World Psychedelic Forum
In Basel, Switzerland, about fifteen hundred visionary scientists,
psychologists, consciousness researchers, drug policies advocates,
artists and like-minded renegades gathered to celebrate and share
research on the controversial substances that have inspired and
confounded a generation. Alex illuminated the audience with his
perspective on visionary culture, the way our era has been influenced
by sacramentally induced altered states of consciousness. Allyson
started the conversation "What Do We Tell the Children?" and was
joined by Alex who together led a lively discussion that was carried
on well after the workshop.
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Jan Kounan, director of the psychedelic western "Renegade", presented his film "Other Worlds."
Following the conference, the Grey's visited the Goetheanum, a sacred
site designed and built by the great educator and visionary, Rudolf
Steiner. The structure, built in the 1920's, honors creativity in
every form and is the center for the Waldorf School movement
internationally. The Goetheanum is also a site of non-denominational
spirituality.
Traveling on, the Grey's with artist and staff member, Zachariah
Gregory, who also attended the Basel conference, met Damanhurian
friends in Milan.
Alex, Allyson and Zach took time to draw
Michelangelo's last sculpture, a Pieta in the Castello Sforzesco.
With Esperide Ananas of Damanhur, they also visited an extraordinary
retrospective of one of Alex's favorite contemporary artists, the
late Francis Bacon.
Friends from CoSM and Damanhur toured the Milan Cathedral and the
celebrated walkway of high end shops.
Following our day in Milan, the gang returned to the beauty of the pre-Alps region of Damanhur where we all toured the Temples and spent time with good friends.
