‘Tis the Season to Pop the Shroom?
A friend of mine sent me this YouTube vid as a gift for the holiday season (and here I am, expecting an unexpected pair of stilleto or a silver-plated ring. Ha.) so I might as well share it here. The footage is a simple and yet good and illustrative documentary of how the Christmas festive is related to the state of psychedelia and shamanism. People may find such theories are getting a bit lame; yes, surely the miracle of science is significantly involved in the birth of religions.
Spiritual bliss, however, is something else. Whether it’s Christmas, Ramadhan, or Hanukkah, religious festives aren’t (supposed to be) solely about re-enacting rituals; such festives are moments to share joy and happiness, to make peace with others, to rejuvenate the love for our family, and to be content as a human being.
Santa sighed in relief when he found out this vid hasn’t been much of a stumbled hype this year. Anyways, here’s the video! Worry not, the YouTube video will not hypnotize* you.
*Referring to a movie titled My Hope Indonesia or Sang Penantian which is aired on national TV and produced by Bill Graham ministry. Prior to its broadcast, some perceived the movie as a hypnotizing device.
Don’t ask.
Happy birthday, J!
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Your friend did send a dangerous gift. This kind of mushroom ( isn’t the English name “fly agaric”?) I saw in the video is poisonous, my mother told me. And she was always right.
But, eh, stilleto’s, rings? As a Xmas present? Too modest. I thought you are an urban female. Some forty years ago Janis Joplin, an urban female front runner , sang/announced she wanted a Mercedes Benz (because all her friends drove Porsche). Of course you need a gigantic Xmas tree to put the parcel under it.
Coco Chanel would be a better preference.
Can’t drive well anymore. Trouble differing left and right under quick response.
Happy holidays, colson
And Merry Christmas!
Cha, I think I’ve recklessly push the red button on my own comment!
It’s erased so can you retrieve it? This Dashboard thingy is a bit too much for me.
Again, Happy Xmas and New Year 2008!
cool vid, happy holidays
reserved a spot for new year’s eve?
Sorry dear, can’t, but I did read it.
You said Santa isn’t vanishing, there’s bunch of ‘em in the malls. Yes, Santas that charge you money!
Did they still charge people? Happened last Christmas, it was at this mall at Senayan.
Happy holidays to you too.
Have fun popping those champagne bottles with your beau!
Where were you?
That’s funny because all I see is decorated Christmas trees.
You mean Santas should roam the slums and feed the poor? Oh, dont be naive you’ll know what some peeps will say about it.