Gorby at No. 9 on Diablo Ladder. On July 5, 2007, Gorebag the Lost, a/k/a E.J. Gold, was charted at Number Nine in the Diablo II Assassin Class worldwide. Gold's character, a trapper assassin, was ranked in the ninth spot at level 89. Gold is an avid online gamer and an online game designer in his own right. Author of the ground-breaking death and dying guidebook, the American Book of the Dead [ABD], first published in 1971, Gold uses Diablo II as well as his own video games to illustrate the bardo training principles . . . . More >>>

Zen & the Waking State Workshop with E.J. Gold. including Touch a Star (Advanced Zen Basics), Zen Tea Ceremony, Zen Gardening, Zen Music Making, Zen Watercolor Painting, Zen of Chanting, Zen of Breathing, Zen of Drumming, Haiku/Koans, Calligraphy/Sumi-e, Bonsai, Zen and the Art of Making it Through the Night, How to Sleep, How to Walk, How to Dress, How to Meditate: Waking State Technology, Closing Circle -- and some Zen surprises! . . . . More >>>

2007 - 2008 Workshop Schedule. 2007 promises monthly workshops covering a treasure trove of material, including the American Book of the Dead, Practical Work on Self, Invocation of Presence, Bardo travel, coincidence, comfort, Objective Prayer, Drawing, Watercolor, Acrylic Painting, You Can Paint!, Fine-Art Scrapbooking, Wand-making, Charcoal, Ancient Beads, Bardo Safaristm ... More >>>

Beads in Bondage. E.J. Gold's latest artistic venture is Beads in Bondage: fibre art which includes necklaces, bracelets, pendants, earrings, hair ornaments, wine stoppers, magickal implements, and, of course, BEADS ... More >>>

E.J. Gold conducts the Tiger Enlightenment Meditation Workshop Over Thanksgiving Weekend, November 23rd through 26th, 2006, E.J. Gold and Claude Needham will present the Tiger Enlightenment Meditation Workshop, the fourth in the series of four advanced meditation workshops for 2006. About this workshop, Gold has said . . . . More >>>

E.J. Gold conducts Dorje Enlightenment Meditation Workshop Over Labor Day Weekend, September 1st through 4th, 2006, E.J. Gold and Claude Needham will present the Dorje Enlightenment Meditation Workshop, the third in a series of four advanced meditation workshops for 2006. Gold has refused to comment on the content of the workshop. He says only that if your heart tells you to be there, you should be there. Makeups for the two prerequisite workshops will be available earlier in the week. Contact the Bardo Training Center . . . . More >>>

Using the Book: Bardo Stations E.J. Gold and Claude Needham gave a talk on how to use Bardo Stations. See how to start connecting up to the between-lives state and start breaking down the barrier put in place by organic life. Everything in life wants you to be responding to that which is of the body � basically survive, transform food to pooh. If you assign too much significance . . . More >>>

Vipassana Fire Meditation Workshop E.J. Gold will offer the Vipassana Fire Meditation Workshop to a limited number of participants during Memorial Day Weekend, May 26th through 29th, 2006. This is the second in a series of four meditation workshops being offered by Gold. They must be taken in sequence. A makeup for those who did not get the Vajra Lightning Meditation initiation in February will be offered this weekend. In this groundbreaking series, Gold states that each participant is guaranteed to be able to achieve some measure of enlightenment. More >>>

Tattoo Fashions Unique one-of-a-kind original hand-painted and signed clothing by E.J. Gold includes incredible racerback dresses, spaghetti tanks, t-shirts, leather jackets, jeans, bags, leather earrings and more. It's gracing the Mill Street Gallery and the closets of many of the participants in the Dead of Winter workshop. Here modelled by Tanra Kristel is a 60s fringed leather jacket, much like EJG did for Jim Morrison. The Tattoo Fashions line will have a booth at the California Gift Show, January 20 - 24, 2006. Take a look! >>>

2006 Holiday Greetings from E.J. Gold & IDHHB Wishing you all the best for the Season, here's a list of some of the things we've done over the last year. From painting JazzArttm for the International Association for Jazz Education to issuing a Beelzebub-sized tome of semi-autobiographical science fiction from E.J. Gold to creating amazing hand-painted Tattoo Fashions, we've had a terrific year. Here's our list. >>>

Bardo Stations by E.J. Gold.

Now half-price for early bird orders! Bardo Stations is Here! E.J. Gold's guidebook to the bardos, as he says, "attempts to familiarize the reader with some of the Bardo Stations of the Between-Lives State . . . . The biggest shock of all to most readers is that what they have considered to be their own private dreams are not all that subjective -- that they are shared by all Bardo Voyagers, and that virtually everyone on Earth has been there, too." More >>> Click here to order your own copy of Bardo Stations and to see what others have been saying about it.

