Lecture 2 of the "Cycle of the Phoenix - A New Approach to the Philosophy of History" series. Recorded in 1958 at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.

Originally aired as Salon #389 of the Psychedelic Salon podcast. "The 20th century is a great gathering for a leap, and the 19th century was the century of the gentleman." "Whether we can actually make a new world is not clear because the momentum of the past is very great."

In this talk we take a deep look at dualistic thinking, the theology and challenges of seeing the world as pure and impure, and more about the seeds. Originally given in Vietnamese, available from Lang Mai , the talk from Upper Hamlet, Plum Village is dated Thursday, December 12, 2013 and is the eighth talk of the 2013-2014 Winter Retreat. English translation, available below, is by Sr.

At the 'Shamanic Plant Conference' (January 26th 1999 in Palenque, Mexico) the writer, philosopher and shamanism expert Terence McKenna held two lectures entiteled "Linear Societies and Non-linear Drugs"