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Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 32 seconds

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Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 2 p.m.
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Notable Quotes

\\u201cThe questions are: Can psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy be used not only to alleviate the psychological anxiety (as we saw at Johns Hopkins) and the depression, but can it also be used to facilitate the physiological healing in cancer patients, as Julie has done through facilitating mystical experiences? That\\u2019s a big question. The second one is: in time, are we going to see what today, is long-term costly, clinical psychotherapy of a variety of different modalities, eventually be enhanced by short-term, much more affordable psychedelic psychotherapy?\\u201d -Jerry Brown

\\u201cIn astrophysics, dark matter, which they say makes up most of the universe- it can not be directly detected or seen. It can only be implied through the gravitational effects that it causes. So, in psychology, mystical experience cannot be easily accessed, but it can be reliably created both through psychedelics, and as Julie\\u2019s work has shown, through guided imagery. In other words, hidden from ordinary consciousness, mystical experience manifests from the dark matter of the mind to facilitate healing.\\u201d -Jerry Brown\\xa0

\\u201cF. Scott Fitzgerald, the author, said there\\u2019s no second acts in American lives, but fortunately, psychedelics is having its second act, and I think if we do it right this time, we can really integrate it into our culture, both in a therapeutic setting, and [also in settings] modeled after the Greek Eleusinian mysteries, where healthy people can go to explore psychedelics for personal growth and for spirituality and creativity.\\u201d -Jerry Brown

Links

Psychedelics Today blog: Mystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Insights from Guided-Imagery Therapy with Cancer Patients

Website: psychedelicgospels.com

Psychedelic Gospels Facebook

The Psychedelic Gospels: Evidence of Entheogens in Christian Art presentation on Youtube

Email

About Jerry and Julie Brown

Jerry B. Brown, Ph.D., is an anthropologist, author, and activist. From 1972 to 2014, he served as founding professor of anthropology at Florida International University in Miami, where he taught a course on \\u201cHallucinogens and Culture.\\u201d Julie M. Brown, M.A., LMHC, is an integrative psychotherapist, who works with cancer patients. They are coauthors of The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity, 2016; \\u201cEntheogens in Christian Art: Wasson, Allegro and the Psychedelic Gospels,\\u201d Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2019; and \\u201cMystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Insights from Guided Imagery Therapy with Cancer Patients,\\u201d Psychedelics Today, May 28, 2020.

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Solidarity Fridays - Week 11

Published: June 12, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Published: June 9, 2020, 1 p.m.
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Solidarity Fridays - Week 10 with Kwasi Adusei

Published: June 5, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 23 seconds

In today\\u2019s Solidarity Fridays Episode, Kyle and Joe interview Kwasi Adusei, Nurse Practitioner, and board member of Psychedelics Today. In the show, they talk about the root of protesting, privilege, the country\\u2019s leadership, the importance of this conversation and ways to support the Black Lives Matter movement.

Show Notes

About Kwasi

It\'s difficult for all groups of people to talk about, not everybody is coming from the same place on this topic
- Kwasi says it\'s wonderful to see so many people rising up to fight against injustice
These things have been happening for a long time, and it speaks to the history in America
Kwasi grew up in The Bronx, and it wasn\'t uncommon to hear about deaths, gun violence, etc
Kwasi went to receive his Doctorate, but reflects on his time in middle school and barely graduating
- It wasn\'t because of him and his willingness to learn, it was because of his environment
- The high school he went to is now shut down because of the low graduation rates

The Perfect Storm

Kyle says he wonders why this time in particular, why this is impacting the nation and the world more than anything else going on
- Kwasi sees it as a two part thing, it\'s a snowball effect, the anger around these instances continue to grow
- The other part of it, has a lot to do with the Coronavirus, people are losing their jobs, having trouble paying rent, feeding their family, etc
  - They are losing their outlets to grieve, and they go through it for weeks
  - Then something like this happens and it results in rage\\xa0

Making the Right Statement

It\'s important to look to the family of George Floyd, they are angry at the violence coming out of the protests
Some people believe that the anger that people are showing when damaging property, is causing the same anger when lives are lost
- But some people are capitalizing on chaos, burning buildings and bringing destruction, and it takes away from the message of changing the systemic issues, it perpetuates it
- It brings the spotlight to those who are inviting hate by graffiti-ing, lighting buildings on fire, ec
- The conversation needs to prove that protests are making a statement\\xa0

Poor Leadership

We have a President that is enforcing law and order to remove peaceful protesters in a violent way
- The leadership we have is very important, how crisis is approached is really important
- \\u201cHow [as a leader] do you calm the nerves of people, while getting to the root of the problem?\\u201d - Kwasi
- We have a lot of people that support Drumpf, and he doesn\'t do the best job at leading and supporting the country in a respectful way, especially in these times
Joe mentioned videos out there of undercover cops breaking windows that are \\u2018bait\\u2019 to bring in stronger forces to shut down the protests
\\u201cWe should all be asking ourselves, if I care about the messaging, how do I use my sphere of influence to change things?\\u201d - Kwasi
There are so many roots to this problem
- How much are we using to fund the police force versus funding education, community services, public health?\\xa0

How to Support\\xa0

Joe says this platform (Psychedelics Today) is to create a space for people to give back, have an impact, share stories and support movements like this
Kwasi says to look locally to give your time, money and support
- He says look to get involved in local elections, making a small difference in your local community, makes a difference on the larger scale when multiplied
Stay informed for yourself and share that information with everyone else
People are thinking heavily right now \\u201cwhere are my tax dollars being spent?\\u201d
- Instead of extra funding to the local police force, you can vote for that increase to go toward something else like education\\xa0

Having the Conversation

Our voice is our vote
Many people who listen to the Psychedelics Today podcast are probably privileged
The psychedelic movement is (and if not, should be) connected to so many other movements like BLM
- Psychedelics Today is mainly about social justice, changing the narrative on drug policy, the drug war, psychedelic exceptionalism and access
Kwasi says that for those who have acknowledged their privilege, not to just keep themselves in the pillar of \\u2018because I support the psychedelic movement and its connected to the BLM movement, I\'ve done enough\\u2019
- He encourages becoming an ally of the BLM movement, as well as any other movement

Privilege

Being a spiritual and privileged person, you have even more time to sit and process and think about all of this, especially when it\'s not affecting you
It\\u2019s difficult to analyze one\\u2019s own privilege
- Kwasi says he went on a medical mission to Ghana, where he was born
- Going back and seeing what the lifestyle was like there, it shifted a lot in him to understand his own privilege
- He had the privilege of coming to America, receiving an education, etc
- Because of his education, he is asking himself how to give back

Making Change through Action

If you\'re going to voice your support, that voice needs follow up with actions
- Actions like donating to groups, educating yourself on local authority measures, voting, etc
Sometimes an organization\'s agenda isn\'t always aligned with what the people want
Kwasi says that he had a few people randomly venmo him money and it offended him
- He doesn\'t want money, he wants change to be made in other ways
- He says for those looking to help, ask first and see what ways those who have been oppressed want to see the change and be supported
\\u201cWe can all be change makers, and all make a change in this world\\u201d - Kwasi

Final Thoughts

Kwasi wants to bring mental health into communities of people of color
He says email him at kwasiadusei@buffalo.edu

Resources to Support

Reading list

Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Marie Brown: Inspired by Octavia Butler\'s explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategy is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help designed to shape the futures we want to live.
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein: Analysis of laws that have maintained and further facilitated racial segregation and inequity
Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates: The biggest concerns of racist American history reframed through personal stories of racial awakening in a letter to his son.

Viewing list

13th: An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation\'s history of racial inequality.
I Am Not Your Negro: Explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin\\u2019s reminiscences of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his personal observations of American history.

Ways to take action; Donate to victim funds

Official George Floyd Memorial Fund: These funds will also go towards the funeral and burial costs along with the counseling and legal expenses for his loved ones. A portion will go towards the Estate of George Floyd for the benefit and care of his children and their educational fund.

Ways to take action; Donate to organizations

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: the NAACP Legal Defense works on advancing the goals of racial justice and equality by protecting those that are most vulnerable in society. Their work includes court cases that work for a fairer justice system, increasing graduation rates among African American students, protecting voters across the nation, and decreasing disproportionate incarceration and sentencing rates.
Communities United Against Police Brutality: The Minneapolis organization was created \\u201cto deal with police brutality on an ongoing basis.\\u201d More information can be found here.
Campaign Zero: The organization uses data to inform policy solutions that aim to ends police brutality. Their vision is to create a better world by \\u201climiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability.\\u201d

About Kwasi Adusei

Kwasi dedicates his work in the psychedelic movement to altering the stigma in mainstream channels by promoting the science, the healing potential of psychedelics, and civic engagement. Kwasi is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and graduated from the University at Buffalo. He is the founder of the Psychedelic Society of Western New York and project manager for Psychonauts of the World, an initiative to share meaningful psychedelic stories, with the ultimate goal of publishing them in a book as an avenue to raise money for psychedelic research. He is also one of the administrators for the Global Psychedelic Network, a conglomerate of psychedelic groups and individuals from around the world. Born in Ghana and raised in the Bronx, New York, Kwasi hopes to bring psychedelic therapy to communities of color.

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Jacob Curtis - Psychedelic Photojournalism in Denver

Published: June 2, 2020, 4:32 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 54 seconds

In this episode, Joe speaks with Jacob Curtis a photojournalist at Denver7, a Denver-based ABC affiliate.\\xa0

Curtis covered Alaska\\u2019s marijuana legalization in 2014, and as a photojournalist living in Denver, has been at the forefront of the Decriminalize Denver movement, even providing some of the first broadcasted footage of a local mushroom grow.\\xa0
Curtis speaks about attending Psychedelic Club meetings and meeting James Casey, wanting to be the person to bring this story to the mainstream, and how these meetings and growing interest from the community were ultimately the incubators for the Decriminalize Denver, and later, Decriminalize Nature and #thankyouplantmedicine movements.\\xa0

They also discuss the National Psychedelic Club (of which Joe reveals he is now on the Board of Directors), Edward Snowden and the dangers of speaking with the media,\\xa0and advice for how to protect one\\u2019s identity, the Telluride Mushroom Festival and documentaries like \\u201cDosed,\\u201d the Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Review Panel, new startups in the field like MindMed, the Denver Mushroom Cooperative, MkUltra experiments in Denver, the importance of the #thankyouplantmedicine hashtag, and ultimately, how much Covid-19 has impacted the speed of progress in bringing legalization to the mainstream.\\xa0

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On James Casey: \\u201cHe was an awesome subject to sort of wrap the story around, and he was the perfect poster child because he had all the right ingredients- he was a veteran, really well-spoken, and just pretty straight-laced.\\u201d (9:41)

\\u201cIt is interesting to watch, how the media sort of responds and works with stories that are on the fringes and then move slowly towards the mainstream. \\xa0It\\u2019s one of those things about our culture- it bends and shifts. \\xa0The times change and what was radical 10 years ago is normal now.\\u201d\\xa0(13:51)

\\u201cWe\\u2019ve had so many huge events that have taken place in our lifetimes that this kind of seems trivial\\u2026 it\\u2019s not the highest priority anymore after we had the 2000 election, September 11th, the Iraq war. \\xa0Those things [psychedelics] aren\\u2019t as high on the list of things that we are supposed to be worried about anymore.\\u201d (14:45)

\\u201cI don\\u2019t think that we\\u2019re going to shy away from talking about psychedelics after a catastrophic virus collapses the world economy. \\xa0It\\u2019ll be an easy topic.\\u201d\\xa0(15:57)

On #thankyouplantmedicine: \\u201cI don\\u2019t think there was necessarily a hashtag for drug policy reform that has been a conscious effort like that before, so it definitely gained some attention... If anything, it brought people together. \\xa0If it didn\\u2019t get this big media splash, it definitely helped grow the network.\\u201d (53:09)

About Jacob

Jacob is a photojournalist at Denver7, a Denver-based ABC affiliate.\\xa0 He has been at the forefront of the Decriminalize Denver movement, even providing some of the first broadcasted footage of a local mushroom grow.

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Kyle and Joe - Solidarity Fridays - Week 9

Published: May 29, 2020, 1 p.m.
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Erik Davis - High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies

Published: May 26, 2020, 1 p.m.
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Kyle and Joe - Solidarity Fridays - Week 6 with Brett Greene

Published: May 8, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 16 seconds

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Tom and Sheri Eckert - Oregon Psilocybin Therapy Initiative

Published: May 5, 2020, 1 p.m.
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Published: May 1, 2020, 1 p.m.
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Amanda Feilding - The Beckley Foundation: Changing Minds through Psychedelic Research

Published: April 28, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 50 seconds

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Mike Margolies - Psychedelic Seminars: the Benefits, Risks, and Complexities of Psychedelics

Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 2 p.m.
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Elizabeth Nielson and Ingmar Gorman - The Importance of Psychedelic Integration Training for Therapists

Published: Feb. 18, 2020, 2 p.m.
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Jon S. - NYUs Double-Blind Trial of Psilocybin-Assisted Treatment of Alcohol Dependence

Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 2 p.m.
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Joost Breeksema - The Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research

Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 2 p.m.
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Hallie Rose and Kyle Buller - Soltara Healing Center and Kyles Experience with the Plant Medicine

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 2 p.m.
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Aaron Orsini - How LSD Helped Bridge the ASD Neurotypical Divide

Published: Jan. 21, 2020, 2 p.m.
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Published: Jan. 14, 2020, 2 p.m.
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Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 2 p.m.
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Published: Dec. 31, 2019, 2 p.m.
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Published: Dec. 24, 2019, 2 p.m.
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Published: Dec. 17, 2019, 2 p.m.
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Dena Justice - Neuro Linguistic Programming and Non-ordinary States of Consciousness

Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 2 p.m.
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Raquel Bennett - KRIYA Conference Recap: Ketamine in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Published: Dec. 3, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 10 seconds

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Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 49 seconds

In this episode, Joe interviews Tep, a chemical engineer and educated, psychedelic enthusiast. They dive into rich conversation regarding drug use education and creating a cohesive meaning among recreational, medical and therapeutic substance use.

3 Key Points:

There is a disconnect between drug education and drug use. There are a lot of people who use drugs, but not a lot of people who are educated on how to use them.
There is a huge advantage of isolating the property of the drug when using them for therapy. For example, using isolated psilocybin vs mushrooms.
Learning on site at festivals and music events may not be super successful, drug education and harm reduction may look more like preparation.

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Show Notes

About Tep

Tep listens to all sorts of music, whether that\'s rave style with lights, or jam bands, or a music festival with camping, or even rap and jazz
- There is a whole spectrum of drug use in the music environment
She points out that some people are very mindful of what and how much they are taking, and other people are just taking anything they can find, and sometimes a lot or too much
- She started to talk to people at festivals and realized that people really didn\'t know about the benefits and power of psychedelics
- There definitely is a place for harm reduction education at festivals

Drug Use Assistance Groups

Joe brings up the Zendo project and other initiatives that help people who are having a difficult drug experience to walk them out of it
Some festival \\u2018families\\u2019 go around and have missions to hydrate people or make sure people are having a good time
- They aren\'t staff or paid to do it or anything but they do it for the good of the whole

Vision

Learning on site may not be super successful, most festival goers have an agenda for adventure and music and not for learning at a booth or speaker
- Drug education and harm reduction may look more like preparation
Tep mentions Diplo doesn\'t allow any drug use at his shows, alcohol is the only allowed substance
- Tep thinks that he probably doesn\'t know that alcohol is far worse than psychedelics and other drugs

Theraputic Use

When someone goes and has a vacation, they have certain chemicals released in their mind, it is still therapeutic, even if it\'s not a psychedelic experience
\\u201cNot only can psychedelics be fun, they can also be therapeutic.\\u201d - Tep
Tep started going to camping style festivals and started hanging out with a crowd of people 10 years older than her, where their drug use was mature and mindful and safe
- Then when she would hang around her younger friend group again, she realized how unsafe and unmindful their drug use was
- It led her to be more active in wanting to educate everyone on how to use drugs properly

Exotic Compounds

Shulgin\'s magical half dozen includes 2CB, 2CT2, and others
Tep mentions preference of truffles over mushrooms
Her and Joe bring up the decrease in potency of most drugs with exposure to moisture and time and other variables

Compound Isolation

There is a huge advantage of isolating the property of the drug when using them for therapy
- For example, using isolated psilocybin vs mushrooms
The therapy is just as important as the substance
There is a way to find information in this community without getting a degree in it

About Tep

Tep is a chemical engineer who had an interest in modern psychedelic research. She is passionate about the EDM and music culture and finding new ways to educate drug users on harm reduction and drug use education.

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Kyle and Joe - Telluride Mushroom Festival

Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 20 seconds

In this episode, Joe and Kyle sit down to have a conversation about the 39th Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival, Healing the Mind, Healing the Planet. Joe attended the conference and heard from many amazing speakers.

3 Key Points:

Joe attended The 39th Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival last weekend, a festival and conference that celebrates all things fungal and brings together a cohort of enthusiasts, experts, and scientists.
There was a lot of talk on the topic of microdosing. Opinions ranged from the feeling that there isn\'t enough valid data to prove that microdosing is effective, to some testimony on how microdosing has helped relieve cluster headaches or help with traumatic brain injuries.
There was some exciting news on innovative ways that mushrooms can be used medically to help fight disease or agriculturally to fight insects without using pesticides.

