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Psychedelics combat psychological issues at the Marsh – SFGate

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Photo: Dixie Sheridan, The Marsh

Adam Strauss in The Mushroom Cure at the Marsh.

Adam Strauss in The Mushroom Cure at the Marsh.

Psychedelics combat psychological issues at the Marsh

If you suffer from OCD or know someone who does, the portrait of the disease that Adam Strauss paints in his solo show The Mushroom Cure will ring all too true. Even trivial decisions are impossible, so paralyzing as to imperil ones career and love life, not to mention ones happiness. Treatments? Hed tried them all: medication, psychotherapy, yoga, acupuncture, even hypnotism.

Except hallucinogenic mushrooms.

After acclaimed runs at the New York Fringe and off-Broadway, Strauss account of his unusual OCD treatment is now in previews at the Marsh, under the direction of Jonathan Libman.

Even though OCD is a mind-numbing condition, and Strauss doesnt shy away from that, his script reads like stand-up comedy, which is part of his background. Despite all this effort spent on picking the right shirt, he says at one point, I still havent found the right woman.

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The Mushroom Cure: 8 p.m. Friday, May 5; 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6. Through June 3. $20-$100. The Marsh, 1062 Valencia St., S.F. (415) 282-3055. http://www.themarsh.org

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Lamp & Labyrinth: Conceptualizing a Multitude of Spirits – Patheos (blog)

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The word inspiration comes from the Latin word inspirio, which means to become inflamed, or to be blown upon. Spirio is seen by linguists to be from a word like the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European word *(s)peys. Inspirio is also the root word of spiritus in Latin and spirit in English. If we consider the many literal and figurative meanings these words carry, we can safely reconstruct our theology using them.

Psyche Served by Invisible Spirits by Luca Giordano. From WikiMedia.

In this exploration we will no doubt be establishing parameters of our polytheism. Parameters vary wildly from tenets or doctrine. Parameters are variables which can change, and since Our Magic is an orthopraxic one where we have the machinery of practice, and the results rendered will yield a different output based on what youve plugged into the parameters. Here I simply state what data I plug into the parameters of my polytheism. One may even call these my Polytheistic Values. Within any system, some values are given while some remain immutable. Some of these should be obvious, but here they are in order of importance.

Given Values Useful to Theological Discovery

A person who puts blind faith in, and it need not be total trust, the things theyve seen in the Otherworld is an utter fool.

Regarding Given Value 3 above, like language allinformation has a certain signatureof entropy and complexity. Read entropy as Average Uncertainty coined by Claude Shannon, who shows that if fewer questions are needed to predict the next iteration in a pattern, then the system generating that pattern contains less information. So when thinking about our paganism and polytheism, if it can be told and studied quickly, if it is as round as a circle, and quartered like a clock, and is easy to guess the next principle based on a few common expressions, then it has less information. If it is asymmetrical, odd, and hard to predict, it must contain more information. These concepts from information theory apply, methinks, to folks resurrecting, recreating, and reconstructing religions from the past. The paganisms of iron aged Europe were wholly bound to the language, arts, laws, and cultures so these are the things we must look at and model our theology after if we wish it to become what it once was in a modern context. A whole tribesreligion would have to contain enough complexitythat it provided all varieties of minds with what they needed from it. If your paganism, modern or old, isnt all messy and hairy and instead resembles a puzzle, it has almost no entropy. It would be a religion of certainty and, therefore, has implied goals of satiating fear in my mind. The entirely critical mind faces oblivion and nihilism, in actual consideration, and pushes though into theism. Satiating fear, a healthy skeptic does not do.

A whole tribesreligion would have to contain enough complexitythat it provided all varieties of minds with what they needed from it.

So in answering what a spirit is, we will ignore everything we know from non-indo-european sources, such as popular fiction, modern mythology, and neopaganism. And we will look for answers which we can hardly predict as they speak to a more entropic, and thus more developed polytheism. Why is the quest for a more developed polytheism relevant?

As offensive to some as it may be, perfectly aligned geometrically sound religions seem the most made by man and the least made by natural process. We find that organic spirituality is better than artificed. Asymmetry, odd numbers, fractals, and self similarity from one order of magnitude to another are additional subterranean values which we hold, often unrecognized, which weve come to associate with deeper, longer flowing wells. That is to say, traditions and religions made by many minds, for many more moons speak to us in a way that matches the inner fulfillment of more people. These are the given assumptions with which we approach the problem.

