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The Professional Practice of Public Relations: A Conversation with Edward L. Bernays PRSA M-001 Public Relations Society of America Year - 1979-1980? Thanks to Mike M. for sending me this talk on cassette tape.

Vinny's NUTShell: Jan Irvin www.GnosticMedia.com This show makes me feel stupid and enlightened at the same time. Jan Irvin is an author and critical thinker to rival any other, his discovery and dispensing of the Trivium. It's meant to give people the power to figure out what is true from what is fiction in any situation by asking the simple questions like: Who, What, Where, When, Why and saving How, for last. www.thevinnyeastwoodshow.com http://www.thevinnyeastwoodshow.com/2012.html#ixzz28M4wiW59

This is the audio version of Chapter 01 from Will Durants Story of Philosophy - Plato. Understanding Plato is essential to understanding current social programs, eugenics, vegetarianism, and how they operate and how they're geared toward an elitist utopia. WillDurant.com http://www.amazon.com/The-Story-Philosophy-Opinions-Philosophers/dp/0671739166 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant

A video explaining my latest short article on "How Darwin, Huxley, and the Esalen Institute launched the 2012 and psychedelic revolutions -- and began one of the largest mind control operations in history." This video is the first to reveal the background origins of the Esalen institute through Aldous and Julian Huxley, both grandson's of Charles Darwin's "Bulldog" Sir. Thomas Henry Huxley. The Huxleys helped found the Esalen institute to promote Julian Huxley's eugenics, humanism, transhumanism and feminism to manipulate middle class Americans into following their agenda through psychedelics and the new age movement. This is not to say that psychedelics or entheogens don't have value, it just means that devious people have usurped them and created a false movement to fool people into thinking that they've completed their task of freeing their minds. This video exposes one more bump in the road on our path to freedom and enlightenment. References: My papers on Wasson and Darwin, Huxley, McKenna, etc, for those interested in what my claims actually are, may be read here: “Magic Mushrooms and the Psychedelic Revolution: Beginning a New History” – or “The Secret History of Magic Mushrooms” by Jan Irvin – #144 http://www.gnosticmedia.com/magic-mushrooms-and-the-psychedelic-revolution-beginning-a-new-history-or-the-secret-history-of-magic-mushrooms-by-jan-irvin-144-2/ How Darwin, Huxley, and the Esalen Institute launched the 2012 and psychedelic revolutions – and began one of the largest mind control operations in history. http://www.gnosticmedia.com/how-darwin-huxley-and-the-esalen-institute-launched-the-2012-and-psychedelic-revolutions-and-began-one-of-the-largest-mind-control-operations-in-history/ MAAFA 21 - on eugenics and Planned Parenthood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7b9Lio416s Online Brain investigation database: Investigating Wasson Brain – MK-ULTRA and the launching the psychedelic and environmental movements Download the Brain software (Windows/Mac/Linux): www.thebrain.com Download the entire Brain investigation database file: http://www.gnosticmedia.com/Wasson/InvestigatingWassonBrain-MK-ULTRA.brainzip (210mb) How to install and use the database: For use in the software version only (this version is the best, clearest representation of the database and the easiest to follow and research). This version must be IMPORTED into the Brain software after installation. Once the importation is complete, the software will attempt to ask you for a username and password to log into the server. Click "Do not connect to a server". A window will pop up and ask "If you do not connect to a server, you will not be able to put your Brains online nor sync between computers. Are you sure you don't want to connect?" Select the check-box "Always do this" and then click "Do Not Connect". You will be brought to a window showing the available "Investigating Wasson Brain" - double click and you're now in the database viewing the information. How to view the information in the database: Connections Above each data point are things that influence that data point: Such things can be parents, or organizations like the CIA, or fraternities, employers, etc. Below each data point are things that the data point created or influenced - such as children, books they authored, programs they started or directed, company's they ran or directed, or people they had serious influence over, etc. To the far left are friends and associates of each data point and leads to related information. To the far right are 3rd hand investigative leads that are pulled up by the other related entries in the data base. On the bottom of the screen, if not minimized, will show citations, links, videos and other information relating to that data point and how it relates to the others around it. If you don't find the citation there, usually a quick online search will be all you need to find the information.

