Association for Consciousness Exploration

American organization

The Association for Consciousness Exploration LLC (ACE) is an American organization based in Northeastern Ohio which produces events, books, and recorded media in the fields of "magic, mind-sciences, alternative lifestyles, comparative religion/spirituality, entertainment, holistic healing, and related subjects."[1]

## History

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The organization was founded in 1983 by members of the Chameleon Club (founded in 1978), and their fictional founder, C. C. Rosencomet, on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] Its primary directors included Jeff Rosenbaum (died August 31, 2014).[2]

As a campus organization they offered concerts by local musicians, offered a film series, and hosted appearances by Jim Alan and Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary, Raymond Buckland, and the first Cleveland appearance of Timothy Leary (at Amasa Stone Chapel).[3][4]

In the 1980s, they also ran a "mind spa", providing hands-on experience with mind machines,[5] biofeedback devices, and a sensory isolation tank.[6][7]

The motto of the Chameleon Club is "CHANGE", and ACE's is "Dedicated to the Expansion of the Frontiers of Your Consideration".[1] ACE was originally located at The Civic, a former synagogue in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and there offered classes and featured appearances of Robert Anton Wilson[8] and Robin Williamson.[9]

## Activities and functions

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ACE hosts the annual Starwood Festival, a summer camping event held in July,[10] and the annual WinterStar Symposium,[11] usually held in February.[1] ACE maintains the Starwood Center, a workshop/seminar/bookstore facility in Cleveland, Ohio, and produces and sells books, tapes, CDs and DVDs documenting performances,[12] lectures and panel discussions from their events.[1]

## See also

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* John C. Lilly

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e ACE (n.d.)
2. ^ Cleveland Jewish News staff (2016).
3. ^ Neff (1979).
4. ^ Kuznik (1979).
5. ^ Jacobs (1989).
6. ^ Burkhart (1985).
7. ^ Furman (1986).
8. ^ Allison (1989).
9. ^ Plain Dealer staff (1990).
10. ^ Nema (1995), pp. 200ff.
11. ^ Adler (2006), pp. 514–17.
12. ^ Seachrist (2003), pp. 213–14.

### Works cited

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* ACE (n.d.). "About ACE". Association for Consciousness Exploration. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020.
* Adler, Margot (2006). Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today. Penguin Publishing Group. pp. 514–17. ISBN 978-0143038191.
* Allison, Will (September 29, 1989). "Local Group Hosts Dr. Timothy Leary". The Observer. Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western Reserve University. p. 4.
* Burkhart, Joan (January 17, 1985). "Tank Aids in Relaxation, Stress Reduction". The Sun Press. Cleveland, Ohio. p. C5.
* Cleveland Jewish News staff (January 29, 2016) [July 28, 2015]. "Remembering Jeff Rosenbaum". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
* Furman, Donna (October 5, 1986). "Beating Stress Through Meditation". The News-Herald. Willoughby, Ohio. pp. Section F.
* Jacobs, Dan (November 23, 1989). "Group Strives to Expand Matters of Man's Mind". The Sun Press. Cleveland, Ohio. p. A3.
* Kuznik, Frank (November 1979). "Timothy Leary: An LSD Cowboy Turns Cosmic Comic". Cleveland Magazine.
* Neff, James (October 30, 1979). "Two 60s Cult Heroes, on the Eve of the 80s". Cleveland Plain Dealer.
* Nema (1995). Maat Magick: A Guide to Self-Initiation. Weiser Books. pp. 200ff. ISBN 0-87728-827-5.
* Plain Dealer staff (May 4, 1990). "Celtic Musician Gives Concert". The Plain Dealer.
* Seachrist, Denise (2003). The Musical World of Halim El-Dabh. World Musics Series. Kent State University Press. pp. 213ff. ISBN 0-87338-752-X.

## External links

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* "A.C.E." Archived from the original on 2020-09-09.

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Robert Anton Wilson

Fiction|

* The Sex Magicians (1973)
* The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975)
* Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy (1979)
* Masks of the Illuminati (1981)
* The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles (1982–1991)

Philosophical
and non-fiction|

* Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words (1972)
* Sex, Drugs and Magick (1973)
* The Book of the Breast (1974)
* Neuropolitics (1978)
* The Game of Life (1979)
* Prometheus Rising (1983)
* The New Inquisition (1986)
* Natural Law, or Don't Put a Rubber on Your Willy (1987)
* Ishtar Rising (1989)
* Quantum Psychology (1990)
* Everything Is Under Control (1998)
* TSOG: The Thing That Ate the Constitution (2002)

| Cosmic Trigger trilogy|

* Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati (1977)
* Cosmic Trigger II: Down to Earth (1991)
* Cosmic Trigger III: My Life After Death (1995)

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Plays and
screenplays|

* Wilhelm Reich in Hell (1987)
* Reality Is What You Can Get Away With (1992)
* The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1997)

Essays|

* The Illuminati Papers (1980)
* Right Where You Are Sitting Now (1983)
* Coincidance: A Head Test (1988)
* Email to the Universe (2005)

Related|

* Semiotext(e) SF
* Discordianism
* Operation Mindfuck
* Principia Discordia
* Guerrilla ontology
* Fnord
* Hagbard Celine
* Celine's laws
* Ewige Blumenkraft
* Reality tunnel
* 23 enigma
* SNAFU Principle
* Chaos magic
* Church of the SubGenius
* Ivan Stang
* Discordian works
* Neophile
* Association for Consciousness Exploration
* Timothy Leary
* Eight-circuit model of consciousness
* E-Prime
* "The map is not the territory"
* Illuminati (game)
* Tale of the Tribe

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