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Lionserpent

Consciousness of Bliss and Being

About Me

I'm a doctoral student in the clinical psychology program (PsyD) at the California Institute of Integral Studies. I'm a DJ and a fire performer. I'm a heretical sufi mystic and a Gnostic Thelemic priest. I engage in works of ontological anarchy and culture jamming. I love to party, but I'm also responsible. I'm old enough to know better and young enough not to care.

My Interests

I'm interested in philosophy, religious and mystical systems, consciousness studies, psychedlic research, yoga, sensory deprivation tank therapy, transpersonal psychology, fire performance, mantis style kung fu, dance, aikido, Union through music, and Burning Man.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting individuals who don't blindly buy into the consumer culture that they find themselves thrown into. People who question themselves and others. People who are passionate about music and knowledge.

Music:

Psytrance, downtempo, world beat, IDM, world music, experimental electronica, noise, drum & bass, jungle, drum & noise, industrial, funk, acid house, punk, psychobilly, classical, big band, synth pop

Movies:

Blade Runner, Dune, Donny Darko, Lord of the Rings, Ring, Fight Club, Waking Life, Pi, Russian Ark, Manufacturing Consent

Television:

I don't have a television. That keeps me unaware of much of popular culture, and I'm just fine with that.

Books:

Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of Lies, The Essential Rumi, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, The Book of the Heart Girt With a Serpent, The Mystical Qabalah, Cosmic Trigger, The Illuminatus Trilogy, The Psychedelic Experience, Valis, True Hallucinations, Food of the Gods, Raja Yoga

Heroes:

Noam Chomsky, Terrence McKenna, Tim Leary, William Burroughs, Hakim Bey, Aleister Crowley, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Stanislav Grof, Ken Wilbur, Ken Kesey, Ram Dass, Aldous Huxley, Stephen Hawking, Allen Ginsberg, Albert Hoffman...and most importantly, myself, my fiancee, and my friends who inspire me on a daily basis.

My Blog

What's in a name?

What's with this Ministerio Caritas name on my profile? It's more of a motto than a name, really. It's Latin for "love through service." It describes my intention to sacrifice of myself to serve other...
Posted by Lionserpent on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:22:00 PST

Contact info

I don't check myspace with any regularity, but I can be contacted through my website: http://lionserpent.com
Posted by Lionserpent on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Jhonn Balance of Coil - RIP

Geff Rushton (Jhonn Balance of Coil) fell to his death on 11/13/2004. This is very sad news for me. Coil is one of my top 3 bands. Their music has been very influential to me over the years. Full deta...
Posted by Lionserpent on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST