Adventures Through The Mind

This episode is going to be a deep dive into extended-state dimethyltryptamine, otherwise known as DMTx. Our guests for this episode are Hayley Mann and Kevin Thorbahn, who run Dream Mind Labs one of only a handful of places in the world where DMTx is available outside of clinical trials. They are on the show to talk about: 🧬 What DMTx is and how it works 🌀 What people experience during a DMTx session 🙋 Why people choose to undergo the experience ⏱️ How long people stay in for 💡 What people get out of the experience 🏥 Where DMTx may fit in the growing psychedelic medical and personal use landscape ⚖️ The legal situation in Colorado that allows them to legally run Dream Mind Labs ⚠️ The dangers present in undergoing DMTx 👽 The nearly universal experience of encountering and communicating with entities or aliens 🔫 The "DMT laser thing" 🎵 The role of music and sound during a DMTx session 🤯 Some of the weirder things they have experienced as facilitators This was a super interesting interview for me, and I found Haley and Kevin very easy and joyful to talk with. It was easily one of the most at-ease and "myself" I have felt in an interview in a long time, and I look forward to sharing it with you now. Enjoy! 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes ✉️ Connect with Dream Mind Labs FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... 🤩 EPISODE SPONSOR AMENTARA is a credible source of legal psychoactive plants and extracts, most notably, Amanita Muscaria mushrooms—the red mushroom with white spots that shows up in folklore, Christmas imagery, and old shamanic traditions. Check them out at: https://www.jameswjesso.com/amentara Use the promo code ATTM22 for 22% off your first order ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, and Eliz C With a special thanks to MP Society for their generous one-time donation. Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss me a tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Twitter/X: https://x.com/jameswjesso LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Ad (Amentara) (00:36) Opening (04:46) Interview Begins (04:55) The legality of DMTx and other psychedelics in Colorado (11:04) DMTx, what it is and how it works (16:33) How long people stay in the DMT experience (18:00) The level of intensity people go into (20:27) How participants communicate their needs during their infusion (21:57) Dose complexities and time in peak dose (24:46) How Kevin and Haley got into providing DMTx (33:19) Why people chose to explore DMTx (39:33) Ad (Amentara) (41:26) Reported benefits from DMTx (46:50) Spontaneous healing through DMTx? (52:04) The "DMT Laser Thing" (57:25) The variety of experience (1:01:00) The use and presence of sound and music during a DTMx experience (1:05:47) No Glossolalia (yet) (1:07:19) The strange things that happen for the facilitators (1:13:41) Patreon thanks (1:16:01) The bio-medical risks of DTMx (1:22:50) The psychological risks of DMTx, short- and long-term (1:26:38) Potential future clinical uses of DMTx (1:29:24) Integration and aftercare protocols (1:31:46) Ongoing data collection and future research ideas (1:34:44) A wondering about weight-based dosing (1:36:57) Future hopes and concerns about DTMx (1:42:53) Follow-up links and contact details (1:44:44) Outro

Research Psychologist Jessica Corneille discusses the complex integration process that follows spontaneous spiritual experiences—particularly the disorientation, vocational tension, and identity shifts that can arise when a transformed worldview no longer aligns with one's work or social context. The conversation explores the emergence of spiritual crisis during integration, the importance of non-hierarchical support spaces, and how connection, community, and spiritual literature (including reflections on Alan Watts) can help individuals rebuild a coherent sense of self and purpose after awakening. ... This is a clip from 'Spontaneous Spiritual Awakenings: Qualities, Causes, and Consequences | Jessica Corneille ~ ATTMind Podcast 171" FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen/Watch on Spotify Watch on YouTube Read the show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Support Once on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss Me a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy Some Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ X: https://x.com/jameswjesso Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

Thomas Hatsis joins us for episode 205 to discuss his new book Psychedelic Injustice: How Identity Politics Poisons the Psychedelic Renaissance. Together we discuss some pretty divisive topics: the distinction between social justice and critical social justice, how certain narratives are being imposed on the psychedelic movement, implicit bias research, decolonization rhetoric, the drug war's actual causes, and contested claims about psychedelic history. This one might get spicy for you. Enjoy responsibly. This episode was nearly taken down Find out why here RELEVANT LINKS 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes 📚 GET THE BOOK: Psychedelic Injustice: How Identity Politics Poisons the Psychedelic Renaissance 🤓 READ TOM's SUBSTACK: https://tomhatsis.substack.com/ 🤳 FOLLOW TOM ON INSTAGRAM: @TOM.HATSIS 🎥 Check Tom Out On YouTube @TomHatsisTalk for his culture war content and @EntheoHistorian for his psychedelic history content FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, and Eliz C With a special thanks to Josh H for their generous one-time donation. Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss me a tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Twitter/X: https://x.com/jameswjesso LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (06:40) Interview Begins (07:32) Confronting The Imposition Of Controversy (10:10) The difference between Social Justice and Critical Social Justice (14:34) "The Narrative" (18:57) How "The Narrative" is being imposed up the psychedelic movement (25:57) What is the Psychedelic Renaissance such that Critical Social Justice is undermining it (34:46) the Critical Social Justice playbook is antithetical to the themes of psychedelic healing (36:23) Patreon Thanks (39:47) Why so hard, on the Left? (45:06) "Pro-Fa" ideological attacks in Psychedelia (Psymposia) (53:52) The "Theorists" and how they are compromising the psychedelic movement (Chacruna) (1:00:21) Discussing the realities and falsehoods of "implicit biases" (1:07:45) The Psychedelic Social Justice Warrior, well-meaning but misinformed (1:09:41) A quick discussion the the importance of quality citations (1:12:28) The Three Specific "Narratives" Undermining Psychedelia (1:13:09) The "Decolonize Narrative" (1:17:01) A quick aside considering "a different way of knowing" (1:17:50) Using inaccurate narratives about indigenous peoples to prop up the "decolonize narrative" (1:20:45) There was very little psychedelic use amongst indigenous people in North America (1:25:51) The "Racist Narrative", and how racism is not fuelling the drug war (1:32:08) Dr. Carl Hart and the fallacy of denouncing psychedelic exceptionalism (1:41:49) Oregon's Failed Drug Decriminalization (1:47:59) A short aside sharing anecdotes about video game addiction (1:50:30) The "Gender Narrative", the shield and the spear (1:55:52) The inaccurate portrayal of psychedelic gay conversion therapy (1:58:41) Concluding The Interview, Follow Up Links and Social (2:00:43) Follow Up Links and Socials (2:03:37) Outro

Dr. David Katz is a board-certified specialist in Preventive Medicine/Public Health. He is on the show to talk about the paper is was author on, titled, "A multiscale inflammatory map: linking individual stress to societal dysfunction". We talk about what stress and inflammation are, and the dynamics between them; how and why inflammation becomes chronic; how inflammation compromises perception and behaviour; how it can spread through a population like a contagion; how these spreading patterns of inflammation degrade our social systems, institutions, and leadership; how social media works as s supercharged networks for spreading inflammation; and what we can do about it, right here and now, starting within ourselves. Enjoy. 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, and Eliz C And to Dee G. for their generous one-time donation. Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss me a tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Twitter/X: https://x.com/jameswjesso LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (06:31) Interview Begins (08:22) The limits of reductionism and the value of multidisciplinary collaboration (13:45) Inflammation, Stress, and the dynamic between them within the individual (24:59) The primitive value of relationships with non-human beings for our wellbeing (26:23) How and why inflammation between chronic (35:10) The brain as the master regulator of our response to stressors (46:28) The brain as a driver of inflammation (49:52) Correcting the degenerative cascade of poor sleep on mental and physical health through inflammatory processes (51:51) How inflammation spreads between people (55:46) Social media as a supercharged network for spreading inflammation (1:03:15) Patreon Thanks (1:05:39) How stress and inflammation can change a whole society (1:09:16) Stress as a virus, each of us could be the cure (1:13:24) How runaway feed forward processes of inflammation can degrade an entirely society, our society (1:23:07) What we can do about it, entering the upward spiral towards personal vitality (1:31:45) How choosing the cultivate our own wellbeing can positively effect others (1:34:15) A hopeful note to end off on (1:36:22) Follow up links (1:37:54) Outro

Psychedelic historian Tom Hatsis outlines why the "mushroom Santa hypothesis" is not based in any historical fact and why. Happy Holidays! ... This is a clip from 'Debunking The Mushroom Santa Hypothesis | Tom Hatsis ~ ATTMind Podcast 89" FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen/Watch on Spotify Watch in Video Read the show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Support Once on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss Me a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy Some Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ X: https://x.com/jameswjesso Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

Charley Wininger returns to Adventures Through The Mind to discuss How To Host An MDMA Group Roll Our discussions starts with a quick general overview of MDMA before shifting into a thorough exploration of group rolls—what they are, what they can offer us individually and collectively, who to invite, who not to invite, where to do it, what to include, what to exclude, safety protocols, and just a whole number of things. Enjoy! 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes ✉️ Connect with Charley 📚 BUY CHARLEY'S BOOK: LISTENING TO ECSTACY FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, and Eliz C Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss me a tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Twitter/X: https://x.com/jameswjesso LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (03:23) Patreon Thanks (06:23) Interview Begins (07:47) MDMA, a brief overview (11:38) How MDMA is Used, recreation and therapeutic (15:34) Group Rolls, explained (17:47) Charley's Protocol For Group Rolls (23:04) How a group roll is different from just a party (24:39) The value of group rolls to the individual and society (34:59) Who to invite and who NOT to invite (41:30) How many people to invite (43:44) Contingencies that help protect the "container" of the roll (46:53) Presence of sober sitters, why or why not? (52:03) First timers (55:47) Why a group roll is NOT a ceremony (58:37) Environmental conditions (settings) (1:03:26) What people should bring for themselves (1:05:51) Further safety protocols (1:10:34) Screening people for medical/pharmacological risks (1:12:58) How to handle people wandering off (1:13:37) The importance of an "opening statement" to the group, and what else to include (1:15:22) A short anecdote about a ketamine incident (1:17:11) Playing with silence during the roll (1:19:51) Things to do together during the roll, healing circle (1:23:41) Dosing and re-dosing considerations (1:30:12) Finding the group roll dosage "sweet spot" and why more isn't necessarily better (1:33:58) How and when to "close" the roll (1:39:42) Integration considerations (1:41:54) Follow up links and socials (1:43:42) Interview Addendum, One Pulse Global Rolls (1:48:00) Could rolling together impact the world? (1:50:32) Outro

