DREAMScene The Newsletter of DREAMWalker Group -- August 2008

Welcome from Dreamwalker

Namaste. Welcome to the sixth 2008 issue of DREAMScene — the electronic newsletter of DREAMWalker Group.

Just s few groovy things ...

The most incredible new development here at DREAMWalker Group is the ability of visitors to buy books directly from the authors! Our very first agreement to do this is with Rich Goscicki, author of Mirror Reversal. (A sample of Rich's writing is given in this month's issue in Anyone for DUI? (Part 1) by Rich Goscicki. (Part 2 will be in the next issue.)

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Noteworthy at DWG

Remember that DREAMWalker Group is broken into numerous creative "communities" — which more jaundiced folks might like to think of as "market segments." Each community, in turn, is broken into topics of interest.

For a list of all general topics of interest, go to the General Community. For a similar list of topics related to other communities, go to that specific community*.

To date, the communities include Arts, Disability, General, GayLesBi, Literary, Recovery, Seniors, Spirit-Guided, and Transgender.

Feel free to email us and offer suggestions for new topics or topics related to your own avocation or genre.)

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This space reserved for rumors, gossip, and other juicy tidbits related to writers and the literary community!

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Rumor has it that DREAMWalker Group may have to close down if people don't support the site by buying all their books from Amazon.com by utilizing the DREAMWalker Group/Amazon.com search engines and links to the left of this announcement and elsewhere at dreamwalkergroup.com.
Opportunity to Subsidize Publication of Ayahausca Book by Bia Labate:
MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), supporting psychedelic & medical marijuana research since 1986, has agreed to donate $2,000 towards the publication of several essays and a bibliography of scientific papers about the religious use of the Amazonian shamanic brew ayahuasca and is ready to accept an additional $2,000 from a donor who wants to support education about ayahuasca. The book was edited by Bia Labate and it contains scientific articles and a bibliography of papers about ayahausca, as well as other resources. Supporters will be commemorated on the title page.

MAPS is seeking to raise a total of $3,500 to supplement the $2,000 that they're donating to cover the publication costs for 2,000 copies. The Trance Foundation has donated $1,000, Julian Babcock has donated $500, and DREAMWalker Group has donated $250 so far. MAPS had previously donated $1,500 toward the costs of translating the book, which has been published in Portuguese. Richard Wolfe and The Cottonwood Foundation have also already donated $1,500 each toward the translation.

[For more information on ayahuasca, see Ayahuasca: The University of Gaia and Ayahuasca: Natures Teacher in this issue of DREAMScene. Both articles are by Ralph Miller.]

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Across the Blogosphere

Interconnecting through blogs.

This month Robin Reardon continues her Blog — a series of installments using logic and facts to prove that the only thing wrong with being gay is how some people treat you when they find out. The Case for Acceptance presents the thinking behind Reardon’s second novel, Thinking Straight, about a gay teen who is sent to a Christian de-programming center to straighten him out.

In the fifth installment of this open letter to humanity, author Robin Reardon continues the logical, rational process for deconstructing and demolishing those nasty virtual cards that homophobic bigots flash at gays. This time we’ll find out what our lizard brain is and how thinking can keep us human. The card? “There’s no need to think; I feel instinctively this is wrong.” (Read the introductory installment on Reardon’s blog and find out what a faggot-bag is and where it comes from.)

Richard David Kennedy's blog, The Portfolio — a repository for writers of all genres — continues to thrive.

Says Richard, "We've got some brilliant people here — not a joke! And I, for one, am always looking forward to seeing some really creative, exceptionally good stuff. This isn't about `politics, rules and regulations, or personality favs.' It's about writing and a place to express and share your work with others who really do appreciate the work of kindred souls. And you never know just who may be reading what is being posted here. Food for thought."

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Catherine Groves is the Editor of Christian*New Age Quarterly: A Bridge Supporting Dialog, a journal of interfaith dialog, ministering to — and celebrating — the spirituality of both traditional Christians and New Agers, in an atmosphere of mutual respect and goodwill. To learn more about Christian*New Age Quarterly, write to C*NAQ at PO Box 276, Clifton, NJ 07015-0276 or visit christiannewage.com.