The likelihood of respiration being required for a person to be classified as a spirit, is low. Figuratively something that breathed had life and in Latin we can see that in the etymology presented at the beginning of this article. However, we cannot see into the latin language deeper toward a proto-indo-european origin. The polytheist PIE Yamnayan herdsmen who indirectly invented nearly all the polytheisms of europe had animist roots. Their understanding of a spirit goes beyond some hypothesized shift from animism to holding gods close to their beliefs. In my personal theories, those folks didnt have much difference between spirits and gods, until they established nobilities of their own and that was reflected in their religion. But before that, I envision that the existence of spirits existed through the practice of ancestor worship. Out of the three Kindred of gods, ancestors, and spirits, the ancestors no doubt became the first to be honored. I think the evidence is there in the language too, and that the first spirits were ancestors, and their breathing or not breathing was big deal. Isee a ton of associations with spirits of the dead and the wind as well, as if their breath continues when the leave, arrive and altogether visit us. In the Fairy Faith, the Sidhe folk are sometimes the spirits of the dead.

The Souls of Acheron by Adolf Hirmy-Hirschl. From WikiMedia.

On the other hand, a spirit might be what we perceive when we do certain breathing practices. Holotropic breathing practices, though modern, scientifically generate entheogenic experiences. In my own breathwork, and even in entheogenic practices Ive done in the past affected, I experience other beings which communicate to me. Changing the breath affect sleep patterns and dreaming. Alan Watts says that the breath is interesting because of its involuntary and voluntary nature, he says about its uniqueness: On one hand you are doing it, and on the other, it is being done to you. And in the nature of that secret, you find the boundary between you and not you. In our mysticism, the psyche is filled with many other spirits and phenomenon other than your consciousness. Joseph campbell would say that this is the special world in which the hero of the monomyth descends. A polytheist Irish-style american druid like yours truly might say that this space is your own yard in the otherworld. That means that just beyond its edge youll find bounded, the otherworlds where the gods and spirits are.

Are the spirits things in the otherworld, this world, our mind, or archetypal things? Yes. 42.

Embracing paradoxes, our kind of paganism includes all the dualities that illumination brings. The gods exist, and they dont. The otherworld is your mind, and it isnt. Were all one isolated system of expression, we are dismembered and utterly alone and separate. These arent opposites which cannot coexist. When the File(Poet) or Draoi(Druid) reach Imbas, or put their thumbs in their mouths, they seek to dismantle the curtains of perception which filter our senses into this symbol structure we call a worldview. Sipping from that well, one cannot see North and South, Positive and Negative as separate things but rather, interlinked extremes in a system of complexity. Why is this relevant? Because asking certain questions framed in a way which prejudges the thing youre trying to discover is a problematic approach.

In my personal experience there is no difference between your mind and the otherworld, the things in it and the things outside it, and you. It is a landscape that contains all of these things. It is a real place made of spacetime of the realest sense. It simply doesnt have the same rules and has no doorway in the philosophically defined material world, which may not even exist. Material is a symbol, weve dug into matter and still we cant find anything but information which isnt solid, and instead floats in off/on/halfsies type states. I hardly call that material, and it is the least of what Matters.

If there were no respiring beings on earth, would there be a spirit? Sure, the spirits of other living things and the living earth which respires in a different way. It is important that respiration is how we recognized spirit first and how we see spirit.

The Multitude

My Otherworldly journeys are mostly induced by fasting, sleeplessness, ecstatic practice, and plants rather than guided imagination work. I really have a hard time imagining a scene, populating it with characters, and coming away from that not feeling like Ive spent an hour talking to myself. When I try this work, the gnosis I walk away with is what youd expect from talking to yourself. To me, spirit happens to you and youre learning the entire time. I can now use imagination work to a degree of worth, but only after I kicked the door open with entheogens.

When over there, beyond the veil, there are many places, many membranes you can penetrate, and certainly an infinite amount of layers to explore that are as real as this reality when youre there. In one place, a place I felt was the sacred center of all the worlds, was where the mead of wisdom was.

I partook of it and saw what I am calling the Multitude. It was a structure of all beings in a sphere and sometimes when I see it it is a ring. Like a place where all beings are seated, visit or return to. The ring or sphere was a spectrum of all possible dispositions of persons. It is my belief that when you create an egregore, it becomes a spirit house for one of the Multitude to inhabit. In that way, Jesus exists. In that way, the indigenous thought pattern of certain tendencies and impulses belonging to other spirits fits.

