Both Buddhism and psychedelics are subjects that one encounters in such spiritual pursuit. More than ever, people are in pursuit of greater fulfillment in their lives, seeking a deeper spiritual truth and strategies for liberation from suffering. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. He and his wife Allyson Grey are co-founders of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, CoSM, a non-profit church supporting Visionary Culture in Wappinger, New York. He is a member of the Integral Institute, on the board of advisors for the Center of Cognitive Liberty and Ethics and is Chair of Wisdom University's Sacred Art Department. His work spans a variety of forms including performance art, sculpture and painting. He has been a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh for more than 25 years.Īlex Grey is a renowned American artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic (visionary) art. Allan is a contributing editor of Tricycle Magazine, and serves on the board of directors of Rainforest Action Network, Threshold Foundation and Project CBD. Brian Bruya About the Author:Īllan Badiner served as the editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics (Chronicle Books, 2002), as well as two other books of collected essays, Dharma Gaia: A Harvest in Buddhism and Ecology (Parallax Press, 19901) and Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism (Parallax, 2002). A fascinating look at a complex topic, Zig Zag Zen is worth appreciating and pondering. ![]() Interspersed throughout are stunning full-page, full-color images of spiritual art by the likes of Robert Beer, Bernard Maisner, and, of course, Alex Gray. And a roundtable discussion with Ram Dass, Robert Aitken, Richard Baker, and Joan Halifax caps it all. Lama Surya Das tells of his early drug years. Robert Jesse introduces the varieties of entheogens, drugs that engender mystical states. ![]() China Galland offers a wrenching personal experience. Rick Strassman outlines his work in the first federally funded psychedelic study in two-and-a-half decades. Ram Dass, for instance, discusses the benefits as well as the limitations. The use of psychedelic drugs is that dark little secret behind the popular origins of Eastern spirituality in America, but if they really open the mind in the same ways meditative experiences do, why shouldn't they be legitimated and brought out into the open? In Allan Hunt Badiner and Alex Grey's Zig Zag Zen authors, artists, priests, and scientists are brought together to discuss this question.
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