Tribe.net. Local Connections sinewaav http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum/thread/f73a0f6e-873f-4f28-8a5a-0260fbef468e 2006-04-19T01:19:48Z 2006-01-08T10:46:55Z

<div>the ,d33 e3e3e3 ayh has prop teu tw0nti for registration for anything....i used a deceased id3nt....it's not fucking me to j@le again.....for months now....no spys (mail route to pakistan-shell pass....no activity in shell....love this....won't post link cause it's not meant for newbies...sorry, but trust me....this is not safe for the unaware.....freedom awaits though... <br/> <br/> sinewaav</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum">Lycaeum</a> - 5 replies </div>

sinewaav 2006-01-08T10:46:55Z brentt http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum/thread/d48860aa-ec78-4cff-896e-47b542604188 2006-02-18T04:09:07Z 2006-02-18T04:09:07Z

<div>http://tribes.tribe.net/retardedcrap</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum">Lycaeum</a> - 0 replies </div>

brentt 2006-02-18T04:09:07Z ixx http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum/thread/1aaf0390-65c8-44fe-9c3c-937565ba5283 2006-01-15T20:17:05Z 2006-01-15T20:17:05Z

<div>Join if you dare. <br/> <br/> http://tribes.tribe.net/DecEsquire</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum">Lycaeum</a> - 0 replies </div>

ixx 2006-01-15T20:17:05Z stealcian http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum/thread/21d856bb-2f43-45be-83a5-c668ae495a63 2005-12-18T21:15:10Z 2005-12-15T19:16:20Z

<div>Looks like a lot of #lovers are going to be in the L.A. area @ New Years. <br/>Check the room for details. It would be neat if we could all meet up. I'm always scared to plan something, because my plans usually fail. Anybody else have any ideas?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum">Lycaeum</a> - 4 replies </div>

stealcian 2005-12-15T19:16:20Z stealcian http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum/thread/c18673cc-fa84-4d3f-b6b4-4c65c65ac4e7 2005-11-24T08:25:49Z 2005-11-24T06:41:00Z

<div>You</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum">Lycaeum</a> - 1 reply </div>

stealcian 2005-11-24T06:41:00Z beausoleil http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum/thread/be00dd72-e0a6-4293-831c-759a58fc4763 2005-11-18T16:53:40Z 2005-11-12T00:57:06Z

<div>Peyote Not Harmful to American Indians <br/> <br/> <br/>Friday November 4, 2005 5:31 AM <br/> <br/>By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN <br/> <br/>Associated Press Writer <br/> <br/>BOSTON (AP) - A study of the effects of peyote on American Indians found no evidence that the hallucinogenic cactus caused brain damage or psychological problems among people who used it frequently in religious ceremonies. <br/> <br/>In fact, researchers from Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital found that members of the Native American Church performed better on some psychological tests than other Navajos who did not regularly use peyote. <br/> <br/>A 1994 federal law allows roughly 300,000 members of the Native American Church to use peyote as a religious sacrament. The five-year study set out to find scientific proof for the Navajos' belief that the substance, which contains the hallucinogen mescaline, is not hazardous to their health even when used frequently. <br/> <br/>The study was conducted among Navajos in the Southwest by McLean psychiatrist John Halpern. It compared test results for 60 church members who have used peyote at least 100 times against those for 79 Navajos who do not regularly use peyote and 36 tribe members with a history of alcohol abuse but minimal peyote use. <br/> <br/>Those who had abused alcohol fared worse on the tests than the church members, according to the study. <br/> <br/>Church members believe peyote offers them spiritual and physical healing, but the researchers could not say with any certainty that peyote's pharmacological effects were responsible for their test results. <br/> <br/>``It's hard to know how much of it is the sense of community they get (from the religion) and how much of it is the actual experience of using the medication itself,'' said Harrison Pope, the study's senior author and director of the biological psychology laboratory at the hospital near Boston. <br/> <br/>The researchers argue that their findings should offer ``reassurance'' to the 10,000 Native American Church members serving in the military who were barred from using peyote before new guidelines were adopted in 1997. <br/> <br/>``We find no evidence that a history of peyote use would compromise the psychological or cognitive abilities of these individuals,'' they wrote in their paper published in the Nov. 4 issue of Biological Psychiatry. <br/> <br/>The researchers note that their study draws a clear distinction between illicit and religious use of peyote. They did not rule out the possibility that other hallucinogens, such as LSD, may be harmful. <br/> <br/>``In comparison to LSD, mescaline is described as more sensual and perceptual and less altering of thought and sense of self,'' they wrote, adding that peyote does not seem to produce ``flashbacks'' the same way that LSD apparently does. <br/> <br/>The project was funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A NIDA spokeswoman would not comment on the study. <br/> <br/>Lester Grinspoon, a Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor who was not involved in the research, said the study lends scientific weight to a long-held belief that peyote is not harmful. <br/> <br/>``The thing that excites me most about the paper is that the study was actually done,'' he said. ``The U.S. government - and NIDA, in particular - has been rather balky about allowing studies of psychedelic drugs of any kind.'' </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum">Lycaeum</a> - 1 reply </div>

beausoleil 2005-11-12T00:57:06Z stealcian http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum/thread/24e5c099-9b33-4b6a-88ab-88421bef2593 2005-11-12T07:01:59Z 2005-11-10T08:50:02Z