If the mind is a place in the otherworld, than when the ancestors approach you can feel it. And so there is a god behind every thought that occurs to you. It was clear to me in my state, that I was immortal, and that the thing that was imortal was an eternal witness, an observer to the things that I experience. The Multitude is simultaneously all the cosmic machinery that happens to you and the beings that inhabit said cosmos. Another word for the Multitude is the Kindred, to use an ADF specific term. A bit of information is a bit of consciousness, and that is a god. That is a spirit. Any enduring process with cycles is a spirit.

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Captagon The Smart Drug Fuelling Syrias Civil War …

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Theres been a lot of news coming out of Syria and the Middle East about a new amphetamine that is coming to dominate the war economy. Since most of Syrias infrastructure and economy has been destroyed by civil war, the major moneymaker has become arms deals and drug sales, but specifically sales of a drug called Captagon.

Theres a lot of talk in the news about this scary new drug, but what concerns us is, what is Captagon really? What was it intended for? And why is a Nootropics blog covering Captagon?

Captagons other name is Fenethylline. Looking at the structure of the molecule, one can see that its a combination of d-amphetamine and theophylline. It doesnt appear to be active in its own right, but its a prodrug that the liver separates into both of these compounds. When Captagon is taken, it becomes in vivo d-amphetamine and theophylline, and these two new compounds are absorbed into the blood stream, and can now cross the blood brain barrier and become centrally active.

d-amphetamine: We have pretty extensively covered d-amphetamine in our Adderall section. d-amphetamine makes up 75% of Adderall by weight, so we understand the left half of the Captagon molecule. Once broken down and released into the blood stream, the d-amphetamine effects become apparent. This is very similar to Vyvanse, in which d-amphetamine is joined to L-lysine, which is an amino acid. Using the Vyvanse analogy, we can assume that the d-amphetamine release from taking captagon is rate-limited by the livers ability to convert the molecule into its constituent parts. This causes an effect similar to a built-in time-release mechanism. I was unable to find the effective half-life, but would expect it to be similar to Vyvanses.

Theophylline: Captagons other half is Theophylline. Theophylline is a chemical of the Xanthine class. The most recognizable Xanthine is Caffeine. The Xanthine family is made of up Caffeine, Theobromine, and Theophylline. Theophylline is found naturally in cocoa beans, black tea, green tea, and has a half-life of 5-8 hours. The effects of Theophylline are subjectively and objectively very close to Caffeine

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So what is Captagon? In the end, Captagon could be considered to be a time-release pill containing Theophylline and Amphetamine. The effects subjectively would be very similar to taking Adderall XR and drinking tea or coffee. The effects are going to be milder than the same dose of Adderall, because half of the molecule being a Xanthine. There are some interesting effects on blood pressure, as Theophylline is a vasodilator while Amphetamine is a vasoconstrictor.

What was Captagon originally intended for? Captagon was originally designed by Degussa AG, a German pharmaceutical company infamous for being the inventors of Zyklon B, used to gas people during the Holocaust. Captagon was invented in 1961 as an alternative to straight Amphetamine to treat ADHD, to work as an antidepressant, and to treat narcolepsy. It is of lower abuse potential than Amphetamine, and is actually quite comparable to Vyvanse in terms of effects. Essentially while not a nootropic, Captagon was designed to be a smart drug with a lower side effect and abuse potential than Adderall.

Why is Captagon currently the drug of choice for the Syrian Civil War? Captagon allows soldiers to fight longer hours without fatigue. It doesnt give the same level of rush or euphoria or mania that straight amphetamine would, but it allows soldiers to function for extended periods of time on little sleep and without significant decreases in alertness or performance. Eventually these soldiers are going to burn out, but it allows them to keep fighting, and potentially even to stay alive.

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Trance-Energy Radio | – Feel the Trance Energy

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Written by Luciano Medica Catalan on April 30, 2017. Posted in Home

2017 seems to be the year for the great comeback of former Trance producers, who have been gone for a while. But Trance was never gone, and as we all have seen in the last few events, coming back is not always the easiest task.

In the last few years, we have seen many Trance producers emigrating to other genres of electronic music, many of those were considered pioneers in the trance scene, but also other were the new up-and-coming promises of trance (or at least thats what we thought).