Dr. Mikael Palner discusses how psilocybin microdosing alters synaptic plasticity in rats and how these brain changes align with shifts in stress resiliancy and compulsive behaviors. He then discusses how these data line up with emerging reports on low-dose psilocybin as helpful in cases of OCD, and hypothesizes a plausible biological basis. ... This is a clip from 'Microdosing Psilocybin; Effects on Stress Resiliency and Compulsive Behaviours | Dr. Mikael Palner ~ ATTMind Podcast 194" FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen/Watch on Spotify Watch on Youtube Read the show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso LinkedIn: https://t.me/jameswjesso

Author and psychotherapist Marc Aixalà is on the show to talk to us about psychedelic integration. What You'll Learn About: 💡 -- What psychedelic integration actually is, what it offers, and why it matters ⏰ -- When and how to apply different integration practices over time 🤔 -- Common mistakes made in both practice and understanding of integration 🧩 -- Approaches to working with derealization, depersonalization, and difficult or traumatic psychedelic experiences 🌌 -- How to integrate experiences of the transcendental and transpersonal 👥 -- Key insights for practitioners, facilitators, and individuals navigating their own integration process. Enjoy! ... 📚 Buy Marc's Book: Psychedelic Integration: Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness 🎓 ICEERS Psychedelic Integration Course: https://www.jameswjesso.com/iceersintegration Applications Close Dec 15, 2025 Be sure to use the promo code JESSO to get %15 off! (‼️ discount ACTIVATES on Nov. 17) 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, and Eliz C Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Twitter/X: https://x.com/jameswjesso LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-w-jesso-64361812b/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (05:18) ICEERS Integration Course (09:47) Interview Begins (10:52) What is ICEERS? (15:17) Marc's Experience in Psychedelic Integration (22:57) What is psychedelic integration? (29:32) Why psychedelic integration is different from psychotherapy (34:25) The interplay between integration and preparation (45:24) Patreon Thanks (48:39) Common Mistakes in Psychedelic Integration (53:48) How facilitators can compromise your integration through interpretation (59:58) We must be careful not to overly psychologize or spiritualize our interpretations of psychedelic experiences (1:01:56) Psychedelic Integration Practices and at what time point post-journey they are best done (1:07:54) Is it ever Too Late to integrate a psychedelic experience? (1:14:34) Essential integration practices after a bad trip or traumatic psychedelic experience (1:21:33) Tip for dealing with an ongoing depersonalization or derealization (1:27:24) Integration doesn't always mean changing how we live (1:29:38) Integrating "alien" or other worldly experiences (1:33:06) Integrating big "downloads" (1:38:16) How do we integrate our whole psychedelic experience, or is that even possible? (1:45:28) ICEERS Integration Training Course Explained (1:53:53) Outro

East Forest (Krishna-Trevor Oswalt) is a musician and documentary filmmaker exploring the intersection of music and psychedelic consciousness. He joins us on this episode of Adventures Through The Mind to talk about what music really is and why it matters so much for our psychedelic journeys. Enjoy 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes ... 🍄 WATCH MUSIC FOR MUSHROOMS 👀 📚 East Forest 2025/26 tour and album links Tour: https://eastforest.org/tickets Lovingly (Album) Ram Dass (Album) FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, and Eliz C Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Twitter/X: https://x.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (05:08) Interview begins (05:15) I am Loving Awareness, James' entry into East Forest (08:37) What is music? (11:22) Music as a lifeline (15:00) What makes the difference between "music" and "sound" (16:54) Beauty, music, and emotional richness (19:30) Humanity's lost its connection with music due to patterns of consumption over creation (28:14) The creative act of active listening (33:41) Music as a technology for psychedelic ceremony (37:21) Music in psychedelic space as a bridge to the non-dual for the growth of our souls (38:52) How psychedelics can worsen separation, ego, and division (42:06) Introducing Music for Mushrooms, film (45:50) What it feels like to be "the soundtrack" for psychedelic experiences (50:55) Why he started making music for mushroom experiences (58:40) Patreon thanks (1:02:49) The musician's experience when playing for a mushroom ceremony (1:09:15) The intelligence of the mushrooms (1:10:56) Psychedelics, the poly crisis, the constant background noise of dread (1:19:43) Reflecting on "the whole 2012 thing" in the context of AI technologies (1:21:35) Something is Coming (1:32:24) Mushroom lessons, say less (1:34:57) Hope and Concern for what's happening with Psychedelics globally (1:36:26) Music For Mushrooms, the documentary—what, and who, it's for (1:39:13) Outro

Ed Prideaux discusses the the phenomenon of "Psychedelic Flashbacks" and how they relate to Hallucinogen Perception Persisting Disorder, also known as as HPPD. ... This is a clip from 'Hallucinogen Perception Persisting Disorder (HPPD) | Ed Prideaux ~ ATTMind Podcast 152 FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Watch on YouTube Read the show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

We are doing something special in celebreation of episode 200. Instead of an interview, I recorded a straight-talk lecture on psychedelics. Together, we are going to explore what psychedelics are; why they are so interesting to research; and the chemistry, pharmacology, phenomenology, history, and current research on Psilocybin, DMT, MDMA, Ketamine, and Ibogaine. 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes 📚 BUY MY BOOKS: DECOMPOSING THE SHADOW: LESSONS FROM THE PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOM | THE TRUE LIGHT OF DARKNESS FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, and Eliz C Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Twitter/X: https://x.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (00:47) Introduction (08:07) Lecture Begins (13:30) What is a psychedelic (27:53) What makes psychedelics so interesting to research (37:18) Splitters vs Lumpers (39:01) Psilocybin (magic mushrooms) (59:50) DMT (1:07:08) Ayahuasca (1:13:21) MDMA (1:39:51) Patreon Thanks (1:44:24) Ketamine (2:04:58) Ibogaine (Iboga) (2:36:27) Outro

Mycologist Alex Dorr unpacks the hidden world of fungi—from their billion-year origins to their vital partnerships with plants. He explains how mushrooms cycle life and death, build soil, store carbon, and sustain entire ecosystems ... This is a clip from 'The Regenerative Power Of Mushrooms | Alex Dorr ~ Adventures Through The Mind Podcast 155 FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Watch on YouTube Read the show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

Wade Richardson, author of "The Psychedelic Mind Meld: Telepathically Exploring Shared Consciousness," explores the phenomenon of shared telepathic experiences during psychedelic journeys. This conversation delves into what psychedelic mind melds are, how they work, their healing potential, and the serious risks involved in this advanced practice. What You'll Learn About: 🧠 -- What psychedelic mind melds are and how they manifest (physical, psychic, and shared consciousness experiences) 🌌 -- Accessing super consciousness, collective unconscious, and archetypal realms together with another person 💔 -- Healing trauma through shared purging, energetic bodywork, and telepathic connection during psychedelic states ⚠️ -- Critical safety concerns: sexual energy management, psychosis risks, and the importance of absolute trust 👥 -- Practical considerations: who should attempt this work, proper preparation, and establishing clear boundaries 🌍 -- What these experiences reveal about the nature of reality, consciousness, and our interconnectedness as humans Note: This episode discusses advanced psychedelic practices and is not intended as encouragement or instruction. Wade Richardson is a pseudonym used to protect the author's identity. 📚 BUY WADE'S BOOK: THE PSYCHEDELIC MINDMELD: TELEPATHICALLY EXPLORING SHARED CONSCIOUSNESS 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A And one more thanks to Brent J. for their generous one-time PayPal donation. Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (06:08) Interview begins (08:32) Psychedelics are WORK (10:03) Psychedelic mindmeld, exploring the Star Trek reference (12:46) Telepathic sharing with psychedelics is more common than you might think (17:53) What happens in a psychedelic mindmeld (25:28) Psychedelics are not necessary for these mindmelds (32:44) Shared consciousness, journeying together to other realms (34:40) Shared "super consciousness" (34:52) Journeying into super consciousness (38:02) What is reality such that these shared consciousness experiences are possible (42:35) Steel-man arguing against the validity of these telepathic experiences (53:45) Nonduality and the interpenetrating channels of reality (57:37) Patreon Thanks (1:01:54) The value of telepathic contact through psychedelics (1:10:11) Universe giving birth to all of us (1:11:43) Psychedelics to help us bridge deep division (1:16:13) Trauma healing through telepathic connection in deep psychedelic states (1:23:13) The play of sexual energy in a psychedelic mindmeld (1:28:44) Considering the potential for sexual violation when sharing deep psychedelic states (1:42:48) Sharing the purge (1:48:32) Transpersonal encounters (1:57:08) Potential harms/risks of the psychedelic mindmeld (2:04:12) Words of advice to those interested in exploring the mindmeld (2:08:22) Follow up links and details (2:10:39) Closing

Sara Ness discusses how "circling" and authentic relating games can induce psychedelic-like states without substances. She explains how these interpersonal meditation practices create altered consciousness, shared flow states, and neuroplasticity similar to psychedelics; and how slowing down to be truly present with others can transform perception and create profound group experiences. ... This is a clip from 'Authentic Relating and The Art of Conversation and Conflict | Sara Ness' ATTMind Podcast 164 FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Watch in Video Read the show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

Carl Hayden Smith, founder of the Cyberdelic Nexus and Museum of Consciousness, discusses his concept of "hyperhumanism" as an alternative to the transhumanist agenda. The conversation covers how technology is reshaping human consciousness, the attention economy's impact on our minds, and practical approaches (including psychedelics) to becoming more human in an increasingly digital world. What You'll Learn About: 🌍 -- Where humanity stands with technology and what we're doing to other species 🧠 -- Why VR is "sensory deprivation" and how algorithms harvest consciousness through the "attention war" 🤖 -- Hyperhumanism vs Transhumanism - becoming more human vs. becoming post-human 🌱 -- Practical hyperhumanist practices: peripheral vision, psychogeography, advanced journaling techniques, and psychedelic journeying 🔬 -- DMT Extended State research - Carl's experiences with entities and the ethics of accessing transcendent realms ⚖️ -- Sacred vs recreational psychedelic use and why context is 80% of the medicine LINKS 📚 Carl's Papers: https://dblp.org/pid/s/CarlHSmith.html 🎤 Carl's Lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3IfrpX8NGK7X2EdXj95KEWj_-TcrlKtZ 🌀 Website, Episode Show Notes, and More Links for Carl Video Episode 👈 FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN AND TIMESTAMPS BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, Eliz C Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (04:50) Interview Begins (05:24) The Human Condition and Technology's Impact (10:10) Virtual Reality Sensory Deprivation and Creative Engagement (15:46) Cyberdelics and the Holotechnica Stack (20:55) ADHD Technology Training and Attention Patterns (22:18) The Attention War and Technology Addiction (27:23) Digital Content's Invasion of Natural Perception (30:35) Nietzsche Journaling and Maximizing Life (31:30) AI Sentience and Human Identity (35:56) Hyperhumanism Consciousness as Primary (42:08) Digital Resurrection and Authentic Grieving (49:00) AI Supporting Hyperhumanism Interspecies Communication (55:22) Patreon Thanks (57:33) Accessible Hyperhuman Practices (1:02:08) Advanced Journaling as Hyperhuman Technology (1:07:01) Psychedelics in Hyperhumanism vs Transhumanism (1:10:42) DMT Entities Benevolence and Respect (1:17:08) Sacred Context and Conscious Consumption (1:18:23) Practical Psychedelic Guidelines (1:23:56) Closing and Contact Information (1:25:30) Outro

