KEEP CALM AND...

In Shpongleland, there is no invasion. Everyone is interconnected through an invisible thread of cosmic unity, there's no reason for an invasion to take place. Should there be any, though, we carry on and do what we do best - getting Shpongled. One of the ways to enhance your Shpongling experience is by smoking DMT, because it's Simon's favourite. HAHAHA.

Click here for history, and here for more ways to keep calm. Of course, getting Shpongled is still the best option.

Credits to Leana for the ideas behind the poster and the whole blog post itself (I'm making a parody of her post! XDDDD)

Alice

appropriate professions in the scientific field for Goa trance headz like me part 1

That's a mouthful ya

(of course this is not Goa, but it's scientific enough so yeah)

So yeah. You love Goa trance even before the emergence of the first full moon festival, and your knowledge regarding this particular style of trance would shame Goa Gil himself. You are the Goa version of a quaintrelle, so it's only natural that you take up a job related to Goa trance, innit? Problem is, you are the heir to a legacy of Einsteins, and you are so not going to end up being an underground DJ/producer, spinning and making records that people have stopped listening to since the 2000's (okay, there are people who still listen to Goa trance, but by the turn of the century people have become too preoccupied with psy already, so who cares about Goa anymore?). So what are you going to do then? Study about Goa related stuffs, of course! Here are some professions which you might want to consider.

Mycologist

Let's face it, us Goa headz love our mushrooms. Especially those under the genus psilocybe. We eat them, process them, even make tea out of them. To us, mushrooms are the most sacred God's creation (after Salvia divinorum perhaps), and therefore should be valued and cherished with all our heart. What better way to value the wonders of mushrooms than by studying about them deeply?

Pharmacognosist

Okay, I know I can just say pharmacologist, but that's not accurate enough yaww. Pharmacognosist is, well, an expert in pharmacognosy, which is basically the study of natural remedies, or the study of how mundane plants can become useful medicines and cure any kinds of maladies. Since we Goa headz are so hippie we don't believe in carcinogen-laden modern medicines, being a pharmacognosist is crucial for the Goa headz population to ensure that we can stay healthy without polluting ourselves with man-made poisons (in this context, please conveniently ignore LSD).

Oneirologist

Please do count the number of Goa trance/ psybient songs having references on dreams, be it lucid or vivid or whatever. Too many to count, right? Dream is, after all, an integral element of the Goa biosphere, since the nature of dreams itself is highly mystical. I mean, where else can you find yourself flying without wings, confidently naked while surfing across what seemed to be a highly altered version of your childhood hometown accompanied by various sorts of distorted beings? Salviatrip, perhaps, but that doesn't count. A career as an expert in the scientific study of dreams helps you to uncover the mysteries behind what happens when one slips into an REM state. And nothing is more Goa than uncovering the mysteries behind that one. You can also study about the very mystical lucid dreaming, and astral projection for that matter. Oh, speaking of astral projection...

Astral Projectionologist/ OOBEologist

Okay, I made this one up. But one can always start.

Cosmologist

You see, the study of the Universe has been fascinating us Goa headz from the start. You'll find these cosmic elements in abundance in Goa trance, from the samples taken from films like 2001 A Space Odyssey, Star Trek, Star Wars and Dune, to the 'deep space noises' drones and synths (e.g. Zero by Astral Projection) and the cosmic-sounding outfit names and song titles (e.g. Space Tribe and Dancing Galaxy respectively). Maybe it has got to do with the whole Hindu mythology of which Goa headz are very fond of (it is, after all, Goa trance). You ask me why cosmology? Well, you can always take astrophysics or astronomy, or if you are very inclined, exoplanetology, but none of them is as mystical as cosmology, and you can never be Goa enough unless you are immersed in something highly mystical innit?

Psychopharmacologist

Because Rick Strassman is one. Studying about DMT and other psychoactive substances is so much fun, really. By being a psychopharmacologist, you can deepen your understandings on how those drugs work on your body to distort your conscious perceptions. Uh, no really. You actually focus more on what happens when one takes them psychoactive drugs, taking note on any changes in behaviour, mood, thinking, those stuffs (Wiki 2010). In short, you observe people babbling about "meeting highly intelligent creatures, telling me all the secrets of the world, seeing the past, present and the future all blended into one, feeling an overwhelming sense of love, peace, knowledge and tranquility...". Now that must be fun.

Plus point, you can always get a free dose of DMT (or two) any given time, "for the benefits of humanity".

So there you go. Plenty of options already. Who says you have to give up your future to live a very Goa life? And who says you have to give up your passion to have a secure future? You can indeed get the best of both worlds!

Happy studying and Boom!

Alice

i take drugs

I was introduced to binaural beats from my eagerness to induce lucid dreaming and astral projection. A bit skeptical at first, but since the science behind the whole thing is logical, I thought it won't hurt to give it a try.

(unfortunately, I can't seem to be able to lucid dream or astral project with the help of them binaural beats. Without them, however, I managed to partially move out of my physical body. Awesomeness.)

Anyhoo, last week, my friend on fb introduced me to this binaural beats software called I-Doser. Apparently, you can get all sorts of binaural beat 'doses' from this program, ones that can allegedly induce feelings of euphoria, hallucinations, intoxication, alertness, near-death experiences, things like that. It's the digital equivalent to taking drugs (or antidepressants, or caffeine, or aphrodisiacs, or whatever), sans the side effects.

(Legal DMT in my computer? YES PLEASE!!)

Of course I was interested. I am a Goa trancer, after all, and all Goa trancers will involve in hallucinogenics in one way or another (mine would be the natural DMT mentioned in my previous posts), so it's only natural for me to try the digital version of hallucinogens on I-Doser.

So I tried several doses, and here's the result:

Lucid Dream: As mentioned above, no lucid dreams with aids

AstralQH: Same as Lucid Dream. I am too Goa to astral project with aids lol

Ecstasy: It worked :D (hey, don't blame me, I'm curious :P)

Memory+: Not that I can feel the effects straight away anyway, so I dunno

Brain+: Didn't finish the dose, but even if I do I guess I'll have to say "Refer to Memory+"

TripQH: Nothing. Nada. Disappointed.

LSD: Didn't finish the dose because I was 'too scared'. First timer lol.

Anti-Sad: Played the dose, listened to it, fell asleep after 90%. Woke up, felt a sudden rush of despair, and cried uncontrollably for half an hour. Hebat punya opposite effect.

(didn't try DMT yet because I have plenty in my brain)

The verdict? I can safely conclude that I-Doser should be renamed as I-Placebo. I'm going to prove myself wrong by blind-testing Gates of Hades on some of my friends here, but for the time being I'll just stick to my placebo doses. And try full Peyote dose after this, perhaps.

(maybe you will be as awesome as this!)