil hat designs. The intention was to determine if any effect can be measured with foil on one's head and what level of protection it might provide.

I give them an A for taking advantage of the facilities to further learn how a piece of equipment might operate and prove a real world point.

They discovered that a tin foil helmet actually amplifies frequencies between 1.2 and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC these channels are reserved for GPS signals and other satellite communications.

I've never actually seen anyone wear a tin foil hat and I'm pretty sure it's just an urban myth, but it seems like the conclusion of the experiment was that not only does a tin foil hat reduce your chances of meeting a nice girl in college but it can increase small electromagnetic fields within millimeters of your brain. Don't do it...not even as a joke for Halloween.

On a more serious note this might suggest that one could make a tin foil helmet for a hand held GPS unit to increase a weak or no signal situation.