A few weeks ago many of us attended (virtually, remotely or in person) to the A State of Trance stage at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, which has been on everyones lips due to the comeback of two main acts: NWYR and Purple Haze, these are the new stage names for W&W and Sander van Doorn respectively.

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Written by Katrina Merca on April 26, 2017. Posted in Home

Almost everyone has a dream in their lives. Some are simple, some are unreal, but when they come true you always feel amazing! It was the same with me even a week before #ASOT810 I didnt know that I would be there, and even after many days it still feels like a dream I wouldnt believe it was real if I didnt have the photos to prove it.

I will try to describe everything as good as possible, and I hope it can help you too (or at least feed your curiosity).

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Written by Georgina Zinno on April 24, 2017. Posted in Events, Home, Live, Spotlight

Club Nights event Friday 14 April & Aly & Fila Open to Close Saturday 15 April 2017

Its been already a week ago since we all had the opportunity to experience an amazing Trance Family gathering like no other before.. I still feel it tingling in my bones, an involving wave of love, still buzzing in the air I breathe.

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Written by Katrina Merca on April 18, 2017. Posted in Events, Home, Live

Photo Credit: Gizmo Petr Machota

It is a sunny and warm Monday in Prague, ReOrders usual visit to Starbucks in some hipster part of the city, only for this time short interview before going back to his usual work.

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Written by Katrina Merca on April 12, 2017. Posted in Events, Home, Live

Introduction

Before starting reading this article, its good for you to know that this wasnt my first event, but it is my first review, so I hope you will enjoy it, because this event Im writing about is unique in many ways.

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Written by Henry Soh on March 29, 2017. Posted in Events, Home, Live

After a long awaited 8 months since I first heard of Transmission coming to Asia, I was very excited and at the same time skeptical about if it was really going to happen. It was only 5 months ago, when they officially announced (around early November 2016) that Transmission: The Lost Oracle was going to be staged at Bitec Bangkok, Thailand on 10 March 2017.

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Written by Georgina Zinno on March 4, 2017. Posted in Events, Home, Live

Two weekends ago we had an amazing Trance weekend all-in-one, it still keeps buzzing in my mind! I cant believe how fast it went, while still under the involving magic of two great days with the music we love!

Lets go back in time, because it all started here!

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Written by Georgina Zinno on February 26, 2017. Posted in Home, Live

ASOT800 I live for that energy

One week later and still under the spell, after a major trance weekend event, I could barely put myself on tracks this week. The sparkles of an amazing experience still creep under my skin and along my back.

First with Luminosity Trance Gathering on Friday 17th Feb, opening the Gala Trance Weekend in full-mode on, and just before the main event of the weekend, the international indoor festival ASOT800: celebrating 800 radio shows of A State Of Trance, taking place on Saturday 18th February.

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Written by Luciano Medica Catalan on February 24, 2017. Posted in Home

After a long year waiting, A State of Trance Festival finally came. And it still feels as it went way too fast. An event that exceeded expectations and that brought some surprises: heres atake on this night with thefacts and my personal input.

What an event! Every year ALDA events tries to raise the stakes a little higher when it comes to organizing a new edition of A State of Trance festivals in the Jaarbeurs (Utrecht, The Netherlands). It has been becoming a ritual for me, something that I have to do religiously every year. I feel lucky that with every edition I like it more, and I feel a big part of it has to do with the effort and dedication behind that both the organizers and the DJs put into this gig.

Under the theme I live for that energy, A State of Trance has deployed a number of renowned and up-and-coming DJs that have provided one of the best spectacles in Trance and have set high expectations for the rest of the year.

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Written by Georgina Zinno on January 15, 2017. Posted in Editorial, Home

Armin dixit

Happy New Trance Year!

With 2017 already here, and many new Trance events around the corner, it was now good timing for a new editorial, especially since the closing of 2016 was also a sort of firework time in itself.

But, first things first, on behalf of the whole staff team of Trance-Energy Radio, we want to wish all our listeners (and readers) a happy New Year!

After major indoor festival Grotesque, here in the Netherlands, we were looking forward to the Christmas holidays, a time when families gather together to celebrate and share, a time to get ready to close the year and welcome the new one.

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Anjunabeats Hosts a Trance Showcase on Cinco de Mayo at the Church – Westword

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 6 a.m.

Anjunabeats stopped by the House of Blues in Boston.