Surprising to no one, Christianity and New Age spirituality part company when it comes to many of the particulars within their respective schools of thought. Still, both share very core assumptions that give rise to a vastly similar perspective. Indeed, the overarching perspectives of both bear far more resemblance to each other than either does to secular outlooks.

Venturing generalizations is, of course, risky business. Inevitably, one or another aspect falls short of describing all individuals umbrellaed together for the sake of noting the typical. Nevertheless, I believe the following “tenets,” for lack of a better word, are widespread enough within both Christian and New Age camps to bear the weight of the risk.

God exists. Or, since not all New Agers accept god language, All That Is — or the Universe, or the Ground of Being, or whatever one might prefer to call it — exists as an actuality, not just a concept. Moreover, this actuality, whether a personal or impersonal reality, can be envisioned as a singular primacy.

God is good. Again, for those who find god language lacking, the same take on the goodness of All That Is applies. Most Christians see good and evil as diametrically opposed forces, with God having no part in evil and Satan, a created being with a miscreant streak, having no part in good. New Age thought usually takes a different tack. Good, if the term is used at all, does not always have an antithesis known as evil. Instead, ignorance and ego act to form the appearance of evil in our denser reality. But evil has no actuality in and of itself. Hence, All That Is can only be good, but a good which is not based upon the existence of an opposite. Essentially, for both Christians and New Agers the very cause — or substance — of existence is intrinsically good.

Creation, or All That Is, is neither whimsical nor random in its function, but unfolds according to an inherent pattern. We’re not dealing with a disordered chaos in either the Christian or New Age understanding, but with a cohesive system of bringing forth. And some would add that the findings of science not only substantiate this viewpoint, but pretty much have proven it.

Creation, indeed Life itself, has a purpose and that purpose is itself good. What that purpose is, is often subject to dispute between Christians and New Agers. For that matter, little consensus on its definition exists among Christians, much less among New Agers. Nevertheless, Christians and New Agers are largely in striking accord: there is a purpose to life.

However one sees that purpose, that it will come to fruition is an absolute given. God can’t be thwarted. In the end, God’s purpose for his creation will prevail. Or, the full actualization of All That Is is in the process of becoming — or is already complete. Quite various scenarios are envisioned, and the variety is especially compelling when speaking of New Agers. Some would say all that lacks is our awakening to what already is. Others might put forth that the consummation of All That Is isn’t simply a matter of awareness, but the acceleration of subtle energies — an acceleration we co-create as we become enlightened. Still, no matter how it is described, the outcome is sure. Whatever the end of that good purpose is, it is inevitable — or is already in the fullness of its perfection and intrinsic to life itself.

On a personal level, each of us can live in accord with the purpose. The prerequisites of living in harmony with the purpose vastly differ from Christian to Christian, New Ager to New Ager, let alone from Christian to New Ager. For some Christians, the sacrament of baptism is itself the vehicle of entry into God’s will. For others, one must be born again, saved by accepting Jesus as one’s Lord and Savior and asking him into one’s life. For yet others, it is living a forgiven life by regularly pausing to confess one’s sins, repent and receive absolution. And that doesn’t come close to covering the whole Christian side of the coin. For some New Agers, a way of life in harmony with the purpose can be developed through meditation. For others, it is absolutely impossible not to live in accord with the purpose: the purpose is intrinsically embedded in life itself with no sin, evil or separation existing to make possible a life apart from the inherent design. And myriad other scenarios rest between and beyond these.

These are all pretty powerful assumptions. And despite the variations in interpreting singular primacy, goodness, cohesive unfolding, purpose, inevitability, and personal accord — despite how even the words I’ve chosen to identify these tenets are subject to challenge — the worldview or lens, if you will, generated by these assumptions is an extraordinarily transformative way of seeing form and meaning in life. Equally amazing is how similar an outlook Christian and New Age spiritualities bring forth.

It doesn’t take much imagination to hear, in the mind’s eye, a Christian attesting:

Of course God is and is good. He has fashioned an ordered creation, its purpose shaped in mercy and love. All are amply offered the opportunity to believe, to freely choose God’s plan as their own, and to joyfully serve toward the day when He will make all things new.