Jan Irvin is the author of The Holy Mushroom: Evidence of Mushrooms in Judeo-Christianity, host of the podcast show Gnostic Media, and webmaster of Trivium Education, a website which teaches the ancient arts of Aristotelian Logic, and Classical Rhetoric. General Grammar, Aristotelian Logic, and Classical Rhetoric comprise the first three rules-based subjects of the 7 Liberal Arts and Sciences. As these disciplines are learned and practiced together, they form the overarching, symbiotic system for establishing clarity and consistency of personal thought called the Trivium. General Grammar (Answers the question of the Who, What, Where, and the When of a subject.) Discovering and ordering facts of reality comprises basic, systematic Knowledge Formal Logic (Answers the Why of a subject.) Developing the faculty of reason in establishing valid [i.e., non-contradictory] relationships among facts, systematic Understanding Classical Rhetoric (Provides the How of a subject.) Applying knowledge and understanding expressively comprises Wisdom or, in other words, it is systematically useable knowledge and understanding - http://www.triviumeducation.com In the 2nd hour of today's show, Chris Tolland interviews Irvin on his research and insights in many subjects. In the first hour of today's show Chris joins us for a relaxed discussion on life, the economy and politics in Australia. I hope you enjoy the show!

With this in depth discussion hosted by Frater X we explore the main thrust of Jan Irvin's thesis THE SECRET HISTORY OF MAGIC MUSHROOMS clearly encapsulating the numerous connections between the supposed discoverer of the magic mushroom: R. Gordon Wasson and various intelligence agencies and operatives. Jan also lays the groundwork for the his opinion that the CIA run MK-Ultra mind control program never really ended but in fact became far more pervasive!!! The combined efforts of these commentators proves to be a powerful and informative conversation-enjoy! Relevant links www.gnosticmedia.com “Magic Mushrooms and the Psychedelic Revolution: Beginning a New History” – or “The Secret History of Magic Mushrooms” by Jan Irvin – #144 Jan's Online Brain database: Investigating Wasson Brain - MK-ULTRA and the launching the psychedelic and environmental movements Download the Brain software: www.thebrain.com Download Jan's entire Brain database file: http://www.gnosticmedia.com/Wasson/InvestigatingWassonBrain-MK-ULTRA.brainzip(170mb) Note: For use in the software version only (this version is the best, clearest representation of the database and the easiest to follow and research). This version must be IMPORTED into the Brain software after installation. www.gordonwasson.com http://middlechamberfx.wordpress.com/ http://fraterx.blogspot.com/

August 9, 2012 Jan Irvin is an independent researcher, author and lecturer, speaking at both academic and public venues. He is the host of Gnostic Media and the curator of the official website for John Marco Allegro. Jan returns to discuss his latest research on Gordon Wasson, an influential New York banker and the godfather of the modern psychedelic movement. According to the historical record Wasson, an amateur mycologist, first ‘discovered’ ‘magic’ mushrooms. Irvin shares his evidence which points to the possibility of a secret history of the mushroom in the elite power structures of the west. Jan explains how the psychedelic/hippie movement was a psyop and can provide a window into how the elites run their mind control systems. He’ll talk about how the mushroom and other mind altering sacraments can be used to control the illumination of the masses. Jan questions the foundations of psychedelic history, the new age movement and UFOs. Relevant links www.gnosticmedia.com “Magic Mushrooms and the Psychedelic Revolution: Beginning a New History” – or “The Secret History of Magic Mushrooms” by Jan Irvin – #144 Jan's Online Brain database: Investigating Wasson Brain - MK-ULTRA and the launching the psychedelic and environmental movements Download the Brain software: www.thebrain.com Download Jan's entire Brain database file: http://www.gnosticmedia.com/Wasson/InvestigatingWassonBrain-MK-ULTRA.brainzip (170mb) Note: For use in the software version only (this version is the best, clearest representation of the database and the easiest to follow and research). This version must be IMPORTED into the Brain software after installation. www.gordonwasson.com Related programs Jan Irvin - Trivium Education Jan Irvin - The Holy Mushroom http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/08/RIR-120809.php “The role of drugs in the exercise of political control is also coming under increasing discussion. Control can be through prohibition or supply. The total or even partial prohibition of drugs gives the government considerable leverage for other types of control. An example would be the selective application of drug laws… against selected components of the population such as members of certain minority groups or political organizations” ~ Ronald K. Siegel; Louis Jolyon West (1975). Hallucinations: Behavior, Experience, and Theory. ISBN 978-1-135-16726-4.