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Show Notes

The Telluride Mushroom Festival took place August 14th - 18th
This festival is is a placeholder Psychedelic conference
- In the mycology world, the psychedelic topic isn\'t typically included in events

Attendees and Talks

Brick Bunyard, who runs psychedelic magazine
Tradd Cotter of Mushroom Mountain, an excitable mycologist
Larry Evans of Blue Portal
Teresa Egbert of Herbal Visionz, a Psychedelic enthusiast
Peter Hendrix and Sara Lappan spoke on a study for using psychedelics to curb cocaine use
David Nichols, chemist, was pretty optimistic about where the psychedelic movement is heading
- He gave a super scientific talk around receptor sites and LSD

Music and Psychedelics

Joe says that there is a long history of music and psychedelics
Kyle mentions a podcast he listened to about someone bringing in their own music for a Ketamine therapy session

Psychedelic Therapy

There was someone at the conference that said psychedelic therapists should have psychedelic experiences and should be open about it
- It was an interesting conversation at the conference
- Joe says, \\u201cyou don\'t need PTSD to treat someone with PTSD, it\'s not the most important factor. The most important factor is safety.\\u201d

Scientist Conference

Joe mentions a conference coming up in the fall in New Orleans that is a Scientist only conference
- If a scientist has published serious, quantitative data they are invited
- It\'ll be the first gathering of its kind where there is finally enough data

Microdosing

David Nichols shared his opinion on microdosing, that there isn\'t real data on it and that importance should be put toward medical uses
Folks in the audience were making claims about microdosing for migraines and traumatic brain injuries, etc
- Are people taking sub-perceptual doses or a threshold dose?
Joe says a macro dose is a dose you can see (maybe the size of an ant), micro dose is something you need a microscope to see
- The majority of people microdosing aren\'t educating themselves on dose size

Interesting Moments from the Conference

Joe was surprised was how charismatic Tradd Cotter was
- Tradd has plans to do mushroom retreats in Jamaica
The most exciting news is a new method of pulling out the antibiotic resistant \\u2018stuff\\u2019 in a person, culturing it out and introducing it to sterilized/colonized grain bag and then reintroducing it to the person so they aren\'t antibiotic resistant anymore
- This would be a mushroom bi-product that fights disease in humans in less than 24 hours
- This same model could be used in cancer treatments or even agricultural applications, using mushrooms to fight disease or bugs that kill plants, etc
There were mushroom foraging walks and mushroom identification tables at the festival
Vendors included mushroom kombucha, mushroom jerky, festival clothing, etc
- There was a guy from outside of Arizona who casts real psilocybin mushrooms and makes detailed metal jewelry out of them
The town is small and surrounded by super tall mountains, and the festival is dispersed around the town
- It\'s a small festival and a great way to make connections
\\u201cThis is where you quit your job and dedicate your life to mushrooms\\u201d - Tradd Cotter
- Mushroom farming is one of the few businesses you can start with under $5,000

Links

Website

About Kyle

Kyle\\u2019s interest in exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness began when he was 16-years-old when he suffered a traumatic snowboarding accident. Waking up after having a near-death experience changed Kyle\\u2019s life. Since then, Kyle has earned his B.A. in Transpersonal Psychology, where he studied the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness by exploring shamanism, plant medicine, Holotropic Breathwork, and the roots/benefits of psychedelic psychotherapy. Kyle has co-taught two college-level courses. One of the courses Kyle created as a capstone project, \\u201cStanislav Grof\\u2019s Psychology of Extraordinary Experiences,\\u201d and the other one which he co-created, \\u201cThe History of Psychedelics.\\u201d

Kyle completed his M.S. in clinical mental health counseling with an emphasis in somatic psychology. Kyle\\u2019s clinical background in mental health consists of working with at-risk teenagers in crisis and with individuals experiencing an early-episode of psychosis. Kyle also facilitates\\xa0Transpersonal Breathwork workshops.

About Joe

Joe studied philosophy in New Hampshire, where he earned his B.A.. After stumbling upon the work of Stanislav Grof during his undergraduate years, Joe began participating in Holotropic Breathwork workshops in Vermont in 2003. Joe helped facilitate Holotropic and Transpersonal Breathwork workshops while he spent his time in New England. He is now working in the software industry as well as hosting a few podcasts. Joe now coordinates Dreamshadow Transpersonal Breathwork workshops, in Breckenridge, Colorado.

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Daniel Shankin - Leadership Coaching and The Psilocybin Summit

Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 56 seconds

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Greg Kieser - Psychedelics role in the emergence of Super-Intelligent Entities

Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 32 seconds

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Dr. David Nichols - A Rich and Historical Overview of Psychedelic Chemistry

Published: Aug. 6, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 46 seconds

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Breaking Convention Series: Dr. Torsten Passie - The Science of Microdosing Psychedelics

Published: July 30, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 12 seconds

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Breaking Convention Series: David Luke - Transpersonal Ecopsychology and Psychedelics

Published: July 23, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 43 seconds

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Published: Dec. 13, 2017, 12:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 2 seconds Dr. Matt Brown of the Chicago Psychedelic Club and the Psychedelics and the Future of Psychiatry Meetup joins us to talk about his interests and involvement with psychedelics.\\xa0 We talk about how Dr. Brown got interested in psychedelic research and how he got involved in forming two psychedelic meet up groups in Chicago. Leave us a comment below and let us know what you think!

Show Notes

Perspectives on psychedelics
Creating a psychedelic meetup
Building community
Introducing more voices into the conversation besides medical professionals and students - artists and other creative people can help to provide various insights into the psychedelic conversation.

Show Links

If you enjoy the show, please consider donating to our Patreon!

About\\xa0Dr. Matt Brown\\xa0D.O., M.B.A.

Dr. Brown Specializes in whole health psychiatry. This approach differs from many other practitioners who more and more practice symptomatic management when it comes to mental health. Dr. Brown takes the perspective that the body has the ability to heal itself, but from time to time may need assistance through balancing the things that are important for physical health that are also important from mental health. These include, sleep, diet, exercise, meditative/spiritual practice and cultivating positive social relationships. Dr. Brown also has a strong command of how to balance vital nutrients in our body with the aid of supplementation to augment traditional psychopharmacological therapies. Dr. Brown\'s method is aimed primarily at the treatment of Depression and Anxiety as well as other mood disorders and ADHD. Dr. Brown is a specialist in the treatment of OCD specifically and is board certified by the ABPN in both adult as well as child and adolescent psychiatry. \\u200b'

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Dr. Scott Shannon - Ketamine Therapies

Published: Dec. 5, 2017, 6:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 55 seconds

Dr. Scott Shannon joins Psychedelics Today to share his experience and insights about ketamine therapy used in conjunction with integrative psychiatry. Dr. Shannon has been working with ketamine for the past year within his psychiatry practice and has found tremendous benefit in using this medicine for particular disorders. Dr. Shannon is also part of the Fort Collins MAPS MDMA-assisted psychotherapy Phase 3 study, which is just starting up.

Show Topics/Notes

What is ketamine?
Mechanisms of action of ketamine.
What is the ketamine experience like?
Three types of administration methods - IV, IM, and oral
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy and the MAPS Phase 3 trials
Transpersonal experiences fostering change and transformation
Critiques of traditional psychiatry.
Patient with 40 years of depression became a new person no longer suffering from depression.
- Electro Convulsive Therapy was almost an option, thankfully avoided.
The importance of music with ketamine therapy and other psychedelics

Scott Shannon: Cannabidiol in the Treatment of Anxiety

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1TvU6Hqf2U]

Show Links

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America Hardcover \\u2013 April 13, 2010

Audio version

About Scott Shannon, MD

Dr Scott Shannon\'s Bio from Wholeness Center

I decided to become a psychiatrist in high school after my first psychology class. The amazing capacity of the human mind simply astounded me. I wanted to help people by using this power of the mind. What intrigued me the most then (and now) is that our human potential remains only partially understood. I am still on that journey of discovery about our true potential. To this end, I resonate with the theme of empowerment: my greatest day is the day that you have the skills to thrive without my services. I feel blessed with all that I have been given in my life. I have been married for almost thirty years to Suze with two wonderful children, Noah and Sarah. I love to travel the world teaching or just exploring. My nature is relentlessly creative and curious. I love to cycle, snowboard, golf, run, climb, backpack and listen to music. Seamus, my big black Lab, may accidentally show up to work with me occasionally just because he likes people so much. My spiritual life is very important to me and I have meditated for over thirty years. Helping people makes my heart sing. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, my current focus involves supporting young people to find wholeness and recover their full health in body, mind and spirit. Although I use prescription medication at times, I much prefer to employ natural methods like nutrition, supplements, mind-body skills, acupuncture and a shift in awareness to support the healing process. This approach represents the new field of Integrative Psychiatry. Most importantly, I employ a holistic philosophy to understand people and their struggles. The single most important thing that I have learned in my professional life is to listen well: deeply and intuitively. After this listening, much of my work involves teaching you what I have heard. I founded Wholeness Center to work in collaboration with a team of gifted healers to help you better understand your story. College: University of Arizona Medical School: University of Arizona Internship: Columbia Program, Cooperstown, NY Psychiatric Residency: Columbia Program, Cooperstown, NY Child/Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship: University of New Mexico https://youtu.be/u1TvU6Hqf2U If you liked this episode you may also like these episodes

Shane LeMaster \\u2013 Ketamine

Lex Pelger \\u2013 Psymposia, Ibogaine, Ketamine, Research and Knowing Your Dose

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Emanuel Sferios - Dance Safe and MDMA The Movie

Published: Nov. 29, 2017, 7:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 57 seconds Emanuel Sferios joins us to talk about his upcoming film "MDMA The Movie" along with the founding story of Dance Safe. Emanuel has a fascinating story that includes.

Humble beginnings
Lots of media attention
Huge amounts of fundraising for harm reduction
A film that is going to be incredible. Check out the trailers below!

MDMA was one of the last drugs that the old guard anti drug US government worked to smear with disinformation and outright lies,\\xa0 using outlets like Oprah and more to stain MDMA\'s reputation. While Ophra\'s media empire has now come around a bit, MDMA continues to hold parts of the social stigma that Oprah helped to give it. Emanuel tells the story here with on the ground details in ways that Kyle and Joe haven\'t heard before. We hope you love it!

If you enjoyed this episode you may love these other podcasts.

Confessions of an Underground MDMA Therapist Thomas Roberts Ph.D. \\u2013 The Broad Future of Psychedelic Research

https://youtu.be/7ldu7qAdZ0Q

Show Notes/Links

DanceSafe
MDMA the Movie
- Donate to the movie
Joe Biden - Rave Act
Rave act snuck into Amber Alert laws - 2003
Disco Donnie - New Orleans\\xa0\\xa0https://www.discodonniepresents.com/about
The neurotoxicity of a drug shouldn\'t be the sole qualifier of legality
\\xa0Ecstasy\\xa0Data\\xa0
If you maintain a drug involved\\xa0premises, you can be liable
"Massives" -\\xa0 Testing at massives - early raves - huge lines
Reducing harm by drug decriminalization
Cognitive liberty for adults
Gas chromatography & Mass spectrometry

Want to learn more about psychedelic harm reduction, safety, and integration? Sign up for our online course!

Find MDMA The Movie On Social Media

About Emanuel Sferios

Emanuel Sferios is an activist, educator, public speaker and harm reduction advocate. Founding DanceSafe in 1998, Emanuel was an early pioneer of MDMA harm reduction. DanceSafe has volunteer chapters in over two dozen cities across the United States and provides non-judgmental, peer-based drug education and drug checking (a.k.a., \\u201cpill testing\\u201d) services in the electronic dance music community. Emanuel also started the first public laboratory pill analysis program in 1999 which allowed ecstasy users for the first time to anonymously send tablets to a DEA-licensed laboratory for chromatography analysis. Originally publishing the results on the DanceSafe website, the program still exists today and is hosted at Ecstasydata.org. Today Emanuel speaks at colleges and universities about MDMA, harm reduction, and drug policy. He lives in Grass Valley, California with his wife and two stepchildren.'

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Rafael Lancelotta - Exploring 5-MeO-DMT

Published: Nov. 21, 2017, 9:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 26 seconds Rafael Lancelotta, the administrator of the site, 5meodmt.org (5 Hive), joins us to talk about the powerful psychedelic compound, 5-MeO-DMT. Some of you may have heard of this medicine, but if you have not, chances are you will begin hearing about it more and more. 5-MeO-DMT is a powerful psychedelic medicine that comes from venom secretion of the Bufo Alvarius toad. This compound is also found in various plants as well. Correction -\\xa05-MeO-DMT has an oxygen and a methyl group attached to it, not just an oxygen.

https://youtu.be/xtOiBiAL-K8

Show Topics

What is 5-MeO-DMT
How does it differ from N.N-DMT?
Near-death experiences and DMT
Dr. David Nichols talking about DMT at Breaking Conventions
Experiences of 5-MeO-DMT
The pros and cons of online forums
Risks and concerns

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeeqHUiC8Io]

Show Links

About Rafael Lancelotta

Rafael Lancelotta is a graduate student at the University of Wyoming studying Mental Health Counseling. He is interested in the use of psychedelics towards greater levels of resiliency, mental health, and openness. He is also interested in the investigation of techniques used in the counseling relationship that may deepen and enhance the benefits of psychedelic-assisted therapy integration. He is passionate about opening the doors to psychedelic research to all students that are interested as well as helping to raise awareness as to the responsible clinical applications of psychedelics/entheogens and serves as the administrative assistant for the Source Research Foundation. He hopes to continue on to a PhD to help develop evidence-based practices for psychedelic-assisted therapy integration to empower individuals to make lasting positive change in their lives and in their communities. He is also the administrator of\\xa05meodmt.org, which is a forum dedicated to forming community discussions on harm reduction, integration, and safe practices around 5-MeO-DMT.

If you liked this episode, you may enjoy these. Brian Normand - Microdosing, Amazonia, Psymposia and Horizons Afterparty Ashley Booth, M.S. - Ayahuasca, DMT, Integration, and Los Angeles Kyle and Joe - Life, Death, and DMTx'

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Daniel McQueen - Extended-State DMT Research (DMTx)

Published: Nov. 15, 2017, 1:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 8 seconds Daniel McQueen of Medicinal Mindfulness joins us to talk about extended-state DMT research, also known as DMTx. Daniel has been presenting this idea at local events in the Colorado area to help raise awareness and money to help bring this research idea to life. To learn more about this project, upcoming events, or to donate to help fund the research check out DMTx.org

Here is a quick message from Daniel:

A few years ago we started a community gathering and speaker series called Psychedelic Shine, and it was through this project that I met Dr. Rick Strassman, Dr. Dennis McKenna, and Dr. Andrew Gallimore, to name a few. The process of creating psychedelic inspired programs, meeting innovative leaders in the field, and also the inner exploration this work requires, were all factors that initiated this journey into exploring Extended-State DMT research. It has been a wild and wonderful ride ever since, and we\'re excited to step into the next stage of this work. It is our intention to create a sustainable, multi-generation DMT research program that is both congruent with scientific inquiry, as well as with the creative and spiritual interests and values of the psychedelic community. We believe Extended-State DMT research is as much an expedition as it is a scientific experiment. We believe it is both deeply inspiring and practically feasible.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_rrjBD16_0]

Show Notes/Links

About Daniel McQueen

Daniel earned a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa and received advanced training in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy through a year internship with the MAPS Boulder MDMA for PTSD Study.\\xa0 It was his experience with MAPS that inspired Daniel to explore alternative visions in psychedelic activism and entrepreneurship. Daniel bridges transpersonal paradigms with the grounded clinical and organizational skills necessary to begin addressing the significant ecological and mental health crises facing our society today.\\xa0 Although Daniel no longer practices as a clinical psychotherapist, he supports his clients as a teacher, coach, ally and event facilitator, providing individual and group transformational experiences and deeply held intentional conversations.\\xa0 In his practice, Daniel quickly realized that the most important intervention he could provide to his clients, who were isolated and longed for meaningful contact with others, was a sense of community.\\xa0 Medicinal Mindfulness is, in a very real way, a cultural intervention that provides a safe and transformational community container for healing and awakening\\u2026 a program based on skill development and not dogma.\\xa0 Since 2012, Daniel has been teaching a psychedelic harm prevention and intentional psychedelic use course called Mindful Journeywork.\\xa0 Since the legalization of recreational cannabis in Colorado, he has been facilitating Conscious Cannabis Circles and individual cannabis journeys.

In addition to his work with Medicinal Mindfulness, Daniel has a successful spirituality and life coaching practice with his wife, Alison, through their company, Aspenroots Counseling LLC.\\xa0 Highly skilled in identifying and cultivating giftedness in young people and supporting significant life transitions, Daniel is inspired to support passionate and talented individuals striving to live into their calling.\\xa0 A primary focus of his practice involves assessing and addressing the benefits and difficulties related to psychedelic and cannabis use and misuse. Daniel co-founded the Naropa Alliance for Psychedelic Studies and helped organize the first annual Psychedelic Symposium at Naropa University in 2012.\\xa0 He is currently working with Grounding Solutions, Inc. to develop a natural rescue medicinal for users of psychedelics and cannabis.

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Kwasi Adusei - Psychedelic Month of Service

Published: Nov. 2, 2017, 8:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 20 seconds Kwasi Adusei of the Psychedelic Society of Western New York joins us to talk about the Global Psychedelic Month of Service campaign. This is a wonderful campaign to help encourage members of the psychedelic community to become more involved in their communities.

About The Global Psychedelic Month of Service

kwasi adusei - psychedelic month of service

Still hiding in the psychedelic closet? Looking for an opportunity to join the movement? This November, find a need in your community, gather your friends, and participate in the Global Psychedelic Month of Service.

In the month of November, the global psychedelic community invites you to take on a need in your community in the name of psychedelics. Psychedelic groups all over the world are joining the cause by giving back.

At the core of the psychedelic movement is a mission of social activism. So take part in seeing this mission through by volunteering at your local soup kitchen, food pantry, or doing a community clean up.

The integration of a psychedelic experience is as important as the experience itself. Transform the feelings of connectedness induced by the psychedelic experience, into actions of connectedness.

How to get involved

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1. Find a local service organization

2. Reach out to find volunteer opportunities in the month of November

3. Find psychedelic friends to volunteer with

4. Volunteer and send in pictures and number of hours completed

What to join the cause?\\xa0Email\\xa0buffalopsychedelic@yahoo.com\\xa0with your name and location so we can add you to the list of participating individuals.