Or a New Ager affirming:

The existence of All That Iss is self-evident, though best known when one stills the chattering mind. The All works toward the full realization of the innate divinity of everyone and everything. Indeed, All is perfect as it is and awaits only the awakening to the perfection that each and all will come to see in this life or another.

Although many may find these tenets self-evident, they are not. That they appear so persuasive, so inextricably a part of all one observes, attests to the power of belief — not to their necessary truth. Eating, sleeping, and breathing are self-evident, inarguably intrinsic to human life. But the assumptions I’ve outlined do not reveal themselves as truths to each and all, not even to all deeply contemplative people. Many do indeed reject these tenets, or at least hold their belief in abeyance for further scrutiny. The lens through which Christians and New Agers perceive the world isn’t at all a universal lens.

When I reflect on my own perspective, I realize that I really want to believe all these things — that these tenets promote a healthy, wholesome, joyful way of greeting each new breath. This way of belief gives meaning to the troubling times, lends hopefulness and optimism to even the ordinary moments of routine. In fact, I choose these beliefs.

But they don’t always choose me back. Something is ill-fitting about this lens to me, as if I can choose it and try to focus, but I’m still seeing the lens itself instead of the world as it appears through the lens. That’s just the close-up view through these editor’s eyes.

¹Catherine Groves, "Through the Editor’s Unknowing Eyes," Christian*New Age Quarterly 12:3 (July-September 2000).

© 2008 Christian*New Age Quarterly. All rights reserved.

Reprinted with permission, “Assumptions in the Nexus” was originally published by Christian*New Age Quarterly 14:4 (October-December 2002). For more information on Christian*New Age Quarterly, write to Catherine Groves, Editor at PO Box 276, Clifton, NJ 07015-0276 or visit christiannewage.com.

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Ayahuasca: The University of Gaia

By Ralph Miller

Ralph Miller has worked with people from all over the world in an experiential journey which he calls Heart of the Initiate as a way for people to remember their "authentic selves".

For 20-years I raised a family and worked as a travel agent. In recent years I have conducted workshops in Brazil using an ancient plant 'medicine' or brew which has been used in Amazonia for thousands of years by indigenous tribes. The brew is called Ayahuasca and contains the very powerful psychoactive and visionary substance called Dimethyltryptamine (DMT). DMT is found in all living things including humans.

When I discovered Ayahuasca, I guess I remained being a travel agent; but am now showing people how to make inter-dimensional journeys instead.

DMT is likely produced in the pineal gland, and recent research indicates that the pineal will produce DMT in large amounts at least 2 times in the life of a human; at birth and at death. Perhaps it heralds the entry and departure of the soul. Persons having 'near death' experiences ... seeing bright lights ... seeing portals ... seeing religious icons ... are most definitely experiencing the effects of DMT.

The visionary process of Ayahuasca also has the effect of allowing a person to resolve and heal spiritually, psychologically, emotionally and physically. The brew is referred to as "entheogenic" which means "god generated within".

It seems likely (my personal belief) that the brain of humans is in some manner atrophied, and that the shamanic process of reintroducing DMT using Ayahuasca has the effect of 'switching on' the pineal in an extraordinary manner. Other studies have been conducted that suggest that post-Ayahuasca brains are literally 'rewired'.

DMT molecules are similar to Serotonin molecules, and bind to the same receptor sites in the brain. This is extraordinary because, like Serotonin, DMT is a unique key which naturally fits this 'lock' in the brain.

In the diagrams below you can see that the structures of DMT and Serotonin are very similar. They are both bind to the same neuro-receptors in the brain.

The molecular structures of DMT and Serotonin.

Ayahuasca is a very interesting and complicated brew made from two Amazonian plant species; a leafy bush called Psychotria Viridis (P Viridis) and a vine called Banisteriopsis Caapi (B Caapi).

P Viridis is a plant source of relatively large amounts of DMT, which is the primary source of the visionary/entheogenic experience. However DMT is inactive when administered orally because it is destroyed in the gut by the digestive enzyme Monoamine s (MAO).