Renowned consciousness researcher Chris Bache PhD shares profound insights on what it means to be a good person from a psychedelic perspective. He describes mystical experiences of oneness where goodness flows naturally, discusses the challenge of integrating peak experiences into daily life, and explains why spiritual practice and community are essential for embodying the truths we've glimpsed. ... This is a clip from 'Global Collapse, Spirituality, and The Birth Of The Future Human | Chris Bache, Ph.D.', Adventures Through The Mind Podcast, episode 142 FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Watch in Video Read the show notes Check Out Bache's First interview on ATTMind: Mapping Consciousness With High Dose LSD | Chris Bache, Ph.D. ~ ATTMind 83 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Watch in Video Read the show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

Psychedelic researchers James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber discuss microdosing protocols, benefits, current research, and safety considerations. Throughout the interview, you will learn the practical basics of psychedelic microdosing—substances, dosage, frequency and duration, when in the larger arc of our lives, and who would best benefit from microdosing; You will also learn about the benefits of microdosing that Gruber and Faidman discovered in their research, which they describe as A-Z, anorexia to zoster and everything in between—with a particular focus later on in the interview on microdosing for various neurological and mental health conditions like ADHD, TBI, dementia, and depression—as well as for the betterment of well people You'll also learn some of the issues facing microdosing as a both a practice and a premise— issues like placebo, research design, and the potential dangers of microdosing. Enjoy! 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes 📚 Buy their Book, Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance Video Episode 👈 FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN AND TIMESTAMPS BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, Eliz C And a special thanks to Alex B and Erran S for their generous one-time donations. Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (03:28) A quick request (05:29) Interview begins (07:13) What microdosing is, and what it is not (08:33) the dose range for microdosing (09:42) Bettering the terminology "Sub-threshold" rather than "sub-perceptual" (15:00) The substances you can microdose (and those that don't qualify and why) (18:00) Fadiman and Gruber got their data from "real world evidence" (20:57) The different microdosing protocols (28:30) Why people tend to stop microdosing after a while (30:54) Once isn't enough with microdosing, and here's why (32:28) How consistent we need to be to see benefits (37:53) How to time higher doses around microdoses, and vice versa (40:26) What should "do" and "avoid" to help increase microdosing efficacy (43:14) The value of parts work while microdosing (45:54) The 4 things microdosing seems to do that contributes to its wide benefit profile (49:11) How it is that microdosing seems to be helpful for nearly everything (52:29) Is microdosing just placebo? (1:01:45) The benefits of microdosing for already well people (1:11:12) Patreon thanks and invitation (1:14:24) Potential interactions between microdosing and the microbiome and the gut-brain axis (1:20:48) The differences between LSD and Psilocybin microdosing (1:26:02) Theory vs the real world (1:32:24) How theories can compromise our ability to understand what is really happening (1:37:12) San Pedro, ibogaine, and caapi microdosing (1:45:41) Microdosing for ADHD (a new nighttime protocol) (1:51:07) Microdosing for mTBI (concussion) (1:57:41) Microdosing for dementia and palliative care (2:03:52) Microdosing for fun (social microdosing) (2:06:49) Microdosing makes the bad thing less bad, and the good things better (2:08:43) Peri-threshold doses? (2:12:09) The dangers/concerns for microdosing—heart valve damage, bipolar, tinnitus, anxiety, drug interaction, and tracers (2:18:22) Follow-up links and socials (2:20:36) Closing

Author and couple's therapist, Charles Wininger discusses how MDMA can serve as "emotional superglue" for relationships by enhancing empathy, creating safety, and improving communication. He explains how the medicine helps couples move from defensive patterns to vulnerability, allowing them to address underlying fears and reconnect. Check our Wininger's book on MDMA for couples, Listening to Ecstasy: The Transformative Power of MDMA ... This is a clip from 'MDMA for Couples | The Love Doctor, Charley Wininger ~ ATTMind Podcast 138' FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Watch in Video Read the show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 💌 Stay In Contact Through Signing Up For James' Newsletter Video Episode 👈 We deep dive into psychedelics as treatment for chronic pain with Dr. Alex Bekker, Professor and Chairman of Anaesthesiology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. We explore what chronic pain is, how it differs from acute pain, and its connection to maladaptive neuroplasticity. Dr. Bekker unpacks why current treatments often fail and how psychedelics—the classical psychedelics as well as ketamine—may effectively treat otherwise treatment-resistant conditions, as well as some practical advice for chronic pain sufferers. Enjoy! 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Alex F, & Eliz C Special thanks also go to Julie D. for the generous one-time donation Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (4:22) Interview begins (5:00) The difference between acute pain (nociceptive) and chronic pain (8:24) Chronic pain as neuropathic sensitization (peripheral and central sensitization) (11:25) Chronic pain involved disrupted nociceptive neural-inhibitory pathways (12:36) Chronic pain and neural-inflammatory signals (14:44) Chronic pain as maladaptive neuroplasticity (16:56) DMN and chronic pain (maladaptive neuroplasticity) (19:57) Chronic pain is multifactorial (pain is biopsychosocial, not just biological) (23:02) Treatments of chronic pain (and why they don't work) (34:45) Biological treatments are not enough (37:45) Social factors that reinforce chronic pain (40:09) Patreon Thanks (43:12) The mechanisms by which psychedelics may help with chronic pain (54:29) The role of psychotherapy in psychedelic for chronic pain (57:44) Psychedelics help us re-learn (and reopen critical learning periods) (1:06:31) Ketamine for the treatment of chronic pain (1:14:33) Psychedelic helping to correct our "addition" to pain through increasing our sense of connection (1:20:51) CLIP potential for psychedelic in chronic pain (1:23:44) Psychedelics for fibromyalgia (1:26:05) Psychedelic for cancer-related chronic pain (1:27:27) Psychedelics for Cluster headaches (1:27:32) CARD clusters (1:30:23) Psychedelic for phantom limb pain (1:31:16) What make James excited and hopeful with psychedelic medicine (1:34:00) Advice to those suffering for chronic pain (psychedelics and otherwise) (1:37:58) Follow-up info and socials for Dr. Bekker (1:39:39) Closing

Matthew Baggott discusses the phenomenon of "losing the magic" with MDMA use, where frequent users experience diminishing therapeutic effects over time, likely due to decreased serotonin transporters in the brain; as well as N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) supplementation as a potential avenue for getting the magic back. ... This is a clip from 'Entactogens, MDMA, and Bringing New Love Drugs To Market | Matthew Baggott ~ ATTMind Podcast 177' FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Watch in Video Read the show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 💌 Stay In Contact Through Signing Up For James' Newsletter Video Episode 👈 Jerónimo Mazarrasa is Program Director at The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service (also known as ICEERS), which is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming society's relationship with Traditional Indigenous Medicines. He is also founder of ICEERS Academy, and creator AyaSafety, an online course for people interested in increasing the safety of ayahuasca ceremonies. Our interview with Jerónimo is going to explore the vulnerability of increased suggestibility while the influence of ayahuasca (and other psychedelics), and the various harms that can can incur when one's facilitator that suggestibility is not handled with skilful care. Throughout the interview we cover a range of different ways that facilitators can accidentally harm their clients through suggestibility; the relationship between openness and vulnerability; how "caring" and "lack of care" can exist simultaneously; how the isolation and clandestine nature the modern psychedelic underground makes cultural learning difficult; how a facilitator can learn what is harmful, with respect to suggestibility; and how participants can protect themselves from a lack of facilitator care—all with many anecdotes and examples sewn throughout the course of the conversation. Enjoy! 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter SubStack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Integration Coaching: https://www.jameswjesso.com/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (01:04) Introduction (04:24) AyaSafety (code AYATTM for 15% off) (06:35) Interview begins (07:58) The AyaSafety Course, explained (18:07) Suggestibility and why is it a concern with Ayahuasca (and all psychedelics) (24:21) The relationship between openness and vulnerability, ideology (28:50) The different ways facilitators can accidentally harm their clients through suggestibility (30:57) The importance of knowing your limits and referring out (33:04) The harms of introducing spiritual/religious beliefs to clients under the effects of psychedelics (36:19) Sharing "visions" with clients can be a violation; tarot as an example of offering intuitions skilfully (42:05) Claiming external authority, ayahuasca told me that (47:55) Having a shamanic awakening doesn't mean you should become a shaman (52:20) Patreon Thanks (54:10) "Trauma" language can impose detrimental constraints on ayahuasca healing (57:38) The harms/benefits of a facilitator's unskilful/skilful use of language, and vice versa (1:00:38) Self-knowledge is essential for facilitators; isolation hinders self-knowledge (1:06:19) These risks are due to uniquely stark power imbalances (1:08:26) "Caring" and "lack of care" can exist simultaneously (1:16:37) How a facilitator learns what is harmful, with respect to suggestibility (1:22:42) How participants can protect themselves from a lack of facilitator care (1:33:24) AyaSafety course, details—who it is for, and who it is NOT for (1:40:35) Outro

