Topic: Oregon

The Higher Side Chats meetup calendar features several upcoming events for listeners to connect with like-minded locals. Scheduled gatherings include a meeting at Dick's Primal Kitchen in Portland, Oregon, and Gail Braths Alehouse in Auckland, New Zealand, on August 31st. Future meetups are also planned for September in Gilbert, Arizona, and St. Paul, Minnesota, providing a resource for community building outside of the digital space.

The upcoming meetup calendar is announced, featuring events in Connecticut, California, Washington, Colorado, and New Zealand throughout July 2024. Additional gatherings are scheduled for Arkansas and Oregon in August. Listeners are encouraged to visit Hiresidemeetups.com to find or create local events for like-minded individuals.

Carlwood reads the upcoming meetup schedule for January 2025, noting a high volume of events on January 11th. Locations include London, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, North Carolina, Oregon, and Ohio, encouraging fans to network and meet local like-minded individuals.

The host thanks Plus members for their support and plugs upcoming fan meetups in Milwaukee, Oregon, and East Austin, Texas. He encourages listeners to use the highersidemeetups.com calendar to organize local gatherings at watering holes. The segment emphasizes the value of the second hour of the show, which covered topics like Swedenborg, military plasma, and plant intelligence.

The host concludes the episode by reviewing the THC meetup calendar, including events in Los Angeles, Eugene, and Pasadena. He expresses some frustration with the low number of events and considers winding down the meetup feature if participation doesn't increase. The show ends with a final thank you to Laura Knight-Jadczyk and a closing cover song based on "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who.

In a final defense of his editorial choices, the host emphasizes that his show is built on exploring controversial ideas without necessarily endorsing them. He advocates for individualistic spirituality and the "Golden Rule" over organized religious orthodoxy, which he blames for global conflict. The segment concludes with announcements for upcoming listener meetups in Oregon, Virginia, and Michigan, encouraging community building among the "Higher Side" audience.

Greg Carlwood concludes the episode by discussing the recent success of the show's social media clips on TikTok and Instagram, which reached millions of new viewers. He clarifies that the "Higher Side Meetups" calendar is open to all listeners, not just Plus members, and lists upcoming events in London, Oregon, Virginia, and Michigan. The show ends with a final call to action against "drug-use omitting academics" and the standard musical sign-off.

Analog recounts a 2007 motorcycle accident in Oregon that resulted in a profound out-of-body experience. He describes watching the accident from above in slow motion before being pulled back into his body as medical help arrived. This event led him to research consciousness and the work of Dr. Eben Alexander, author of "Proof of Heaven," ultimately shifting his perspective on life, death, and the nature of reality.

Maps and explorer reports from the 1500s are cited as evidence that California was once a disconnected island or possessed a massive inland sea. Indigenous legends from the Oregon coast and the Great Flood of 1862 are used to support the idea of radical, sudden geographical changes within human memory. Mainstream historians are criticized for dismissing these early navigational records as mere "confused tales."

Tony Merkel recounts unique stories from his podcast, including a report from Oregon involving upright walking deer that escorted witnesses away from a strange property. He also discusses the phenomenon of haunted Christian churches, sharing an account of a man who encountered a demonic voice in a church bathroom. The segment explores the theological concept of spiritual warfare occurring within religious spaces.

Paul Levy details his private practice and the growing community in Portland, Oregon, centered around the realization of the dreamlike nature of reality. He emphasizes that everyone struggles with some form of addiction, whether to substances or to the concept of a separate self. His work aims to create an international network where individuals can support each other's creative agency and collective awakening.

Gedgaudas calls for active resistance and non-compliance with lockdown mandates, specifically criticizing the regulations in Oregon. She argues that human touch and non-verbal facial communication are essential for psychosocial development and survival. The segment posits that the refusal to comply with "face diapers" and isolation is the only way for society to transcend the current crisis.

The segment compares current reality to "The Hunger Games," where high-tech surveillance is used against an impoverished population. Tavares offers advice on EMF shielding, such as avoiding wire spring mattresses and underwire bras. She recounts a story from Medford, Oregon, where Russian frequencies allegedly caused a wave of suicides, linking this to population decline predictions on Deagle.com.

Joshua Kutchin shares an 1857 account from Oregon involving a boy abducted by a hairy giant to an illuminated underground dome. The story contains striking parallels to British fairy lore and modern DMT experiences, including unearthly music and warnings from a mysterious woman not to stay.

Researchers within the Mandela Effect community claim that the history of World War II is retroactively changing to include more attacks on the American mainland. New records appear to show Japanese shellings in Oregon, California, and Washington, as well as the use of thousands of "Fogu" incendiary balloons. These events contrast with the traditional narrative that Pearl Harbor was the only major attack on U.S. soil during the conflict.

The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 is analyzed as a literal manifestation of ancient Babylonian omens. Shortly after the eclipse path sliced through the United States, the Northwest faced devastating fires while the Southeast dealt with major hurricanes. The discussion explores how eclipse seasons act as portals that connect the visible and invisible worlds, often causing latent personal or cultural changes to emerge fully formed.

The timeline of American expansion, such as the Oregon Trail in the 1830s, is contrasted with the potential rewriting of history by the Vatican and European powers. Carlwood highlights that original records from the Spanish conquistadors regarding the Incas remain sealed, preventing a true understanding of that civilization. He expresses skepticism toward the "Big Bang Theory" and other scientific narratives provided by Vatican-linked astronomers and monks.

The Orgone Energy Accumulator, or ORAC, is a device designed to concentrate atmospheric energy using alternating layers of organic and inorganic materials. Reich utilized materials like wood, cotton, and steel wool to create boxes and rooms that focused this energy without the use of electricity. Dr. James DeMeo continues this research today at the Orgone Biophysical Research Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon.

A "carbon fee and dividend" is proposed as a first step toward UBI, where pollution costs are collected and redistributed to citizens as an unconditional payment. States like Oregon and Washington, as well as Washington D.C., are exploring these models alongside land value taxes. Following the precedent of marijuana legalization, these state and local experiments could serve as proof-of-concept for a national dividend system.

Bacteriophages are presented as a cheap and effective method for curing cancer that has been suppressed by the pharmaceutical industry because they cannot be easily patented. Instead of using simple phages, the medical establishment focuses on expensive "cancer palaces" and "poisoning" patients with chemotherapy. The discussion suggests that while many cancers are treatable through alternative means, the industry prioritizes profit over patient recovery.