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While trance music and Cinco de Mayo may be far from synonymous, both offer global excuses to go wild on a Friday night. Anjunabeats, the London-based record label founded in 2000 by the members of Above and Beyond, will be taking over the Church nightclub on Friday, May 5.

With over 100 DJs, producers and artists under the Anjunabeats banner, the label is a guiding force in the worlds of trance, progressive trance, house trance ("trouse") and deep-house sounds. The label has had recent notoriety with Audien, Dirty South, Mat Zo and Tritonal finding their way into many hot mixes and radio playlists.

Andrew Bayer and ilan Bluestone going back to back.

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Andrew Bayer, one of the Anjunabeats performers who will be playing in Denver, is an American traditionally trained in music at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Bayer has co-producer credits on two of Above and Beyond's biggest records: Group Therapyand We Are All We Need. On his hit single "Celestial," he mixes cosmic and cinematic elements sure to fill the arches of the Church.

Accompanying Andrew Bayer is the surging ilan Bluestone. The London-based artist has been climbing the Beatport trance and overall charts, with his songs popping up in radio shows and in live performances of trance gods Armin Van Buuren and Tiesto. Bluestone's latest single, "Frozen Ground," is not even a month old and has been received with open arms from crowds throughout the tour. Bluestone's impressive use of vocals in his productions combined with Bayer's long, pillow-like rhythms should make for an unbelievable set.

Also in the lineup: promising up-and-comer Jason Ross. Ross has been working alongside many of the Anjunabeats crew, including Kaskade and Seven Lions, and also remixing some of Above and Beyond's best songs. His immersive single "Me Tonight" has topped the Beatport trance chart at number one.

Be sure to show up early in order to catch Fatum. A relatively new name to the Ajunabeats family, Fatum has dropped two original mixes, "Superfecta" and "Pharaoh," to bring to the showcase.

Jason Ross playing a fiery show.

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Anjunabeats, 9 p.m. Friday, May 5, Church Nightclub, 1160 Lincoln Street, $30,303-832-2383.

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Paul Van Dyk brings trance tour to Dallas – The Daily Campus

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Paul Van Dyk is lighting up the DJ world. The Grammy award-winning producer is making a comeback after suffering a near-fatal accident on stage last year. Van Dyk not only was the first trance/dance producer to be nominated for a Grammy but was also voted the No. 1 DJ in the world by DJ Mag thrice. He brought his energetic show to Dallas April 28 at the South Side Music Hall. The Daily Campus was lucky enough to get a few questions answered by Van Dyk.

Daily Campus: I saw youve worked on a number of film soundtracks as well as albums. What is the difference in that creative process? Do you prefer one or the other?

Paul Van Dyk: Working on an album allows me to do completely what I like to do with no boundaries or anyone but me having a say in the music I make. On a soundtrack, its also down to the director and the producers and the studio executives who determine what the outcome will be. Both are a lot of fun but its a very different approach from an artistic point.

DC: What is the creative process like for a DJ to put together an album?

PVD: I can only speak for myself, but first of all I am an artist and my art is music. I am inspired by life itself. Everything I see or experience somehow ends up in my music. I have an idea; I record it and continue working on it until it becomes a piece of music that I feel confident about.

DC: Do you prefer to work in the studio or perform live? Why?

PVD: I like both because the way I work, they influence each other.

DC: If somebody were getting to know your music, what would you recommend they listen to first?

PVD: I dont have a favorite track that Ive made. I guess in order to find out what I am all about musically, youd have to listen to all of it!

DC: If you could collaborate with any other artist working right now, who would that be? Why?

PVD: Im more concerned about sharing a connection and an artistic vision with an artist rather than working with someone purely because of their fame. There are so many amazing artists out there that I could imagine making great music with.

DC: I saw youre currently touring; how has that been so far? Any standout places? Anywhere youre looking forward to?

PVD: I just came back from an extensive tour through Asia, with shows in China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan. But now I am fully dedicated and excited about the current Dreamstate tour in the US.

DC: What can we expect from a typical Paul Van Dyk concert?

PVD: I have a range of setups I play around with, but normally it consists of my laptop, a MIDI controller, a sequencer and a few other bits of equipment that allow me to be completely interactive and creative while I play. Its not just about playing the right song at the right time; its about how to play it and thats different for every set.

DC: If you had any tips for aspiring artists out there, what would they be?