Kwasi Adusei Show Topics

Building community
Breaking down stigma
Doing psychedelic things
- Spending time helping
- Doing compassionate things
Psychedelic values and morals
Access to expensive MDMA therapies
How to bring more diversity into the psychedelic movement
Nick Power\'s talk at Horizons NYC

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Show Links

About\\xa0Kwasi Adusei

Kwasi dedicates his work in the psychedelic movement to altering the stigma in mainstream channels by promoting the science, the healing potential of psychedelics, and civic engagement.

Kwasi is a nurse and a doctoral student at the University at Buffalo, studying to be a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. He is the founder of the Psychedelic Society of Western New York and project manager for Psychonauts of the World, an initiative to share meaningful psychedelic stories, with the ultimate goal of publishing them in a book as an avenue to raise money for psychedelic research. He is also one of the administrators for the Global Psychedelic Network, a conglomerate of psychedelic groups and individuals from around the world.

He hopes to use his training and education to become a psychedelic therapist. Born in Ghana and raised in the Bronx, New York, Kwasi hopes to bring psychedelic therapy to communities of color.

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Horizons NYC - 2017 - recap

Published: Oct. 29, 2017, 12:21 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 1 second Kyle and Joe report from the scene of the amazing Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics\\xa0conference. We had the chance to interview attendees of Horizons NYC 2017 outside the venue on the closing day.

Horizons is a fantastic event at an amazing venue in the heart of Manhattan at the historic venue - "The Cooper Union." The same podium on stage was shared by Abraham Lincoln, Susan B Anthony, and along with many other important historical figures. It was an amazing event and we hope that this episode helps share some of the excitement. We talked to past guests, future guests, and also some new friends. You may recognize some of the voices :) Let us know what you think of this episode and if you want to hear similar episodes to this in the future.

[vimeo 237699822 w=640 h=360] Horizons 2017: NICHOLAS BYRON POWERS, Ph.D "Black Masks, Rainbow Bodies: Race and Psychedelics" from Horizons on Vimeo.

In the show, we speak about a lot of things from Horizons NYC including

The most interesting thing learned
The sense of community inside a conference like this
Some problems the movement has that we need to stay aware of
Issues with communicating the science of psychedelics with a wider audience
Volunteering for events for free tickets

Do you want to listen to Joe and Kyle recap their highlights of the conference and the Psymposia Microdosing event? Support us on Patreon to get exclusive access! Check out the video introduction to this episode - Here

Check out our book giveaway! Books by Grof, Shulgins, Hoffman, and many more!

About Horizons NYC

Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics\\xa0is an annual forum that examines the role of psychedelic drugs in science, medicine, culture, and spirituality. In recent years, a growing community of scientists, doctors, artists, activists, seekers, and scholars have orchestrated a renaissance in psychedelic thought and practice. Horizons brings together the brightest minds and the boldest voices of this movement to share their research, insights, and dreams for the future. Horizons was founded in 2007 by Kevin Balktick, with Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., joining as speaker curator and MC in 2008. Horizons Media, Inc., a 501c(3) not-for-profit educational charity, is currently led by board members Kevin Balktick, Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., James Vasile, Esq., and Ingmar Gorman, M.A. Having outgrown Judson Memorial Church, its original location, Horizons is now hosted at The Cooper Union Great Hall, which has been a center for public dialogue since its founding in 1858, having hosted such illustrious speakers as Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and more recently, Barack Obama. Horizons Media, Inc. conducts no other business besides the annual conference and is funded in solely by registration and concession sales. All profits go towards producing and improving the following year\\u2019s event. Its board members are not compensated. Horizons Media, Inc. is not a political advocacy or scientific research organization, nor does it have any financial relationships with other organizations and businesses that participate as presenters or informational presences. \\xa0 \\xa0

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Shane LeMaster - Ketamine

Published: Oct. 17, 2017, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 38 seconds Kyle and Joe talk with Shane LeMaster about ketamine as a therapeutic tool and also a tool for self-discovery and personal development. Shane shares some amazing stories, and we get to peel off some of the layers around ketamine. There are some amazing uses, and perhaps some therapeutic falling short of the mark in the ketamine world that we discuss. Hope you enjoy! [caption id="attachment_1591" align="alignnone" width="640"]

Source: https://www.rehabs.com/pro-talk-articles/is-ketamine-really-a-miracle-drug-for-depression/[/caption]

Shane is a past guest on the show and one of our favorites. You will really like his past episodes where we talked about peyote, treating veterans, Jiujitsu for PTSD and microdosing for athletic performance. (first - second)

Sign up for our course!

Show Topics/Discussion

Chemical effects
Lego world of the Ketamine experience
Hallucinogenic properties of Ketamine for Shane
Astral Projection
Therapeutic method. Music, Temp, Comfort, Safe setting, etc.
Not trauma work - getting to see all of reality as the machine as it is and his role in it.
1 gram - half a gram per nostril.
360-degree waterfall
Mindfulness practice can helps his practice.

Show Links

Check out our book giveaway! Books by Grof, Shulgins, Hoffman, and many more!

About Shane LeMaster, B.A., M.A., \\xa0LAC, CC-AASP

Bio from Mind-OPS

Shane earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO, completed extensive coursework towards a Master of Arts Degree in Sport & Performance Psychology at the University of Denver, and earned his Master of Arts Degree in Sport & Exercise Psychology from Argosy University. Shane is nationally certified as a Sport Psychology Consultant and a licensed mental health clinician in the state of Colorado. \\xa0Having worked in community non-profit mental health since 2008, Shane has gained experience working with the entire spectrum of mental disorders and with all populations and age groups.\\xa0 Shane plans on attending a Ph.D program in Counseling Psychology where his interest in Resiliency, Mental Toughness, and Mindfulness Training Program Development can be explored and further developed. He is a life-long athlete having competed at various levels in more than a dozen different sports.\\xa0 Because of his passion for warrior cultures of past and present, Shane has been ardently developing his own \\u201cWarriorship,\\u201d training in various forms of Martial Arts for 25 years.\\xa0 Shane feels that the self-discipline, the philosophy of non-violence, the innumerable mental and physical benefits, and the enjoyment that he gains from the Martial Arts is what helped drive his passion in the field of Psychology. His personal interest in Eastern Philosophy stems from his adoption of a Buddhist lifestyle and blends well with his training in Western Psychological Science.\\xa0 Clients describe Shane as an out-of-the-box clinician that is easy to get along with, knowledgeable on a variety of topics, credible with lived experience, and as having the ability to make therapy fun and interesting.'

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Aaron & Andras - Cute Animals Doing Drugs

Published: Oct. 9, 2017, 10:34 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 32 seconds

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Brian Normand - Microdosing, Amazonia, Psymposia and Horizons Afterparty

Published: Sept. 28, 2017, 8:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 51 seconds What is microdosing? Is this a growing trend in the psychedelic community? What do some people in the psychedelic community think about it? Can it really help boost creativity and productivity? While the idea that microdosing can help with depression, creativity, and productivity, these claims are usually backed by self-reported experiences. There is currently no hard science/research that highlights the risks, safety, or benefits of this concept despite the growing trend and loads of anecdotal evidence. If you want to learn more about this current trend, be sure to get your ticket to the upcoming Psymposia Microdosing event. We are sure all of these questions will be laid out on the table, and it will sure be a great night and discussion! Brian Normand, Co-Founder of Psymposia, joins us again to talk about the Psymposia Microdosing event/Horizons afterparty. The event will be hosted by the one and only, Duncan Trussell.\\xa0If you have plans to attend the Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics conference in NYC, be sure to check out the afterparty. It is always a great time and also a great place to "find the others." Save 5 dollars on your ticket with the coupon code psychedelicstoday We also cover topics revolving around drug policy and Brian\'s experience in the Amazon.

About the Microdosing Event

You\\u2019re invited to Psymposia\\u2019s 4th annual celebration following day 1 of the\\xa0Horizons\\xa0Perspectives on Psychedelics\\xa0forum in New York City that examines the role of psychedelic drugs in science, healing, culture and spirituality. This year, Comedian Duncan Trussell joins Hamilton Morris (VICELAND\\u2019s Hamilton\\u2019s Pharmacopeia), Katherine MacLean, Sophia Korb, and Paul Austin to talk about everything you wanted to know about microdosing and more, surrounded by a live audience in Brooklyn. Co-sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies\\xa0//\\xa0MAPS

Buy tickets here:\\xa0https://www.psymposia.com/events/microdosing-duncan-trussell/

Remeber to use coupon code: psychedelicstoday

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Show Notes/Links

Psymposia\\xa0
Microdosing Event Page
- Facebook Event
Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics\\xa0
Beckley Foundation: Microdosing Study

About Brian Normand

\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 Brian Normand is CoFounder, lead designer, and webmaster of Psymposia. He\\u2019s a greenthumb, social entrepreneur & occasional trouble maker, focused on changing minds and creating spaces to teach people about plants and drugs. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BS in Plant, Soil, Insect Science, & Sustainable Horticulture, Magna Cum Laude.

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Becca Segall Tarnas - Jung, Tolkien and Human Imagination

Published: Sept. 18, 2017, 9:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 46 seconds Joe speaks with Becca Segall Tarnas about her work with Carl Jung\'s Red Book and J.R.R. Tolkien. There is a substantial amount of overlap between the two. Why these two in a show about psychedelics? Transpersonal \\\\ Jungian psychology is the bridge. There appears to be objects or entities beyond the veil of our perception and understanding (so far). We have a collective imagination \\\\ collective unconscious that these things interact in. Psychedelics and other methods can give us access to these. Becca will be presenting her work to this point at the Prague ITC 2017. This discussion goes all over the world, so feel free to reach out if you have any questions. We really enjoy Becca\'s work and hope to have her on again in the near future!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUeywHbxXSM]

About Becca Segall Tarnas

Becca Segall Tarnas\\xa0is a doctoral candidate in the Philosophy and Religion department at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her dissertation research is focused on the theoretical implications of the synchronicity between the\\xa0Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien.\\xa0Becca received her M.A. from\\xa0CIIS, and her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College.\\xa0Her research interests include ecology, imagination, philosophy, and depth psychology,\\xa0and she is also co-editor of\\xa0Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. J. R. R. Tolkien \\u201cThe Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can.\\u201d Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring \\u201cI indignantly answered, \\u201cDo you call light what we men call the worst darkness? Do you call day night?\\u201d To this my soul spoke a word that roused my anger, \\u201cMy light is not of this world.\\u201d I cried, \\u201cI know of no other world!\\u201d The soul answered, \\u201cShould it not exist because you know nothing of it?\\u201d \\u2015\\xa0C.G. Jung,\\xa0The Red Book: Liber Novus

Links - Becca Segall Tarnas

James Hillman

Jorge Ferrer

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Lenny Gibson - A brief history of psychedelics in the Western world

Published: Sept. 14, 2017, 7:11 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 13 seconds This talk was recorded live in Bolton, Vermont during a MAPS Psychedelic Dinner fundraising event in May 2016. Lenny Gibson presented a lecture during the event about the brief history of psychedelics in the Western world -- surveying the ancient Greek mysteries to the current contemporary psychedelic culture. "Blessed is he who, having seen these rites, undertakes the way beneath the Earth. He knows the end of life, as well as its divinely granted beginning." Pindar Creatures for a day! What is a man?What is he not? A dream of a shadow Is our mortal being. But when there comes to menA gleam of splendour given of heaven,Then rests on them a light of glory And blessed are their days. Pindar I suddenly became strangely inebriated. The external world became changed as in a dream. Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and colours became more glowing. Even self-perception and the sense of time were changed. When the eyes were closed, coloured pictures flashed past in a quickly changing kaleidoscope. After a few hours, the not unpleasant inebriation, which had been experienced whilst I was fully conscious, disappeared. What had caused this condition? Dr. Albert Hofmann \\u2013 Laboratory Notes (1943) To fathom hell or soar angelic, just take a pinch of psychedelic. Dr Humphry Osmond

Show Notes & Links

Greek Mysteries
Pindar
Albert Hofmann
Humphrey Osmond
Aldous Huxley

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckzfckwiyQ0]

About Lenny Gibson

Leonard Gibson, Ph.D., graduated from Williams College and earned doctorates from Claremont Graduate School in philosophy and The University of Texas at Austin in psychology. Lenny has 50 years of experience working with non\\u2013ordinary states of consciousness. He has taught at The University of Tulsa and Lesley College and served his clinical psychology internship at the Boston, MA V.A. Hospital. He also taught transpersonal psychology for 20 years at Burlington College. Lenny serves on the board of the Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region in Vermont. A survivor of throat cancer, he facilitates the head and neck cancer support group at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He is a past president of the Association of Holotropic Breathwork International. You can find out more about Lenny at these two links. Holotropic Breathwork\\xa0-\\xa0http://dreamshadow.com Papers and Discussions\\xa0-\\xa0http://www.lennygibson.com/'

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Zoe Helene

Published: Sept. 13, 2017, 2:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 16 seconds

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Kyle and Joe - Contexts of Psychedelic Use

Published: Aug. 30, 2017, 5:21 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 49 seconds In this episode, Joe and Kyle discuss the difference contexts of psychedelic use:

Therapeutic
Recreational
Psychospiritual & Self-Discovery
Ceremonial & Shamanic

While these categories can be flexible and sometimes merge into one another, we thought that it would be important to give context to the variety of experiences. As MAPS has just received "Breakthrough Therapy" status on the MDMA-assisted psychotherapy research, this is an exciting time for research and therapeutic use of a powerful medicine. However, there may be some confusion about how the therapeutic approach is different from some of these other contexts and ways of using psychedelics. While we believe that all contexts are valid or legitimate and each carry their own risk/benefit, we thought that it would be helpful and fun to talk about our views about this subject. Become a Patron!https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js

If you want to learn more about navigating the psychedelic experience or learn more about safety guidelines for these different contexts, check out our new online course, "Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration."

Useful Texts & Resources

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Kyle and Joe - Life, Death, and DMTx

Published: Aug. 8, 2017, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 43 seconds Download The summer has been busy for us at Psychedelics Today. We\\xa0have been working hard on launching our new online course, "Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration." Beside lining interviews up for the podcast, we have been recording video interviews/master classes for the course. Since we just launched the course this week, we figured that would check in and just talk about what\'s been going on. This conversation takes off with Joe and Kyle discussing the recent DMTx event that took place last month in Boulder, Colorado. During this talk, we both speculate the risks and concerns of this research as well as the potential benefit. With the conversation revolving around DMT and extended-state DMT research, the discussion heads down the rabbit hole for a bit and we explore the global crisis, climate change, future uses of DMT, alien worlds and alternative dimensions, and more!

We also highlight the recent death of\\xa0Baylee Ybarra Gatlin, who passed away at the Lightening in a Bottle festival during Memorial Day Weekend. The autopsy report suggests that Gatlin passed due to "Acute LSD Toxicity." Many condolences to the Ms. Gatlin\'s family and friends. It is very unlikely that Gatlin died from "Acute LSD Toxicity," but rather most likely from ingesting another substance like\\xa025i-NBOMe. Tragic situations, like these, really stress the importance of substance testing. It seems that with the rise of research chemicals, adulterations in substances, and drugs laced with fentanyl\\xa0one can never be 100% certain of what they are actually ingesting. If you have the time to ingest, you have the time to test. Get a test kit today. Leave us a comment and let us know what you think of the show! Become a Patron!

Show Notes/Links - DMTx

DMTx - Extended-State DMT Research. Donate Today!
What will Happen to Society When Psychedelics Become Used for Therapy? Quora Question
Jiddu Krisnamurti\\xa0- Wiki
\\u2018Holy Shit, We\\u2019re in a Cult\\u2019 - EnlighteNext
Ken Wilber
- Integral Theory
Did Baylee Gatlin Really Die Of An LSD Overdose? - DanceSafe article
Your EDM article with a headline about an LSD overdose. \\xa0(Joe - I personally think this headline is irresponsible for YourEDM to publish this way)
Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana Eyed In Cape Cod Near-Death
Inner Paths to Outer Space: Journeys to Alien Worlds through Psychedelics and Other Spiritual Technologies

Psychedelic Shine with Andrew Galimore - Cyber DMT

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Vilmarie Narloch PsyD - Harm Reduction and Policy

Published: Aug. 2, 2017, 3:40 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 4 seconds We have an awesome time speaking with SSDP\'s\\xa0Drug Education Manager, Dr. Vilmarie Narloch. Vilmarie is making a big difference with drug safety in the US and internationally with SSDP\'s education program \'Just Say Know.\' During the show we\\xa0discuss Vilmarie\'s work with policy around the Good Samaritan laws and other impressive and impactful harm reduction projects. We also discuss some of the pressure from various\\xa0elements in the government regressing rules, like some law enforcement offices refusing to use Narcan\\\\naloxone to help save the lives of people overdosing. This episode is a dose of compassion and gives perspective about the different impacts from the drug war and prohibition. If you are a student who wishes to get involved in drug policy work, please check out the work that SSDP is doing. If you do not have a chapter at your school or university, start one today! Vilmarie also joins us in our course Navigating Psychedelics for a master class featuring harm reduction strategies and more. Be sure to sign up today to learn more from Vilmarie and many others!

About Students For Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)

Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is the only international network of students dedicated to ending the war on drugs. At its heart, SSDP is a grassroots organization, led by a student-run Board of Directors. We create change by bringing young people together and creating safe spaces for students of all political and ideological stripes to have honest conversations about drugs and drug policy. Founded in 1998, SSDP is comprised of thousands of members at hundreds of campuses in countries around the globe.

