A Book I'm Reading: Sacred Drift - by Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey)

Hakim Bey (born Peter Lamborn Wilson in 1945), is an American political writer, essayist, and poet. He did extensive traveling in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal. He studied Tantra in West Bengal and visited many Sufi shrines and masters. In 1971 he undertook research on the Ni'matullahi funded by the Marsden Foundation of New York. Bey has written essays on such diverse topics as Tong traditions, the utopian Charles Fourier, the fascist Gabriele D'Annunzio, alleged connections between Sufism and ancient Celtic culture, sacred pederasty in the Sufi tradition, technology and Luddism, and Amanita muscaria use in ancient Ireland. An interesting author to me.

I've embedded below a lecture by Mr Wilson wherein he discusses the art of Sufi traveling. He focuses on travel in the world of Islam, discussing the history of nomadic travel and tradition. He relates several anecdotes about scholar Ibn Arabi and recites a Sufi traveling song. He continues his discussion on nomads followed by a brief talk about the travels of French poet Arthur Rimbaud. He ends the lecture by discussing the future of travel in general which I found fascinating.

Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, Sacred drift: the art of Sufi travel, July, 1991


Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture, Sacred drift: the art of Sufi travel (Part 2)




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Books I'm reading right now: Jay Z's Decoded and The Dancing Wu Li Masters

These are some books I'm reading right now (among a few others). I know I'm late getting this, So, I finally picked up "Jay Z's teaching to White America about Hip Hop culture" lol at least that's how I see this book after only reading 20 pages into it. It's called Decoded and it's got a front cover that has hundreds of conspiracy theorists clamoring about it being the depiction of Baphomet on the cover via Andy Warhol's famous Rorschach painting. The inkblot was cleared by the Warhol Estate in only one day. “I was very happy about that,” said Jay, who has a Rorschach hanging over his fireplace.



Below is an excerpt from Jay Z on the project.

Jay Z: “When I first started working on this book, I told my editor that I wanted it to do three important things. The first was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics—not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC—are poetry if you look at them closely enough. The second was I wanted the book to tell a little bit of the story of my generation, to show the context for the choices we made at a violent and chaotic crossroads in recent history. And the third piece was that I wanted the book to show how hip-hop created a way to take a very specific and powerful experience and turn it into a story that everyone in the world could feel and relate to.”

He's clearly become the evangelist of Hip Hop Culture, intellectualizing (in a way that KRS ONE couldn't do) to an audience of thousands who were informed by way of stereotypes only, so this should prove to be an effective platform for Jay Z as he transitions more and more into Shawn Carter the business mogul (because he can't rap forever).

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I'm reading Gary Zukav's "The Dancing Wu Li Masters" which is his take on how physics can help us understand the soul better. I was put on to his authorship by a good friend and colleague named Nadia Bey Jenkins who is a Yogi and a holistic source of information for me. I'm also aware myself that humanity is really transforming from a physical way of perception through sensual systems into synthetic systems of perception and comprehension, and as we transform in consciousness we will function at a higher altitude of vibration and creative thought. I'll let you guys know about the book some more after I read it.

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Business Review: Davids Tea - You can smell the tea. Feel it. Taste it

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Founded by David Segal in 2008 and it started out by being based out of a storefront in Queen Street, Toronto. Davids Tea offers more than 115 different varieties and blends of tea. I stopped by one of there locations today in uptown Toronto and I was amazed by all of there varieties. Below are just some of the flavors I decided to purchase, each of them serving for me a different purpose (morning and evening teas) and each of them caters a different aroma and taste.









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Blackberry Bold - Product of the Month

This phone is every bang for the buck, and it's from my favorite unrivaled technology leader Blackberry. They have unveiled the Blackberry Bold and it is phenomenal, and yes people...I will get this phone very soon. I'm currently on the 8800 world edition series (And I love it) but its time for the Bold, I am 100% loyal to Blackberry.



You can buy the unlocked blackberry bold - same day shipping available at: http://www.smartcellshop.com - they are friendly and fast.