PVD: Make the music you really like to listen to. And be sure to make it entirely on your own instead of trying to mimic or copy the sound of somebody else. Originality is essential.

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Prepare For Transcendence: The Bliss 2017 Artist Guide – Dance Music Northwest

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USC Events awakened the delight of the Pacific Northwests trance scene last year with the debut of Bliss: the first, and only, trance massive in our region. The inaugural lineup was no slouch either: Giuseppe Ottaviani Live 2.0, John OCallaghan, Paul Oakenfold and more helped treat us to a night of love, music, and unity. When the calendar flipped to 2017, we eagerly awaited the announcement of Blisss return. When the announcement happened, and the lineup was revealed, our jaws dropped. If you love trance, or want to learn more about it, Bliss: Transcendence is something you wont want to miss. Heres a preview of what you can expect from this years performers:

Nifra

The Queen of Trance is set to grace Seattle with her presence, and we dont have to wait long to see her in action; shes currently set to open the night! Hailing from Slovakia, Nifra calls her style of music progressive trance with balls, a style that has received support from some of the biggest names in the genre. Perhaps her biggest cheerleader is Markus Schulz. Since joining Schulzs Coldharbour Recordings, the two have worked together on many occasions- whether it be on a song, or performing a back-to-back set. Schulz influence is evident; listen to a Nifra track and a Markus Schulz track. Sound similar? If you like Schulz, you wont want to miss Nifras opening set!

Menno De Jong

Not feeling the Queen of Trance? Lets try the tallest trance DJ in the world! Standing at a towering 68, Dutchman Menno De Jong is just as big in the trance community. In addition to working as a DJ/producer, De Jong serves as the A & R Manager of In Trance We Trust, one of the most famous labels in the genre (co-founded by trance Tiesto back in the day). De Jong, like Nifra, leans toward the progressive side with his sound, but, recently, has added a touch of tech and psy- an example being the single posted above. The difference between the two artists? De Jong can scale things back to create classic, melodic songs. Expect a well-rounded trance experience during his set.

Sneijder

When Sneijder takes the stage, be ready to go on a journey through the darker side of trance music. Hailing from Northern Ireland, Sneijder has been one of trances fast risers in recent years. He has releases on some of the biggest labels in the genre, and collaborations with Giuseppe Ottaviani, Aly & Fila and fellow Irishman Bryan Kearney (who will also be performing at Bliss), to name a few. His sound is more progressive, but, like Menno De Jong, hes added some elements of psy to his arsenal- a common trend in todays resurgent trance scene. His sets are fast, hard-hitting, and often dark. Check out his Bliss guest mix for a little taste of whats to come!

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Palo Alto Health Sciences Partners with Silicon Valley TMS Integrated Clinical Neurosciences to Offer Freespira … – PR Newswire (press release)

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A recently published multi-center Freespira clinical trial demonstrated that 71% of patients eliminated panic attacks immediately after treatment, and 79% of patients were panic attack free 12 months post-treatment.

Silicon Valley TMS Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saad A. Shakir comments, "Freespira is an excellent fit with our Clinics because we can now offer patients the most advanced, medication-free and evidence-based treatments for depression, anxiety and panic. It is not uncommon for patients suffering from depression to also suffer from other mental health conditions, including panic attacks and panic disorder."

Dr. Shakir added, "We're happy to provide the most effective care to our patients and community. Freespira provides an innovative approach to treat panic attacks and panic disorder without using medications. This complements the other modalities of treatment that we provide within our multidisciplinary and comprehensive group practice."

Debra Reisenthel, PAHS CEO, agreed, "Freespira offers hope to the many patients with panic attacks and panic disorder who prefer a non-drug approach because of the side effects of medications, or who have not tried or have not responded to talk therapies. We are excited to partner with Dr. Shakir and Silicon Valley TMS to offer the Freespira Program to help even more patients in the San Francisco Bay Area."

About FreespiraFreespira is an FDA-cleared, non-invasive, medication-free, four-week at-home treatment for panic attacks and other panic symptoms. Treatment is authorized and completed under the supervision of a licensed healthcare provider. Freespira is clinically proven to reduce or eliminate panic attacks and other symptoms of panic disorder, a mental health condition in which debilitating anxiety leads to life-altering avoidance behaviors. Individuals with panic chronically hyperventilate, even when not experiencing a panic attack. This abnormal breathing pattern has been shown to exacerbate attacks. Freespira works by training the patient to stabilize respiration rate and exhaled carbon dioxide levels, which reduces or eliminates panic attacks.