Facilitator Chad Charles discusses the dangers of excessive 5-MeO-DMT use in participants and facilitators, as well as how to notice when people need help. ... This is a clip from 'Building Best Practices In The Underground Subculture Of 5-MeO-DMT | Chad Charles', Adventures Through The Mind Podcast, episode 113 FULL INTERVIEW Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Watch in Video Read the show notes What happened to Tobias Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Watch on YouTube Show notes SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@jameswjesso Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 💌 Stay In Contact Through Signing Up For James' Newsletter Video Episode 👈 Dr. Mikael Palner is an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark, studying the biological correlates of maladaptive neuropsychiatric diseases—such as anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress syndrome. He joins us to discuss his research on the positive effects of psilocybin microdosing on stress resiliency, compulsions, and neuroplasticity; as well as what microdosing IS NOT good for, and some important cautions to consider with respect to potential harms of microdosing. We also discuss why studies in rats show clear biological effects of microdosing on behaviour, but human studies seem to suggest placebo; a neural level definition of psychedelic microdosing; why microdosing research is being polluted by a lack of specificity; the value of the "psychedelic" effect of psychedelics in their use as a medicine; and why what rats need higher doses of psychedelics than human by weight. Enjoy! 🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST 🥰 Support ATTMind and join the community on Patreon 🎧 Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Sub and Review on Spotify 👁 Watch and Subscribe on Youtube *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A Other options Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order Connect with Me Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jameswjesso.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (05:02) Interview begins (05:08) Psychedelic microdosing (vs low doses) (06:44) The scientific study of psychedelic microdosing (08:43) A neural level definition of psychedelic microdosing (10:36) An explanation of receptor site binder occupancy and how it relates to microdosing vs macrodosing (16:27) Why the whole mushroom is more potent than equivalent psilocybin in extracted form (17:22) Rats need more drugs by weight than humans to get high (19:40) The models Palner used to study low dose psilocybin's effect on stress (26:27) The results of their study on low dose psilocybin, anhedonia (28:53) The stress-buffering effects were on the day after the psilocybin (32:01) psilocybin microdosing increases stress resilience, lowering compulsion pressure (34:37) Explaining conflict between approach and avoidance motivations (compulsion), and how psilocybin may help (39:26) 5-HT7 receptor, the paraventricular thalamic nucleus, and compulsive behaviour (42:10) Microdosing psilocybin, placebo or no? (44:22) Debating the value of removing the psychedelic effect from psychedelic drugs (50:39) Why human research suggestion microdosing benefits are placebo, while animal studies show biological cause and effect (55:50) Patreon thanks and info (58:28) Psilocybin Microdosing, what the science says it is and isn't likely to help with (1:00:53) psilocybin microdosing DO NOT make you more productive or creative, science says (1:03:42) What science suggestion psilocybin microdosing is likely to help us with (1:04:45) The neuroplasticity from psilocybin microdoses may harm an otherwise healthy person (1:08:52) microdosing research is being polluted by a lack of specificity (1:15:05) The 2024 FDA denial of MDMA was a good thing for psychedelic science (1:16:09) What research is next for Palner (1:17:49) How to stay connected with Palner's work (1:18:51) Closing (1:19:50) Integration coaching

Justin Townsend of MycoMeditations retreat center in Jamaica discusses psilocybin-induced psychotic states and how to respond to them. In particular, how to differentiate between what he calls a "normal psychotomimetic response" and a psychotic episode; and how knowing the difference is important in supporting people undergoing these experiences, safely. ... This is a clip from 'The Business and Practice of Psilocybin Therapy in Jamaica | Justin Townsend' ~ ATTMind Podcast 170 Watch in Video here: https://youtu.be/ILzqSf2YcKg Full Episode and show notes here: https://bit.ly/ATTMind170 SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

Become a Patreon to Receive Exclusive Content Stay In Contact Through Signing Up For James' Newsletter EPISODE DETAILS Nicholas P. Money is Professor of Biology and Western Program Director at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is an international expert on fungal biology and author of popular science books that celebrate the microbial world including his most recent, Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi (2024) He joins us on the podcast to deep dive into the biology, ecology, and intelligence of fungi. We discuss the body and life cycle of mushrooming fungi; the shape and behaviour of mycelium; how fungi are more similar to humans than they are to plants; and even a critical take on the efficacy of so-called "functional mushrooms". We also explore the thesis he put forth in his 2021 paper, Hyphal and mycelial consciousness: the concept of the fungal mind. With that, we discuss fungi consciousness; the conscious intelligence of mycelium; how all organisms have consciousness; why science and society needs to NOT recognize the consciousness of non-human life; and whether our psilocybin experiences encounters with a fungal mind. We even get into debating the value of the human species on the other side of climate change. Enjoy! Full Show Notes, Links, and a Video Version of This Episode Can Be Found at Jameswjesso.com FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C Another special thanks to Dane and TimeTG for their generous one-time donation. ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (03:13) Interview Begins (04:03) If you want to make your way through crisis, align yourself with the mushrooms (07:25) Debating the value of the human species (10:34) The value of humanity (12:09) Being able to experience happiness, even in the midst of ecological collapse (14:36) Humans as beauty sense organs for the earth (16:12) Is there such a thing as objective "good"? (19:20) The body and life cycle of mushrooming fungi (22:14) The many other forms of fungi (26:10) The shape of mycelium (29:56) The different between fungal hyphae and plant roots (34:34) One main difference between fungi and plants (36:26) How fungi are more similar to humans than they are to plants (40:37) Why fungal infections are so hard to treat without harming ourselves (41:38) A critical take on functional mushrooms (45:16) Defining "conscious" and "consciousness"; all organisms have consciousness (55:29) Patreon Thanks (58:30) Science and Society needs to NOT recognize the consciousness of non-human life (01:06:09) Fungal hyphae are conscious; here's how (01:10:20) Can an organism be conscious and lack the capacity of intent? (01:18:39) "Is a mycelium more than a sum of its parts? Can it be regarded as an integrated conscious entity?" (01:21:12) Our visual identification informs our empathy? Finding Religions through science (01:26:46) Our psilocybin experiences encounters with the mind of the fungi? (01:34:28) A short story about what Prof Money hasn't experienced psilocybin (01:36:57) Maybe psilocybin is evolutionarily meant for us in some way (01:45:06) Follow up links and info on Prof Money's new book (01:46:50) Outro ***** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telgram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso OR you can buy a copy of one of my books! Decomposing The Shadow: Lessons From The Psilocybin Mushroom – https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness — https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/

Dr. Oliver Grundmann talks about kratom's adverse effects, including addiction risks, constipation, nausea, and potential liver toxicity. He emphasizes that liver concerns are rare, dose-dependent, and often complicated by other factors like alcohol use, while stressing the need for better product regulation. ... This is a clip from 'All About Kratom | Dr. Oliver Grundmann'- ATTMind Podcast Episode 121 Watch in Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BdhEwSZ5lw Full Episode and show notes here: https://bit.ly/ATTMind121 SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

Full Show Notes And A Video Version Of This Episode Can Be Found At Jameswjesso.com Become a Patreon to Receive Exclusive Content Stay In Contact Through Signing Up For James' Newsletter This episode features an interview with Jeffery Lando, an experienced filmmaker who recently directed the psychedelic-themed movie "Lissa's Trip". Our discussion explores the intersection of psychedelics, artificial intelligence, and filmmaking. We discuss into how Lando used AI and other emerging technologies to create the visual effects for his film, producing some of the best LSD-like psychedelic visuals and audio that I have personally seen in a movie. We also discuss the potential impacts of AI on the film industry and creative processes more broadly. We explore ideas around personal growth, societal change, and envisioning post-scarcity futures as Lando shares his perspectives on the transformative potential of psychedelics, drawing from his own experiences and how they influenced the themes in his movie. Additionally, the conversation touches on some, let's say, provocative topics related to economics, labour, and visions for reorganizing society. And, although I can't endorse any particular views, I believe you'll find it to be a thought-provoking dialogue about technology, consciousness, and human potential. Enjoy! FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso ▷ Sponsor: HARMONIC ARTS PLANT MEDICINE Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off your First order *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A Another special thanks to Shamir for their generous one-time donation. ... Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (02:40) Interview begins (04:03) Lissa's Trip as an experiment of post-singularity/non-hierarchical film making (11:54) Producing psychedelic visuals by getting AI to hallucinate on an image (19:03) The difference between Google's old Deep Dream and modern Ai art generation (25:57) A diverse ecosystem of AI models, will be our saving grace. (39:25) Debating the reality of money and its ties to the value of goods and labour (50:47) The difference between "art" and "content" is how it moves the person witnessing it, produced through AI or not. (59:36) Unrestrained info access vs. regulated content: freedom or control? (1:07:59) Patreon Thanks (1:09:45) Adding new tech on top of old systems rather than integrating new technology to creates better systems; mirrors the psychedelic mainstreaming (1:18:09) Facing the shadow is key; we need "poor people" to force us back to the factory. (1:21:01) Psychedelic disrupt our established models of reality, allowing us to face our shadow and create better models for realty (1:28:45) Lissa's Trip was meant to disrupt filmmaking culture; AI's only threat is to the status quo (1:34:16) AI's only threat is to the status quo (1:35:25) What it means to live in a post-singularity world (more like burning man than the factory floor) (1:37:17) Lissa's Trip is meant to take people on a trip; and a love letter to LSD (1:43:17) Watch Lissa's Trip for free now, plus follow-up social links for Jeffry Lando (1:45:14) Outro

Adventures Through The Mind is an interview-based podcast focusing on psychedelics. It is hosted by Canadian author and public educator, James W. Jesso. Thanks for listening. Enjoy. SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso Various Podcast Subscribe Options and Social Media Handles: https://linktr.ee/jameswjesso

Chris Bache, the author of LSD and The Mind Of The Universe, talks about the value of psychedelic integration and how ego inflation is one of the greatest risks of psychedelic work. ... This is a clip from Global Collapse, Spirituality, and The Birth Of The Future Human | Chris Bache, Ph.D. - ATTMind Podcast Episode 142 Watch in Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upd2JpIq_F8 Full Episode and show notes here: https://bit.ly/ATTMind142 SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

