Psychedelics

Chapter One Universal Serpent Power The Snake has always been my totem. The Snake is my muse in dance and is intimately connected with my own personal and spiritual journey. Serpent energy connects me to the consciousness of the Earth, as well as the none-physical realms. The Snake is an animal, but it is also a symbol, that represents rebirth, healing and the mysterious feminine. By the metaphor of their being, snakes demonstrate the cyclical nature of life. The shedding of the snake’s skin is…

Hate List is an astounding novel that follows the aftermath of a school shooting at Garvin High school caused by a troubled teen, Nick Levil. The story is narrated by Valerie Leftman, Nick’s ex girlfriend. She was in love with him and never thought he would shoot up their school and then ultimately commit suicide; the story follows her inner and outer turmoil as she faces loss, grief, and resentment. Nick and Valerie created a “hate list” one day to let out their bottled up rage and resentment…

Vibrant, methodical, beautifully written and utterly terrifying – Apocalypse Now is the quintessential war film. Apocalypse Now is one of the most powerful anti-films to emerge from the Vietnam War Era. It is Francis Ford Coppola's most ambitious film yet and it is easy to see why. The film took over 10 years to make and is nothing short of a masterpiece in storytelling, visual themes and direction. The story of Apocalypse Now is loosely based on loosely on Heart of Darkness, a novel written…

Andrea Cornwall’s article, “Boys and Men Must Be Included in the Conversation on Equality” discusses a serious social issue of males commonly being excluded from the quest for gender equality. Andrea Cornwall wades through the reasons behind why males may be vilified, drawing correlations where the male demographic has increasingly struggled, emphasizing that males don’t have it as good as one may think. Although her facts may be relatively true, there’s much more to the story, because…

Peace, war and rebellion. These three words that can sum up rock and roll in a whole. Starting in the 1950’s, rock has been known to break all the rules. Challenging racial barriers, family values, and teen rebellions, transitioning the decades and shaping society. From the beginning and its creation to its influence in America through the decades, shows how important rock and roll was important to history. Singing out their pain and suffering, or just to make the time fly by, blues was said…

These unforgiving laws, which place enormous minimum sentences for drug-sale convictions, prove to be ineffective and expensive and have been criticized as being unfair and unnecessary. The laws have since been reformed under New York Governor George Pataki in 2004, but the changes made were negligible and leave many of the Rockefeller laws' most severe features untouched. Perhaps the reason why the laws have not been further rectified is because they are associated explicitly with New York.…

Even though, the Baroque period, dating from 1600 to 1750 was centuries ago, the music and the composers of the period are relevant and prominent still today. Per the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Johann Sebastian Bach was, “One of the greatest and most influential composers of the Western world” (“Johann Sebastian Bach”) Although, Bach was not recognized in his time as a great composer, he most definitely is recognized as such today, and has been since his compositions were reintroduced…

For my research, I explored How and Why Fashion Repeats Itself. I investigated the history of fashion, the way and the reasons that fashion changes regularly. I discovered some specific examples such as denim jeans as well. In the process of the research, I took several steps. I examined various websites and several books and checked them for relevance and bias. Additionally, I conducted a survey with 40 people and collated it. History of fashion Fashion has always been key to how people…

Introduction 1. Background This study will explain about women’s adaptation to masculinity in a rock subculture that operates under a patriarchal context. Patriarchy itself is a system positing that men are socially superior to women (Firestone, 1970; Glasberg & Shannon, 2010). Firestone (1970) further expounded that patriarchy is a sex-based oppression, which relies on female’s biological capacity to experience pregnancy and child birth. As such, patriarchy impedes women’s participation in all…

Just after releasing Rubber Soul they release another album that makes it into the top 10 best albums of all time. This was a psychedelic album by them that was very different than usual. George wrote 3 songs on this album including the opening song “Taxman”. This album had an 8 month difference which was the longest gap between a record release by them. Revolver is known as the 3rd…