About Just Say Know

Just Say Know is a series of drug education modules aimed at promoting open and honest dialogue around commonly used substances. The program aims to equip young people with harm reduction tools and skills as it relates to the specific substance, but can be applied to substance use generally. Students for Sensible Drug Policy believes that students should be an overall part of any campus and community prevention and intervention strategy. Our SSDP Peer Education program seeks to empower students in our network to analyze the relationship between drug policy and drug use by providing evidence-based drug information, teaching students to recognize and address dangerous behaviors and unhealthy attitudes, and promoting prosocial and harm reduction oriented behaviors and attitudes. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fcl6NZ1AFs]

Show Notes/Links

Vilmarie Narloch PsyD. - Bio

Vilmarie Narloch, PsyD., is the Drug Education Manager at Students for Sensible Drug Policy. In this role, Vilmarie oversees the development and implementation of the SSDP Peer Education program, which is a training program for SSDP Members to become certified to deliver our drug education program, Just Say Know, to their peers. Vilmarie is passionate about reforming drug education in the U.S. and abroad, and has dedicated years of study on the topic for her dissertation. Vilmarie has taken on this position because as an organization driven by students with exceptional knowledge on drug policy and other drug use related issues, SSDP is uniquely positioned and qualified to be developing a drug education program. Additionally, Vilmarie educates staff and the network on the current state of research and treatment issues with regard to substance use disorders and mental health. Vilmarie aims to aid in the connection of policy and practice by helping our network understand the impact of policy on access to treatment and care while utilizing the latest research. Vilmarie earned her M.A. in Counseling and Psychological Services from Saint. Mary\\u2019s University of Minnesota, and a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology. During her time at Roosevelt, she was a graduate research assistant with Roosevelt University\\u2019s Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy. Her work at ICDP included research support, report co-authorship and event planning and coordination. Vilmarie\\u2019s interests in drug education, access to treatment, and harm reduction policy and practice have led her to numerous projects, including the provision of counseling and harm reduction services to students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and DePaul University, serving as a member of the Chicago Consortium on College Alcohol Harm Reduction, a predoctoral internship in the Adult Behavioral Services department in a local public health department, and a postdoctoral fellowship in a small prviate agency, where she provided therapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups in addition to supervising interns. Additionally, Vilmarie has been an adjunct instructor teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology and substance use disorder treatment. She has dedicated her studies and clinical work to advance Harm Reduction as the standard of practice for substance use disorders. In doing so, she has sought opportunities to educate others in her field about harm reduction, including her students. Vilmarie\\u2019s dissertation, titled, \\u201cWhat Youth Want: Developing a Drug Education Curriculum Based on Youth Guidance and Evidence-Based Principles,\\u201d inspired her to continue to advocate for effective drug education on a professional level, which led to her current position at SSDP. Additionally, Vilmarie\\u2019s next personal career goal is to become trained to deliver psychedelic psychotherapy, which she considers to be the future of psychological practice.'

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Ashley Booth, M.S. - Ayahuasca, DMT, Integration, and Los Angeles

Published: July 27, 2017, 5:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 5 seconds

Ashley Booth

This week we talk with Ashley Booth, co-founder of InnerSpace Integration and founder of the Aware Project: Rethinking Psychedelics. Ashley shares with us how she went from being an oceanographer to starting a psychedelic community in the Los Angeles area and also pursuing psychedelic research. We talk about how the formation and history of both the Aware Project and InnerSpace Integration, and the importance of building a psychedelic community. We also talk about Ashley\'s background in somatic practices such as Hakomi and how Hakomi can be used for integration as well as in the psychedelic space. Body psychotherapy seems to be a tool of the future for many psychotherapists who are interested in psychedelics and psychedelic research as normal talk therapy does not always address some of the underlying issues that are stored within the body.

Ashley Booth Show Notes/Links

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aq_cOMsyik]

About Ashley Booth, M.S.

Ashley Booth, M.S. is a scientist,\\xa0philosopher, and psychedelic ambassador. After years of working in environmental science, she experienced a radical paradigm shift through the use of psychedelics which ignited a passion for the awakening of human consciousness. Ashley\\xa0uses\\xa0her scientific background to\\xa0break through the "war-on-drugs" rhetoric and have an intelligent and scientifically-based conversation about the safety and use of psychedelic\\xa0substances. Ashley is the founder of the Aware Project: Rethinking Psychedelics (awareproject.org), which hosts educational and community-building events in Los Angeles and San Diego, California. She is also a co-founder of the InnerSpace Integration (innerspaceintegration.com), a psychedelic integration support service and harm reduction organization in Southern California. For a year and a half, she worked as a psycho-spiritual coach at Crossroads Treatment Center, supporting people through ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT experiences. She is a certified Kundalini yoga teacher and is currently training in a somatic psychotherapy approach known as the Hakomi Method.\\xa0www.AshleyBooth.net

Header Photo:\\xa0https://www.instagram.com/scarlet.barnett/

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Daniel Pinchbeck - How Soon is Now?

Published: July 21, 2017, 5:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 11 seconds

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Sara Gael, M.A., Director of Harm Reduction, Zendo Project, Psychotherapist

Published: July 12, 2017, 4:25 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 49 seconds Sara Gael joins us on this week\'s episode. Sara is the Director of Harm Reduction at the Zendo Project.\\xa0We get into some great stuff including some of Zendo\'s biggest wins, how Zendo works, how to discuss harm reduction with festival organizers, and how to manage difficult experiences that arise in the Zendo. \\xa0Something interesting that we learned during this talk was how law enforcement at Burning Man has really been interested in learning more about Zendo and their services, and requested Zendo to help train their staff. Sara also shares her experience and insights working on the MAPS Phase 2 MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD trials and how she got involved in psychedelic research. We also explore how transpersonal psychology can serve as an important framework for working with psychedelic experiences. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvzq63xWCeI] We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to leave us a comment below and share this episode!

The Zendo Project

The Zendo Project is sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Zendo provides harm reduction services to the community and to festivals. Zendo strives to:

Reduce the number of psychiatric hospitalizations and arrests.
Create an environment where volunteers can work alongside one another to improve their harm reduction skills and receive training and feedback.
Demonstrates that safe, productive psychedelic experiences are possible without the need for law enforcement-based prohibitionist policies.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tox15j1jzc]

Show Notes/Link

Naropa University - Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Psychology
Transpersonal Psychology
Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration
Zendo Project
- Volunteer\\xa0
Burning Man
Working with Trauma
MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD

Sara Gael, M.A., Director of Harm Reduction, Zendo Project

Sara received her Master\\u2019s degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology at Naropa University. She began working with MAPS in 2012, coordinating psychedelic harm reduction services at festivals and events worldwide with the Zendo Project. Sara was an Intern Therapist for the recently completed MAPS Phase 2 clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD in Boulder, CO. She maintains a private practice as a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and non-ordinary states of consciousness.\\xa0Sara\\xa0believes that\\xa0developing a comprehensive understanding of\\xa0psychedelic medicines through research and education is essential for the health and well being of individuals, communities, and the planet.

Community is an important part of integration. One of the most difficult aspects of integration is returning to a society that doesn\\u2019t understand or support psychedelic exploration. In fact, re-entering society can feel like a stark contrast between the interconnected, transpersonal state of the psychedelic experience. Therefore, one of most important tools for successful integration is a supportive, understanding community. We encourage our Guests to connect with and build supportive communities around themselves when they return home from the event. We support them in seeking professional help if necessary. -Sara Gael, Zendo Project Coordinator source

Sara Gael - Links

Sara\'s Professional Practice site - Re-membering Sara\'s Profile on Psychology Today Mikedelic Podcast -\\xa0October 5, 2016\\xa0 Understanding and Working with Difficult Psychedelic Experiences\\xa0- MAPS Bulletin Entheogen Show - Psychedelic First Aid\\xa0

Be sure to check out our upcoming course: Navigating Psychedelics

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Cognitive Liberty, The War on Drugs, & Personal Freedom

Published: July 3, 2017, 7:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 1 second It is the week of the 4th of July. That means the United States is celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, breaking free from the British Empire, and becoming an independent nation. \\xa0With the holiday underway, it seems like a great time to reflect on the concept of freedom (including cognitive liberty) and what it means to each and every one of us. In honor of Independence Day and the Declaration of Independence, here is a quote by Terence McKenna: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="660"] Terrence McKenna - Cognitive Liberty

Photo from: http://www.cannalawblog.com/they-said-it-on-marijuana-quotable-saturday-part-cxxvi/[/caption] In this episode, Joe and Kyle reflect on the concept of personal freedom, cognitive liberty, and the impact that the War on Drugs has on the American people. It seems to be the consensus that the War on Drugs is failing. The policy has huge negative consequences on people across the globe, and significantly marginalizes minority groups and people of color.

Cognitive Liberty

As psychedelic research continues to progress in the academic and scientific realm, many people are still subjected to arrest and imprisonment because of this failed policy. Kyle and Joe share their thoughts about the pursuit for cognitive liberty and personal freedom.

The unexamined life is not worth living -\\xa0Socrates

Do you think that exploring one\'s own consciousness, whether through plants or other drugs, be illegal? Why should a person have to "ask permission" to have an experience with their own body, mind, and spirit? Let us know your thoughts about this topic.

Joe and Kyle also talk about their new upcoming course, Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration. Be sure to check out this course and sign up TODAY! We are giving away a SPECIAL offer just for the 4th of July! Receive 10% off our Earl-Bird special with the coupon code "freedom" when you check out. You do not want to miss this offer!

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Show Links

Cacao Ceremonies\\xa0
Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics \\xa0
Kids for Cash
The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
The Big Chew Podcast -\\xa0Psychedelics, Healing, and Transformation
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
United Nations and World Health Organisation call for drugs to be decriminalised
Tennessee man, woman charged after getting lost while high on magic mushrooms, calling 911
Ohio 3-Strike Penalty Proposal\\xa0
Burning Man Drug Testing
Gabor Mat\\xe9 M.D.- The Body Says No\\xa0
Bessel van der Kolk M.D.\\xa0- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma\\xa0
Carl Hart -\\xa0High Price: A Neuroscientist\'s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society (P.S.)
New York\'s "Stop & Frisk" Policy
Flakka\\xa0
- PVP (\\u2018\\u2018flakka\\u2019\\u2019): a new synthetic cathinone invades the drug arena
Psychedelic Experience\\xa0

Geoffery Schwartz presents: Cognitive Liberty and Entheogenic Freedom for ERIE [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fobjqBbSiQ]'

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Shane LeMaster, B.A., M.A., LAC, CC-AASP - Part 2

Published: June 29, 2017, 3:56 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes Shane LeMaster joins us again to talk about his work with veterans, enhancing human performance and traditional use of peyote. If you haven\'t listened to part one, check that out first here.

Show Topics

Warriorship and\\xa0Shambhala
Micro-dosing as it would apply to sports performance research
Flow states
Eckhart Tolle
Microdosing at JuJitsu competitions
High or standard dose psychedelic use at NASA
The difference between microdosing and normal dosages
Shane\'s own practice
JuJitsu for healing trauma
Vets only JuJitsu class
Where is trauma stored
Insights on Peyote Integration

Show Links

About Shane LeMaster, B.A., M.A., \\xa0LAC, CC-AASP

Bio from Mind-OPS

Shane earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO, completed extensive coursework towards a Master of Arts Degree in Sport & Performance Psychology at the University of Denver, and earned his Master of Arts Degree in Sport & Exercise Psychology from Argosy University. Shane is nationally certified as a Sport Psychology Consultant and a licensed mental health clinician in the state of Colorado. \\xa0Having worked in community non-profit mental health since 2008, Shane has gained experience working with the entire spectrum of mental disorders and with all populations and age groups.\\xa0 Shane plans on attending a Ph.D program in Counseling Psychology where his interest in Resiliency, Mental Toughness, and Mindfulness Training Program Development can be explored and further developed. He is a life-long athlete having competed at various levels in more than a dozen different sports.\\xa0 Because of his passion for warrior cultures of past and present, Shane has been ardently developing his own \\u201cWarriorship,\\u201d training in various forms of Martial Arts for 25 years.\\xa0 Shane feels that the self-discipline, the philosophy of non-violence, the innumerable mental and physical benefits, and the enjoyment that he gains from the Martial Arts is what helped drive his passion in the field of Psychology. His personal interest in Eastern Philosophy stems from his adoption of a Buddhist lifestyle and blends well with his training in Western Psychological Science.\\xa0 Clients describe Shane as an out-of-the-box clinician that is easy to get along with, knowledgeable on a variety of topics, credible with lived experience, and as having the ability to make therapy fun and interesting.

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Shane LeMaster, B.A., M.A., LAC, CC-AASP - Peyote, Veterans and Flow States

Published: June 22, 2017, 10:23 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 54 seconds Shane LeMaster joins us to talk about his work with veterans, enhancing human performance and traditional use of peyote.

Show Topics

Psychedelics and martial arts.
Martial arts / JuJitsu for Veterans.
- Exposure therapy
Flow states and psychedelics.
Psychedelic Integration and groups.
Opinions on MDMA being a psychedelic drug or not.
Doing work with veterans and gaining their trust for therapeutic relationships.
Traditional approaches to ayahuasca.
First hand accounts of what the Peyote world is like.
Shifting away from the predominant Newtonian Cartesian paradigm after psychedelic use and understanding that we know very little about what is really happening here in the world.
Sustainability in the Peyote habitat.

Show Links

About Shane LeMaster, B.A., M.A., \\xa0LAC, CC-AASP

Bio from Mind-OPS

Shane earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO, completed extensive coursework towards a Master of Arts Degree in Sport & Performance Psychology at the University of Denver, and earned his Master of Arts Degree in Sport & Exercise Psychology from Argosy University. Shane is nationally certified as a Sport Psychology Consultant and a licensed mental health clinician in the state of Colorado. \\xa0Having worked in community non-profit mental health since 2008, Shane has gained experience working with the entire spectrum of mental disorders and with all populations and age groups.\\xa0 Shane plans on attending a Ph.D program in Counseling Psychology where his interest in Resiliency, Mental Toughness, and Mindfulness Training Program Development can be explored and further developed. He is a life-long athlete having competed at various levels in more than a dozen different sports.\\xa0 Because of his passion for warrior cultures of past and present, Shane has been ardently developing his own \\u201cWarriorship,\\u201d training in various forms of Martial Arts for 25 years.\\xa0 Shane feels that the self-discipline, the philosophy of non-violence, the innumerable mental and physical benefits, and the enjoyment that he gains from the Martial Arts is what helped drive his passion in the field of Psychology. His personal interest in Eastern Philosophy stems from his adoption of a Buddhist lifestyle and blends well with his training in Western Psychological Science.\\xa0 Clients describe Shane as an out-of-the-box clinician that is easy to get along with, knowledgeable on a variety of topics, credible with lived experience, and as having the ability to make therapy fun and interesting.

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Leia Friedman - The Boston Entheogenic Network and Tips on Creating a Psychedelic Group

Published: June 15, 2017, 4:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 1 second In this episode, Kyle talks with Leia Friedman, co-founder of the Boston Entheogenic Network (BEN) and also known as "The Psychedologist." Kyle recently was invited to facilitate an "Introduction to Transpersonal Breathwork" workshop for BEN. Joe also was in town for the weekend and presented a talk about "Breathwork, Psychedelics, and Ecological Collapse." It was a great psychedelic weekend in Massachusetts. After the workshop, Kyle had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Leia about her interests in the psychedelic field, feminism and eco-feminism, and how she got involved with starting a psychedelic group in Boston. She provides some helpful tips and advice for creating/starting your own local group.

Tips for starting your own psychedelic group:

First, what is the point of the group?
What is the purpose or mission?
Learn about your local laws and the legal risks
Do not condone or facilitate illegal activity
Go slow
Find the others to help you out
Check in with yourself and the other members of the group
Protect your members
Start online to gain awareness and then start an in-person meet up

Sign up below to get your FREE download "How to Create Your Own Psychedelic Group" https://forms.convertkit.com/226022?v=6

We hope you enjoy this episode and let us know what you think!

[caption id="attachment_1202" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Leia Friedman

Kyle and Leia holding space for the breathwork circle[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1204" align="aligncenter" width="300"]

Breathwork on the river.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1203" align="aligncenter" width="300"]

Joe and Kyle presenting, "Breathwork, Psychedelics, and Ecological Collapse" in Lowell, MA, USA[/caption]

Show Notes/Links

The Boston Entheogenic Network Facebook Group
Leia Friedman\'s Articles on Psymposia
Creating your own psychedelic group
Transpersonal Breathwork
Entheogen\\xa0- Coined by\\xa0Carl A. P. Ruck, Jeremy Bigwood, Danny Staples, Richard Evans Schultes, Jonathan Ott and R. Gordon Wasson
What Monkeys Can Teach Us About Human Behavior: From Facts to Fiction
The Fifth Sacred Thing: By Starhawk

About Leia Friedman

Leia Friedman is a professor, clinician, writer and the cofounder of Boston\\xa0 Entheogenic Network. Her present focus is an amalgamation of psychology, ecology, and experiences of altered consciousness as tools for deeper self-understanding. She is also involved in local social and climate justice activism, alphabet soup, and body positivity.'

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Allison Pelissier - Lucia N03 Light Experience

Published: June 7, 2017, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes In this episode, Kyle talks with Allison Pelissier, of The Traveling Light Machine, about the Lucia N\\xb003 Hypnagogic Light Machine. It turns out it is very powerful and induces powerful visions in some. During Kyle\'s recent trip to Vermont, he met a fellow fan of the podcast, Grant, at the recent\\xa0Dreamshadow Holotropic Breathwork retreat. While meeting Grant felt like a synchronicity, it led Kyle to experience the Lucia N\\xb003 with Allison. Kyle shares his experience with the hypnagogic light machine in this episode while Allison discusses the background and development of this this fascinating piece of technology. Be sure to continue below to learn more about the\\xa0Lucia N\\xb003, get show notes/links, and to find out more about Allison\'s work. Consider leaving us a comment to let us know what you think about the episode.

About The Lucia N\\xb003 Hypnagogic Light Machine

The\\xa0Lucia\\xa0N\\xb003\\xa0was\\xa0developed\\xa0in\\xa0Austria\\xa0by\\xa0clinical\\xa0psychologist\\xa0Dr.\\xa0EngelbertWinkler\\xa0and\\xa0medical\\xa0neurologist\\xa0Dr.\\xa0Dirk\\xa0Proeckl.

It\\xa0is\\xa0important\\xa0to\\xa0note\\xa0that\\xa0the\\xa0Lucia\\xa0N\\xb003\\xa0is\\xa0not\\xa0a\\xa0medical\\xa0device. Rather it is a therapeutic light meditation. That is, it helps light travelers achieve a state of effortless meditation. It is not in competition with, nor a replacement for pharmaceutical drugs, clinical therapy, or any other medical intervention. It is a journey into consciousness.