In this episode of the podcast, we interview deep ecology teacher and rainforest activist John Seed. Together, we discuss the importance of altering our sense of self such that it includes the natural world, the role psychedelics can play in that process, and how, even if the world as we know it burns and collapses, life itself will thrive through it all as it always has. We also talk about the philosophy of deep ecology and healing ourselves from the illusion of anthropocentrism; falling into the apathy of the modern world; "honouring our pain for the world" and how, when expressed, despair becomes empowerment. As well as the dance between present ecological crisis and the thriving of life for billions of years; the Disney-fication of nature vs the brutality of life being itself; and where psychedelics fit into deep ecology and environmental activism. Far from being a downer episode, as one might expect with topics such as these, I found my conversation with John refreshing, empowering, and genuinely inspiring. To me, this is one of the small handful of interviews I have done that impacted me in a significantly positive way. I hope you experience something similar. Enjoy. ... For links to Seed's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind191 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A; Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening and Guest Bio (04:47) Interview Begins (06:20) The value and importance of activism; turning citizens into consumers (09:23) The dance between present crisis and the thriving of life for billions of years (14:25) Deep ecology and healing the illusion of anthropocentrism (27:13) Patreon Thanks (29:05) Grief and "honouring our pain for the world"; when expressed, despair becomes empowerment (36:08) Seeing the world with new eyes (39:38) Falling into the apathy of the modern world (44:56) The importance of community in facing our grief (47:43) A story of psychedelic cannabis and being healed by the forest (52:42) The Disney-fication of nature vs the brutality of life being itself (57:27) Exchanging stories of meaningful psychedelic visions (01:05:09) How psychedelics put John on his journey into environmentalism (01:08:27) Where psychedelics fit into deep ecology and environmental activism (01:11:31) What looks like chaos and destruction might be a greater intelligence at work (01:19:16) If we can cause less death and destruction, we should try (01:22:17) The drinking of psychedelic acacias in Australia; how acacia courtii saved John's life (01:29:22) The challenge of facing one's aging as one's desire to give more to the world grows (01:33:23) Follow-up links and contact information (01:34:24) Outro

In this episode of Adventures Through the Mind, we interview Nick Sun, stand up comedian, former psychedelic facilitator, and now the author of "No Mo Trippin". We discuss Nick's personal experiences with psychedelics, including his high usage and how it led him to both become a facilitator and to stop facilitating; his criticisms of Western psychedelic culture; the concept of spiritual bypassing; and the challenges of integrating psychedelic experiences. We also touch on the potential of psychedelics for cultural change, the importance of responsible use and integration, and where comedy and humour fit into our navigation of the modern world and its many crises. Enjoy. ... For links to Nick Sun's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind190 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, & Joe A Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (01:07) Guest bio and introduction (04:20) Interview begins; a book of initiations (10:28) Self-critiquing our self-obsession and saviour complex in the West world (15:34) Neoteny, "adult" as a verb, and the Hero's journey as an initiation for children (21:10) Self-initiation through psychedelic excess, the potential harms and opportunities (28:11) Spiritual bypassing through high dose psychedelic experiences (30:37) Are we disrespecting the plants when we take too much, too often? (33:00) Clarifying the harms of such an excessive use of psychedelics (36:42) The value of undergoing a rite of passage and getting a teacher before we begin our psychedelic explorations (42:18) Patreon Thanks (44:12) The risks of becoming a facilitator inspired by psychedelics plants alone (52:30) Differentiating between messages from the plant and psychedelically-inflated egoic projections (55:53) "Tread carefully, my friend"; advice to new psychedelic facilitators (01:00:31) The risks of becoming a facilitator with a degree but no psychedelic experience (01:04:12) Can we use psychedelic to heal culture, or will psychedelics be used as bandaide for a failed system? (01:14:47) Comedy for personal and social healing; comedy for dissociation and bypassing (01:21:58) The role of comedy to help us stay in our heart while commentating on society (01:28:57) The role of humour to help us stay in our heart and not fall into pessimism (01:31:52) Follow-up links (01:33:40) Outro

We welcome Greg Wrenn to the show to share his experience of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD) and how it was that his explorations of coral reefs and journeys with Ayahuasca turned the tide on his lifelong struggle with the condition. Additionally, as both his experience of and healing from cPTSD is intertwined with his journalism on climate science, we also explore how the ecological and psychological effects of the climate crisis weave into our personal and collective experiences and expressions of trauma. Enjoy ... For links to Wrenn's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind189 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A; Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening; Guest Bio (3:28) Our favourite Star Trek TNG characters and why (8:05) An explanation of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD) (16:01) How cPTSD manifested in Greg's life (22:43) The struggles faced when trying to heal cPTSD (30:02) The intersection of personal trauma and the climate crisis (43:19) Patreon Thanks (44:45) The damage and healing in our relationship with Nature (51:33) Neoliberalism and the fallacy of "self-care" in the context of the climate crisis (55:13) Being tricked to feel personally guilty for the climate crisis (1:00:45) How to find our personal way to do deeply meaningful good (1:05:47) The role of being in the living world in our wellbeing and sense of purpose (1:11:32) Where grief fits into navigating trauma and the climate crisis (1:19:19) Healing cPTSD with ayahuasca through healing our attachment wounds (1:27:27) Healing with ayahuasca requires an opportunity to apply your healing after the ceremony (1:30:05) The role psychedelics are playing in supporting our collective response to the climate crisis (1:37:23) Why it is important to ask ourselves: "What is it like to appreciate an ecosystem that will collapse in our lifetimes? To be moved by beauty that we're pushing toward extinction?" (1:42:32) Follow-up links and contact details

Nolan Williams, MD joins to talk about brain injury, ibogaine, and the incredible results of his study (conducted at Ambio Life Sciences Center) on ibogaine for treatment of traumatic brain injury, "concussions" in particular. We also talk about ibogaine as an oneirogen; the cardiac risks of ibogaine; how ibogaine compares to other treatments methods for brain injury, including other psychedelics; microdosing ibogaine for traumatic brain injury; and that ibogaine can seemingly "de-age" the brain. Additionally, we talk about context vs pharmacology in the healing benefits of psychedelics; separating high-technology from time; and how and why using the vehicle of capitalism to fund psychedelic research may be a good thing. Enjoy ... For links to Dr. Williams' work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind188 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A; Episode Breakdown (00:00:00) Opening (00:01:04) Dr. Williams' Bio (00:04:15) Patreon Thanks (00:05:51) Interview begins (00:07:56) An explanation of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their different severity—mild, moderate, severe (00:13:49) The impact of TBI on the person and society (00:16:33) Restoring brain function through psychedelics (00:20:03) TBI is an "invisible injury" that can express a huge range of symptoms (00:23:30) The substantial (but presently unknown) prevalence of TBI in society (00:28:05) The Western history of medical ibogaine (00:30:11) The pharmacological and psychological effects of ibogaine (00:31:50) Is ibogaine an oneirogen? (splitters vs lumpers) (00:34:10) Reducing stigma against Ibogaine by avoiding the term "psychedelic" (00:37:32) It's difficult to get approval for ibogaine research due to mortality risks (00:39:03) The cardiac risks of ibogaine; how and why ibogaine can stop your heart—Torsades (00:43:13) What inspired Dr. Williams to investigate ibogaine (00:46:11) The details of the treating traumatic brain injury with ibogaine study (00:50:55) The details of the treating traumatic brain injury with ibogaine study (00:52:54) Why their study focused on Veterans (00:56:50) Concussions are "mild TBI"; ibogaine treatment study was with people who had mTBI (01:00:13) The incredible results of this study: a significant reversal of their disability status (01:03:27) Context vs pharmacology in the healing benefits of psychedelics (01:14:19) The ibogaine life review seems to happened regardless of context (01:17:26) How ibogaine compares to other TBI treatments methods (01:20:34) Ibogaine vs other psychedelics in the treatment of traumatic brain injury (01:22:11) Are ibogaine's effects a "random" result of evolution? (01:24:57) What it is about ibogaine pharmacologically that makes it so effective for brain injury (01:26:11) The key metaphor of ibogaine (01:27:48) Ibogaine can "de-age" the brain (01:32:51) Separating high-technology from time (01:33:53) Using the vehicle of capitalism to fund psychedelic research is a good thing (?) (01:38:19) Mircodosing ibogaine for traumatic brain injury (01:43:01) What's Next for Dr. Williams (01:44:16) Follow-up links and Socials for Dr. Williams

In this episode of the podcast, we explore the present day legal and political conundrum psilocybin mushrooms are facing as they sit on the verge of a significant change in their criminal status; the historical impact of mushroom tourism on the indigenous cultures that work with psilocybin; how that history is impacting those cultures today; and how all of this is influencing the complex political situation mushrooms now sit in the middle of. Our guest is Mijal Schmidt. ... For links to Mijal's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind187 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A; Episode Sponsor: MagicBag.Co MagicBag.co offers ready to inoculate bags for growing your favourite dung-loving mushrooms, helping to simplify the mushroom growing process. More Details at https://magicbag.co | Use code JESSO for 10% off your order! Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (1:44) Episode Sponsor: Magicbag.co (2:50) Patron Thanks (3:35) Guest Bio (4:44) Interview Begins (6:40) The present legal/political landscape of psilocybin mushrooms in Mexico (15:44) The involvement of indigenous peoples in the changing laws around mushrooms (24:39) The conflicts that mushroom tourism has created between indigenous people and its impact on changing legislation (37:39) What does it mean to be "poor" in a context of cultural richness (43:51) The Mushroom Velada (indigenous mushroom ceremony) (48:03) How the cultural context of mushroom use impacts what is offers the person taking them (51:44) The modern "shamanic" traditions using psilocybin mushrooms in Mexico and the impact of mushroom tourism on those traditions (58:53) The problems created by mushroom tourism in San Jose del Pacifico (1:04:32) The potential spiritual extractivism of psychedelic tourism (1:12:03) Doesn't tourism—psychedelic and otherwise—offer economic benefits? (1:19:30) The hope and the fear of what will come of the psychedelic renaissance (1:30:28) The possibility of not knowing | asking ourselves what our healing is taking from others (1:33:41) The limitations of me-focused psychedelic healing learning to think relationally (1:37:47) Bringing play and joy back into life (and the conversation) (1:40:50) Learning to think relationally (1:43:55) What Mijal would like to see for the future of Psilocybin Mushrooms in Mexico (1:53:10) Outro

