http://www.telesterion.com How to study consciousness, mind, and brain, spirituality and philosophy, humans, and the nature of the self. Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:20:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Mineral of the Day Because I think these have a real beauty to them. Much of human history, and the power of himans, comes from our relationship to minerals. Using stones as colors, hammers, grinders, scrapers, and eventually sophisticated flint blade technology, the paleo and neolithic cultures. Clay and ceramcs, the ... http://www.telesterion.com/mineral-of-the-day-natural-structures-of-crystals.htm When I first started this website I included a link to the website of Jan Cox, not because I knew the fellow, but because he seemed like a more interesting than average teacher, influenced by the Gurdjieff materials, but with a style of his own. And he had one of ... http://www.telesterion.com/jan-cox-just-learned-he-died-so-heres-some-links.htm I thought this was an interesting little article. I have a great deal of hope and anticipation about what this kind of brain imaging can tell us about brain and mind. Brain Scans Reveal Why Meditation Works "If you name your emotions, you can tame them, according to new research that suggests ... http://www.telesterion.com/if-you-name-your-emotions-you-can-tame-them.htm An interesting short article - interesting to me mostly because it is a conversion and disillusionment story, and I think conversion and disillusionment are extremely important and understudied topics in the field of self-development. Does it say anything new about Ken Wilber? No, I don't think so, it merely expresses a ... http://www.telesterion.com/winning-the-integral-game-an-article-about-conversion-and-critique.htm I have a long standing iunterest in the self-help movement and it's materials, ideas, and authors. In the self-help philosophies we can see how the occult and esoteric ideas of earlier centuries have evolved to become a new toolset. It's a curious toolset, a strange mix of the useful and ... http://www.telesterion.com/7-destructive-habits-of-incompetent-people.htm Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians from the 16th and 17th Centuries - from Bibliodyssey http://www.telesterion.com/secret-symbols-of-the-rosicrucians-from-the-16th-and-17th-centuries.htm Was Timothy Leary Right? Are psychedelics good for you? - recent Time magazine article about new research in the field of psychedelic therapy. "Are psychedelics good for you? It's such a hippie relic of a question that it's almost embarrassing to ask. But a quiet psychedelic renaissance is beginning at the ... http://www.telesterion.com/time-magazine-asks-was-tim-leary-right.htm What do a neurotoxic pufferfish, an iron rod blown by blackpowder thru the brain and skull, a split brain, and an enriched environment neuron all have in common? You can get them as free .pdfs for printing neuro cards from Accidental Mind. http://accidentalmind.org/notecards/ http://www.telesterion.com/neuro-cards.htm I thought this article was interesting. Isolation is one of the common elements in most kinds of self-development practices, at least at certain stages. And, I think a lot of the people that are attracted to self-development are the introspective types, who are happy enough without being in the centers ... http://www.telesterion.com/an-article-about-loners.htm A flash tool to look up some information about nearby stars. ExtraSolar - chart of nearby stars, including most of the discovered extrasolar planets. http://www.telesterion.com/nice-3d-chart-of-2000-nearby-stars.htm