BTW You spelled "does" wrong in the title of the thread...

Though considering that this is the Nexus, perhaps you wrote "dose" on purpose? ;-) Freudian slip perhaps?

Mine is fairly self-explanatory, my name is tony.

It was originally something else but I asked for it to be changed after I started posting here more often (originally just signed up for guidance on first extraction). It used to be the name I used for graffiti when I was a teenager, also for making tunes, and is my usual username for sites, so I thought it may be worth changing it for here. A wee bit extra anonymity and all that jazz

Mine simply is Scudge. No reason behind the alias, as I use many. Although I enjoy the way its carried through space when mumbled. I regret not using my actual nick name given to me by my grandmother, which is Travlin Trav.

Hyperspace fool: i really like the way you explained that, thats a pretty cool way to look at things.

im jus a sarcastic prick... lol.

Sadly, there's no depth behind my name

My first trip... although not a full breakthrough... was how I came up with this name. When the experience hit me... it felt as if I was a psychonaut floating above Earth, right above the ozone layer. It felt as though I was tethered by some invisible umbilical cord (my ego), connecting me to mother Earth itself. I was somehow in orbit, floating right above the cradle of life, while in this psychedelic state of mind. So, Psychonaut in In Orbit.

Thx Tokapelli. I like ur combining the Toltec stuff with the Kokopelli motif. Always dug that flute playing mofo.

I am poor, so i can't afford to go on some wild expedition to some jungle or a deep sea dive where no one has gone before. After having an out of body experience on K i found that i didnt have to have money to be an explorer. I can explore and better myself through psychedelics.

I love it and feel the same way. Jesters/tricksters/fools, and the aspects of it in myself, have become very prevalent since I encountered DMT.

As for VIII, I spotted the name when I was getting into art as a kid and it really engaged me for some reason unknown to me. I knew of roman numerals and it represented 8, but still it engaged my subconscious for some strange reason. I would think of it at seemingly random times. VIII was not popping into my head, but gently appearing as a thought of wonder and then fading into the background. I was pretty young and can't remember what exactly I thought of the idea in terms of my subconscious or what my understanding of that term was at that time.

As a young budding artist attentive to senses and perception and with a strange subconscious attraction, I adapted the name to my experience. To me, VIII represents my 5(V) senses and 3(III) eyes. No doubt a part of the whole, the 'I' furthest from my 'V' senses is my 3rd eye.

When I heard about psychoactive lichens, someone here speculated that it may explain why ancient peoples would move large stones miles upon miles to build sacred spaces (ala stonehenge) and it really struck a chord with me.

My Nexus name is a reference to Quantum Physics/Mechanics.

It's a phenomena that has to do with unlimited possibilities, and what collapses an endless potential wave into a forced position particle, strictly due to the act of observing. The physicists refer to this as the "Measurement Problem"

Or somethin like that.

Check out the double slit experiment on you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu57B1v0SzI

Much Love.

Once upon a time I had an 18pack a day habbit, ice house beer.
I quit drinking 44 months ago. The nickname stays.

I like it. Im a survivor.

My name comes from my love of electronics.

I seek space.

Especially in this type of society.

Motion/stillness combined. We are all journeying even when at rest.

I am a nomad at heart.

Aegle a nymph, one of the daughters of Asclepius the daughter of the Sun. She is said to have derived her name Aegle from the word "Brightness". Her name means radiance and is today used in art to refer to the brightness of color or light.

I thought it was very fitting as my parents called me sunshine when I was young and they still call me sunshine or my sunshine girl as a nickname.


Much Peace and Happiness

"Vodsel" is the word for Human in one of my favorite modern novels, "Under the Skin" by Michel Faber. I took it as a nickname once and it stuck.

I won't tell more about who would call humans "vodsels" or why, to keep this thread spoiler-free

Congrats on the alcohol sobriety Icehouse. That is quite an achievement.

Mitakuye Oyasin means "All my relations" and "We are all interconnected." It comes from the Lakota Nation. It is usually spoken during prayer and ceremony and is meant to call attention to the fact that we are all interconnected with each other, not only the humans present at the ceremony, but everything everywhere.

From Silver Wolf Walks Alone...

Aho Mitakuye Oyasin....All my relations. I honor you in this circle of life with me today. I am grateful for this opportunity to acknowledge you in this prayer....

To the Creator, for the ultimate gift of life, I thank you.

To the mineral nation that has built and maintained my bones and all foundations of life experience, I thank you.

To the plant nation that sustains my organs and body and gives me healing herbs for sickness, I thank you.

To the animal nation that feeds me from your own flesh and offers your loyal companionship in this walk of life, I thank you.

To the human nation that shares my path as a soul upon the sacred wheel of Earthly life, I thank you.

To the Spirit nation that guides me invisibly through the ups and downs of life and for carrying the torch of light through the Ages. I thank you.

To the Four Winds of Change and Growth, I thank you.

You are all my relations, my relatives, without whom I would not live. We are in the circle of life together, co-existing, co-dependent, co-creating our destiny. One, not more important than the other. One nation evolving from the other and yet each dependent upon the one above and the one below. All of us a part of the Great Mystery.

Thank you for this Life.


The above was just one prayer where it is used. This is also from Silver Wolf Walks Alone...

To most of us today, relative means a blood relation or another human in the family lineage. We have not been taught that an entity, other than human, could be a relative. Understanding this simple statement and contemplating it, could change your outlook on life forever. If you love and honor your relatives, you would be loving and honoring most of what is on this earth, if you lived by this meaning of “relative." What a different world we would be living in!

Sit with this statement, see the Truth in it. Everything is related because it all emanates from one source and has purpose. Truth can be found in Native philosophy, Buddhism, Christianity, Judism, Islam, all belief systems, because they are all related. I have studied Buddhism and found Christ. I have studied Native philosophy and found Buddha. I have studied Mother Nature and found self.

Truth does not owe homage to humans. Humans owe homage to Truth.

My username is perfect. It IS me through and through in so many areas of my life.

Pandora was given a box by the Gods/Goddesses but told not open it. But, . . . . yes the box was soon thereafter opened. . . . .frankly could not resist . . . .

And out of the box came horrors called furies and they spread all across the world. The world was forever changed and Pandora lay spent by her box. . . .

But, being who she was, she could not help but take one more peak inside that box and lo and behold there was in fact one single thing left. . . . . and what did she see . . . . ?

HOPE