In this documentary, "Zappy" Zapolin interviews spiritual gurus, celebrities, and people of various faiths about the relationship between spirituality, religion, and psychedelics—in their beliefs and in their experiences.
Casts Tim Booth, Deepak Chopra, Peter Coyote, Ram Dass, Serena Dyer, Amazon John Easterling, Foster Gamble, Charles Grob, John Hagelin, Mark Victor Hansen
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Salvia Divinorum: A Western Approach
Jung On Film
Gnosis, the Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed
The Philosopher's Stone: The True Story
CircleSpeak
Ram Dass, Going Home
Experimentuum
Better Living Through Chemistry
The Psychedelic Experience
Tibet Les nourritures spirituelles
Pinnacles
You Can't Kill Meme
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A Journey
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Manifesting the Mind: Footprints of the Shaman
Metamorphosis
An immersion into the Divine Feminine
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Salvia Divinorum: A Western Approach
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2022
Salvia Divinorum is an often misunderstood and powerful psychedelic plant used by the Mazatec shamans in southern Mexico for centuries. This entheogen's mysteries are thoroughly explored, by Director Erin Wyche, from an American view point.Jung On Film
IMDB 5 | Jun , 1957
This compelling film represents a rare record of an original genius. In Jung on Film, the pioneering psychologist tells us about his collaboration with Sigmund Freud, about the insights he gained from listening to his patients' dreams, and about the fascinating turns his own life has taken. Dr. Richard I. Evans, a Presidential Medal of Freedom nominee, interviews Jung, giving us a unique understanding of Jung's many complex theories, while depicting Jung as a sensitive and highly personable human being.Gnosis, the Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed
IMDB 5 | Sep , 2006
Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, reputed to be the source of the most esoteric knowledge in human history-has fascinated scholars, seekers and dreamers for centuries. For generations, scholars and researchers have tried in vain to discover the fabled Temple of Solomon, only to be confronted by one problem after another. Gnosis weaves a tale that is both profound and precise.The Philosopher's Stone: The True Story
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2007
Documentary examining the medieval myth of the Philosopher's Stone, a Holy Grail-type relic which supposedly held the key to alchemy and immortality. Many noted alchemists and adventurers searched obsessively for the artifact hoping to learn its powerful secrets, a quest which allegedly drove some to madness and others to celestial encounters.CircleSpeak
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2005
Shot in Southern England over the course of six weeks by a crew of three American filmmakers, CircleSpeak offers a nuanced look at the passions and beliefs of the people immersed in the crop circle phenomenon during the season of 2001. This feature-length documentary presents interviews with serious “researchers”, self-proclaimed “hoaxers”, local farmers and villagers who are all, in one way or another, involved in this strange and compelling summer spectacle taking place year after year.Ram Dass, Going Home
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2017
Ram Dass is one of the most important cultural figures from the 1960s and 70s. A pyschedelic pioneer, author of Be Here Now, beloved spiritual teacher, and outspoken advocate for death-and-dying awareness, Ram Dass is now himself approaching the end of life. Since suffering a life-changing stroke twenty years ago, he has been living at his home on Maui and deepening his spiritual practice — which is centered on love and his idea of merging with his surroundings and all living things. Shot in a nuanced cinematic style, the film is an intimate summary of his life learning and awareness, and is ultimately a poetic meditation on life, death, and the soul’s journey home.Experimentuum
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2024
A dreamlike and hallucinatory dive into the depths of the human psyche.Better Living Through Chemistry
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2021
In the 1970s, Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin significantly contributed to the development and psychopharmaceutical use of MDMA: a catalyst to personal doors entombed or unknown. His widow, co-author, and research partner, Ann—alongside friends, family, and colleagues—gives a guided tour of their life and laboratory, reflecting on how risks and revelations opened a world of compound enlightenment. Stippled with spirituality, sadness, and skepticism, the Shulgins’ chemical love story examines the power of psychedelic psychotherapy, sacred alchemy, and challenging the path of misunderstood resistance.The Psychedelic Experience
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1965
Experimental movie, where a man comes home and experiences LSD. His kaleidoscopic visions follow, with readings inspired by the Tibethan Book of the Dead.Tibet Les nourritures spirituelles
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2011
Pinnacles
IMDB 9 | Aug , 2022
Resulting from an ancient volcanic eruption, revered as sacred by the Chalun and Matsun Native American Tribes as the home of the Firebird/Thunderbird (California Condor) a supernatural being of power and strength. Pinnacles represents transcendent moments, spiritual guidance and forging new timelines within interpersonal landscapes.You Can't Kill Meme
IMDB 4 | Nov , 2021
A hybrid documentary feature film about the genesis of "memetic magick" and its application by the alt-right in the United States.What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
IMDB 5.1 | Apr , 2004
Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda begins to see the world in new and different ways when she begins to question her role in life, her relationships with her career and men and what it all means. As the layers to her everyday experiences fall away insertions in the story with scientists, and philosophers and religious leaders impart information directly to an off-screen interviewer about academic issues, and Amanda begins to understand the basis to the quantum world beneath. During her epiphany as she considers the Great Questions raised by the host of inserted thinkers, she slowly comprehends the various inspirations and begins to see the world in a new way.Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2010
Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist teachers. Spiritual guide to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Royal Family of Bhutan, his life and teachings were an inspiration to all who encountered him. Richard Gere and Lou Reed provide the narration for his dangerous journey out of China, the subsequent spread of his influence and the search for his reincarnation after his death.A Journey
IMDB 8 | May , 2017
A cinematic journey through the world. Non-verbal.Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
IMDB 6.6 | May , 2020
Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comedic documentary exploring the story of psychedelics.Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
IMDB 5 | Nov , 2013
Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi is a play retelling the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in the 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas. This documentary follows the troupe, playwright, and audience around the world on a five-year journey of Terrence McNally’s passion play, where voices of protest and support collide on one of the central issues facing the LGBT community: religion.Manifesting the Mind: Footprints of the Shaman
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2009
In these interviews, Dennis McKenna, Alex Grey, Rick Strassman, and other champions of psychedelics share their views on the value of psychedelic medicine, and its neglect in Western society.Metamorphosis
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2009
Hamilton Souther is the founder of Blue Morpho Tours, a company that caters to ayahuasca tourists in the Peruvian Amazon. Souther talks about the events that led him to Amazonian shamanism. Five first-time ayahuasca drinkers on a nine-day retreat with Blue Morpho relate their experiences.An immersion into the Divine Feminine
IMDB 10 | Aug , 2017
By drawing a parallel between the Indian Durga Puja festival and other forms of celebrating the divine feminine, Santa Shakti reveals the Sacred Power beyond languages and religions.