About Silicon Valley TMSSilicon Valley TMS provides patients in the Bay Area with the latest in evidence-based mental health treatments including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (r-TMS) such as Neurostar TMS Therapy system and Brainsway Deep TMS Therapy. TMS is one of the most technologically advanced depression treatments available. This non-invasive, FDA cleared (2008), outpatient therapy has helped thousands of patients with depression and other neuro-psychiatric conditions, who have not received adequate results from medications and psychotherapies. Silicon Valley TMS was founded by Saad A. Shakir, MD, and associates (Integrated Clinical Neurosciences) as part of their private practice group in December 2010. http://www.siliconvalleytms.com/

About Palo Alto Health Sciences, Inc.Palo Alto Health Sciences, Inc. is a privately held digital therapeutic company at the forefront of revolutionizing behavioral healthcare with evidence-based, non-invasive, drug-free solutions. Their first product, Freespira, is an FDA-cleared treatment for individuals suffering from panic disorder, panic attacks and other symptoms of panic. In the United States, over 6.7 million adults annually suffer from panic disorder; panic attacks affect a total of 27 million adults in the U.S. every year and are a common component of other anxiety disorders.

Freespira is commercially available throughout the U.S. and is currently being evaluated by Anthem and Highmark Health in regional Quality Improvement Programs to assess Freespira's impact in reducing the elevated medical costs of treating patients with panic disorder. To learn more, visit http://www.freespira.com or contact info@pahealthsciences.com.

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Can’t Conquer Depression? How Magnets Can Help – Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic (blog)

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Most people with depression feel better with treatment. But about 30 percent cant seem to shake off their depression. This is especially true if you respond poorly ordont respond at all toantidepressants.

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For those with treatment-resistant depression, a noninvasive treatment calledtranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) offers hope.

This relatively new option can bring relief whenother treatmentsfor depression fail, says psychiatristMurat Altinay, MD.

TMS uses a magnetic field similar to that used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to stimulate the brains dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which plays a key role in mood.

Increasing the activity ofneurons in this area lessens depression, Dr. Altinay explains.Havingyour brainstimulated by a magnetic field may sound a bit scary, but the experience isnt painful.

The typical TMS session lasts about 30 to 40 minutes, he says. During the session, patients are fully awake and sitting in a comfortable chair.

Heres what happens:

Throughout treatment, you are fully aware of whats going on. You can speak, read or even nap. After treatment, you can resume your daily activities immediately without restrictions, he says.

One drawback of TMS is that its time-consuming, at least in the beginning. During the first phase, youll likely receive treatment every weekday for six weeks (about 30 times).

During the second (maintenance) phase, the doctor tailors the frequency to meet your needs. You may get treatments every other week, monthly, or every two months.The frequency gradually decreases.

Research shows that regular maintenance with TMS helps prevent recurrence and reduces the symptoms if depression should come back.

TMS has relatively few side effects.The most frequent side effect is headache, but not everybody experiences that, Dr. Altinay says. If you do get headaches, taking Advil or Tylenol before treatments can help.

More serious is the increased risk of seizures reported in the literature.Having a seizure disorder would prevent a patient from being the best candidate for TMS. However, Ive been doing TMS for 10 years, and none of mypatients have experienced seizures, he notes. Some literature suggests that if a seizure disorder is well-controlled with anti-epileptic drugs, TMS might still be an option.

Dr. Altinay says TMS mainly targets those who dont respond adequately to antidepressants or who are completely medication-resistant. TMS alsocan be offered if antidepressants cause severe reactions or side effects, or worsen other health issues.However, TMS is not recommended for anyone with a:

You may have heard of another treatment for medication-resistant depression:electroconvulsive therapy(ECT), inaccurately called shock therapy.

While TMS and ECT share similarities, TMS offers several advantages:

Only a limited number of healthcare providers offer TMS, so it may take some research to find one near you. And not all health insurance companies will pay for TMS, says Dr. Altinay.

However, this option offers hope for those whove struggled to find relief from depression through traditional avenues, he says.

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TMS Choir Performs At Worlds Of Farm
Trenton Republican Times
Less than ideal weather conditions did not slow down the Trenton Middle School Choir and their performance at the Worlds of Fun Choir Festival on Saturday. Because of rain and the closing of the park, students spent the day at Dave and Busters then ...

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