Led by the inspiration of a cephalopod now extinct 66 million years, Sky Otter and I explore what is means to live our lives in alignment with life, creatively, and with heartbreak, grief, endings, and death as not only necessary parts of the process, but gifts that can deepen, enrich, and guide our limited days. Some of the topics we explore include ammonite as example of death and creative change in evolution; why life requires death and heartbreak is necessary; finding our way out of mass extinction through creativity in service to life; building heart-full community in relationship with Nature; deep Time and the ever-present is-ness of all things from all time; and why acting in alignment with life is a gift to all life, across all time. ... For links to Sky's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind186 FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW ... Sky's previous features on ATTMind Podcast -▷ Episode 156: Deep Ecology, Earth Connection, and The Circle of Life -▷ Psychedelic Café 9, Why Our Sense of Connection Matters SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A, —— Episode Breakdown (00:00) Opening (02:04) Guest Bio (03:43) Patreon Thanks (05:38) Interview beings (10:04) Ammonite as example of death and creative change in evolution (15:40) Aligning with life beyond the individual self (19:33) Finding our way out of mass extinction through creativity in service to life (25:33) Life requires death; heartbreak is necessary (29:45) Grief is natural, but easier said than done (35:50) Building heart-full community in relationship with Nature (38:49) The misappropriation of "trusting life" to bypass ecological responsibility (46:33) Creativity and trusting life vs nihilism and numbing out in the face of ecological crisis (50:11) The complexity, challenge, and benefits of living in alignment with life (1:06:39) Deep Time and the ever-present is-ness of all things from all time (1:12:39) Acting in alignment with life is a gift to all of life; why we DON'T feel connected with life (1:22:20) I am because we are… (1:24:54) Follow-up links and contact details (1:26:03) Outro

Alexander Beiner joins us to explore how psychedelics can help us make sense of the meta-crisis. This includes topics like complexity tolerance and the overwhelming deluge of information in modern digital life; "How" and "why" we solve a problem is as important as the "what" of the solution itself; the mythological impact of sci-fi narratives on identity and perception; and whether AI will become a new god. Additionally, we speak on extended-state DMT (DMTx) and interacting with entities; overlaps in the perceptual impact of phenomena like DMT entities and UAPs; and emotionally managing the potential of our world slowly declining into a nightmare dystopian future. ... For links to Beiner's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind185 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, and Heather S —— Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (1:24) Guest bio (4:52) Patreon Thanks (5:41) Interview begins | the impact of sci-fi narratives on identity and perception (14:48) Technology for a friction-free life and the differing mythological impacts of Star Wars vs Star Trek (19:22) How psychedelics can help us make sense of the meta-crisis (25:28) Spheres of agency and how psychedelics have helped Beiner navigate crisis, personally (28:49) Complexity tolerance and the overwhelming deluge of information in modern digital life (32:38) Uncertainty tolerance, games, and prayer (39:31) The importance of certain conceptual knowledge to access the benefits of psychedelics (46:54) "How" and "why" we solve a problem is as important as the "what" of the solution itself (1:01:00) The potential cultural (and cult) impact of AI | will AI become a new god? (1:13:58) Extended-state DMT (DMTx) and interacting with entities | were they real? (1:20:12) The impact of DMT entities and UAPs on how we understand where our solutions might come from (1:31:17) How emotional resonance tricks us into believing thing that aren't true (1:33:17) The potential of our world slowly declining into a nightmare dystopian future (1:39:39) Follow-up links for Beiner's substack, book, and audiobook (1:41:32) Outro

Travis Cartwright and Marie Zak are clinical herbalists from Althaea Herbals, an apothecary in Nelson, BC, Canada. They join us on the show today to talk about herbalism as a way of being in the world, as well as a clinical practice. We also explore why herbalism is not just a plant replacement for pharmaceuticals; how an animistic worldview can empower us to cultivate a direct and living relationship with plants and nature as a whole; how we can learn to communicate with plants through the direct experience of the body; some of Travis and Marie's favourite herbs; where psychedelic plants and fungi fit in a practice of herbalism; and how herbalism can support us in our experiences with psychedelic plants. Enjoy ... For links to Travis and Marie's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind184 ... B E L O N G I N G -- A PATHWAY HOME (course) Marie and Travis are running a 7-week long online course to deepen your capacity to connect with plants and practice herbalism in your own life. Sundays, beginning on February 18th, for seven weeks. Registration closes Feb 17, 2024 More info here: https://www.jameswjesso.com/belonging Use the promo code JESSO for 15% off ... Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (2:31) BELONGING, Altheae's upcoming course | Info here (3:43) Patron Thanks (4:32) Interview begins (5:08) What herbalism is (and isn't) | An explanation of vitalistic herbalism (11:51) Clinical herbalism to balance the vital energies of the body | not just a "green pill" approach (19:37) The limitations of herbal practices (23:40) When to seek a clinical herbalist | when to not seek and herbalist (30:29) Animism and being in direct relationship with plants (35:40) The personal and collective benefits of building a direct relationship with nature (43:59) Heart-centered communication, non-rational engagement, and co-attunement with plants (47:48) Learning from and through the plants, through the direct experience of the body | somatic experience (1:03:11) Where psychedelic plants and fungi fit in a practice of herbalism (1:14:35) Where synthetic chemicals like MDMA fits in herbalism (1:19:16) Travis and Marie's personal favourite herbs, and why (1:22:36) Where to start with herbalism in your life (1:27:35) Belonging: A Pathway Home; their online course in building a personal practice of herbalism (1:33:23) Follow-up links and contact details: https://www.althaeaherbals.com/ (1:34:14) Outro ... SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, & Heather S. And a special thanks to Martin F. for the generous paypal donation.

This episode is with Mijal Schmidt and presents a rather robust exploration of what psychedelic integration is and the specifics of what an ayahuasca integration requires. We talk about the importance of good preparation, and what that looks like; various integration practices and activities; the most common challenges in integrating ayahuasca experiences, including integrating HUGE experiences and difficult experiences; the integration of experiences of exogenous material, e.g. entities or absorbing other people's processes; and how to know when we have successfully completed our integration. We also explore the difference between psychedelic integration and psychotherapy; learning to accept what is happening in our journeys, even when we don't like it or want it or think it's what we are supposed to be experiencing; as well as how to support someone in a post-psychedelic crisis, and when to intervene for their own safety. Enjoy! ... For links to Mijal's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind183 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Joe A, Heather S, & Heartwood Mushrooms —— Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (1:05) Introduction and Guest Bio (4:53) Patron Thanks (6:07) Interview Begins (7:13) Mijal's integration history in private practice and through the ICEERS Support Center (16:40) Best practices in preparing for a psychedelic journey (22:36) Preparing for ayahuasca specifically (28:56) The term "intake" vs "ceremony" (29:57) What an ayahuasca experience is, and what we might find (37:22) Considering the integration of experiences of exogenous material, e.g. entities or absorbing other people's processes (44:05) The importance of acknowledging Mystery (50:40) What, exactly, is psychedelic integration? (58:10) Various integration practices and activities (1:02:21) We need to be care about when, and who we talk to about our psychedelic experiences (1:12:13) Be careful acting on what ayahuasca tells you, unless it's getting you out of danger (1:14:52) How to know when you have successfully integrated your ayahuasca experience (1:18:53) The most common challenges in integrating ayahuasca experiences (1:24:20) Integrating HUGE ayahuasca experiences (1:30:09) Learning to accept what is happening in our journeys (1:34:49) The feelings you think are in the way, are the way (1:26:23) Supporting someone in post-psychedelic crisis (1:41:53) When to intervene in someone's post-psychedelic crisis (1:48:57) Follow-up links and social handles (1:51:12) Outro

Acacea Lewis is our guest for this episode of Adventures Through The Mind. Our interview explores a number of vignettes into her scholarly explorations of psychedelic mushrooms throughout human history, and especially in various African traditions. But the two main thematic arcs we travel in the interview are the work of the late Kilindi Iyi and the value and potential of high dose psilocybin experiences as a form of marital arts, primarily through the lens of Acacea's personal experiences. ... For links to Acacea's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind182 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** EPISODE SPONSOR The Spirit Plant Medicine Conference 2023 Happening in-Person and Online, Nov 3-5 Head to http://www.jameswjesso.com/spmc and use the promo ADVENTURES to get a 30% off the price of your ticket. SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, Heather S, & Heartwood Mushrooms —— ... Episode Breakdown (0:00) Episode sponsor (1:11) Opening and guest bio (4:32) Patron Thanks (6:48) Interview begins (8:09) Acacea's journey into high doses of psilocybin (14:25) Acacea's journey with Kilindi Iyi (18:57) We see what we are interested in (22:54) The African use of psychedelic mushrooms (Egypt and Maasai) (30:20) The history of African martial arts, and the role of psychedelic states in martial arts practice (33:25) Debunking pseudoscience can backfire (30:08) An outline of Acacea's first banned talk (37:24) High dose psilocybin as a martial arts form (40:03) The value (and dangers) of taking high doses of psilocybin (43:44) Psilocybin mushrooms in the Aztec traditions (45:51) The value of high doses is exploration (of self and of reality) (56:05) Learning to be our authentic self through battle with the trained self (1:01:04) The importance of healthy community during high dose explorations (1:06:28) The challenges and opportunities of being stereotyped as a black woman in public advocacy of psychedelics (1:17:32) Considering the potential harms of "accidentally promoting" high doses | there will always be ignorance in the world (1:24:37) Psilocybin mushrooms can be harsh, just like mother nature can be harsh (1:26:12) A quick run down of the lectures Acacea will be giving at the Spirit Plant Medicine Conference. (1:27:05) Crystals as a technology for psychedelic experiences (1:32:23) Connecting with Acacea on social media, and her online school (1:35:20) Outro

Dr. Eve Maram is a clinical and forensic psychologist and a certified Jungian Analyst in private practice in Orange, California. She joins us to share her perspective on schizophrenia, of it as a condition wherein the organizing function of the ego is overwhelmed by the turbulence waters of the unconscious (a statement that will be well flushed out in the interview); but we also go deep into her model of the schizophrenia complex, which is the bundle of "thoughts and feelings constellated by encounters with what we call schizophrenia, for those who experience symptoms, and for those others impacted by them" (another statement that will be fully flushed out throughout the interview). Throughout this interview we also explore what a complex is; the role schizophrenia played in the development of Jung's theories; the vital important of relationship for those with schizophrenia; how schizophrenia attacks relatedness; the various ways the schizophrenia complex arises within us and why; pharmaceutical vs non-pharmaceutical treatments of schizophrenia; the changing cultural tides around how medicine perceives schizophrenia; and practical advice for relating with those who have schizophrenia and their symptoms, advice for practitioners, loved-ones, and even for people with the condition themselves. Enjoy. For links to Dr. Maram's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind181 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Become a member of my Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Toss me a tip on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Toss my a Tip on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Buy some merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon! In particular, my $23+ patrons; Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, Heather S, & Heartwood Mushrooms —— Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (1:47) Episode overture and guest bio (5:21) Patron thanks (7:38) Interview begins (8:23) How Dr. Maram came to study schizophrenia (15:03) A Jungian definition of "complex" (18:14) The Schizophrenia Complex (24:10) How schizophrenia was essential in the development of Jung's ideas (26:37) We don't really know what schizophrenia is, exactly. (28:36) Schizophrenia as the ego mind being flooded by the unconscious (36:01) The Schizophrenia Complex arises from our fear of total annihilation (44:44) That fear is justified, for many reasons, what matters is that we are conscious of it. (51:09) Relationship is essential in navigating schizophrenia; but schizophrenia attacks relatedness (54:21) The Schizophrenia Complex manifesting through fawning (trying to save them) (1:00:04) Treating schizophrenia: pharmaceutical vs non-pharmaceutical methods (1:07:56) Anosognosia (1:09:32) Exploring the changing cultural tides around how medicine perceives schizophrenia (1:13:32) Telling the difference between psychosis and spiritual crisis (1:16:22) Some practical advice for practitioners working with people with schizophrenia (1:20:18) Some practical advice for people with schizophrenia grappling with their diagnosis and condition (1:24:58) Some practical advice for people living with/caring for loved ones with schizophrenia (1:31:51) Follow-up links and information about Dr. Maram's book, The Schizophrenia Complex (1:32:38) Closing