B Caapi contains only mildly psychoactive alkaloids, specifically Beta-carbolines (Harmine, Harmaline and Tetrahydraharmine) which act as Serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, as well as have pro-Dopamine properties. Serotonin and Dopamine are two human hormone-like substances which are powerful neurotransmitters and create alertness as well as cause a person to be in a psychologically receptive state. Additionally these alkaloids also act as powerful MAO inhibitors.

The interesting thing about Ayahuasca is that while DMT is inactive when taken orally, the MAO inhibiters in the brew allow the DMT to remain intact, and pass the blood/brain barrier.

So you have DMT bonding to receptor sites in the brain, which produces visions, while the pro-Serotonin and pro-Dopamine properties of the brew create a state of alertness and receptivity.

Also, the physical healing properties of Ayahuasca are extraordinary to say the least. Ayahuasca is being looked at as a possible effective treatment for Parkinson's disease, for example.

As early as 1928 a natural substance called Banisterene was used successfully in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Banisterene is also an old and well-known plant product called Harmine. Harmine is the most pronounced Beta-carboline component of Ayahuasca.

Sadly the use of Banisterene fell out of favor as a Parkinson's treatment, as the pharmaceutical industry was evolving into the study of synthetic drugs that were patentable, and losing interest in natural products that were not patentable.

Even more interesting is that many of the experimental drugs being used today to treat Parkinson's disease which can be found listed by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry contain strong MAO inhibitors, as well as have pro-Dopamine properties.

In his book, The Cosmic Serpent, Jeremy Narby comments, "Here are people without electron microscopes who choose, among 80,000 Amazonian plant species, the leaves of a bush containing a ... brain hormone, which they combine with a vine containing substances that inactivate an enzyme of the digestive tract, which would otherwise block the effect. And they do this to modify their consciousness. It is as if they knew about the molecular properties of plants and the art of combining them, and when one asks them how they knew these things, they say their knowledge comes directly from [the] plants."

Ayahuasca is the University of Gaia. Nature reaching out to humans.

The 'school' metaphor is actually not a metaphor at all. Ayahuasca is all about learning. During an Ayahuasca ceremony, you start in one place and you end in another place. The next ceremony brings you back to the place where you left off. Class begins at 9pm … the bell rings … and "mother-Aya" gives the lesson for the day!

Generally speaking the lessons are universally profound. The healing and consciousness expanding properties of this plant-teacher bring us to a vastly greater experience of who we are. Ayahuasca facilitates the resolution of a human being.

Resolving the human condition requires a greatly expanded consciousness around two fundamental questions. Where am I? And, who am I?

One of the lessons of the Ayahuasca experience is a greatly expanded perception of what we have grown used to calling reality. The veil is lifted. We perceive 3-D for sure. But our perception expands beyond that to encompass a vastly greater reality that 'contains' 3-D. This expanded reality, or perhaps the 10-D or multi-D reality is not constrained by the timeline or even by causality.

The perception of 10-D is not only something that you become acutely aware of; you are also somehow encoded with the memory of it. Long after the Ayahuasca experience is over, you remember the way back to the extraordinary stillness of this place that you already inhabit. You inhabit it as your higher self.

I mentioned the question of, "Who am I?" Humans employ their best wits in order to live out their lives; to overcome insecurities; to mask their pain; and to gain status and acceptance. Sadly the true 'self' of an individual is almost universally hidden. We define who we are by what status we have, what we do or who we are married to.

The integration of self with Higher-self is a natural consequence of expanded perception. From this integration emerges the true self. The fully functioning 'visionary brain' strips away the fear-based, ego issues that plague the human condition. The mask of our pretend-self becomes irrelevant. It no longer becomes necessary to impress others or to be ashamed of who we are. We become resolved in our humanity and our divinity. It is not a thinking thing. It is a knowing thing. This knowing is a timeless experience of our hearts.

The heart center expands. We move into a new human experience that is quite adept with the subtle feelings of heart. Compassion, intuition, extrasensory perception, vulnerability, "realness" are all the result of a bringing into balance of the feminine intuitive heart, with the masculine analytical brain.

Recent research about the heart itself reveals that the heart contains a large neurological system that in effect acts as a 2nd brain. This "heart-brain" functions coherently with the brain as it sends massive amounts of information to our brains. The heart communicates to the brain via the limbic system within the brain. The pineal gland (responsible for DMT production) is adjacent to the limbic system.