The Lucia N\\xb003 gently entrains the brain, stimulates the pineal gland and opens up a beautiful space for visionary exploration.

The Lucia N\\xb003 helps clear the mind and allow even beginning meditators to reach a space of peace quickly. It is not a replacement for a meditation practice but quite the opposite - it encourages people to meditate by realizing how powerful the practice can be and gives them the confidence (and roadmap) to get there on their own. As the Lucia is both a stimulation (through light), and a relaxation (through brain entrainment), it helps the individual learn to let go in stressful situations, rather than resist and make things even more difficult. The Lucia N\\xb003 also uses a wide spectrum of light which has been reported to have a great impact for people with both seasonal affective disorder and other types of depression.

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Source: The Traveling Light Machine Facebook\\xa0[/caption] The Lucia light experience is different for each person, as it works with each person\'s individual system and has a balancing effect. Everyone feels more clear and centered after an experience, while some people feel more energized or deeply relaxed. Source: iReVibe

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAjhrhsAsmA]

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Links

Lucia N\\xb003 Homepage
EEG Functional Connectivity and Phenomenology of Induced Dissociative States\\xa0- Study
Creativity through Psychedelic Light Travel - Study
International Center for Ethnobotanical Education Research and Service - Currently working on the DMT study, although there is no news posted yet
Cracking Consciousness -\\xa0http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/cracking-consciousness
Legalize Freedom Podcast -\\xa0Engelbert Winkler \\u2013 Getting High on Light

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Source:\\xa0The Traveling Light Machine Facebook\\xa0[/caption]

About Allison Pelissier

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Dedicated to assisting in the expansion of consciousness of humanity, Allison is a lightworker that is both a clairvoyant and ambassador for the Lucia N\\xb003 light experience. Allison has a MA in International Education and Development and a BA in Political Economics. She also holds a 200 hr Yoga Teaching Certification, a Children\'s Yoga Teaching Certification and has worked across the world in many different capacities as an academic teacher, textbook author, meditation and yoga teacher, project manager and developer and light ambassador.

The Lucia N\\xb003 light experience peaked Allison\'s interest after her first experience at Light Eye Mind Gallery in London, UK. She traveled deeply into her own mind and memories and emerged from the experience feeling like she had come back to herself in a way she would never have suspected could be possible. Her experience helped her shift from a state of depression and PTSD to an ability to sleep through the night and wake up with a sense of joy again.

Feeling a strong calling to work with the Lucia N\\xb003, Allison purchased her own lamp and started touring around the US with Traveling Light Machine project, aiming to bring the experience to wherever the light was called. The most moving part of the experience for Allison is that as a light ambassador she holds space for people to have their own experiences. She strongly believes that we cannot help anyone, but rather hold space for them to see and love themselves.

Currently Allison travels around the US and the world with her partner in business and love, Zachary Noel, sharing the Lucia N\\xb003 light experience.

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Jag Davies - Drug Policy Alliance

Published: May 29, 2017, 5:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 56 seconds The MAPS Psychedelic Science 2017 conference was the largest psychedelic conference in history to date. It is an exciting time to be part of the movement and to get involved in the field. There is a push to legalize psychedelics for therapy and to recognize these substances as medicine. While the field needs the science and research to legitimize psychedelics as medicines to treat various disorders, but the change in status does not mean access for everyone. This is not to discourage the research or science, we acknowledge that it is important, but rather it is to help educate the public that the change in status does not mean psychedelics will be legal for recreational use. There may be a misconception floating around that once MDMA or psilocybin becomes medicine there will be greater access. This is not entirely true according to Jag Davies. The criminalization of psychedelic substances will continue despite the health and clinical applications. Jag and the DPA strive to help move drug policy away from a criminalization approach and help to move it towards a more health-based approach. In this episode, we talk with Jag Davies, Communication Strategy Director of the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). Jag provides us with his insights about the current state of psychedelics, psychedelic research, and other drug laws. Jag also talks about his work with the DPA and what the DPA\'s mission is. We discuss drug policy, advocacy, harm reduction, scheduling vs penalty, racism, and so much more. One of the best things to do to get involved is to help spread the word about the healing potential of psychedelic medicines and substances. The policy around these substances are constantly changing and new issues are always arising. We talk a lot about privilege in this episode, and how being in a privileged position makes it easier to speak about experiences with psychedelics or other substances.

Another great way to get involved is connecting with the Drug Policy Alliance. There is a wonderful drug reform conference coming up and that is also a great way to get your foot in the door with this work. \\xa0The\\xa0Reform Conference\\xa0is happening in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 11th-14th. If you do not think you can attend, try applying for the scholarship, which ends June 9th.

About the Drug Policy Alliance

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The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is the nation\'s leading organization promoting drug policies that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.

Our supporters are individuals who believe the war on drugs is doing more harm than good. Together we advance policies that reduce the harms of both drug use and drug prohibition, and seek solutions that promote safety while upholding the sovereignty of individuals over their own minds and bodies. We work to ensure that our nation\\u2019s drug policies no longer arrest, incarcerate, disenfranchise and otherwise harm millions \\u2013 particularly young people and people of color who are disproportionately affected by the war on drugs.

Mission and Vision of the Drug Policy Alliance

The Drug Policy Alliance\\xa0envisions a just society in which the use and regulation of drugs are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights, in which people are no longer punished for what they put into their own bodies but only for crimes committed against others, and in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more. Our mission is to advance those policies and attitudes that best reduce the harms of both drug use and drug prohibition, and to promote the sovereignty of individuals over their minds and bodies.

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTUFmDR1v2o]

Show Notes/Links

Psychedelic Justice: How Do We Repair the Harms of Psychedelic Prohibition? By Jag Davies (MAPS Bulletin Spring 2017: Vol. 27, No. 1 - Special Edition: Psychedelic Science)
- PDF Download
Drug Policy Alliance Website
Reform Conference (October 11th-14th in Atlanta, Georgia)
- Scholarship for Reform Conference (Ends June 9th)
The DPA\'s Office of Academic Engagement\\xa0
Stefanie Jones (DPA) - Safer Partying
- Twitter
Scheduling vs penalty
1.5 million drug arrests annually - most for simple possession
- Enforcement only makes it more dangerous.
New York City\'s Stop & Frisk Policy
Guide to Drug Combination Chart
End of Life Liberty Project
Andrew Tatarsky\\xa0and the Center for Optimal Living
The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service (ICEERS)
Nicholas Powers

About Jag Davies

From Drug Policy Alliance: As director of communications strategy, Jag Davies works with communications, program, development and senior management staff to oversee production of all DPA publications and to facilitate best practices in the implementation of the organization\\u2019s messaging and brand identity.\\xa0 Davies manages a team that includes DPA\\u2019s research coordinator and communications coordinator, as well as external consultant relationships with writers, designers, and multimedia content producers. Davies also plays a key role in DPA\\u2019s media work.\\xa0 He is regularly quoted in a wide range of media outlets and his writings have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, BBC.com, CNN.com, and dozens of regional and online publications. Davies has more than a decade of professional experience working to establish drug policies grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.\\xa0 Before joining the organization, he served as director of communications for MAPS, a nonprofit pharmaceutical company conducting clinical trials aimed at developing marijuana and certain psychedelic drugs into federally-approved prescription medicines.\\xa0 Davies also previously served as policy researcher for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Drug Law Reform Project (now known as the Criminal Law Reform Project), where he coordinated local, state, federal, and international efforts to end punitive drug policies that cause the widespread violation of constitutional and human rights.

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Julie Megler MSN, NP-BC - ERIE, Mental Health, and Integration

Published: May 24, 2017, 5:50 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 15 seconds

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In this episode, Kyle and Joe talk with Julie Megler from\\xa0Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education (ERIE) about psychedelics and integration. We learn about the work and mission of ERIE, and how Julie got involved/interested in psychedelics. Integration is a growing concern in the psychedelic world. \\xa0We continue the conversation by having Julie on the show to learn more about her work. \\xa0Leave us a comment below and let us know what you think!

About\\xa0Erie

ERIE is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the sharing of entheogenic and transpersonal knowledge in a non-hierarchical, community based format, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. We offer a platform for entheogenic research, integration and education. ERIE is not only a hub of integration information for entheogenic and transpersonal experiences, we also host peer integration circles to facilitate meaning-making and community building. We host monthly educational events including symposiums, forums, and conferences on varied topics surrounding entheogenic research and activism. We are dedicated to supporting cognitive liberty by offering a learning environment to support grassroots education and outreach on the topics of integration and entheogenic potentials.

Mission

The Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education (ERIE) mission: 1) Review and conduct research on the use of traditional plant medicines, and their modern analogs, for creativity, healing, personal growth, and spiritual exploration 2) Develop integration methods that combine new research with existing, tested practices to help people incorporate extraordinary experiences into their lives 3) Articulate a new educational paradigm that honors and draws upon the vast Indigenous knowledge of plant and fungi kingdoms, then envisions new applications of it within contemporary Western contexts 4) Create a forum for the responsible discussion of these topics.

Links

ERIE
Annie Oak - full circle tea house\\xa0-\\xa0http://www.plantteachers.com/annie-oak/
Ken Tupper - \\xa0Entheogenic Education: Psychedelics as Tools of Wonder and Awe
International Transpersonal Association 2004 - "MYTHIC IMAGINATION AND MODERN SOCIETY: THE RE-ENCHANTMENT OF THE WORLD"
ICEERS
Brian Anderson\\xa0- UCSF

https://youtu.be/JEwWEu-Cp9k

Julie Megler, MSN, NP-BC

*Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner *\\xa0Trained in Somatic Experiencing *\\xa0Shipibo/Vegetalista Dieta Experience* Julie is a board certified nurse practitioner in psychiatry and family medicine.

She received her Master\\u2019s of Science in Nursing from the University of Miami, Florida and post master\\u2019s certificate in psychiatry at the University of California-San Francisco. Julie maintains licenses in family medicine and psychiatry in an effort to close the gap between medical and psychiatric care, incorporating the mind/body connection for most effective treatment. She currently is in private practice in the San Francisco/Bay Area. Her practice focuses on integrative mental health services for emotional and physical well being, as well as integration of non-ordinary states of consciousness. In addition to her clinical work, Julie is on the board of directors of ERIE (Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education). She has presented on the topics of psychedelic risk reduction, integration, and therapeutic applications of ayahuasca at the Psychedelic Science Conference 2013 & 2017, The Women\\u2019s Visionary Congress, Detroit\\u2019s First Entheogenic Conference, and the Visionary Convergence 2015. She has also co-authored chapters in the books Manifesting Minds and The Therapeutic Uses of Ayahuasca. As an experienced clinician, and activist for the psychedelic movement, Julie is dedicated to educating the community about safety and the therapeutic benefits of entheogens. Her particular emphasis on integration assists individuals to develop practices that bring insights from entheogenic work to daily life. You can learn more about Julie\\u2019s work at erievision.org & mindfulnp.com.

Julie has done many ayahuasca sessions and other plant work as well. This along with\\xa0her medical provider practice as a nurse practitioner in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is able to speak about psychedelic integration from a unique perspective with her background. We think you will really enjoy this episode and please let us know what you think.'

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Sherree Malcolm Godasi - The Psychedelic Integration Coach

Published: May 16, 2017, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 38 seconds

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Ibogaine Therapy - David Stetson - Oka Center Iboga

Published: May 5, 2017, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 11 seconds

David Stetson - Oka Center Ibogaine - Ibogaine Therapy

IBOGAINE and \\xa0AYAHUASCA in the MAYAN YUCAT\\xc1N

Kyle and Joe discuss iboga and ibogaine with David Stetson who runs Oka Ibogaine Center in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. David was a wonderful guest on the show and we had a lovely talk that was very broad. We discussed the ecological issues surrounding iboga and ibogaine therapy, as well as the differences between the more traditional model and the clinical model of administering these medicines. Oka has recently started offering ayahuasca retreats as well.

We also get to talk about the idea of psychedelic aftercare facilities and they are substantial importance for people requiring serious psychedelic work to heal. When healing, going back to your old life is often not the best decision. The inpatient rehab model is something that we should really look at. The Holistic House in the Las Vegas area is one successful model and we are very excited about it. We hope you enjoy the episode and reach out if you have any questions or comments.

Our place is a marriage of two different worlds: While we respect and utilize western clinical protocols for safety and detox success, we love and live by our numerous and ongoing experiences with the traditional use of these master plants in Africa and Peru.

Oka Center\\xa0 (web)

Social Media

Links from the show

Pinchbeck - 2012 -\\xa0http://amzn.to/2qF7MSn
Bwiti - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwiti
Sapo Frog Medicine -\\xa0http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/07/30/sapo-frog-strange-medicine-that-sharpens-senses.html
- Peter Gorman - Sapo in my Soul\\xa0
Holistic House - Ibogaine Aftercare Center -\\xa0http://www.rehabs.com/listings/holistic-house-las-vegas-213719005/
- Facebook -\\xa0https://www.facebook.com/pages/Holistic-House/444751745688198
- Article about Holistic House -\\xa0http://vegasseven.com/2015/09/30/dj-justin-hoffman-helping-addicts-holistic-way
Voacanga Africana -\\xa0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voacanga_africana
Chris Jenks -\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W-GUEHDgFw
Carfentanyl -\\xa0https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/27/this-new-street-drug-is-10000-times-more-toxic-than-morphine-and-now-its-showing-up-in-canada-and-the-u-s/?utm_term=.c9fa831551ba

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About David Stetson

David\\u2019s passion has been Bwiti since his Iboga initiation in 2007. It\\u2019s his privilege to be sharing this medicine with people in need.\\xa0 \\xa0

David is extensively well-traveled in Gabon, Africa where he is known as Okukwe. \\xa0During his time in Gabon he learned Bwiti traditions, music, and ceremonial practices and is proficient on both the moungongo (musical bow) and ngombi (harp) instruments. \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0

David views Bwiti and Ibogaine as a\\xa0lifeway that champions communion with others while also empowering the individual. \\xa0His approach to\\xa0working and healing with others starts with the awareness of\\xa0alienation and isolation as common and appropriate responses\\xa0to our western culture, and\\xa0is based in nonjudgement.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0

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Psychedelic Science 17 Recap

Published: April 28, 2017, 8:25 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 28 seconds

Psychedelic Science 17 in Review

We discuss our recent trip to MAPS\'s Psychedelic Science 2017. It was incredibly fun and we loved being able to connect with so many with this shared interest. Many attendees are actively working to progress the case of psychedelic substances. This was the largest psychedelic conference ever in recorded history attended by over 3000 people from 42 countries. There were discussions around ayahuasca, peyote, DMT, salvia, MDMA and many other substances. Some of the most interesting discussions were around ibogaine treating people with addiction. Turns out there are far more things that can be treated with ibogaine than simply opiate addiction. I was very excited to discuss drug testing and harm reduction with the people from DanceSafe. We were also able to check out some really interesting technology - lights and music - that triggered some of the most intense visuals of my life. \\xa0Illuminated SF\\xa0put that demonstration together. It is\\xa0highly recommend. The experience of Psychedelic Science 17 was so incredible and encouraging that I cannot wait to go to the next one. Being around the movement was truly humbling and gratifying. Connecting with people from as far as Brussels, Poland and Hong Kong gave extra context to how far and wide this movement is spreading and that there is real depth in the movement. We hope you enjoy the episode. If you want to connect with us please feel free to reach out using the contact page. If you want to stay in touch with us please join our mailing list and we will send some interesting links to you on a semi regular basis.

Links

https://www.solarwolfenergy.com/ https://maps.org MAPS made available a tremendous amount of the talks for free on youtube. You should spend some time digging through the talks for things you may find very interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobpw8ihO0Q&list=PL4F0vNNTozFSw5gRe_zVTAvNIwjYD_AIU'

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Psychedelics, Philosophy, Transhumanism and Peter Sjostedt-H

Published: April 20, 2017, 3:23 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 53 seconds Peter is a psychedelic philosopher focusing on panpsychism, psychedelics, Whitehead, Nietzsche and some other heavy weights.\\xa0We discuss Peter\'s psychedelic philosophy and influences from psychedelic liberty cap mushrooms found in a field in England, his influence on the famous comic author Warren Ellis, his essay Neo-Nihilism, transhumanism and much more. We really look forward to having Peter on the show again in the future!

Show Notes/links

Peter\'s website
Neo-Nihilism:\\xa0 The Philosophy of Power (essay)\\xa0Kindle\\xa0Audiobook - Audible
Ragnar Redbeard - Might is Right or Survival of the Fittest (1889)
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future - Friedrich Nietzsche
The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries - Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann
The Psychedelic Influence on Philosophy\\xa0- Higher Existence
Patrick Lundborg
Open University
Warren Ellis
- Karnak
- Transmetropolitan
Transhumanism
- Modafinil \\\\ Provigil

Whitehead Quotes

\\u2018The terms morality, logic, religion, art, have each of them been claimed as exhausting the whole meaning of importance. Each of them denotes a subordinate species. But the genus stretches beyond any finite group of species.\\u2019 (MT) \\u2018Philosophy is an attempt to express the infinity of the universe in terms of the limitations of language.\\u2019 (Autobiog.) \\u2018The doctrines which best repay critical examination are those which for the longest period have remained unquestioned.\\u2019 (MT) \\u2018[I]n the development of intelligence there is a great principle which is often forgotten. In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it. We must grasp the topic in the rough, before we smooth it out and shape it.\\u2019 (MT) More on Peter\'s site here\\xa0

Peter\'s Social Media

Instagram Twitter Facebook

Warren Ellis

The Brink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyMbQAgiVc

About Peter

Peter Sj\\xf6stedt-H\\xa0is an Anglo-Scandinavian philosopher who specialises in the thought of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Whitehead within the fields of Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics \\u2013 especially with regard to\\xa0panpsychism and altered states of sentience. Peter received\\xa0a Bachelor\\u2019s degree in Philosophy and a Master\\u2019s degree in Continental Philosophy from the University of Warwick, where he was awarded a first-class distinction for his dissertation on Kant and Schelling in relation to \\u2018intellectual intuition\\u2019. He\\xa0subsequently became a Philosophy Lecturer in London for six years but\\xa0is now engaged in\\xa0his PhD at Exeter University where he also teaches philosophy modules and writing skills. Peter\\xa0is the author of Noumenautics and an\\xa0inspiration behind the new inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero, Karnak. In the words of futurist, philosopher and pop star Alexander Bard: \\u2018One of our favourite contemporary philosophers, Peter Sj\\xf6stedt-H\\u2026think a psychedelic Nietzsche\\u2019.'