Dr. Adele Lafrance joins us to explore psychedelics and the healing power of Love. Our conversation begins with an exploration of emotional processing and how difficulties and deficiencies in emotional processing both our mental health, our relationships, and our general wellbeing. We then step into psychedelics and the role they play in supporting our emotional processing capacities. From there we turn towards Love, what it is and all the accidental ways we conflate it with things that can include love but aren't love itself: romance, lust, infatuation, attachment, obsession, etc. We talk about the healing power of Love, both in our day-to-day lives and in various forms of healthcare, and why as a society we need to better learn how to wield and integrate that healing power of love. We then talk about encounters with Love as a transpersonal force during psychedelic experiences, the role of love in supporting people in their psychedelic experiences, and even the strange phenomenon of being harmed by too much Love on 5-MeO-DMT. Of course, although love itself is not sex, with any mention of love we evoke consideration of sexuality, sexual dynamics, and sex itself. Thus, we also talk about sexual healing, the complexity of sexual energy and behaviour in therapy, and even the risks, challenges, and opportunities of having sex while on psychedelics. ... STUDY SURVEY HERE: https://psychedeliclove.org/survey-study For links to Lafrance's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind180 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Tip Me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telgram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Huge thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! In particular my $23+ patrons: Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, James S, Heather S, & Heartwood Mushrooms —— Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (1:35) Episode overture and guest bio (5:45) Patreon thanks (6:43) Interview begins (7:44) Emotional processing and the damaging impact of poor emotional processing (12:49) Culturally conditioned deficits in emotional processing (19:50) Learning to own triggers, rather than project them (22:14) The role of psychedelics in emotional processing (and vice versa) (28:02) Our emotions are the most reliably true aspect of our psychedelic experiences (31:18) Disambiguating "Love" (37:01) Love as a transpersonal force (40:01) Love in psychedelic experiences (44:08) Being harmed by too much love on 5-MeO-DMT (48:03) Our sociocultural context can negatively impact our psychedelic integration (50:05) The role of love in our healing journeys (51:48) The role of love in supporting people in psychedelic experiences (53:59) We need to acknowledge love is a transpersonal force (56:40) The complexity of sexual energy and behaviour in therapy (1:05:11) Psychedelics and sexual healing, and sex on psychedelics (1:15:57) The Love Project: what it is, how it came to be, and how you can get involved (1:23:33) Closing regards (1:24:25) Outro

Here is a short but important update to the Podcast release schedule. TLDR: Rather than every two weeks, podcasts will now be released every 4 to 6 weeks for the next few months in order to allocate more time to writing a book: a follow-up to my first book, Decomposing The Shadow: Lessons From The Psilocybin Mushroom --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Donate monthly on Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Tip Me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso ► Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Crypto Donations: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin/ ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ -- STAY IN TOUCH -- ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter ► Telegram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso

Rachel Harris, PhD joins us to talk about her new book, Swimming In The Sacred Swimming in the Sacred offers a revelatory look into the past half-century of psychedelics use via in-depth interviews Harris conducted with women elders who have worked underground guiding sacred entheogenic journeys to cultivate insight, healing, and spiritual development. Specifically, we talk about working with unseen worlds and unseen others; thin veils, absorption, and being accidentally overdosed by psychedelics; the uncanny connection between guide and journeyer during ceremony; and how psychedelic guiding work is NOT therapy and how therapy and guiding are two different skill sets. Furthermore, we talk about the complexity of good dosing; the value of lower doses and the risks of putting larger doses on a pedestal; the strange emerging phenomenon of "competitive ego deathing"; and learning to work with life in a bigger way by learning to let our psychedelic insights work on us over time. We talk about the risks of harm and abuse in both under- and above-ground psychedelic therapy; the difference between certification and qualification; how we lose our capacity to properly skill psychedelic guides in our rush to certify as many as possible to meet a massive demand; how to assess if a provider is trustworthy and skilled; and why psychedelic therapists NEED to experience psychedelics themselves. ... For links to Rachel's work, full show notes and supportive materials, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind179 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW**>>> Episode Art is a modified version of La Medicina Vive En Mi by the incredible Luis Tamani SUPPORT THE PODCAST Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Tip Me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telgram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially my $23+ patrons, Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, Nanci BF, Heather S, and Heartwood Mushrooms —— Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (4:08) Guest Bio (6:23 ) Patreon thanks | Support The Show (7:55) Interview begins (10:08) The research behind Swimming In The Sacred (12:10) Focusing on the value of the wisdom of women guides, specifically (14:22) How women have been doubly silenced in psychedelic circles (21:11) These guides aren't therapists; their work is not therapy (24:14) The capacity to work with unseen worlds is not necessarily available to all of us (29:21) Thin veils, absorption, and being accidentally overdosed by psychedelics (30:57) The complexity of good dosing | "Competitive Ego Deathing" (34:11) Therapists DO NOT need to dose with their client (34:44) Psychedelic therapists NEED to experience psychedelics | sitting and therapy are separate skills (41:47) The uncanny connection between guide and journeyer during ceremony (45:20) Modern psychedelic research is lacking collaboration with the wisdom of the underground (49:40) We lose capacity for skillfulness in psychedelic guidance when we rush to certify psychedelic therapists (53:18) The difference between certified and qualified (53:52) What to ask a psychedelic guide to determine if they are trustworthy (55:28) What is lost when psychedelics become a mainstream institution (56:14) Psychedelic guidance is not about symptom reductions (57:51) Addressing the risk of abuse in psychedelic therapy (1:07:27) Therapists, heal thyself | "Waking up" does not amount to "cleaning up" (1:08:51) Waking up, Cleaning up, Growing up, Looking around (1:11:13) Working with life in a bigger way (1:13:59) The value of lower doses and the risks of putting larger doses on a pedestal (1:24:29) The strange trend of overdosed microdosing supplements (1:25:40) Psychedelic insights work on you over time, if you support them in doing so (1:34:03) Be careful not to psychologize spiritual experiences (1:39:56) Discerning between a "message from the medicine" and ego projection (1:42:51) Psilocybin-assisted Therapy Vs Therapy-assisted Psilocybin (1:44:57) Advice for people who want to become psychedelic therapists (1:47:09) Advice for therapists who want to start providing psychedelic therapy (1:48:07) Ketamine Therapy is NOT Psychedelic Therapy (1:50:50) Advice for people who want to become underground guides (1:52:43) Advice for finding a psychedelic guide you can trust (1:54:27) Advice for people who want to develop a life practice with psychedelic plants (1:56:41) "Swimming In The Sacred" comes from Maria Sabina (1:57:58) Follow-up links (1:58:55) Closing Rachel's other interviews on Adventures Through The Mind Integrating Ayahuasca (and "her" voice in your head) w/ Rachel Harris Ph.D. ~ Ep. 63 What Psychedelic Can Teach Us About Dealing With Crisis - Psyc

Today's episode is a bit of a lateral step from psychedelics specifically as we are going to talk about bipolar with Sara Schley, the author of the highly-acclaimed memoir BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. We talk about bipolar as a spectrum and the different variations of bipolar disorder; why it is that so many people with bipolar are misdiagnosed and the issues this presents to those individuals and their families; major triggers for bipolar episodes and why medication isn't enough to keep people stable; the self-care system Schley has developed for living with a bipolar brain; and how to support your friends/family that are in a bipolar crisis. Enjoy. ... For links to Schley's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind178 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Tip Me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/jameswjesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telgram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially my $23+ patrons, Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, Nanci BF, & Heartwood Mushrooms —— and to Laurie A for their generous one-time donation. Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (1:52) Guest bio and episode summary (3:40) Patreon thanks | Support the show (5:45) Interview Begins (8:37) The story of Sara discovering that she has bipolar (12:34) The bipolar spectrum and the different variations of bipolar disorder (16:55) Traditional SSRIs do NOT work for bipolar (18:21) The epidemic of misdiagnosis of bipolar (21:52) How undiagnosed bipolar (and mental illness in general) can destroy your relationships and your life (27:17) Why there are so many mentally ill people in our society (30:25) The genetics, epigenetics, and neurology of bipolar (35:34) Does life context "activate" bipolar or is it inevitable regardless of context? (43:49) PECS self-care system (Physical, emotional, creative, spiritual) (49:56) Pharmaceutical vs non-pharmaceutical treatment for bipolar (1:00:39) Having a practical PECS moment (1:02:19) Keeping bipolar stable and major triggers (1:08:39) Why isn't medication enough to keep stable? (1:14:16) James' morning practice (1:16:07) How bipolar made Sara a better person (1:20:41) What Sara wants you to remember from this podcast (1:21:31) The emergency ally toolkit (how to support your friends/family that are in a bipolar crisis) (1:23:04) Follow up links for other content, social media, and Sara's book Brainstorm (1:24:33) Closing, socials, and gratitude

