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  • Image of Book Cover and Ebook of "Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool For mind Enhancement", by Sebastian Marincolo

    ELEVATED, Book Chapter 3: “Cannabis, Creativity, and Cognitive Liberty”, Part IV

    The Persistent Mindful Surfer (PERMIS) – Approach The surfboard is a very useful metaphor especially as it concerns a point that relates to Hommel’s metacontrol states model (MSM) of creativity, for which…

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    27. July 2023
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  • Article by Gregory Frye on Sebastian Marincolo's work on cannabis mind enhancements

    “9 Ways in which Cannabis can Impact Your Thinking”

    Gregory Frye, editor-in-chief of the magazine “The Bluntness”, summarizes some of my research in his new article on nine ways in which cannabis can impact your thinking, including the hyperfocus of attention…

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    27. April 2021
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    Just Another Altered State of Consciousness

    “Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?” Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)   Altered States of Consciousness and Western Culture There is the marijuana…

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    3. February 2016
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  • cannabis macro art photography by sebastian marincolo, stigmas, trichomes, cannabis leaves, leafs, ripe stigmas, cannabis flower, marijuana, weed, THC

    Insight Quote

    “The movie Koyaanisqatsi shows non-commented time-lapse footage and focuses our attention on the very rhythm of our civilized modern life and nature. A marijuana high can do something for a user similar…

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    13. November 2015
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  • Marijuana, Dopes, and Cognitive Enhancements

    When genius mathematician and originator of cybernetics Norbert Wiener moved with his family from Cambridge to Newton, his wife organized the move and let Wiener concentrate on his work as a professor…

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    12. June 2015
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  • A portrait of Irish poet and cannabis user William Butler Yeats

    Marijuana and Creativity – A Love Story

    “O! For a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) In a good relationship, a loving partner can inspire you and help your creative output…

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    11. May 2015
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  • Portrait von Autor, Bewusstseinsforscher und Cannabisexperte Sebastian Marincolo

    Marijuana and The Slowdown of Time Perception

    “Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.”             Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, English novelist…

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    22. April 2015
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  • art photo of Ipanema Beach, Brazil, by Sebastian arincolo

    Marijuana, Pattern Recognition, and What it Means to be ‘High’

    “To understand is to perceive patterns.” Isaiah Berlin, philosopher, 1909-1997 “As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.” Henry van Dyke,…

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    7. April 2015
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  • Vipers, Muggles, and The Evolution of Jazz

    “I’m the king of everything Got to get high before I sing Sky is high, everybody’s high If you’re a viper…” ‘Viper’s Drag’ (1934), by Fats Waller   Without doubt the history…

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    24. March 2015
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  • Cannabis Insights: Myth or Reality?

    Countless users of cannabis have claimed that it can act as a catalyst to obtain real insights. Are these reports just exaggerations of users justifying their smoking habit? Or is it true…

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    22. March 2015
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  • macro photo of cannabis trichomes and stigmas with deep field lighting and focus stacking technique

    Vaporizer Highs

    What characterizes a vaporizer high? How much of a difference is there between a vaporizer high and the high from a joint or bong? How different are various vaporizers on the market…

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    24. February 2015
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