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MDMA - The Underground Continued - More Confessions of an Underground Therapist

Published: April 12, 2017, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 53 seconds Kyle and Joe recently chatted with a second therapist who works underground. Trained as a traditional therapist, this therapist integrates MDMA work into her practice with selective clients. She has been mentored by a teacher who has done this work for a very long period of time. She has a community of therapists around her providing support. MDMA is not a typical psychedelic drug but it is the focus of most of MAPS\'s efforts in the Psychedelic Psychotherapy world. Psychedelic therapy is THE frontier of psychology. Therapists like Selina are on the vanguard of these therapies. By working underground they have great risks (legal) and advantages (huge amounts of healing for their patients). Why are we waiting? We are in a mental health crisis, far too many people are suffering and committing suicide. If one compares this to any recent "outbreak" the numbers certainly make sense to fast track MDMA as a viable therapy for PTSD and other disorders. We want to keep interviewing people doing underground work, so please send them our way for interviews. We are going to be able to provide anonymity for those that want it, so feel free to ask about this if you want it. Enjoy!!

MDMA Therapist - Show Notes

Dosage for sessions
- 135-140 mg starting dose
- 80 mg booster (optional)
Psilocybin dosing - Depends on what type of experience a person is looking for
Integration & Self-Care
Case report and outcome of a session
Trauma and trauma response
- How Trauma is Stored in the Body (Video)
Somatic Experiencing\\xa0
Horizons 2014: Annie Lalla \\u201cLeading My Family To Ecstasy\\u201d

We will not provide any information about this therapist. Please do not\\xa0email/contact us about therapy sessions or gaining information about the therapist. These interviews are anonymous and private. We can provide general advice. We will not provide any information about this or other anonymous guests of the show. Thanks for understanding!\\xa0

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Kevin Franciotti - Psychedelic Therapy, Iboga and Journalism

Published: March 28, 2017, 9:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 23 seconds Kevin is a science writer, graduate student researcher and aspiring clinician, harm reduction educator and substance use recovery advocate. Kyle and Joe talk to him about loads of\\xa0topics including early Iboga therapies, an early Boston Ibogaine Conference, his approach to journalism and his future aspirations to do future clinical work and research. Kevin\'s website

Kevin\'s writing

Public Seminar (2016, The New School blog) -\\xa0Trump Calls Killing Addicts, "Right Approach"
SSDP Blog (2016) -\\xa0Recovery and Reform: An Alum\'s Journey Back
The Fix (2016)
- \\xa0I Take Psychedelic Drugs and I\\u2019m in Recovery
VICE (2016, 2015)
- \\xa0Inside a Music Festival in a Country Where All Drugs Are Decriminalized
- \\xa0Meet the Only Doctor in the World Legally Allowed to Use LSD to Treat Patients
New Scientist (2016, 2014, 2013)
Reality Sandwich (2015)
- Growing Pains: Reflections on the Current Psychedelic Renaissance
- \\xa0A New Perspective: How Ibogaine Treatment Helped Turn My Life Around
Ladybud (2015) \\u2013 Envisioning a Post-Prohibition World at Psymposia Psychedelics Conference
Reset.me (2015, 2014)
Reason.com (2014) \\u2013 Psychedelic Science\\xa0(Acid Test by Tom Shroder book review)

Staff Writer (Fall 2012\\u2013Spring 2013) -\\xa0NuScience Magazine, Northeastern University

Links

Autism 20-25 mg Psilocybin 200 mcg - LSD A Conversation Between Gary Fisher and Myron Stolaroff (2004) - Psychedelic Salon 2009 Ibogaine Conference Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. Alicia Danforth Ph.D -Dissertation National Geographic - Breakthrough\\xa0season 2

About Kevin:

Kevin graduated from Northeastern University in 2013 with a degree in neuroscience. As an undergraduate he completed an internship as a research assistant at Harvard Medical School working on the Phase 2 dose-response study investigating the therapeutic potential of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for treatment of cancer related anxiety. Kevin was also one of the founders of the Northeastern chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and in 2009 the group hosted and co-sponsored the Boston Ibogaine Forum. He now lives in New York City where he is enrolled in a clinical psychology graduate program at The New School for Social Research and is pursuing a doctoral degree. Kevin has worked part-time for the Drug Policy Alliance, and also works as a writer covering topics related to psychedelic therapy, addiction, and mental health advocacy. His recent contributions include: New Scientist, Reason.com, Reset.me, Reality Sandwich, and VICE.com.'

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Lex Pelger - Psymposia, Endocannabinoids and the Blue Dot Tour

Published: March 22, 2017, 12:47 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 31 seconds Psymposia\'s MC and Host, Lex Pelger, joins us again on Psychedelics Today to talk about Psymposia\'s upcoming Blue Dot Tour. Lex also talks about his graphic novel about cannabis, the endocannabinoid system, and the War on Weed.

What is the Blue Dot Tour?

(From Psymposia.com)

The Blue-Dot Tour is our two-month open-mic Psychedelic Stories road trip across the continent starting on the way to the Psymposia Stage Psychedelic Science 2017\\xa0in Oakland.

Our goal is to hit blue cities in red states that serve as such pressure cookers of activism, education, and art. But also blue cities in blue states, red towns in red states, purple villages in green states, and anywhere we can find a host from Mexico to Canada.

We\\u2019ll also be screening Robert Barnhart\'s excellent film \'A New Understanding - the Science of Psilocybin.\'

Blue Dot Tour Dates (Subject to Change)

For the most up-to-date schedule check out the schedule at Psymposia.com\\xa0

4/06 \\xa0Boston, MA 4/07 Philadelphia, PA 4/08 Lancaster, PA 4/09 Baltimore, MD

4/11 Athens, GA 4/13 Austin, TX 4/15 Boulder, CO

4/21-23 Psychedelic Science 4/26 Los Angeles, CA 4/27 San Diego, CA Don\'t see your city on the tour schedule? Reach out to Psymposia to host them in your town/city for an event: hi@psymposia.com

Show Notes/Links

Lex\'s Book:\\xa0Anandamide; or, the Cannabinoid:\\xa0The CROWN - Volume 1: How to Shoot an Elephant
Anandamide; or, the Cannabinoid:\\xa0Chapter 37: SUNset
What is Anandamide?
Cannabis, Sleep, & Oleamide
lexpelger.com
Psymposia Blue Dot Tour
Oprah and\\xa0MDMA\\xa0creating holes in the brain
Oprah, PTSD, & MDMA Therapy
CBD for bone health
CBDs & Cytochromes P450
Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers
Reddit Dark Web\\xa0

About Lex Pelger:

Lex is Host of Psymposia. He\'s also a drug writer and scientist based in Brooklyn. His current project, Anandamide or: the Cannabinoid a graphic novel about cannabis (based on Moby Dick),\\xa0illustrates the beauties of the endocannabinoid system (the Whale),\\xa0the brutalities of the racist War on Weed (Ahab), and the staggering benefits of medical marijuana to ease the aging of our grandparents

He graduated from Boston University with a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Ed of Psychedelic Milk- Drugs, Hong Kong, Trump, & Trickster Medicine

Published: March 14, 2017, 9:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 2 seconds In this episode, Joe and Kyle chat with Ed Liu of the podcast, Psychedelic Milk. It has been great to connect with other folks that host podcasts, and are doing whatever they can to spread the message about psychedelics and the psychedelic movement. We really enjoyed talking with Ed and appreciated his honesty as well as the conversations he is bringing to the field.

Show Notes

Ed\'s Article, "Destigmatizing Marijuana & Psychedelics in Hong Kong"
Hong Kong\'s policy on drugs and psychedelics
Cultural differences and similarities
What is integration?
Integration advice
Stances and views on the election and Donald Trump
The Trickster archetype
- The story of Coyote stealing fire by Lewis Mehl-Madrona\\xa0
The power of listening
Beyond 1492: Encounters in Colonial America\\xa0
Legalization of marijuana
- Who is profiting?
- Issues that might arise

PsychedelicMilk.com is an independent media collective that takes a deeper look into the world of psychedelics through interviews and discussions. Our mission is to bring more awareness and understanding to alternative medicine and different ways of thinking to our our audiences through young and exciting ways. Psychedelic Milk also aims to investigate old and new consciousness opening technologies to see what roles they can play in our modern world. We believe psychedelic technologies are not just limited to plant medicines, but can be accessed through meditation, movement, knowledge, and many more. If you like the podcast, leave us a review on iTunes! (will help us tremendously)

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About Ed Liu

Ed Liu is a podcast host and a music producer - previously charted on the Beatport Top 100. He is currently the host of the Psychedelic Milk podcast, a long form conversational interview with interesting and influential guests from all over the world to discuss topics of consciousness, psychedelics, and new emerging technologies. \\xa0

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Paul Austin - Psychedelia and The Third Wave - Psychedelic Media

Published: Feb. 24, 2017, 1:26 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 58 seconds

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Kyle and Joe speak with, Paul Austin, psychedelic educator, founder of The Third Wave and Psychedelia. Paul is a super fun guy to talk to. He tours both in the US and internationally to speak about microdosing. Microdosing is becoming incredibly popular and seems to be making psychedelics more popular in the mainstream. Microdosing can help with creativity, therapy and many other things without any of the burden of a "full" dose.

What is the psychedelic Third Wave? Paul describes it as:

A new era of psychedelic use. It is an era of psychedelic use defined by practical, measured use for specific purposes. It is an era, not for \\u2018dropping-out\\u2019 of society, but for integrating psychedelics into the mainstream. It is an era, not to fear psychedelics for their possible negative repercussions, but to embrace psychedelics for their tremendous upside.

Some insight from DR. JAMES FADIMAN
\\u201cFor some people, it is helpful to identify your goals. Your goals may be spiritual: to have direct experience with aspects of your tradition or another tradition, to transcend prior beliefs, even to transcend belief itself. You may hope to have what is called a \\u201cunity experience,\\u201d in which there is no separation between your identity and all else. Your goals may be social: to improve relationships with your spouse, children, siblings, parents, colleagues, friends, and spiritual and secular institutions. Your goals may be psychological: to find insight into neurotic patterns, phobias, or unresolved anger or grief.\\u201d

We get into some great psychedelic topics such as:

ThirdWave\'s infographic guide to Microdosing.
What is microdosing?
Ayelet Waldman\'s book,\\xa0A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life
Global legal status of various substances in Europe, Latin America and Jamaica
Microdosing as a leverage point for Psychedelics to become legal
Tim Ferris\'s interview with Jim Fadiman that seemed to shift the conversation on microdosing towards the mainstream
- Pollan\'s The Trip Treatment
Guild of Guides
Symbio Life Sciences - Incubator\\xa0(McKenna)

About Paul Austin:

As an entrepreneur and avid psychedelic explorer, Paul believes in the power of rational dialogue and community engagement in stripping away the stigma around psychedelic use.

He understands the power of responsible psychedelic use in aiding psycho-spiritual development, and believes in sharing this message with others.

When not ruminating on his next psychedelic project, Paul enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time outside.

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Psychedelic Shine - Boulder Theater Featuring Dennis McKenna

Published: Feb. 15, 2017, 9:49 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 2 seconds

Joe talks about his recent experience at the Psychedelic Shine event in Boulder CO that featured Dennis McKenna. Super fun time and was very thankful to connect with the Colorado Psychedelic community. \\xa0 Here are some links to some folks I ran into at the event. Dennis\'s book

Links Antlife Psychedelic Club The Rooster - Reilly Caps Trichome Institute \\xa0(Max) Kimba Arem Knew Revolution \\xa0

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Kyle and Joe review a new documentary - The Sunshine Makers

Published: Feb. 8, 2017, 7:09 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes Joe and Kyle talk at length about the recently produced documentary titled "The Sunshine Makers" created by Cosmo Feilding-Mellen and starring both Nick Sand and Tim Scully. Let us know what you think about this and if it was interesting to you at all. Please rent or purchase the documentary through our amazon link here to support Psychedelics Today. The Movie Amazon - rent or buy IMDB Links\\xa0 Tim Scully Nick Sand Orange Sunshine Brotherhood of Eternal Love \\xa0 Video of Kyle and Joe recording this discussion \\xa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsB08007K9c&feature=youtu.be'

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Confessions of an Underground MDMA Therapist

Published: Jan. 18, 2017, 4:17 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 52 seconds Kyle and Joe talk to an anonymous MDMA therapist and relationship coach. He has been working with people while they use MDMA beginning in the early days while it was still legal and continues to facilitate work with people while it is prohibited. For his safety, his identity is kept anonymous. The insights here are wonderful and worth learning. Hopefully you will learn something here and it can be applied to future therapies once we hit the 2021 MAPS target date. Some interesting thoughts from the interview:

Transcending the parent-child relationship.
We are human beings that can be in good relationship with one another.
Do I feel safe? What does it mean to feel safe?
Appropriate dosages.
Intuitive approaches for engaging with the client \\\\ patient.
Possible applications for group therapy.

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Thomas Roberts Ph.D. - The Broad Future of Psychedelic Research

Published: Jan. 12, 2017, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 40 seconds

The future of psychedelic research is endless. There seems to be thousands of ways to get involved, and thousands of ways to approach the topic. In this talk, Kyle and Joe talk with Thomas Roberts Ph.D. -- author of the book,\\xa0The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values.\\xa0Tom shares his story with us about how he got involved in the field of psychedelic research and education. Starting in 1981, Dr. Roberts taught one of the world\'s first\\xa0university-cataloged psychedelic course, "Foundations of Psychedelics Studies."

We get into a great conversation with Tom about his early days at Esalen to talking about mindapps, mindbody states, and different ways to approach psychedelic research.

Topics of Discussion:

Esalen Institute -- Stanislav Grof, Holotropic Breathwork, and Maslow
Psychedelics in humanities and religion
Joseph Campbell
- How the,\\xa0The Hero with a Thousand Faces\\xa0relates to the new archetype of the conscious explorer
The Good Friday Experiment
Huston Smith
Tips and advice about starting a psychedelic course/independent study
A Really Good Day book review by the New York Times.
Mindapps & Mindbody states
- How different "spiritual technologies" can produce various mindbody states
Hints on Looking for Graduate Programs
Tips and advice about getting started with psychedelic research in various departments -- for example, in the humanities or religious department.
Using Grof\'s cartography of the psyche and Basic Perinatal Matrices to analyze art and literature

About:

\\xa0Thomas B. Roberts promotes the legal adaptation of psychedelics for multidisciplinary \\xa0cultural uses, primarily their academic and spiritual implications. He formulated Multistate Theory (2013) coined Singlestate Fallacy, mindapps, neurosingularity, metaintelligence, and ideagen, and he named and characterized the Entheogen Reformation (2016). He is a founding member of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a cofounder of the Council on Spiritual Practices and the International Transpersonal Association, originated the Rising Researcher conference sessions, and launched the celebration of Bicycle Day to commemorate the day that Albert Hofmann first intentionally took LSD. AB Hamilton College, MA University of Connecticut, PhD Stanford, Roberts is an emeritus professor of educational psychology at Northern Illinois University, where he taught Foundations of Psychedelic Studies as an Honors Program Seminar. Started in 1981 and taught through 2013, it is the world\\u2019s first university-cataloged psychedelic course. In the fall of 2006, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Medical Schools\' Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (Griffiths psilocybin team).\\xa0 His website is: www.niu.academia.edu/ThomasRoberts

Writing & Articles:

How LSD Saved One Woman\\u2019s Marriage\\xa0- New York Times Review: \\u2018A Really Good Day,\\u2019 Ayelet Waldman\\u2019s Better Living Through LSD - New York Times

John Mack remembered by Grof -\\xa0http://johnemackinstitute.org/2003/08/remembrance-of-john-e-mack-m-d-stanislav-grof/

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Psychedelics Today - Kyle and Joe - Year End Recap

Published: Jan. 3, 2017, 12:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 29 seconds It is the start of a New Year. People are saying 2016 has been pretty horrible, but 2016 has been pretty decent in regards to psychedelic science and research. We are hoping that 2017 will be a fruitful year as well. In this episode Kyle and Joe run through the year in review -- thoughts about the podcast and project as well as recap just a few of the psychedelic highlights of 2016. Kyle and Joe also talk about a Psychedelic Self Care and Integration course being offered for a short period of time, Psychedelic mentor-ship, speculations and visions for 2017, and much more! There was some discussion towards the end about rites of passage and human development. Kyle mentions writing a paper about this topic. You can check part of the paper out below the "Links" section.

2016 Psychedelic Highlights

LSD & The Brain

Psilocybin

MDMA

FDA Approves Phase 3 Research for MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy

Other

Let us know what else we missed!

Links

Dr Ben Sessa MD Psychedelic Science 2017 - Oakland, CA Psychedelic Integration & Self-Care Course

Rites of Passage: The Importance of Transitions

Ralph Metzner diagnoses the psychopathology of humans in the Western society into the categories of, \\u201caddiction, dissociation, autism, and amnesia\\u201d (Metzner, 1995).\\xa0 The Western culture suffers from these metaphoric diagnoses, which stems from a loss of ritual and also the disconnection from nature.\\xa0 Paul Shepard states that the Western Judeo-Christian civilization is slowly self-destructing and mentions that it is \\u201contogenic crippling\\u201d (Metzner, 1995).\\xa0 Shepard examines the developmental process throughout human history and investigating the development of surviving hunter-gather societies that are still alive today \\u2013 which give a foundation of human development since hunter-gathers still possess some of the indigenous traits of ancient human ancestors. To see the developmental and evolutionary differences over time in the human species, Shepard models his analysis by looking at Paleolithic hunter-gather societies which he states are the most ecologically balances societies (Metzner, 1995).\\xa0 Shepard mentions that:

With the advent of domestication, approximately twelve thousand years ago, civilized humanity began to pervert or lose the developmental practices that had functioned healthily for hundreds of thousands of years. (Metzner, 1995 pp. 56)

The developmental practices that the Western world has lost but also chronically has become incomplete in human life are: the relationship between the infant/caregiver and the adolescence rites of passage (Metzner, 1995).