This episode features Matthew Baggott of Tactogen Inc. and will explore entactogens, which are drugs like MDMA, 2C-B, and Methalone. We start with setting a basic framework for what an entactogen is and a few example drugs, before exploring the complexities in their various effects, mechanisms of action, and both the legislative and technical process of the development of novel or new entactogenic drugs. ... For links to Baggott's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind177 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telgram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially my $23+ patrons, Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, Nanci BF, & Heartwood Mushrooms —— Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (2:44) Guest Bio (4:06) Patreon thanks | Support The Show (5:42) Interview begins (6:31) What is an entactogen and what does it do? | The difference between entactogens and psychedelics (8:37) A short discussion about 2C-B (11:47) A list of different entactogens (15:30) r-MDMA vs s-MDMA (19:48) Methalone, aka bk-MDMA (21:52) 3-MMC and 4-MMC: patents, development, and legality (23:13) Why Schedule 1 makes drug development difficult (25:02) The qualities they are trying to design OUT of new entactogen drugs (pt1) (26:31) "The loss of magic" with MDMA (33:11) Serotin transporters and MDMA neuro-oxidization (36:27) Using NAC to bring back the MDMA magic | enhanced plasticity, antioxidants, and homeostasis (44:13) The qualities they are trying to design OUT of new entactogen drugs (pt2) (48:52) Why we need "take home" entactogenic drugs (53:20) Can a drug still be medicine if it's fun, too? (58:13) The process of justifying off-label MDMA prescriptions (1:03:01) Will there be a moral backlash against the development of "good feel" drugs? (1:11:10) The negative social consequences of prohibitionist law enforcement (1:15:58) We can't just give people psychedelics and expect society will get better (1:18:46) Problematic moves in the psychedelic biotech industry (1:25:01) Psychedelic Patent Trolling (1:32:15) How Tactogen is trying to give back to psychedelic users (1:44:16) Increasing access to health care, not just to psychedelic substances (1:49:40) Follow-up link and contact details (1:51:25) closing

In this episode, we welcome back Dr. Andrew Gallimore to explore the content of his new book 'Reality Switch Technologies: Psychedelics as Tools for the Discovery and Exploration of New Worlds'. We discuss how the brain builds an experiential world model from patterns of information at the neural level; how all of those worlds are correlated with specific neural patterns; how we can disturb that neural pattern to encounter new worlds; essentially, using psychedelic molecules to explore alternate worlds. We explore how different classes of psychedelics affects the brain differently and thus switch us to different potential worlds, focusing specifically on the neural and world-switching effects of classical psychedelics, tropane alkaloids, and ketamine. We also explore why the brain doesn't care if its models are true, only if their adaptive; how perception of reality flows from conceptual hypothesis down, not from sensory information upwards; the self-model and its disintegration (ego death); we talk about schizophrenia and hearing voices; and about how every experience is "real" but not all experience is accurately mapped to our environment. ... For links to Gallimore's work, full show notes, and a link to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind176 *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telgram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially my $23+ patrons, Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, Nanci BF, & Heartwood Mushrooms —— Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening and introduction (3:10) Guest bio (4:38) Patreon Thanks | Support the Show (6:14) Interview Begins (7:38) All experience is "real"; all experiences are of models made by the brain (10:45) DMT worlds are made of the same stuff as our normal waking world (13:15) The brain builds a world model from patterns of information at the neural level (18:31) The Interface Theory of Perception; not every experience is an adaptive model of the environment (22:07) The brain doesn't care if its models are true, only if it's adaptive. (24:26) Perception of reality flows from conceptual hypothesis down, not from sensory information upwards; predictive coding (35:40) The world falls out of the brain; how the brain builds the rich complexity of an entire reality (40:50) The self-model and its disintegration (ego death) (45:08) Schizophrenia and hearing voices (52:21) How the brain builds the world space of consensus reality, and how we can explore new world spaces by changing our brains with psychedelics (59:59) The C-Switch: how classical psychedelics affect the structure and dynamics of our models for reality (1:07:32) How classical psychedelics offer us profound insights and increase creativity through their effect on our brain's hypotheses about reality (1:11:39) Ego death is the result of classical psychedelics producing a loss of distinction between self and other (1:14:20) Increased wonder and insights resulting from classical psychedelics destabilizing the brain's hypotheses (1:23:08) Considering the difference between 5-MeO-DMT and DMT in the context of classical psychedelic effect on "the world space" (1:27:34) The M-Switch: how tropane alkaloids (aka datura) affect the structure and dynamics of our models for reality through acetylcholine, the M1 receptor, and the management of error signals (1:36:38) Tropanes, attention, and coming in and out of reality and hallucinations (1:39:30) The N-Switch: how ketamine and PCP affect the structure and dynamics of our models for reality through the NDMA receptor, the push-pull dance between anesthesia and high-psychedelia (1:45:23) James musing on his high-dose ketamine experiences (1:46:45) Ketamine is an abstract state of consciousness (1:50:11) What about Cannabis, MDMA, and Amanita Muscaria? (1:54:51) Using psychedelic molecules (and designing new ones) to explore and map alternate worlds (2:02:47) Follow-up links and socials (2:05:21) Outro

Today's episode explores the mescaline-containing cactus known as San Pedro, otherwise known as Huachuma. Our guest is Laurel Anne Sugden. We discuss the objective side of the cactus; that is habitat, history, sustainability, poaching, pollination, propagation, fruits, flowers, and alkaloids. However, we also explore what we might, for lack of better language, call the subjective side of San Pedro; we explore "who is San Pedro", the qualities of experience it catalyzes, and what it asks of us and offers us in perspective, healing, and relationship. We also explore the impact anthropocentrism has on our capacity to be in relationship with sacred plants, safe preparation methods of cactus powder, the subjectivity of ethics, why it takes more than breaking the ego to make us wise, and a deconstruction of the modern fascination of "hyperspace entities" and aliens, among a handful of other topics throughout the flow of the conversation. --LINKS-- Huachuma Collective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huachuma.collective/ Huachuma Collective Seed Project: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-san-pedro-cactus-conservation-in-peru For further links to Sugden's work, full show notes, and to access a video stream of this episode, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind175 ***Full Topics Breakdown and Time Stamps Below*** SUPPORT THE PODCAST Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telgram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially my $23+ patrons, Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, Nanci BF, & Heartwood Mushrooms —— Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (4:45) Patreon Thanks | Support The Podcast (5:57) Introducing some cacti friends (8:20) Interview begins: what is Huachuma/San Pedro? (9:42) The different San Pedro cacti used for ceremonial purposes (16:03) San Pedro flowers, fruit, and propagation (21:01) Hybridization and cross-pollination (23:47) Reductionist science and anthropocentrism erase our connection to the spirit of the plant (29:22) The different alkaloids in San Pedro (beyond mescaline) (30:35) A brief history of Cacti and their worldwide distribution (33:57) Serious conservation concerns for san pedro | overharvesting and poaching of wild cactus for international cactus (39:41) Ignorance supporting ecological devastation | A failure of relationship (42:08) The subjectivity of ethics and learning to listen to the plants (44:29) Your store san pedro powder is likely illegally poached | How to safely prepare raw san pedro power (53:03) Reciprociy to indigenous San Pedro communities: The Huachuma Collective (54:56) Who is San Pedro? (57:07) How San Pedro helps us heal (1:01:45) It takes more than breaking the ego to make us wise (1:07:10) We learn from the plant, but the plant also learns from us (1:16:02) Deconstructing the modern fascination with "hyperspace entities" and aliens (1:22:07) What lesson San Pedro has to offer us in our present times (1:24:35) Follow-up links for Huachuma Collective and Laurel Sugden (1:26:02) Outro

This episode features Jeronimo MM of ICEERS Foundation and explores the potential dangers and pitfalls present for ayahuasca/plant medicine facilitators in non-traditional contexts. Dangers specific to the facilitators, that Jeronimo refers to as The 6 Pitfalls: Sex, Money, Power, Intercultural Relationships, and Legal Situations. We also do a deep dive into what a "non-traditional context" is and two potential harms that might come up for participants, namely "when the experience is too much" and "Ayahuasca told me that…" To use Jeronimo's words from the interview you are about to hear, this episode explores "How to avoid harming people who have put themselves under your care" We welcome Jeronimo back to Adventures Through The Mind for his fourth feature. His previous episodes were a dedicated interview on the complexity of the ongoing mainstreaming of psychedelics and the others were psychedelic cafes on how to protect from corporate influence and bad actors in the psychedelic scene, and the importance of ethnopharmacology for the future of humanity. If you are a plant medicine facilitator of any kind or know facilitators, this episode is definitely for you. However, this episode will be relevant to anyone interested in participating in any kind of plant medicine ceremony. As the dangers presented, facilitators are also dangers present to participants under those facilitators' care. Having a sense of what they are in advance empowers your capacity to better navigate the often murky world of underground facilitation. ... Importantly, this episode is a vignette into a portion of the 6-month course Jeronimo is putting on through ICEERS titled Increasing the Safety of Ayahuasca Sessions: A harm reduction course for facilitators in non-traditional contexts. The course begins on May 8 and the admission process ends on April 27. Meaning there is little time left to sign up, if you feel called to do so. More details (along with a video version of this interview) are available at bit.ly/ATTMind174 Or you can jump right over to the course page by heading to http://iceers.academy/ *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** ***Featured image is courtesy of and copyright iceers.academy 2023 SUPPORT THE PODCAST Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telgram Channel: https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially my $23+ patrons, Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, Nanci BF, & Heartwood Mushrooms —— Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (7:01) Increasing the Safety of Ayahuasca Sessions Course (7:50) Patron thanks (9:11)) Interview Begins (10:21) A harm reduction course for Facilitators in non-traditional contexts. (14:31) Why non-traditonal use contexts for ayahuasca require additional protocols to protect participants and facilitators (20:03) Dangers for participants: when the experience is too much, flight-response, disassociation, psychosis (29:18) The fine line between when to let difficult experiences unfold naturally and when to intervene (38:21) How to protect an ayahuasca participant from falling into disassociation (42:18) The dangers of "Ayahuasca told me that..." (50:15) Discerning between internal and external truths as a part of psychedelic integration (54:57) The 3 confirmations rule for psychedelic realizations (57:01) The 6 pitfalls for ayahuasca/plat medicine facilitators | Sex, Money, Power, Isolation, Intercultural Relationships, Legal situations (59:34) How the social structure of being an ayahuasca faciliator can push them into these pitfalls (1:10:11) The Pitfall of Money | the importance of payment, but the manipulations that can occur through payment (1:12:42) "Ayahuasca told me…" sex, love, and relationships (1:21:37) Its nice to be celebrated, but eventually it becomes a poison (1:27:31) The pitfall of "Intercultural Relationships" | relationships between non-traditional facilitators and traditional cultures (1:38:54) "How to avoid harming people who have put themselves under your care" | freedom vs responsibility (1:43:47) Follow-up links for the ICEERS course. (1:44:54) Closing