Highlights from the last year’s pandemic pilgrimage around London.
A good memory is a like a good t-shirt
In 2012, while decompressing post Burning Man in Portland, I took part in a creative writing workshop session at the hostel in Hawthorne I was staying at. This story came out of it.
To the Source and back again
In September 2014, just around the Autumn Equinox and at the time of a very deep transition in my life, I have travelled abroad to participate in a guided psychedelic weekend ceremony. One element of the weekend was inhalation of excretion of Incilius alvarius toad (commonly known as Bufo alvarius). Few days later I attempted, once again, the impossible task of putting an incredible and ineffable experience into words.
Peru Travelog – Part 2
Second part of the collated travel blog entries from the Sacred Valley and the rest of my first Peruvian journey.
Peru Travelog – Part 1
In the summer of 2011 I embarked on a journey that was long time in preparation – a journey in search for medicines and indigenous knowledge in the jungles and mountains of Peru. I was writing a travel blog for most of my trip and collated the entries in these two parts.
Loop #1 – Erith to Petts Wood
On first Saturday of the new year I have kickstarted my year long walk around London. Here is a bit of reporting on that first section, which turned out to be a very enjoyable winter day.
Notes from the Darkness Retreat
In January 2016, I spent 10 days in complete darkness and isolation and recorded my experience in these detailed notes.
The Heart of Darkness
Essay published in Psychedelic Press Journal Volume XVIII (2016) and audio recording of a talk that followed the publication.