Today for this controversial subject on feminism, I’m joined by my girlfriend Sarah who acts as co-host. This episode is an interview with Karen, Host of GirlWritesWhat, titled “The Feminist Fallacy” and is being released on Friday, July 20, 2012. My interview with Karen was recorded on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. GirlWritesWhat is a divorced mother of three, university drop out, and author of erotica who also writes and vlogs about gender issues. She considers herself both anti-feminist and anti-traditional, and has characterized feminism as "paternalism in lipstick". She describes her philosophy as the radical notion that women are adults. http://owningyourshit.blogspot.com/ GirlWritesWhat on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/girlwriteswhat

KMO welcomes Jan Irvan, host of the Gnostic Media Podcast, and Jarett Sanchez, host of The Next Step Podcast, back to the C-Realm to discuss the Trivium, the bedrock of classical liberal arts education which prepares young minds to be effective critical thinkers and self-directed learners. Jarett helps KMO summarize an essay by Dorothy L. Sayers about how the Trivium mirrors and takes advantage of the stages of childhood cognitive development, and Jan describes why the Trivium is now reserved for elites and systematically denied to the children of the proletariat in compulsory public schooling as a means of social control. Music by ALLFLAWS. Link to the original interview: http://c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2012-06-20T10_52_36-07_00 Link to the C-Realm podcast: http://c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860) This episode is a presentation given by me, my first solo show, titled “Magic Mushrooms and the Psychedelic Revolution: Beginning a New History” – or “The Secret History of Magic Mushrooms” and is being released on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Today is the 55th anniversary since the publication of the May 13, 1957, Life magazine article, Seeking the Magic Mushroom, published by Gordon Wasson, which is what is largely considered to have launched the psychedelic revolution. Today we’re going to toss out the last 55 years of academic history regarding the discovery of magic mushrooms, the beginnings of the field of ethnomycology, and this major event in launching the psychedelic revolution; and we’re going to start a new history – one based on truth and verifiable facts rather than legends and myths. Six years in the making, this episode exposes one of the largest coverups in modern academic history – something that may one day be regarded as large as the Piltdown Hoax. We’re going to reveal how the psychedelic revolution was launched by the CFR, CIA and the elite, and how R. Gordon Wasson, the so called discoverer of magic mushrooms, and the founder of the field of ethnomycology, was himself a government asset, a friend of Edward Bernays – the father of propaganda, and is one of the key figures for launching one of the largest mind control operations in history – information never before revealed until today. And it doesn’t stop there. I’m going to provide information that shows how R. Gordon Wasson may have been one of the key players in the organization of the JFK assassination. The entire transcript of this show is posted for download on the page to this episode on the Gnostic Media website so that you can follow along. Also included in the transcript are 70 endnotes leading to the evidence presented herein. Download transcript file Donate to the book and DVD project:

Experiential journalist Rak Razam talks with independent researcher, author and lecturer Jan Irvin from Gnostic Media about his forthcoming documentary on Gordon Wasson, influential New York banker and the godfather of the modern psychedelic movement. According to the historical record Wasson, an amateur mycologist, first 'discovered' 'magic' mushrooms via Maria Sabina in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1955, the account of which was published in the seminal LIFE magazine on May 13, 1957. Irvin, however has uncovered documentary evidence which points to the possibility of a secret history of the mushroom in the elite power structures of the West, and to the life and times of Gordon Wasson himself. What would it mean to history if the mushroom's true story, at the foundations of world religions, came to light? Does Wasson's entrenched position within the power elites of the banking and establishment world reflect an ongoing fixation with the mushroom and other mind altering sacraments within their own ranks, and in their approach to controlling the illumination of the masses? The sacred and the profane is all revealed in this in-depth, lively discussion that shakes the foundations of psychedelic history. Link to original show

The incomparable Jan Irvin, host of the popular Gnostic Media Radio podcast visits Occult Science Radio With host Curtis "Illuminated One" Davis to discuss the Trivium, the Quadrivium and Magic Mushrooms. April 30, 2012. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/illuminated-one/2012/05/01/jan-irvin-the-trivium-visits-occult-science-radio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/illuminated-one http://www.theoccultnetwork.com