Consensual reality is a masculine, logical, cognitive experience. We react to events based on stored data, which we use to make decisions. The brain alone cannot deal with the timeless multi-dimension.

The experience of the multi-dimensional reality is a feminine, intuitive experience that is not constrained by cause and effect or by logic. The reactivation of an atrophied brain; the rewiring of our minds, again brings balance.

Many people believe (hope) that humanity is at the very doorstep of an extraordinary shift. This 'shift' is really about the return of the Goddess energy. Healing is coming to humanity from nature; from mother-earth; from Gaia. It is about the return of the feminine.

The spirit of the earth or Gaia is literally working with humans towards a conclusion to this age and the advent a new one. Nature is working towards healing herself.

Terence McKenna said, "It is one thing when you become interested in the plants (Ayahuasca) and it is another thing when the plants become interested in you." Somehow the mystery of this shift is contained in the fact that the plants are sentient. They have a collective consciousness.

Some plants nourish us. Some plants are used to heal our physical bodies. And some plants are medicines for the soul. They teach us the way back to the divine within us. They infuse our consciousness with the consciousness of nature.

In the book Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot, he writes, "We are indeed on a shaman's journey, mere children struggling to become technicians of the sacred. We are learning how to deal with the plasticity that is part and parcel of a universe in which mind and reality are a continuum, and in this journey one lesson stands out above all others. As long as the formlessness and breathtaking freedom of the beyond remain frightening to us, we will continue to dream a hologram for ourselves that is comfortably solid and well defined."

The real problem with humanity is that we have forgotten. Over the ages we have agreed to live in a prison. We have forgotten who we are, and we have forgotten the eternal landscape that we inhabit.

Ayahuasca is here to change all of that.

© Ralph Miller 2003, 2008

Heart of the Initiate offers tours to Brazil where they help people make sacred inner journeys through an intensive workshop experience. Their Brazil workshops incorporate shamanic ceremonies using the ancient plant teacher, Ayahuasca. Please check our their website! For more information on their healing retreats, please visit www.heartoftheinitiate.com.

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2012 Anthropology Ascension Ayahuasca Cosmology DMT Entheogens Gaia Jeremy Narby Meditation Metaphysics Michael Talbot Native American Experience New Age Pineal Gland Plant Medicine Religion & Spirituality Parkinson's Disease Psychedelics Psychic Research (Psychism) Spirit-Guided Community Terence McKenna The Soul

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Ayahuasca: Nature's Teacher

By Ralph Miller

Ralph Miller has worked with people from all over the world in an experiential journey which he calls Heart of the Initiate as a way for people to remember their "authentic selves".

There is a gathering that is happening across the planet right now. People
from all walks of life are becoming aware of a new purpose and inner creativity
in an extraordinary way. In the midst of wars, serious environmental
problems, fundamental religious mania, energy concerns and political nausea,
something truly beautiful is happening. People are waking up and
remembering something within their hearts.
The lotus blooms in the mud.

Forgetfulness.

Ayahuasca is a plant medicine that helps us remember a place within that is long forgotten. It strips away ego behaviors that have enslaved us, and allows us to return to our source. We all arrived on this earth plane alive and conscious. It is likely that during the first days of our lives, our brains were visionary and telepathic. Hidden within each of us was a silent awareness of our own heroic destiny.

Then we all suffered in some way. We were confused by a betrayal or abandonment. We felt misunderstood or not cared for in some way. As this happened, our very young psyches began to shift. We began to construct a false self. We learned to avoid any future possible abandonment. Rather than being open and vulnerable, we became guarded and skeptical. Ego saved us, but in avoiding abandonment ... we gained loneliness.

The current human condition has to do with the condition of individual humans. In order to survive we created an egocentric idea of ourselves that we think is stronger, more capable, and smarter than who we feel we really are. The ego has asserted itself as a false self, while our true nature lay hidden. Over the ages we have agreed to live in a prison. We have forgotten who we are, and we have forgotten the eternal landscape that we inhabit.

Remembering.