\\xa0In the Western culture it is thought that an infant must become independent at some point and early on attachment between the infant and caregiver might disrupt the developmental process.\\xa0 In fact, this is not true according to Jean Liedloff\\u2019s who conducted case studies of Amazonian Indians.\\xa0 Jean\\u2019s studies conclude and support Shepard\\u2019s theory that: \\u201cbabies and parties in hunter-gather societies have an intense early attachment that leads not to prolonged dependency but to a better-functioning nervous system.\\u201d (Metzner, 1995, pp. 58)

Metzner and Shepard create an argument based around human development and the disconnection from nature.\\xa0 From the ecopsychologist\\u2019s viewpoint \\u2013 humans are part of nature and our development; physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally matters on the relationship that humans have to nature (Metzner, 1995).\\xa0 As the Western world advances in the realm of science and technology the world begins to see great advancements and achievements, almost reaching a new frontier in human consciousness. At the same time, there exists a thought that if we cut the cord from nature \\u2013 human life will slowly begin to become destructive and possibly cease to exist (Metzner, 1995). The development of agriculture and technology in the Western world has separated man from nature.\\xa0 This disconnection from nature has also stripped the Western culture of the idea and structure for successful rites of passages from adolescence to adulthood.\\xa0 Metzner (1995) mentions that:

Some of the only remnants of manhood transition rites involving elders are the boot camp and combat initiations by the military.\\xa0 Beyond that, there is only the stunted futility of attempted peer-group initiation, whether in the pathetic form of college fraternity hazing or in a casual violence of juvenile street gangs, where twelve-year-olds carry handguns to school to avenge imagined insults to their \\u201chome\\u201d band. ( p. 58)

What happens to a culture or society when structured rites of passages begin to vanish?\\xa0 Metzner points out and quotes Shepard by saying, \\u201cmen [presumably he means \\u201cWestern industrialized humans\\u201d] may now be the possessors of the world\\u2019s flimsiest identity structure \\u2013 by Paleolithic standards, childish adults.\\u201d (Metzner, 1995, p. 58) This leaves the idea that maybe science and developmental psychology do not fully understand what it means to be human.\\xa0 It is obvious by the choices the Western culture makes are not adult-like.\\xa0 Indigenous cultures taught the children how to live a life that would keep balance for the next seven generations to come.\\xa0 Nowadays, the Western culture is only curious about the short term plan or goal.\\xa0 Instead of looking seven generations into the future, the culture looks only a few years ahead \\u2013 making childish decisions to fill needs and desires.\\xa0 Most of this is driven by competition that is highly influenced to children at a young age by the culture (Metzner, 1995). Metzner and Shepard mention that without proper infant/caregiver relationship and adolescence rite of passage that basic human trust-mistrust is off.\\xa0 The Western culture usually lashes back at the natural world with anger \\u2013 feeling that nature has deceived the society and failed.\\xa0 Shepard mentions that the Western culture is suffering from an \\u201cepidemic of the psychopathic mutilation of ontogeny\\u201d (Metzner, 1995 pp. 58).\\xa0 If these ancient techniques and practices cannot be restored, what type of society is ahead for the Western culture?\\xa0 Erikson mentions that adolescents that have not fully transitioned to adulthood often become, \\u201cremarkably clannish, intolerant and cruel in their exclusion to others who are \\u2018different\\u2019 in skin color or cultural background\\u201d (Metzner, 1995 pp. 57). Resource: Metzner, Ralph. (1995). The Psychopathology of the Human-Nature \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 Relationship. Roszak, T., Gomes, M., & Kanner, A. (Eds.), Ecopsychology: restoring the Earth and healing the mind (pp.55-67). Berkley, Los Angeles, CA: Sierra Club Books.

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Natalie Ginsberg - Psychedelic Policy and Advocacy

Published: Dec. 28, 2016, 6:37 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 28 seconds

Natalie Ginsberg - MAPS Policy and\\xa0Advocacy Manager

In this discussion, Natalie shares her insights surrounding U.S. and international policy around drugs. We talk about

The opiate and opioid crisis
Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna
Ibogaine to help combat the crisis
U.S. and International Drug Policy
United Nations\\xa0- The Commission on Narcotic Drugs -\\xa0 Special Session on the World Drug Problem
Ways to get involved in advocacy
ICEERS\\xa0-\\xa0The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service
- Titrated doses of Ibogane instead of larger bolus doses
Ayahuasca Defense Fund
MDMA-assisted psychotherapy
The Trump Administration and what does it mean for scientific and academic research

We understand that this episode had a bit of static/noise. We believe that it was due to technology difficulties. We have attached a transcript of the conversation below. Enjoy! Click here to download the episode transcript:\\xa0Natalie Ginsberg Transcript

Bio:

Natalie earned her Master\'s in Social Work from Columbia University in 2014, and her Bachelor\'s in History from Yale University in 2011. At Columbia, Natalie served as a Policy Fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance, where she helped legalize medical marijuana in her home state of New York, and worked to end New York\'s racist marijuana arrests. Natalie has also worked as a court-mandated therapist for individuals arrested for prostitution and drug-related offenses, and as a middle\\xa0school guidance counselor at an NYC public school. Natalie\'s clinical work with trauma survivors spurred her interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy, which she believes can ease a wide variety of both mental and physical ailments by addressing the root cause of individuals\' difficulties, rather than their symptoms. Through her work at MAPS, Natalie advocates for research to provide evidence-based alternatives to both the war on drugs and the current mental health paradigm.

Links:

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Emma Bragdon PhD. - Can Spiritual Emergencies Be Transformative?

Published: Dec. 19, 2016, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 36 seconds In this episode, Joe and Kyle talk with Emma Bragdon, Founder/Director of Integrative Mental Health for You. The mission of IMHU is, "To facilitate improvements in\\xa0mental healthcare and encourage psycho-spiritual growth in individuals around the world." During the conversation, Emma shares her experiences of working with people in spiritual emergence processes and defines what a spiritual emergency is. We also talk about the importance of integrating this language into mainstream professional fields. The topic of spiritual emergencies is very relevant to psychedelics considering psychedelics can sometimes be a catalyst for a spiritual emergence process. We are very grateful and thankful for Emma\'s wisdom and hope that you enjoy it as well! Topic Highlights:

Early uses of MDMA and psychotherapy
Stanislav and Christina Grof\'s Spiritual Emergence Network\\xa0
Breathwork and other spiritual technologies
Working with extreme states and non-ordinary states of consciousness
Loren Mosher\'s Soteria House
- A Systematic Review of the Soteria Paradigm for the Treatment of People Diagnosed With Schizophrenia
Integration of non-ordinary states
What does the psychology of the future look like?
Language and terminology of spiritual experiences and spiritual emergencies
Spiritual Emergence Coaching\\xa0Program\\xa0

If you are interested in learning more about Emma\'s Spiritual Emergence Coaching program, there is a 5-week online webinar that runs from\\xa0January 19 \\u2013 February 16, 2017 (Thursdays, 5:30-7pm PST). For more informationa and details be sure to visit\\xa0imhu.org/courses About Emma Bragdon, PhD, (Transpersonal Psychology)\\xa0 Dr. Bragdon is an expert in the field of Spiritual Emergence and Emergency. She\\u2019s been immersed in it as a researcher, psychotherapist, teacher and published author since 1984. She is the author of seven books and co-producer of two documentary films, and the Founder/Director of Integrative Mental Health for You, IMHU.org. Dr. Bragdon is most well known for the seminal books she originally published on Spiritual Emergency in 1987, and 1990, and recently updated. Her most recent books about Spiritism in Brazil have also gained rave reviews. She was a volunteer for the Grof\\u2019s Spiritual Emergency Network from 1984-1991 and Editor of it\\u2019s newsletter and Journal. She was licensed as a psychotherapist in 1988 and has expanded that practice by serving also as a spiritual guide. She spent 6 months of every year from 2001-2012 in Brazil researching the positive potential of Spiritist Community Centers and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals. www.EmmaBragdon.com, IMHU.org Other Links:

CrazyWise (Documentary)
International Spiritual Emergence Network
The Hendricks Institute\\xa0
Robert Whitaker
Soteria Vermont

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Daniel McQueen - Medicinal Mindfulness & Conscious Cannabis Circles

Published: Dec. 13, 2016, 2:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 1 second In this episode, Joe and Kyle chat with Daniel McQueen of Medicinal Mindfulness\\xa0, which "is a grassroots consciousness organization supporting individuals and communities who choose to use psychedelics and cannabis with intention.\\xa0 In addition, we create opportunities for legal, accessible, safe and sacred psychedelic journey experiences using breathwork practices, the skillful use of cannabis sativa and through sponsoring psychedelic events in lawful settings." We talk about:

Healing power of cannabis
Conscious Cannabis Circles
Spiritual effects of cannabis
Breathwork
Tranpsersonal Psychology
Psychedelic Shine\\xa0
Integration and self-care

\\xa0 Be sure to check out Medicinal Mindfulness\'s Psychedelic Shine event featuring Dennis Mckenna. This event is all day on February 12th, 2017 at the Boulder Theater in downtown Boulder, Colorado. \\xa0Get your tickets today! \\xa0 \\xa0 About Daniel:\\xa0

Daniel earned a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa and received advanced training in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy through a year internship with the MAPS Boulder MDMA for PTSD Study.\\xa0 It was his experience with MAPS that inspired Daniel to explore alternative visions in psychedelic activism and entrepreneurship. Daniel bridges transpersonal paradigms with the grounded clinical and organizational skills necessary to begin addressing the significant ecological and mental health crises facing our society today.\\xa0 Although Daniel no longer practices as a clinical psychotherapist, he supports his clients as a teacher, coach, ally and event facilitator, providing individual and group transformational experiences and deeply held intentional conversations.\\xa0 In his practice, Daniel quickly realized that the most important intervention he could provide to his clients, who were isolated and longed for meaningful contact with others, was a sense of community.\\xa0 Medicinal Mindfulness is, in a very real way, a cultural intervention that provides a safe and transformational community container for healing and awakening... a program based on skill development and not dogma.\\xa0 Since 2012, Daniel has been teaching a psychedelic harm prevention and intentional psychedelic use course called Mindful Journeywork.\\xa0 Since the legalization of recreational cannabis in Colorado, he has been facilitating Conscious Cannabis Circles and individual cannabis journeys.

In addition to his work with Medicinal Mindfulness, Daniel has a successful spirituality and life coaching practice with his wife, Alison, through their company, Aspenroots Counseling LLC.\\xa0 Highly skilled in identifying and cultivating giftedness in young people and supporting significant life transitions, Daniel is inspired to support passionate and talented individuals striving to live into their calling.\\xa0 A primary focus of his practice involves assessing and addressing the benefits and difficulties related to psychedelic and cannabis use and misuse. Daniel co-founded the Naropa Alliance for Psychedelic Studies and helped organize the first annual Psychedelic Symposium at Naropa University in 2012.\\xa0 He is currently working with Grounding Solutions, Inc. to develop a natural rescue medicinal for users of psychedelics and cannabis. daniel@medicinalmindfulness.org

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Gabby Agin-Liebes - Can Psilocybin Help Ease Anxiety & Depression for Those Who Are Facing Death?

Published: Dec. 8, 2016, 11:46 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 20 seconds

It\\xa0has been a big week for psychedelic research. Psilocybin and MDMA have made national headlines. The New York Times article, "F.D.A. Agrees to New Trials for Ecstasy as Relief for PTSD Patients," highlights the recent win for MAPS in regards to their MDMA-assisted psychotherapy research. The FDA has given MAPS the green light to pursue phase 3 research for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder.

The New York Times also highlights the recent publications of psilocybin research in the article, "A Dose of a Hallucinogen from a \'Magic Mushroom,\' and Then Lasting Peace." Psilocybin has been being researched by various institutions, including NYU and John Hopkins, for its potential therapeutic benefit to combat end-of-life anxiety due to terminal illness and cancer. The study results are fascinating:

At the 6.5-month follow-up, psilocybin was associated with enduring anxiolytic and anti-depressant effects (approximately 60\\u201380% of participants continued with clinically significant reductions in depression or anxiety), sustained benefits in existential distress and quality of life, as well as improved attitudes towards death. The psilocybin-induced mystical experience mediated the therapeutic effect of psilocybin on anxiety and depression. (http://m.jop.sagepub.com/content/30/12/1165.full)

In this episode, Joe and Kyle chat with, Gabby Agin-Liebes, a co-author of the psilocybin study quoted above and a PhD student studying clinical psychology. During the conversation, we get into topics about the recent publication:

Formation of the NYU study
Gabby\\u2019s role in the study
How volunteers were selected
Inclusion and admission criteria
Study results
Can psilocybin help those who are facing death?
Mystical experiences facilitating and mediating change in depression and anxiety
Current research that Gabby is part of and co-leading
How to get involved in the psychedelic field
Dreams and visions for the future of psychedelics and psychedelic research

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About Gabrielle Agin-Liebes: \\xa0 Ms. Agin-Liebes is completing her training toward a PhD in clinical psychology at Palo Alto University. She is a member of PAU\\u2019s Early Intervention Clinic clinical research laboratory, which provides and evaluates evidence-based treatments to prevent trauma-related problems in recently traumatized individuals. As part of this research laboratory, Ms. Agin-Liebes is examining the effects of trait self-compassion on trauma-related guilt cognitions. Through a supplemental practicum, Gabrielle is training toward a teacher certification in insight oriented mindfulness meditation through the Inner Resources Center at Palo Alto University. Ms. Agin-Liebes\\u2019 other research focuses on novel and progressive psychotherapies for a variety of clinical indications, with areas of specialty in anxiety, depressive and traumatic stress disorders precipitated by life threatening illnesses. Through the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Ms. Agin-Liebes is co-leading the qualitative investigation of a pilot study examining the safety and feasibility of Psilocybin-Assisted Supportive-Expressive Group Psychotherapy for demoralization and existential distress in older individuals living with HIV. \\xa0Prior to beginning her graduate studies, Gabrielle served as Project Manager of the NYU School of Medicine (NYUSoM) Psychedelic Research Laboratory led by Stephen Ross MD in the Department of Psychiatry, where she oversaw the day-to-day operations of trials exploring psilocybin as a treatment for existential distress in cancer patients, and ketamine as a rapidly-acting antidepressant in Emergency Department patients, Through the NYU School of Medicine lab, she has received funding to investigate the qualitative experiences of participants undergoing psilocybin treatment for alcohol dependence and is helping to design a qualitative trial of religious leaders receiving psilocybin at NYUSoM and Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Ms. Agin-Liebes\\u2019 other research interests include the role of self-compassion in addiction recovery and the therapeutic applications of meditation and mindfulness.'

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Shannon Clare Petitt - MAPS, Zendo and an update on MDMA's status

Published: Nov. 30, 2016, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 56 seconds Download Joe and Kyle talk to Shannon Clare Petitt about the current state of MDMA research and what MAPS needs to do in the next number of months with the FDA as the phase three trials become approved. A few days after the interview the New York Times reported that the phase three research was approved. Shannon\'s story is great and optimistic. If you are interested in how to get a job in the psychedelic field, this is certainly an episode you\'ll want to listen to. We also discuss some possible tweaks to the studies that could be done that may yield interesting results, and also why MAPS is taking the approach that they are (its the most straightforward way to push the research through the FDA). wallpaper-zendo-bm

\\xa0 Here is Shannon\'s bio from the MAPS staff page.

Shannon Clare Petitt, M.A., MFTI, Therapist Training Program Coordinator and Zendo Project Community Engagement Coordinator
Shannon received her Master\\u2019s in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2014, with a practicum working with youth on moderation management for drug and alcohol use. Her passions include working with addiction, trauma, relationship, the body, and nature. At the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies she serves as the Therapist Training Program Coordinator. She also leads Community Engagement for the Zendo Project, bringing harm reduction services to events and expanding efforts for awareness and integration of psychedelic experiences. Shannon is a co-therapist in a MAPS-sponsored Phase 2 trial researching MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for anxiety associated with life-threatening illness. She is a California native and can be found running outdoors anywhere she travels, dancing to the beat, and jumping in the ocean when she gets the chance!

Links Psychedelic Salon Podcast\\xa0Featuring Shannon, Rick Doblin and Annie Oak Zendo Project MAPS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDzwFRbV9gg'

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Faan Rossouw - Indeeva Biomedical

Published: Nov. 22, 2016, 6:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 5 seconds Faan was a great guest. He is currently working on a cannabis startup in Montr\\xe9al, Qu\\xe9bec, Canada named Indeeva Biomedical. Joe previously interviewed Faan for his permaulture podcast Permaculture Salad to talk about how shamanism, ayahuasca and permaculture go together in a complementary way (link).\\xa0At the time of that interview Faan was living on a permaculture/ayahuasca retreat center in Peru named the Paititi Institute. Faan now lives in Montr\\xe9al and has studied at McGill University where he studied cubic farming methods, which is one of many ways to decrease the total carbon output of agriculture. [caption id="attachment_317" align="alignright" width="255"]

Photo via Backcountry Cannabis[/caption] I hope you find his insights as interesting as we did. Feel free to reach out with any questions through our contact page or reach out to Faan via LinkedIn or Twitter - links below. In this interview we speak at length about number of subjects including:

Cannabis
CBDs
Opiates
- Fentanyl
- Addiction
Ayahuasca
Pharmahuasca
- To what degree is Pharmahuasca different from Ayahuasca in terms of effect
Novel applications of drugs for specific diseases/conditions
Speculations about future cannabis laws in Canada
Synergistic qualities of cannabis.

