The Tibetan Book of the Dead

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Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith’s reinterpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is as faithful as it is provocative.

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The game’s designer, Tom Kitchen, hopes his meditative game will remove some of the stigma surrounding death.

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead, DMT, and Entering the Void

*Spoiler alert: This post discusses the film Enter The Void. If you are interested in watching this film without having any details or subject matter given away, please stop reading now. One could refer to [The Tibetan Book of the Dead] as “The Tibetan Book of Birth.” The book is not based on death […]

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead

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A Journey Between Lives

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Travelers

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead, DMT, and Entering the Void