"Dead of Winter" Workshop scheduled for long Thanksgiving Weekend. Plans are being made for 4+ day workshop with E.J. Gold at the Bardo Training Center in Grass Valley, California, over the long Thanksgiving weekend, starting Wednesday night and ending Monday morning, Nov. 23- 28, 2005. More >>>

Screen shot from Diablo II Expansion Ladder taken by Krugmuk [LoL] at 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 16, 2005.

Gorebag Tops Diablo Ladder Showing that he knows his stuff in Diablo II, Bardo Trainer E.J. Gold, a/k/a Gorebag the Lost, has placed 17th of all druids in the US East Ladder, ranking 264 overall as of 8/16/05. More >>> Those who have taken the Bardo Training Basics are eligible to participate in Bardo Safaris with E.J. Gold and Claude Needham. Participants can prepare through tutorials on Gamexx.com and by acquiring custom character equipment hand-picked by Gorebag and Kruruk.

Students listen avidly as E.J. Gold outlines plans for Bardo Training at end of the 2004 Convention.

Con 2005 was great! Over Labor Day dozens converged on Grass Valley, California, for Movements, Bardo Training panels, a Comedy Clinic, workshops on how to work at home, why entrepreneurship is important to the work, "just because" and how to work out of the box; plus the now infamous Q & A session with E.J. Gold. More >>>

Phredd Schill, pictured here receiving diploma from E.J. Gold, is scheduled to host the PWOS course.

PWOS CLASS Forming. Bardo Training Graduate Phredd Schill will host the next session of Practical Work on Self online. Inquire now to participate in this course which will work with E.J. Gold's definitive book, Practical Work on Self from Gateways Books and Tapes. The group will cover "the Big 24" exercises in a chatroom environment with homework. More >>>

Movements workshop Memorial Day 2005. Academy of Ancient Dance Boutique

Best Workshop Yet! IDHHB hosted a Movements Workshop entitled "Ancient Dance & Ritual" with E.J. Gold over Memorial Day Weekend, May 27 through 31, 2005. E.J. Gold said, "As most of you know, we just had a whale of a good time and a wonderfully effective experience at our Movements Workshop. Everyone who has contacted me says it was definitely the best workshop we have ever held, and I feel the same way about it." More >>>

E.J. Gold wearing Academy of Ancient Dance T-shirt.

Homework from E.J. Gold E.J. Gold would like you to take a look at the following boutiques: Academy of Ancient Dance, Gold Mugs, Woodstock Art, Gamexx, Bardogames, Galaxy Science Fiction, and House of Egypt, and then click here to see what he recommends for YOU to do at home. More >>>

The Bardo Training Center.

Personal Bardo Training with E.J. Gold An unprecedented opportunity American Book of the Dead author E.J. Gold diagnoses the habits of the participant and sets in motion the mechanism to give the participant a chance to work at those that will not serve him in the bardos. More >>>

E.J. Gold reads from his 700 pages semi-autobiographical novel, SlimeWars.

SlimeWars Pre-publication reservations available In preparation for publication of his semi-autobiographical epic novel, SlimeWars, E.J. Gold has been treating Core Group to nightly readings of an hour's worth of it, while proofing and recording it at the same time for your later listening enjoyment. More >>>

Students listen attentively to E.J. Gold's birthday talk on "The Way of Perfect Service."

The Way of Perfect Service Available on CD-rom On E.J. Gold's birthday, friends and students gathered to celebrate and to hear him talk about the "way of perfect service" which had been put out as a joint birthday question by two students earlier in the month. The talk was captivating and inspiring, discussing what perfect service consists of and how to practice it. More >>>

E.J. Gold plays his Gemeinhardt flute on his new music CD Mill Street Jazz Lab I.

Mill Street Jazz Lab I Available on CD E.J. Gold received a Gemeinhardt flute on his birthday, and told us that although he had not played the flute before, he felt that he was remembering playing the flute from a deeper memory, perhaps of past lives or other access. More >>>

E.J. Gold and Robbert Trice demonstrate what can be done on harmonica at the Music for Morons workshop. Why a Harmonica?

Music 4 Morons Available on CD At the Mill Street Gallery, E.J. Gold gave a workshop on Music 4 Morons, demonstrating how a newbie can get started playing music even if they haven't played music before. He said to start with a basic music kit, consisting of a harmonica and a couple CDs. For this workshop, he put together two music tapes, one a Blues Basics cd that a novice (or pro for that matter) can play harmonica to; and the other a Blues Basics Demo so one can see how it's done. More >>>