I guess I've gotta kick this off myself.

Ran into Daniel P @ Burning Man last year, we found ourselves quite on the same page; post-BM Mike Shields found the METACINE brochure, told me about it, I went to the site, realized Daniel was involved; various communications over the months, and two long-brainstorming dinners ensued last week; I accepted Daniel's nomination to be "Associate Editor".

So I took the initiative to create this Tribe as an interface to a wider net of collaborators/contributors out there; there is also a forum where a lot of this dialogue was started at breakingopenthehead.com.

METACINE is a close approximation of something I've been envisioning since the mid-90s; but for some reason never tried to pull off on my own. Seems like the right thing at the right time.

Currently this Tribe is a private, invite-only Tribe. Shall we keep it that way for now? Does that make sense?

Hey: a little introduction. I’m part of the editorial team at Metacine. I’ll be doing a bit or writing, but my primary role is to offer an editorial opinion. Like everyone here I believe the time is right for Metacine. I perceive my particular strength as being a bridge between differing voices: I’m psychedelic without being tie-dye, intellectually inclined without being exclusive, Old School spiritual without being a nut.

My background is theological with a theology degree and several years under my belt in editorial with the British & Foreign Bible Society (you try being the only non-Church-goer in a mission agency of several hundred people). I have also worked in editorial with the University of London and the London School of Economics as well as some charity organizations. I also write, mostly now about spirituality and have appeared in places like Spirituality & Health and Fate. I also do some travel stuff such as some of the upcoming edition of “Fodor's New Zealand” and I have also written some salaciously commercial crap which disturbingly has been translated into both Spanish and Portuguese.

Married, with two children I live in rural New Zealand and communicate with the other Metaciners online and via phone, having never met any of them in person. Despite having enough understanding of the publishing game to know that most things fail I am quite convinced that Metacine is going to be a winner. Everything is doable, and everything is as it should be.

Looking forward to meeting some of Twist’s friends and allies.

My secret identity by day is in the technology area of an internet company in Silicon Valley where I slipped in via a random combination of dumb luck, smooth talk and divine grace, several years ago. I'm convinced, incidentally, that my at-the-time very young daughter had also helped actualized that event, partially as a means of her own material self-preservation. My geeky side is more or less at home there but this seems to be evaporating. I am currently undergoing a radical psychospiritual metamorphosis, a transition that may be invisible to most save close family. I remember a time before this when I was a full-time armchair amateur scientist, an explorer of metaphysical states, a Fortean and an unpublished fiction writer. All of the above areas are still valid in my world. Outside of Metacine, my current primary obsession is in the changing of global consciouness and its many facets. I guess one way you could sum me up would be as a self-taught generalist interested in just about everything. I hope to bring further editorial perspective to this project, on top of also helping with technical and project-management areas of developing Metacine's web presence. Several content areas of Metacine intrigue me, mental/spiritual health probably being at the top of the list.

one way to use Tribe.net as an experiment in netplaying is to trim off
one's "friends" that one is not "interacting" with, say at least every 14 months, or
"friends" one has not actually ever met live., or friends one can not call
up on the phone and chat with , say at 1pm today.... imagine it like
maintaining your own body...all the atomic/molecular/cellular components
that make up your walking around "body" , or that invariant "self" that we
know each other by.... are all being accounted for in real time>>

Hello,
I am an educator currently on leave from teaching high school science in Michigan. While residing in the Santa Cruz area, I've been actively searching for my next 'step' spiritually, philosophically, professionally, geographically. I've spent much time reading, hiking, listening, researching. My interests are renewable energy, alternative educational models which might better suit our most talented yet disenfranchised teens (seems most of our friends could've used an understanding supportive learning environment at that age, non?), transcendence, and the impending paradigm shift that lies in wait lest we only hasten it and infuse it with wisdom, love and humility. I have recently begun reading Daniel's book, '2012', which is having a profound effect upon my inner and outer realities right now. As with many profound experiences, I feel I've been able to bridge some previously daunting gaps in my heart's ability to envision our potential. Thank you, Daniel, for facilitating this corner-turning for me. I feel as though my calling may be to share this perspective and supporting research to high school populations (especially at-risk) under the title The Science of Hope. I don't doubt my ability to make a connection, though I face the current challenge of devising a viable plan of implementation. I'm open to any suggestions, experiences or projects (mine or others) that would augment the synchronous nature of what we are experiencing right now. Looking forward to sharing with you!
Dan