The 2009 Entheogenesis Australis Mini Symposium at the University of Melbourne on Sat 14th Nov
The symposium will feature an array of interesting speakers including the notorious Bear (Owsley) Stanley: considered by many as one of the underground legends of the sixties counterculture, Bear Stanley was the best acid chemist of his generation, turning on heads from the Haight Ashbury, to the Beatles and beyond. Bear was a minor participant in the Acid Tests of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. He was the first underground cook to produce high-purity LSD in the 1960s, when it was legal, including the famous White Lightning and Monterey Purple. Nowadays Stanley denies his heroic status, and spends time in Far North Queensland working on sculptures, and writing essays on various subjects. He is renowned for his contribution to sound engineering, particularly working with live gig iconoclasts, the Grateful Dead, and perfecting the idea of on-stage monitors and high quality PAs. A tireless archivist, he kept a ‘diary’ of his front-of-house mixes, including hundreds of Grateful Dead performances, and has seen the release of a number of albums from his “sonic journal” tapes of PA mixes. [www.thebear.org]
Rak Razam authour of a great new book Aya who is presenting ‘Planetary Icaro: Using examples from ayahuasca culture, Razam outlines the boom in plant-based entheogenic sacraments that connect to the Divine’. More info at http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?p=7724544
Melbourne based Polyester will also be running a bookstore of drug related literature and DVD’s and will be offering a 10% discount for all attendees.
Location: The Basement Theatre – the Spot building – The University of Melbourne. Building number 110 on the corner of Berkeley & Pelham Street. See a map at page two of the below link; http://www.entheo.net/Parkville.pdf Date: Saturday 14 November Time: 10:30am – 6pm MC: Martin Williams Tickets: Available at the door, so pleases be on time. Cost $75 Concession $50
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