Prem Das

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Prem Das (also known as Paul C. Adams) is a former associate professor at Antioch College (West) and the California Institute of Integral Studies, a drummer, and was well known in the early New Age movement.

He has studied with Huichol Native American Shaman Don Jose' Matsuwa[1] and lectured on Shamanism. Prem Das has fought for legal status of the sacramental use of peyote for the Native Americans, and studied Yoga and Hinduism with Baba Hari Dass (author of five books including Silence Speaks). He has given workshops at Esalen on the peyote rituals of the Huichol, performed some of their songs with Don Jose', and recorded tapes of some of these offerings for Esalen and Big Sur Tapes.[2]

His descriptions of his peyote experiences have been printed in writings by Nevill Drury and others,[3] and he has co-facilitated workshops and co-authored the book Shamanic Pathways with anthropologist Joan Halifax. Prem Das performed a well-received New Age meditation tape called Journey of the Drum with Muruga Booker[4] and Shakti featuring Prem Das on water drum, Muruga on Nada Drum, and Shakti on deer-hoof shakers. It was used for one of the earliest Mind-Machine recordings, developed by Andrzej Slawinski of AudioStrobe Labs in Germany.[5]

Bibliography

  • Shamanic Pathways by Joan Halifax and Prem Das (1992) ISBN 99938-53-55-0
  • Skylight of the Mind (2005) article
  • When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-Ordinary Reality by Stanislav Grof (2005) Sounds True, Incorporated ISBN 159179420X, ISBN 978-1591794202
  • A Guide to Natural Places of Power in the American West (2012) by Paul C. Adams (Prem Das)

Discography

  • Huichol Cosmology: The Story of Creation and The Return to the Gods - Prem Das (1977) Esalen (Two Audio Cassette Set)
  • The Singing Earth - Prem Das (1980) Esalen (Audio Cassette)
  • Journey of the Drums - Prem Das, Muruga Booker and Shakti (1990) Musart (Audio Cassette)
  • Shamanic Pathways by Joan Halifax and Prem Das (December 1992) New Dimensions Radio ISBN 99938-53-55-0, ISBN 978-99938-53-55-8 (Audio Cassette)
  • Journey of the Drums Audiostrobe CD - Prem Das, Muruga Booker and Shakti (1996) (developed by Andrzej Slawinski of AudioStrobe Labs in Germany)
  • Journey of the Drums - Prem Das, Muruga Booker and Shakti (1996) Musart (CD)

Notes

  1. ↑ When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-Ordinary Realities by Stanislav Grof
  2. ↑ Big Sur Tapes Website
  3. ↑ The Elements of Shamanism by Nevill Drury (1989) Element
  4. ↑ All About Jazz Website
  5. ↑ Tools for Wellness Website

References

  • Carlos Castaneda, Academic Opportunism and the Psychedelic Sixties by Jay Courtney Kikes (1993) Victoria, BC: Millenia Press ISBN 0-9696960-0-0
  • Wirikuta Calling: Peyote by Leo Mercado (June 26, 2000)
  • Technoshamanism: Cyber-Sorcery and Schizophrenia by Dave Green, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK Center for Studies on New Religions
  • The Elements of Shamanism by Nevill Drury (1989) Element (republished in 2000 by Element as New Perspectives: Shamanism)
  • The Shaman's Mirror: Visionary Art of the Huichol by Hope Maclean (December 15, 2011) University of Texas Press ISBN 029272876X, ISBN 978-0292728769
  • Art of the Huichol Indians by Lowell John Bean and Kathleen Berrin (1978) University of Michigan / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ISBN 081092160X, ISBN 9780810921603
  • American Indian Art Magazine (Winter 1979) American Indian Art, Inc / University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Trance-Gression: TechnoShamanism, Conservatism and Pagan Politics by David Green (2010) University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

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