Dear friends of Synergy...

Just 5 days to go...and here is all you might still need to know!


One of the aims of this next event will be to increse support for the Tithandizane Health & HIV Clinic, in Eastern Zambia, which does amazing work for HIV sufferers.

Tithandizane "we help each other" benefit campaign.

Two British volunteers, who will work at Tithandizane, in 2007, will be at Synergy, Nov 24th, raising awareness & funds for the clinic. Please support them and the Tithandizane Clinic by going to visit their stall at Synergy.

How you can help:

· Buy a ticket for the prize raffle held at Synergy, with all proceeds going to Tithandizane.

· Donate condoms

· Donate medical supplies direct to the project. Plasters, Bandages, Paracetamol, Gauze, Micropore tape, Arnica Cream, Bongela Gel, Calendula Cream, Medicine for Diahhrea & Vomiting. Please send in parcel marked Small Packet to Tithandizane, Private Bag 4, Chipata, Zambia.

· Donate money to the Amida Trust who will send the money to Zambia. Mark donations Tithandizane.

www.amidatrust.com

· Come to Mulambo, music event in Bristol. See Flyer.

Contact Clare tithandizane@yahoo.co.uk or 07932 643872

The Amida Trust is Buddhist socially engaged organisation, which works in the UK and abroad to assist disadvantaged groups and to support those engaging in social or humanitarian action. Amida runs a Voluntary Service Scheme, which trains volunteers to work in the overseas projects, as support to activities in India, Africa, & other impoverished areas. It is under this guise that James Anderson & Clare Hawtin are going to work in Zambia. If you are interested in volunteering with the Amida Trust contact modgala@amidatrust.com





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Dont miss the Talks!

Here is some more detailed information regarding the Talks that will be presented in the IDspral room between 10:00 and 1:00, our host Good Jeff Lester has prepared some really intreaguing topics for you!


1)ANDY LETCHER, 'SHROOM author talking about MAGIC MUSHROOM scene and current state of psychedelic scene in general

10:10-11:10

Writer, lecturer and musician Dr Andy Letcher will give an illustrated talk about his new book, 'Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom'. The magic mushroom was only rediscovered in the West fifty years ago, but has accumulated all sorts of folktales and urban legends along the way. In the book Andy strips away the myths to get at the true story of how hallucinogenic mushrooms, once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, came to be the illicit drug of choice. Chronicling the history of the magic mushroom from its use by the Aztecs of Central America and the tribes of Siberia through to the present day, he takes a critical and humorous look at the drug's more recent manifestations. The talk will end with a more open discussion about the pros and cons of contemporary mushroom use.

www.andyletcher.co.uk


2) PREM HOBDEN and RAW POWER

11:10-11:30

Prem Hobden is a very gifted gourmet raw food chef who has been sharing his passion for gourmet health food across the world through his classes and retreats. Since the age of fifteen he has been researching and experimenting in the field of peak health after curing himself of an apparently irreversible juvenile arthritis from a diet of mainly raw organic food and juices. Since going to Australia he has further developed his skill and passion for creating unbelievably healthy dishes that are unbelievably good! and now he is in the UK! He will try and give you a taste of his raw food classes where you can learn how to:
- Create a huge variety of sumptuous meals with minimal preparation and without ever turning on an oven.

- Become vibrantly healthy and happy without sacrificing taste or pleasure.

- Lose weight while you eat like a king (or Queen).

- Free yourself of diseases and ailments without medication.

- Develop eating habits which will bring you a sense of inner peace and well-being.

- Free your children (and yourself) of many so-called behavioral problems

Prem is excited to be at Synergy and will share his skills and recipes with the Synergy audience in the hope that they will be inspired by the raw food lifestyle.


3)PETE PHOENIX..SQUATTING AND DIRECT ACTION LEGEND reviewing the past and looking at the future of squatting and direct action

11:30-12:30

Phoenix is a direct action veteran of Twyford Down, Solsbury Hill, M11, Criminal Justice Bill '94, Newbury, Wandsworth and StGeorges Hill. Since '92 he has squatted the BCCI bank, Rainbow centre in Kentish Town, St Georges Theatre in Tufnel Park and various other buildings as action centres leading to an agreement with Circle 33 Housing Assoc for a 13 room mansion in Hampstead as the Circle Community Centre. Phoenix is currently preparing a manual for squatters. His talk will review the squatting and direct action scene he has been a prominent part of and with the SYNERGY audience's help, look at the best ways of moving it further on.


4)JEWDAS...first of Jeff Lester's ALTERNATIVE SPIRITUALITY presentations about the New Wave Rave Generation Judaism

12:30-1:00

Synergy Talks host Jeff ('Good Jeff') Laster has been working in the alternative culture since the later sixties, both in the united states and in Britain. Formerly a radical activist, since 1993 he has specialised in organizing talks and debates of interest to the rave generation, putting on such events at clubs and festivals as well as helping to bring theatre to the rave scene in the form of the acclaimed WARP play. His aim is 'Edutain' by bringing relevant political, cultural and spiritual presentations to the alternative scene, examining and or portraying various aspects of current issues, agendas and belief systems.

Jewdas is the focus point of radical Judaism in the UK and beyond. Promoting hemisiche culture on acid, jewdas whips up Talmud, satire, heresy and cream cheese into a chicken soup of underground Diaspora culture. Jewdas fully supports the Anglo Jewish establishment and would never criticise the state of Israel .

Jewdas will bring the spirit of Eastern Europe to Synergy with manic singing dance and storytelling that will transport you to the Steppes of Russia, or at least to Stamford Hill. Not your average introduction to Judaism........


Friday 24th of November 2006

Starting at 10pm and finishing at 8am The venue is the SeOne Club, Weston Street, London Bridge Advanced tickets are available for £15 plus booking fee from our website or for £20 on the door, £15 concessions are only available on the door with valid proof

Please bring ID if you look like you might still be in your teens
Please also do not buy from ticket touts! You will not get admitted to the club

Online tickets are available via the online shop @ www.thesynergyproject.org or also www.accessallareas.org

We suggest to buy presale tickets to gain swift access!!

Order over the phone from +44 (0)20 7267 8320

Physical Tickets from: Access All Areas - 2nd Floor, 30c Camden Lock Place, London NW1 8AF Psychedelic Dream Temple - Camden Lock & the Synergy Centre - 220 Farmer's Road Camberwell SE5 0TE Tel 0207 7931083
for questions please email info@thesynergyproject.org

Or if you just want to become a friend of Synergy, join us at www.myspace.com/thesynergyproject We are happy to meet you!

Next Confirmed Events: 2007 Friday 9th Feb / Friday 30th March / Friday 18th May

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