19-02-2010, 11:11 PM
Keith Millea Wrote:Quote:Keith, you are absolutely correct that Garcia was not a MKULTRA test subject- my bad, I wrote in haste. I do believe that he, the Dead, the Pranksters and the whole Northern Cal psychedelic scene all developed in the shadow of Stanford, but that's a different story.
Yes Austin you are correct.Stanford is absolutely critical in the initial development of the psychedelic,and counter culture scene on the West Coast.And we can add into that Stanford mix Andrija Puharich as David has mentioned.Also as Jan has documented here on the forum,the Stanford/Scientology connections to CIA remote viewing programs.
I also want to reiterate here the fact that as far as social engineering,THE PLAN FAILED imho.The movement could not be engineered.It was too big and powerful.And the directions that it traveled,just like the Grateful Deads music,was basically improvisational.You cannot "control" what somebody improvises.
Now 40 years later,I believe the movement is basically going nowhere.This can be seen most recently with that ridiculous incident down in Arizona where that so called New Age Guru charged people thousands of dollars so that they could cleanse their souls (through sweatlodge),and managed to kill three of his soul seekers.I no longer see a revolutionary movement in America.Nothing Lasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very sadly, according to one poll I have seen online, 79% believed in UFO's. Arguably, the experiment has succeeded. But this is simply a case of education. The more who understand the true origin of "Flying Saucers" and the inner-world master Lam, template of Whiteley Streiber's Grey alien, the more who will come to self reliance. "Faith" and "belief" are like putty - they are inherently subject to being shaped by other hands.
Having had many teachers in my past, I can only now applaud the greatest teacher one may ever have: the Self. But therein lies another story and an even more arduous journey. But it is, at least, dollar free. And never, ever lies.
Damn it!
Imo of course.
And my apologies for possibly intruding in this subject Keith and Austin. My only excuse is that these are subjects very close to my heart.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14