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How to Build Your Own IKEA Pedalboard
Over the years I’ve acquired a decent collection of pedals, and while it was easily manageable when I only had a wah and overdrive pedal, once the rest of them rolled in I found myself tangled in cables and power adaptors. I knew I needed a pedalboard but I also knew if I could afford…
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6 Techniques for Studying the Brain
This post will be dealing with a more science oriented approach to psychology known as cognitive neuroscience, which is a branch of psychology that involves intensive study of the brain as well as behaviour. The human brain is a lot more than a mass of grey goop; it is an extremely complicated organ consisting of…
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A Collection of 60 Zen Stories
“We gain enlightenment like the moon reflecting in the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the whole sky are reflected in a drop of dew in the…
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Anapanasati Meditation
The following simple meditation is drawn from the well of Theravada Buddhism, which is the oldest surviving form of Buddhism. The meditation is called Anapanasati: Anapana means inhalation/exhalation, while sati means mindfulness, and so the meditation is no more than mindfulness of the breath. Seeing as we all share the breath in common it is…
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Psychedelic Mushrooms And You
Originally published in 2012, updated in 2023 with new info and images. DISCLAIMER – This guide is in no way meant to advocate the use of illegal drugs; it exists solely to spread an important pocket of knowledge that might have the potential to save lives, or at the very least, trips to the hospital.…
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Be Here Now: The Hippie Manifesto
Be Here Now (1971) is a classic text on Hindu spirituality that bloomed open like a lotus flower in the wake of the hippie movement. The seed for this book was planted in the mind of Harvard psychiatrist turned Indian mystic, Ram Dass, and was written – with the blessings of his guru Neem Karoli…
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is arguably the most famous book written by the renowned science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick, which is mainly due to the book being the inspiration for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film masterpiece Blade Runner (1982). It’s only fitting that I review this book after reviewing Heart of Darkness (1899), which inspired the film Apocalypse Now, and The Hellbound Heart (1986), which inspired the…
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Peter Green – The End of the Game
This is the album that changed my life and the way I thought about music. It is also the inspiration for the title of my website endofthegame.net. So now you know. Peter Green was a blues guitarist who had a very interesting history: in the 60s when Eric Clapton had cemented his guitar skills with John Mayall…
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Live Cream Vol. III, IV & V
This is volume 3, 4 and 5 of my live Cream bootleg compilations. It is my personal continuation from Cream’s official live albums ‘Live Cream Vol. I and Live Cream Vol. II‘, which don’t offer the Cream fan enough live performances. Each volume contains what I consider to be the absolute cream of the crop…
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