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An Alternate Etymology of Marijuana
The ‘-JUANA’ of Marijuana is the Latin/Spanish feminine aspect of the masculine ‘JUAN,’ in English, ‘JOHN,’ etymologically related to ‘JACK,’ ‘JAMES,’ ‘JASON,’ ‘JESUS,’ etc. etc., all, related, J-oined together, by the TEN-th Letter ‘J’ of the English/Latin Alphabet.
The Polemics of Jack Intro
​The Polemics, as I lovingly refer to my writings, are intended to be a collection of short articles, art-i-facts, journey notes, diagrams, ecstatic poetry, slights-of-hand with Compass, Square and Pen, written exclusively under the influence of Mind-Soul-Manifesting...
An Alternate Etymology of Marijuana
The ‘-JUANA’ of Marijuana is the Latin/Spanish feminine aspect of the masculine ‘JUAN,’ in English, ‘JOHN,’ etymologically related to ‘JACK,’ ‘JAMES,’ ‘JASON,’ ‘JESUS,’ etc. etc., all, related, J-oined together, by the TEN-th Letter ‘J’ of the English/Latin Alphabet.

The Polemics of Jack Intro
​The Polemics, as I lovingly refer to my writings, are intended to be a collection of short articles, art-i-facts, journey notes, diagrams, ecstatic poetry, slights-of-hand with Compass, Square and Pen, written exclusively under the influence of Mind-Soul-Manifesting...
The Etymology of Healing
 The Etymology of Healing   by Jack Cross THIS Etymology of Healing revolves around the Greek name ‘Jason,’ and an enTheogenic and esoteric explanation of why ‘Jason’ means ‘HEALER.’ ‘EnTheogenic,’ meaning, ‘GENERATING-THE-DIVINE-WITHIN,’ ‘esoteric,’ meaning,...

A Message from Rick Doblin: The Opportunity for Reflection During Social Distancing
Rick Doblin, founder of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) talks about the opportunity for reflection, healing and unification available during this period of retreat and social distancing due to Coronavirus. MAPS is a non-profit organization...

Crucified on the Cross of Self-Perfectionism: An Interview with Rick Doblin
Crucified on the Cross of Self-Perfectionism: An Interview with Rick Doblin Rick Doblin founded MAPS.org (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), a non-profit organization that has spent the last 35 years in an effort to get MDMA approved for...

Patient D: Microdosing Ibogaine for Parkinson’s
Interviewed by Lakshmi Narayan and Eric SwensonAt the time of this interview in 2019, Patient D was a 76-year old individual who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s five years before and was able to manage and improve his symptoms by microdosing ibogaine. He passed away in...

A Journey in Word 2 by Jack Cross
There is a holographic awakening to be had from the words and letters of the English/Latin alphabet and author and psychonaut Jack Cross un-spells the Way in Part 2 of his series “A Journey in Word. The video is a mesmerizing visual experience that will put you...
A Journey in Word 2 by Jack Cross
There is a holographic awakening to be had from the words and letters of the English/Latin alphabet and author and psychonaut Jack Cross un-spells the Way in Part 2 of his series “A Journey in Word. The video is a mesmerizing visual experience that will put you...

Addiction and the Core Wound with Deanne Adamson
How does IBOGA work in a single treatment when traditional rehab and therapies fail? The answer is simple. It gets to the root cause. In the opinion of addiction expert Dr. Gabor Maté, who has worked with hundreds of addicts in the course of his practice, addiction is...

Hacking Addiction with Ibogaine: An Interview with Patrick Kroupa
Patrick Kroupa, an early pioneer in the movement to medicalize ibogaine for opioid addiction with Howard Lotsof (right), the man who discovered as a young addict in 1962 NYC, that a “drug” from Africa called “ibogaine” had ended his addiction...
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The Tree of Tough Love: An Interview with Ben De Loenen
Benjamin De Loenen is the founder of ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Research, Education & Service) a philanthropic non-profit whose mission is to educate humanity about the power of plant medicines through gathering, researching, and sharing...

Transcending Trauma and Addiction with Entheogens and Integration
“ A psychedelic awakening is the answer to the divided mind of humanity that is spewing out more and more victims of things like childhood abuse and war crimes. While external forces are often beyond our control, we can change on the inside. Entheogens give us a...

Healing the Heart of Addictive Mind with Iboga
The heart of addictive mind is desire and attachment. The mind gets hijacked into the most pleasurable experiences, and all of a sudden the new, conditioned thought pattern is in place. What is Iboga? This is a legend about the discovery of iboga. Hundreds of years...

18-MC: the Synthetic Derivative of Ibogaine
Stanley Glick, PhD, MD, shares his views on the past, present, and future of ibogaine and 18-MC and on the prejudice against addicts and psychedelic drugs that inhibits funding for medical research. Would you please give us a synopsis of the history of your research,...
A Journey In Word 1 by Jack Cross
It is customary in the mind-manifested world to speak of Set, Setting and Intention, but I would like to begin with something you’ll need to bring with you on your journey in Word, ATTENTION, and ones ability to pay with it. Intention is very...

A Journey In Word 1 by Jack Cross
It is customary in the mind-manifested world to speak of Set, Setting and Intention, but I would like to begin with something you’ll need to bring with you on your journey in Word, ATTENTION, and ones ability to pay with it. Intention is very...

A State of Liminality: A Personal Account of An Iboga Journey by Andrew Laws
I grew up in the West End of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I always felt different from other kids, so I started to hang around all sorts of nefarious characters who introduced me to a world of different, and subsequently began using drugs to...
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The Polemics of Jack
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