<div>Supreme Court weighs religious freedom versus federal anti-drug laws <br/> <br/>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9897991/ <br/> <br/>WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court is debating whether to let a small congregation in Santa Fe, N.M., worship with hallucinogenic tea, the first religious freedom dispute under Chief Justice John Roberts. <br/> <br/>Justice Sandra Day O'Connor seems skeptical of the Bush administration's claim that the tea can be banned, but she may not be around to vote in the case. <br/> <br/>About 130 members of a Brazil-based church have been in a long-running dispute with federal agents who seized their tea in 1999. <br/> <br/>The hoasca tea, which contains an illegal drug known as DMT, is considered sacred to members of O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal. <br/> <br/>The Bush administration contends the tea is not only illegal but potentially dangerous. <br/> <br/>Previous cases before the high court <br/>The Supreme Court has dealt with religious drug cases before. <br/> <br/>Justices ruled 15 years ago that states could criminalize the use of peyote by American Indians. <br/> <br/>But Congress changed the law to allow the sacramental use in tribal services of peyote, a bitter-tasting cactus that includes the hallucinogen mescaline. <br/> <br/>O'Connor pointed out during Tuesday's argument that Congress changed the rules. <br/> <br/>She interrupted the Bush administration lawyer in his opening statement and peppered him with difficult questions. <br/> <br/>Other justices also seemed concerned by the government's claim that an exception could be made for peyote, but not for hoasca tea. <br/> <br/>"That is a rather rough problem under the First Amendment," said Justice Stephen Breyer. <br/> <br/>Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the 1990 peyote opinion, said tribes have been using peyote — "a demonstration you can make an exception without the sky falling." <br/> <br/>Uncertainty in nominee Alito's views <br/>The man nominated to replace the retiring O'Connor, Samuel Alito, has dealt with a variety of religion cases as an appeals court judge. <br/> <br/>He wrote a 1999 opinion allowing Muslim police officers to keep their beards and voted that year to permit a government holiday display containing a creche, a menorah, a banner celebrating diversity and secular symbols of the season. <br/> <br/>Alito could be called on to vote in the religious tea case with a new argument session, if justices are divided 4-4 when O'Connor leaves the court. <br/> <br/>Her votes only count in cases decided while she is still on the bench. <br/> <br/>This case could take months to decide. <br/> <br/>"It's not clear how he would rule," said Anthony Picarello, president of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. "Normally religious freedom cases are tricky to predict. This one is especially tricky." <br/> <br/>Federal drug law bans importation of DMT <br/>Bush administration lawyer Edwin Kneedler told justices that the drug not only violates a federal narcotics law, but a treaty in which the United States promised to block the importation of drugs including dimethyltryptamine, also known as DMT. <br/> <br/>The hoasca tea had been imported from Brazil. <br/>He said other countries could back off the international war on drugs, citing lax U.S. enforcement of the treaty. <br/> <br/>Kneedler noted that peyote used by Native Americans is grown in America and used here. <br/> <br/>The herbal hoasca brew is used in communion by the church, which has a blend of Christian beliefs and South American traditions. <br/> <br/>Members believe they can understand God only by drinking the tea, which is consumed twice a month at four-hour ceremonies. <br/> <br/>New justice asks tough questions <br/>The Supreme Court argument was lively, with the new chief justice a particularly active questioner. <br/> <br/>Roberts asked tough questions of both sides. <br/> <br/>He suggested the Bush administration was demanding too much, a "zero tolerance approach." <br/> <br/>Church members want "just the right to practice their religious faith as Congress guaranteed," said Nancy Hollander, the lawyer for the church that has a congregation in Santa Fe. <br/> <br/>Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested that justices could send the case back to a lower court without a ruling because the case is not final. <br/> <br/>The appeal involves an injunction the church received to allow the tea. <br/> <br/>No trial has been held yet. <br/> <br/>The case is Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal, 04-1084.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum">Lycaeum</a> - 3 replies </div>

stealcian 2005-11-10T08:50:02Z myownreality http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum/thread/64abbd1f-60b0-4008-a0de-e65b95531f88 2005-11-10T07:44:11Z 2005-11-08T08:41:03Z

<div>So we can all thank jen for starting a tribe for us, and kick ourselves saying: "Why didn't I think of that?" <br/> <br/>Much love, <br/>&amp;lt;3 <br/>-Allen</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum">Lycaeum</a> - 4 replies </div>

myownreality 2005-11-08T08:41:03Z stealcian http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum/thread/f3873e0a-bbe3-405e-b5e2-743f9342d4da 2005-11-08T09:50:43Z 2005-11-08T09:50:43Z

<div>Freaks unite!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/lycaeum">Lycaeum</a> - 0 replies </div>

stealcian 2005-11-08T09:50:43Z