Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Maharishi Veda Land.



In the immortal words of pal Jake "Old Whiskey Dick McSlob" Mancaster:

"Hopefully in our lifetime a couple of buddies will be able to enjoy this magical experience."

Deep in the heart of Iowa, some crazy fuckers are plotting to build Maharishi Veda Land. A place where, according to their website visitors explore a magical world filled with illusions created by master magician, the late Doug Henning—combining astonishing, unique visual and sensory effects, state-of-the-art 3D imagery, and ultra high-tech entertainment technology with his best and most original magic illusion secrets.

What? Ok, so everybody knows I'm the world's biggest Doug Henning superfan, but this...this is just ridiculous. Yeah surfing the astral plane with a bunch of enlightened dudes with pony tails and preachy vegan chicks might sound cool for a few minutes, but I can't imagine spending an entire afternoon there. Or could I?

The journey ends in the Veda Vision theater where visitors find themselves in the company of a modern physicist traveling through the universe guided by a Vedic sage in a golden chariot who reveals to them the ancient mysteries of life.

If spectacular illusions and golden fucking chariot rides are involved I am 100% ready to point my magic carpet to Iowa and whirl the fuck out of some dervishes. Just let me lace up these sweet sandals and walk through this wall quick.

Holy shit. Henning already tried to build one of these things. From Wikipedia:

In 1992, Henning and Transcendental Meditation founder, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi drafted plans for a $1.5 billion-dollar project called Maharishi Veda Land near Niagara Falls, Ontario[1] that would "combine astonishing, unique visual and sensory effects, state-of-the-art 3D imagery, and ultra high-tech entertainment technology with his best and most original magic illusion secrets".[10] Maharishi Veda Land was conceived as a magical Himalayan setting where visitors would be wowed with theatrical presentations of ancient Vedic stories and “the deepest secrets of the universe", while ingesting organic vegetarian burgers and snacks.[citation needed] Attractions were to include a building suspended above water and a journey into the heart of a rose.[1] At present the project's status is uncertain.

Hahahaha!!!

I'm moving there.

2 comments:

BW Sally said...

I went to that town four years ago and heard David Lynch speak. The people in the town call the cult members "taters" as in meditators. It's a rich line of humor.

Casey Brewer said...

This is too good to be true...