The journey back to the ‘true self’ is a natural process that occurs when the sleeping brain awakens. When the sleeping brain awakens, your point of reference is moved, and you naturally see (remember) who you are. You come back to the silent place of your source. You remember.

The only way back to your higher self is to agree to let go of any notion of who you think you are and be willing to make the journey back. This process assails the ego. Shamanic traditions refer to this as the death of ego. Ideas of self-importance fall away naturally. They become irrelevant. The Ayahuasca medicine helps us to find the way back. It is nature’s teacher.

Your sense of creativity and destiny is manifested in your feelings. As you feel this sense of destiny, no matter how crazy or incongruous with your life it feels, it is very important to realize that the feeling is a message from your childlike, higher self. It is connected to your soul’s purpose.

Nature’s Medicine.

Ayahuasca contains the very powerful psychoactive and visionary substance called Dimethyltryptamine (DMT). DMT is found in all living things including humans.

The pineal gland is a primary component of the visionary brain. DMT is likely produced in the pineal, and recent research indicates that the pineal will produce DMT in large amounts at least 2 times in the life of a human; at birth and at death. Perhaps it heralds the entry and departure of the soul. Persons having 'near death' experiences ... seeing bright lights ... seeing portals ... Seeing religious icons ... are most definitely experiencing the effects of DMT. Even lucid dreaming may be the result of smaller quantities being released.

It is now believed that the human pineal goes into an atrophied state in a person’s early teen years. We live in an age where the collective ego has shelved the pineal as old fashioned and unnecessary. Ayahuasca is a natural plant medicine that reawakens the sleeping brain, because it contains exactly the same biochemistry as the pineal. This plant medicine is like liquid consciousness that awakens the telepathic and visionary brain. All we have to do is be willing to let go.

The visionary process of Ayahuasca also has the effect of allowing a person to resolve and heal spiritually, psychologically, emotionally and physically. The brew is referred to as "entheogenic" which means "god generated within".

The famous ethno-botanist, Terrance McKenna said, "It is one thing when you become interested in these plants (Ayahuasca) and it is another thing when these plants become interested in you." Nature itself has a collective intelligence. Plants are sentient. Somehow part of the mystery of the evolution of human consciousness seems to be connected to nature.

Some plants nourish us. Some plants are used to heal our physical bodies. And some plants are medicines for the soul. They teach us the way back to the divine within us.

Planetary Evolution.

Many people hope that humanity is at the very doorstep of an extraordinary shift. This 'shift' is really about the return of the Goddess energy. Healing is coming to humanity from nature; from mother-earth; from Gaia. It is about the return of the feminine.

The spirit of the earth or Gaia is literally working with humans towards a conclusion to this age and the advent of a new one. Nature is working towards healing herself.

The feelings of destiny are becoming more pronounced now than ever before. There is a gathering that is taking place. Healers and teachers are waking up. Brave people are resolving their humanity. Listen to the feelings that have been with you for a long time. Perhaps you are feeling the tug of this undiscovered path within. The Ayahuasca temple in Brazil is in a beautiful and natural setting on the beach in the state of Bahia. It gives me great hope that many brave people are coming here. You can come too.

© Ralph Miller 2008

Heart of the Initiate offers tours to Brazil where they help people make sacred inner journeys through an intensive workshop experience. Their Brazil workshops incorporate shamanic ceremonies using the ancient plant teacher, Ayahuasca. Please check our their website! For more information on their healing retreats, please visit www.heartoftheinitiate.com.

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2012 Anthropology Ascension Ayahuasca Cosmology Creativity DMT Dreams & Dreaming Entheogens Gaia Meditation Metaphysics Native American Experience New Age Pineal Gland Plant Medicine Religion & Spirituality Parkinson's Disease Psychedelics Psychic Research (Psychism) Shamanism Spirit-Guided Community Terence McKenna
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Anyone for DUI? (Part 1)

By Rich Goscicki

Rich Goscicki is the author of Mirror Reversal (2007), described by the writer Philip Zimbardo as "... a unique contribution to popular psychology and science fiction by platforming a torrid tale of one woman's descent into the depths of human misery on a solid understanding of basic principles of social science. Fast moving, sometimes riveting in its narrative, Goscicki's fascinat