Jan Irvin, host of the popular Gnostic Media podcast stops by to talk about the Trivium education. This podcast covers a general overview of what the Trivium is and how a knowledge of the Trivium can help you discern what is 'true' from what is fallacious. The Trivium is an ancient method of critical thinking that has three components; grammar, logic, and rhetoric. These three components make up the only three of the seven Liberal Arts. The other four concepts are covered in the Quadrivium (but we did not cover that in this episode). Jan explains how the sophisticated class (the elites, the sophists, the powerful) has employed the Trivium to use mind control over the lower classes of society. Due to the fact that the educated class has access to better critical thinking skills they employ techniques to manipulate the minds of the less educated. Think of advertisements, campaign slogans, and government propaganda. With a knowledge of the Trivium (which can be self-taught and is easily accessible) anyone can quickly learn techniques to identify logical fallacies and propaganda. Link to the original interview: http://twobeerswithsteve.libsyn.com/episode-115-the-trivium-education-with-jan-irvin

March 26, 2012: I have the following bad news: It was brought to my attention today by Prof. John Hoopes of the University of Kansas at Lawrence that Prof. Neil Whitehead has died on March 23rd. http://www.news.wisc.edu/20484 Because of this, and in his memory, I have removed Whitehead's interview from the archives and placed it for free download. Published on: Nov 23, 2008 In this show we take a journey to the dark side - the dark side of shamanism - in our interview with Prof. Neil Whitehead, who was the victim of a Kanaima, or dark shaman attack in Guyana. This show focuses on countering the New Age presentations of "shamanism" in western culture, and seeks to create balance, as well as educate about the dangers of dark shamanism - and the ignorance thereof. Neil Whitehead is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He graduated from Oxford University in 1984 with a Ph.D. in Anthropology. His books include: Hans Staden’s True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil ed. By Neil Whitehead and Michael Harbsmeier, June 2008. Order: http://astore.amazon.com/gnosmedi-20/detail/0822342316 Terror and Violence - Anthropological Approaches (ed with Andrew Strathern and Pamela Stewart, Pluto Press), 2005. Order: http://astore.amazon.com/gnosmedi-20/detail/0745323987 In Darkness and Secrecy. The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia. (ed. with Robin Wright) Duke University Press, 2004. Order: http://astore.amazon.com/gnosmedi-20/detail/0822333457 Dark Shamans. Kanaima and the Poetics of Violent Death. Duke University Press, 2002. Order: http://astore.amazon.com/gnosmedi-20/detail/0822329883

This episode is an interview with Larken Rose, pt 4 titled “Government - The Fallacy of Ad Verecundiam, pt. 3” and is being released on Sunday, February 19, 2012. My interview with Larken was recorded on Friday, February 17, 2012. Larken has been here thrice previous: last June, and the last two weeks and he’s back again as we complete our 3 part conversation on freedom and the appeal to authority fallacy, and ultimately, Freedom. What does it mean to have a leader, or government? Does government protect our freedoms, or are they the very cause of our enslavement? And what does it mean to vote? Does voting give us freedoms that we otherwise might not have? What if the idea of government was nothing but a religious myth, created by criminals and followed by billions of mindless zombie zealots the world over - just as any other dogma? What would happen if one day, just all of a sudden, everyone stopped believing in government? Today we’ll be discussing what it means to believe in government. Is government real, or a figment of your collective, religious imagination? Does not voting mean that we’d be sitting around like a bunch of lazy couch potatoes doing nothing? Or, if we use critical thinking, is it really our first course of action to disempower the criminals whom we call politicians? Is voting the only way to effect change? Or is it in reality one of the least effective ways to effect change and gain freedom? And what does it mean to live in a democratic (or “mob-ruled”) society, anyway? Today we question some of our most firmly held governmental religious myths as we continue this investigation on the myth of government, exposing government as the fallacy of “ad verecundiam”. Larken Rose is a self-described “enemy of the state” and “tax heretic.” The author of several books–two of which were written during his one-year stay as a political prisoner in the U.S. prison system–Mr. Rose is an outspoken advocate of self-ownership and a voluntary society. For more information, see http://www.larkenrose.com/