\\xa0Links

https://www.medicaljane.com/directory/professional/faan-rossouw/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/faan-rossouw-73961b96 https://twitter.com/brah_faanicus https://www.facebook.com/indeevabm http://permaculturesalad.com/faan-rossouw-episode-7-amazonian-permaculture/ Aug 2013 interview Cannabis + Poppies

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Kyle and Joe - MAPS MDMA training in New York

Published: Nov. 15, 2016, 9:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 28 seconds Kyle recently had the great opportunity to attend one module of the MAPS MDMA Therapy sessions. In this episode we talk about the experience at the workshop and about some other valuable topics as well. Let us know what you think, and please leave a review on iTunes!

Details on Phase Three studies for MDMA therapy
Oceanic\\\\Manic symptoms vs "real" mania
Patients expressing religious material showing up in sessions
Measurement tools (CAP Score)
Similarities between this MAPS method and the Grof model
MDMA taking down the fear response and allowing patients to access difficult material
Watching hours of video as a training method for MDMA psychotherapy
Timelines for legalization
How to apply the scientific method to the music used in MDMA therapy
How to get ready for the legalization for MDMA therapy

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Kyle and Joe Talking About The Interview with Dimitri Muganis and the Field

Published: Oct. 20, 2016, 3:34 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 47 seconds

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Tom Shroder - Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal

Published: Sept. 23, 2016, 7:17 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 15 seconds

Tom Shroder Joe and Kyle talk about Tom\'s great book titled "Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal". Tom is an editor, and author of a number of books as well as the former editor of the Washington Post. Interviewing Tom was real fun and we appreciate him joining us for the show. We get into some great topics including

Tom\'s interesting connection to Rick Doblin
The history of Rick\'s rise to influence
The story of the Mithoefers transitioning from emergency medicine and sailing to Holotropic Breathwork and MDMA research
The book and this interview also follow the story of a US Marine who came home with treatment resistant PTSD and was then treated by the Mithoefers with MDMA as part of their research.

The book is amazing and well worth your time if you want to get familiarized with the hopes and history of psychedelic research. Links Tom giving a talk in Berkley covered by CSAPN Tom Shroder Wiki Acid Test on Amazon https://vimeo.com/109338542 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06l2FT9cLBs'

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Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. - Psychedelic Healing

Published: Sept. 22, 2016, 8:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 43 seconds Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist specializing in psychospiritual development. He is a popular speaker on drug policy reform, spiritual maturation, and the emergence of an integral society (a six-minute clip of his talk on the \\u201cFusion of Spirit and Science\\u201d may be found at: http://vimeo.com/7517009) and an author, most recently of Psychedelic Healing: The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development. Dr. Goldsmith has curated dozens of successful conferences and cross-disciplinary \\u201cmeetings of minds\\u201d for corporations as well as the psychedelic community, including the Horizons and MAPS Psychedelic Science conferences. He is a founder of several discussion salons on integral philosophy, governance, media, postmodern science, healing, and the future of society. Trained in humanistic, transpersonal, and eastern traditions, Dr. Goldsmith maintains a (non-psychedelic) psychotherapy practice in New York and Sag Harbor, NY, and may be reached via his Web site: http://www.nealgoldsmith.com/psychedelics.

Topics Discussed

What Neal\'s practice looks like
How Neal works with people who use psychedelics
Self with a small "s"
Aligning with one\'s Deeper self
- Creating health
Sensory deprivation
Maturity - long term vs short term
Human history
- Use of sacred technology to align with long term good
Psychedelic vs Psycholytic Approaches - Psychedelytic (combined)
Maturation and rites of passage
- How do we transition to adulthood now?
How one can become involved with the field
- Getting good grades, bringing good grants with you
MAPS
Erowid staff write ups
Future research with\\xa0adept Buddhist monks
World religious leaders - research
We have to be mature with this process.
Comissions
Meetings with leaders
How to reintroduce back into society
279 chems from Shulgin to research - Chemical Modeling
Autism research -UCLA - Alicia Danforth

Influences

Asagioli\\xa0- Psychosynthesis
S\\xe1ndor Ferenczi - Love Oriented
A.H. Almaas - Diamond Approach
Allan Ajaya, Phd\\xa0-\\xa0Psychotherapy East and West: A Unifying Paradigm
Stuart A. Kauffman - The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
Jonathan Ott -\\xa0Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources, and History
Rupert Sheldrake - The Rebirth of Nature: The Greening of Science and God

Links

Neal\'s website
Neals\'s Book -\\xa0Psychedelic Healing \\u2013 The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development
Twitter
https://vimeo.com/16260822

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Dimitri Mugianis- Iboga, Psychedelic gas-lighting, and Structural Criticism

Published: Sept. 16, 2016, 8:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 25 seconds In this episode we speak with Dimitri about a ton of interesting subjects including:

Iboga
Addiction
Bwiti
Dana Beal
Structural Criticism
Problems with giving psychedelics to the current medical system
Psychedelic Anarchy
Non-hierarchical organizing - making the group the parent instead of making a person the parent
Peer programs
Alexandre Tannous
Century of Self documentary

"Be hurt, forgive and organize" Blessings of the Forest\\xa0- Give back to Gabon

Links

Dimitri\'s site Instagram Facebook'

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Brian Normand - Events And How To Get Involved

Published: Sept. 11, 2016, 6:40 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 10 seconds Featuring Brian Normand, Co-Founder of Psymposia. Bio from Psymposia\'s site.\\xa0

Brian Normand is Co-Founder of Psymposia, greenthumb, and occasional trouble maker, focused on creating spaces and projects to teach people about plants and drugs.
He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BS in Plant, Soil,\\xa0Insect Science, &\\xa0Sustainable Horticulture, Magna Cum Laude. He lives in Baltimore.

In this interview, we discuss a lot, but here are some highlights.

Brian\'s introduction to psychedelic art.
- Music and plants informing Brian\'s interest.
The genesis\\xa0of Psymposia at a more academic conference.
The stuffiness of the academic world and it not being suitable for everyone.
- Yet how important the academic work in top schools is.
  - Rick Doblin, David Nichols, Mithoffers and Grifiths and Dennis McKenna are individuals who prove how important it is to have top academic credentials.
The Psymposia Afterparty at this years Horizons: Perspective on Psychedelics Conference
- This year\'s after party includes guest speakers such as Duncan Trussell and Rick Doblin.
The legal status of psychedelics in the USA and internationally.
- Some loose discussion about Portugal.
Leveraging the globe for legal research on Psychedelics.
John C. Lily\'s LSD, Ketamine and float tank research.
How to get involved in Psychedelic work of different kinds.
Speculation on how to take advantage of different legal systems globally to move research forward.
Singing to the plants - Steve Beyer

If anyone would like to submit a story to the magazine at Psymposia you can do so by submitting your story to -- hi@psymposia.com Take a list and let us know what you think! Brian Normand

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Brian Normand - Psymposia, Events, And How To Get Involved

Published: Sept. 11, 2016, 6:40 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 10 seconds Featuring Brian Normand, Co-Founder of Psymposia. Bio from Psymposia's site.

Brian Normand is Co-Founder of Psymposia, greenthumb, and occasional trouble maker, focused on creating spaces and projects to teach people about plants and drugs.
He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BS in Plant, Soil, Insect Science, & Sustainable Horticulture, Magna Cum Laude. He lives in Baltimore.

In this interview, we discuss a lot, but here are some highlights.

Brian's introduction to psychedelic art.
- Music and plants informing Brian's interest.
The genesis of Psymposia at a more academic conference.
The stuffiness of the academic world and it not being suitable for everyone.
- Yet how important the academic work in top schools is.
  - Rick Doblin, David Nichols, Mithoffers and Grifiths and Dennis McKenna are individuals who prove how important it is to have top academic credentials.
The Psymposia Afterparty at this years Horizons: Perspective on Psychedelics Conference
- This year's after party includes guest speakers such as Duncan Trussell and Rick Doblin.
The legal status of psychedelics in the USA and internationally.
- Some loose discussion about Portugal.
Leveraging the globe for legal research on Psychedelics.
John C. Lily's LSD, Ketamine and float tank research.
How to get involved in Psychedelic work of different kinds.
Speculation on how to take advantage of different legal systems globally to move research forward.
Singing to the plants - Steve Beyer

If anyone would like to submit a story to the magazine at Psymposia you can do so by submitting your story to -- hi@psymposia.com Take a list and let us know what you think! Brian Normand

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Katherine MacLean - Imagining Interesting Futures

Published: Aug. 29, 2016, 2:29 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 44 seconds In this episode we talk about the following:

Katherine\'s path to becoming involved in psychedelic research
Bias in Research
Mental state required to be a researcher
Impact to worldview after
Privilege
Harm reduction
Paying participants involved with psychedelic research
Future best uses of psychedelics
Medicalization of birth and death
Taking away human life from humans and giving that power to institutions
Katherine\'s work with Ingmar Gorman at the Center for Optimal Living
Integration circles
Happyacres.farm

https://vimeo.com/109990665 Bio via Psymposia - Katherine MacLean is an academically trained research scientist and meditation practitioner with a long-standing interest in the brain, consciousness and the science of well-being. As a graduate student at the University of California, Davis, Katherine was supported by a prestigious National Science Foundation research fellowship to study the effects of intensive meditation training on concentration, emotional well-being and brain function. As a postdoctoral fellow and faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, she was one of the only scientists in the world studying psilocybin \\u2014 a psychedelic chemical found naturally in certain types of mushrooms. Her groundbreaking research on psilocybin and personality change suggests that psychedelic medicines may be the key to enhancing mental health and promoting openness and creativity throughout the lifespan.'

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Ingmar Gorman - MDMA Psychotherapy and how to get Involved with Psychedelic research

Published: Aug. 7, 2016, 11:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 29 seconds In this episode we talk to Ingmar about some great topics that included.

Harm Reduction
Psychedelic Science 2017
Upcoming Zendo Training in NYC
Czech Psychedelic Medical History
MAPS MDMA Psychotherapy Video Archive
Group work to help support Processing

Ingmar Gorman, M.A. is a currently unlicensed doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at the New School for Social Research. His clinical work is supervised by licensed clinical psychologists at his training sites.\\xa0\\xa0After receiving his B.A. in Psychology from the New College of Florida. Ingmar completed a pre-doctoral externship at Bellevue\'s Chemical Dependency Outpatient Program and Dual Diagnosis Inpatient Unit, where he obtained specialized training in treating people living with substance use disorders. He has also gained extensive experience treating severe mental illness at South Beach Psychiatric Hospital\'s Heights Hill Outpatient Clinic. Ingmar has trained in individual and group psychotherapy at Beth Israel Medical Center\'s Psychiatric Inpatient Services, as well as the Brief Psychotherapy Research Program. Ingmar uses an integrative approach to treatment utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Psychodynamic principles. When treating substance misuse, Ingmar draws on his extensive training with Dr. Andrew Tatarsky and Dr. Jen Talley, in Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Mindfulness based approaches. Links Ingmar\'s site Center for Optimal Living - Psychedelic Program Upcoming Zendo Training in NYC\\xa0(Training for harm reduction at festivals) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-CteSuae8'

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Joe - Holotropic States, Philosophy and Healing

Published: July 19, 2016, 3:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 56 seconds

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Jonathan Thompson - Psychedelic Parenting

Published: July 8, 2016, 11:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 7 seconds

Kyle and Joe speak with Jonathan Thompson about his podcast Psychedelic Parenting and the future of the Psychedelic Parenting organization. \\xa0Other topics that were covered include:

Talking about psychedelics and substances with teenagers and children
The Aftercare Project and psychedelic integration, and holding space.
How to pass on the values of the psychedelic experience through\\xa0spirituality, conscious living, social justice, free expression, and radical honesty.
Children\'s books that describe marijuana.
- It\'s Just a Plant:\\xa0http://www.justaplant.com/
- Stinky Steve Explains Causal Cannabis:\\xa0https://www.amazon.com/Stinky-Steve-Explains-Medical-Marijuana/dp/0615867049
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act and religious sacraments/medicine
- A video of the Ashland, Oregon\\xa0Santo Daime Church:\\xa0https://vimeo.com/6821805
Psychedelic summer camp, rites of passage, breathwork, and cacao ceremonies.
- "Psychedelic Summer Camp" presentation:
  
  http://prezi.com/yakuu3hyxzfo/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Hope everyone enjoys this episode. We really enjoyed talking to Jonathan and feel blessed by his wealth of knowledge and wisdom. Let us know what you think! Be sure to subscribe to our podcast via Sitcher or iTunes and please consider leaving us a review and comment. We greatly appreciate your support! Where to find Jonathan and his work: Psychedelic Parenting:\\xa0http://www.psychedelicparenting.org/ Contact: psychedelicparenting@gmail.com

Here\'s the link to Psychedelic Parenting MAPS donation page:\\xa0https://store.maps.org/np/clients/maps/donation.jsp?campaign=59

Links and articles mentioned:\\xa0

5 Psychedelic Family Values: http://www.psychedelicparenting.org/?p=300
\\xa0What EXACTLY Do You Mean by "Psychedelic Parenting" http://www.psychedelicparenting.org/?p=55
How Old is Old Enough?:\\xa0http://www.psychedelicparenting.org/?p=204
\\xa0Motherboard Vice article by Jonathan:\\xa0http://motherboard.vice.com/read/psychedelic-parenting-is-about-more-than-just-drugs
PrimeMind - Psychedelic Parenting:\\xa0https://primemind.com/parenting-with-psychedelics-994e2776583a#.e5ahzw10o

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Raven Renee Ray - The Aftercare Project

Published: June 22, 2016, 3:47 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 31 seconds Kyle and Joe speak with Raven Renee Ray about the Aftercare project. Here is a short description of the project from it\'s facebook site.

The Aftercare Project is dedicated to the psychological and spiritual well-being of people reintegrating after challenging psychedelic experiences.

The conversation is fun and wide ranging. We hope it is helpful and informative to academics, therapists, counselors and psychiatrists who are interacting with people coming back from difficult experiences. Here is a slightly longer description of the ACP.

Given the fact that ayahuasca has shown promise in research studies, we feel we not only have the humane duty to help those in need, but also the responsibility to ensure the reputation of ayahuasca and her traditional stewards among decision-makers in our own culture. This will allow us to continue holding space for research to continue, while protecting traditional practices. Because of the colossal challenges inherent in navigating multicultural spaces and the lack of understanding outside of the anthropological community regarding conflicting paradigms of urban capitalism and jungle reciprocity, we must do our best as North Americans to prepare those in our own communities who are called to this experience prior to their trip. This preparation will include full, informed consent, education on safety, cultural expectations and differences, and what to do in the case that further care is required upon return.

Raven is also fundraising for the Aftercare Project. You can find a page for the fundraising effort here. Main site for Aftercare Project - Facebook'

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Lex Pelger - Ibogaine, Ketamine, Research and Knowing Your Dose

Published: June 3, 2016, 9:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 12 seconds Lex, Kyle and Joe discuss MAPS, Psymposia, Ibogaine, Mushrooms, Ketamine, LSD, Cannabis, and loads more. Lex is working on a book related to the supremely complex neurochemistry of cannabis. "Whales, Cannabis and Neurochemistry" Lex -- http://www.lexpelger.com/ Aunt Zelda\'s Tea Farie Iboga Story https://www.erowid.org/columns/teafaerie/2014/12/18/hard-reset/ Dimitri -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvEv5trIdrg Nese -- http://www.psymposia.com/magazine/preview/nese-devenot-coming-out-of-the-psychedelic-closet Ketamine -- https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00088699 Bluebird Botanticals -- https://www.bluebird-botanicals.com/'

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Lex Pelger - Psymposia, Ibogaine, Ketamine, Research and Knowing Your Dose

Published: June 3, 2016, 9:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 12 seconds Lex, Kyle and Joe discuss MAPS, Psymposia, Ibogaine, Mushrooms, Ketamine, LSD, Cannabis, and loads more. Lex is working on a book related to the supremely complex neurochemistry of cannabis. "Whales, Cannabis and Neurochemistry" Lex -- http://www.lexpelger.com/ Aunt Zelda's Tea Farie Iboga Story https://www.erowid.org/columns/teafaerie/2014/12/18/hard-reset/ Dimitri -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvEv5trIdrg Nese -- http://www.psymposia.com/magazine/preview/nese-devenot-coming-out-of-the-psychedelic-closet Ketamine -- https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00088699 Bluebird Botanticals -- https://www.bluebird-botanicals.com/

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Published: May 12, 2016, 5:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 48 seconds \\n\\nDownload\\nPhilosophy and psychedelics brought Lenny to Holotropic Breathwork. Since then he has co-facilitated countless sessions with even more people mainly in Vermont, but also in Massachusetts and Maine. Lenny and Elizabeth (his wife) have helped foster Kyle and Joe\'s interest in Holotropic states and facilitating breathwork sessions. We are thankful and happy to share this two part interview with Lenny Gibson.\\n\\nFrom his website\\n

Lenny Gibson is a philosopher and clinical psychologist concerned with issues that bridge both disciplines:\\n
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Practices that foster experiential understanding of philosophy, historically and contemporarily.
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Transpersonal psychology, particularly Holotropic Breathwork.
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Brett Greene

Published: May 11, 2016, 4:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 51 seconds Brett Greene is the co founder of Psymposia. Kyle and I talk to him about how Psymposia is different from events currently being put on and important for the psychedelic world. Story telling of people in the psychedelic world is just as important as doctors and academics giving presentations. Psymposia is having their busiest year yet. Check them out here to keep track of their upcoming events. https://vimeo.com/143491234'

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Brett Greene - Psymposia

Published: May 11, 2016, 4:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 51 seconds Download Brett Greene is the co founder of Psymposia. Kyle and I talk to him about how Psymposia is different from events currently being put on and important for the psychedelic world. Story telling of people in the psychedelic world is just as important as doctors and academics giving presentations. Psymposia is having their busiest year yet. Check them out here to keep track of their upcoming events. https://vimeo.com/143491234

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