Adventures Through The Mind

Alex Kazemi, author of 'Pop Magick: A Simple Guide To Bending Your Reality', is on the show to talk about using magick and magickal rituals to bend reality, but also how magick has both helped and harmed him on his path into, and through, substance addiction and early fame. We also talk about learning to free ourselves from the simulation of mainstream consumer reality, why the dogmas of the occult world are holding magickal practitioners back, drug-induced psychosis, and even NoFap as a powerful practice of inner alchemy. --LINKS-- For links to Alex's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind131 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: 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 *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Chuck W, Alex F, & Eliz C ************** Episode Breakdown What is Magick The theatre of modern culture What about occam's razor? Why do we need a higher power to understand Magick What is reality; what is freedom? Magical perspective vs magical practice Accessing desire deeper than material Being selfish and self-centred with your magical power Pop magick and the dogma of the occult Magick as a non-discriminatory spiritual option The value of tradition vs the cage of dogma Spirits and how we create entities The value of accessing a higher power Magick as a frame of reference for psychotherapy Healing trauma and addiction with magic How Magick both helped and harmed Alex's journey through addiction The anatomy of a magical ritual Accessing natural energy, within and without An important risk with doing Pop Magick Using magic to feed our addictions Abstract outcome vs specific outcome How questing for our own desires can hurt others James' journey into addiction and drug-induced psychosis Sigil Magick and candle Magick Charging your Magickal symbols Suspending Disbelief; Just give it a go Drug Magick Why Alex avoids drug Magick Sex Magick Nofap, porn, and inner alchemy The dangers of porn for young minds Pornography addiction ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: 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 --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/

Living in Gabon for 50 years, Tatayo was the first westerner to be initiated into the Bwiti Fang iboga tradition. He joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to discuss what he has learned about Bwiti after living in Gabon and working with iboga. **** WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BWITI WAY OF LIFE? Bwiti: School Of Life is a 4-part interactive webinar series about Gabonese culture and the spiritual practices of the Bwiti. - Sundays, Nov 8-29 2020 Learn more or sign up at https://www.jameswjesso.com/bwiti (use ATTMIND20 for $20 off) ***** For links to Tatyo's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind130 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** (Featured Photo by Tony Hoare 2018) --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: 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 *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Chuck W, Alex F, & Eliz C ************** Episode Breakdown How Tatayo came to Gabon and why he decided to stay How he came to do his initiation What is Ebando What is the Bwiti, what is its connection to Iboga Bwiti different expression in Gabonese culture Iboga is love What is a Bwiti initiation? The complexities and dangers of cultural differences between Gabonese and westerners The necessity of intercultural mediation to protect both locals and westerners What is a Bwiti Iboga initiation ceremony like Iboga and the realm of the dead Iboga connects you with the synchronicity of your life The roles and presence of spirits in the Bwiti cultural paradigm How Iboga heals Tatayo's craziest rescue mission Ebando's upcoming Bwiti: school of life course Racial issues of being a white man speaking n behalf of an African culture The only secret is the plants being a bridge between cultures ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: 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 --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/

Carlos Tanner, director of The Ayahuasca Foundation, is on the show to talk about what childhood trauma is, how it's developed, and not only how ayahuasca can help heal it, but how we can set ourselves up for, and understand, that healing in a way that truly betters our lives. --LINKS-- For links to Carlos' work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind129 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/coffee Use promo code JESSO to get 10% off your order and give 5% to psychedelic research. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Eliz C, & Chuck W Episode Breakdown Carlos' journey of recovering from addiction with ayahuasca and into ayahuasca apprenticeship What is childhood trauma and how is it made The role of ayahuasca in healing childhood trauma Why ayahuasca helps heal trauma better than psychoanalysis The importance of having a safe context to release stuck traumatic emotions The role of accessing hypersensitivity states during ayahuasca to remap traumatic memories The essential role of ceremony in guiding our ayahuasca experiences into a healing experience Inner environment metaphor to understand the science of healing with ayahuasca "whatever it takes" The role of stating your intention The connection between inner environment and relational context Are there certain traumas that ayahuasca can heal better than others? How do spirits fit into this childhood trauma healing process? How our beliefs inform our sense of what's real, and how our sense of reality isn't necessarily what's real What about dark sorcery, demons, psychic warfare, and magic darts? What about trauma that causes psychiatric conditions, like psychosis or bipolar? Ayahuasca's influence on epigenetics and inherited family trauma Integration specific to returning back to your life after doing ayahuasca in South America The results of the ayahuasca foundation's research on ayahuasca impact on mental health The second phase of their research ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/coffee Use promo code JESSO to get 10% off your order and give 5% to psychedelic research. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness

WHAT DOES THE PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE OFFER US IN SO FAR AS THE MEANING OF BEING IN RELATIONSHIP? That is the question we are exploring for this episode of The Psychedelic Café. Our Guests are: Mel Cassidy, Bruce Sanguin, Miriam Elise, and Adam Wilder --LINKS-- For links to Jeronimo's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/PsyCafe3 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/coffee Use promo code JESSO to get 10% off your order and give 5% to psychedelic research. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Eliz C, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown The importance of relationships on the path of personal betterment through psychedelics The role of psychedelics in dissolving dysfunctional social paradigms of codependency Wounded in relationship, healed in relationship (and where psychedelics fit into the process) Learning to love oneself through peyote The similarities between kundalini sexual awakenings and psychedelic awakenings The power of accessing authenticity Psychedelic work is not about "me" and simply learning about oneself with psychedelics doesn't equate to being healed Integration happens in relationship Love as the bridge to the other An invitation to return to an a priori relational reality Learning how to love better and let love in better Being inauthentic people for unconscious efforts to get old attachment needs met Healing ourselves to go beyond the wounded pattern of trying to fulfill needs and step into celebrating being together Learning to be ok with putting up boundaries even if people won't like you for it Psychedelics helping us being ok with feeling shame and feel loved simultaneously The fallacy of self-sovereignty and connection being polar opposites The relationship between oneness and personal boundaries Ayahuasca and accessing profound eroticism within oneself Psychedelics helping us let go the shame of embodying our sexuality Do psychedelics make us polyamorous? Deconstructing the shame we hold for our natural sexual tendencies "Psychedelic erotic confusion" Is it an addiction to falling in love that feeds polyamory? Polyfuckary vs polyamory The power of psychedelics to bring us into our individual embodied sovereignty The will to grieve as a skill that helps us sustain healthy relationships Learning to be intimate with the unknown ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: 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 --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

Robert 'Rio' Hahn is on the show for this episode to present the explorer's mindset to us, and all that it can offer us, through sharing his history as not only an explorer but one of the founding fathers for ethnobotanical research of psychoactive plants in the Amazon. He is not only a curious and sharp-minded man but an important figure in the history of psychedelic culture as we know it today. --LINKS-- For links to Rio's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind128 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown Rio journey into the amazon on the R/VHeraclitus to study psychoactive plants with Wade Davis and Dennis and Terrence McKenna What it was like to drink ayahuasca before anyone knew what ayahuasca was Is there regret for helping pave the way for ayahuasca tourism? How an explorers mindset can protect us from shamanic exploitation How and explorers mindset can help us navigate the pandemic crisis Surrender, acceptance, curiosity, and breath How to be explorers while holding psychoactive plants as teachers Rios journey into datura with a Hindu swami (swamis sacred plant) Keep hold of the explorers' mindset ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

Each a leader in the field of psilocybin therapy and medicine, Francoise Bourzat and Rosalind Watts are on the show to talk with each other about psilocybin for depression, trauma, dying; as well as integration, the role of community in getting the most out of our psychedelic experiences, why the depression comes back after psilocybin therapy, and the challenges of being a woman in psychedelic research. We also discuss the ethics of screening people for therapy, using mushrooms in naturalistic settings, ego inflation, and the impact of venture capitalism is having on psychedelic culture. --LINKS-- For links to Jeronimo's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind127 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/coffee Use promo code JESSO to get 10% off your order and give 5% to psychedelic research. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Talpitoo, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown The basis of why these two women have come together for this episode Francoise's upcoming Research on psilocybin and grief Navigating the Challenges of being a woman in psychedelic research, and science in general Team support structures for handing difficult psilocybin therapy sessions as a facilitator Preparing a team to research psilocybin therapy and processing grief The masculine striving and the feminine building of community and family The role of grief and grieving in the process of healing with psilocybin Encounter with eternity help us reconsolidate the dying process The integration processes used during the psilocybin for depression trials How long should we wait between psilocybin journeys? A point about the value of heart rate variability as something o measure during psilocybin research Discussing why (and how) the depression comes back after psilocybin Psilocybin therapy and trauma healing Comparing MDMA to psilocybin insofar as trauma healing Concerns around how fast psychedelics are being mainstreamed The ethics of screening people for psilocybin therapy The role of community in getting the most benefit from psilocybin Building that community using the 'pollinator model' Discussions on the psilocybin service initiative in Oregon Using mushrooms in natural settings Discussions about psychedelic medicine in the context of capitalism Psychedelic ego inflation and narcissism increased by psychedelic use Why profitable psychedelic therapy will likely be poor therapy Quality psilocybin therapy vs 'kfc' therapy How big business legislation may hurt good people to keep doing their work in the context of legalization ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/coffee Use promo code JESSO to get 10% off your order and give 5% to psychedelic research. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

Greg Kieser is on the show to explore a hypothetical future where society is led by Super Aware Intelligence Machines as a framework to talk about systems thinking, supersystemic thinking, idea ecologies, the two cognitive impediments that prevent humanity from solving the largest problems it faces, and where psychedelics are sewn into the mix. --LINKS-- For links to Greg's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind126 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/coffee Use promo code JESSO to get 10% off your order and give 5% to psychedelic research. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown Introducing the concept and themes of Dear Machine (a letter to a super aware intelligent machine in the future) Bringing a different quality of thinking to humanity's problems Systems thinking, supersystemic thinking, and idea ecosystems Comparing idea ecosystems to forests and the microbiome What ideas and ideologies best serve humanity's evolution? The problem-solving tools we are currently using are fundamentally incapable of solving the problems they propose to solve What perspectives and goals would a super aware intelligent machine will have for humanity? Why good ideas will grow and eventually outplace bad ideas, despite the tendencies for bad ideas (or ideologies) to spread more virally Regenerative agriculture as an example of how good ideas will eventually take over the bad ones Accounting for the limitations of human emotional immaturity Why psychedelics can help decrease irrational thinking Greg Kieser has optimism despite how disparaging the situation currently seems The two cognitive impediments that prevent humanity from solving our largest problems The illusory self and how it is baked into our social institution The interweaving of the self beyond the lifespan and into the natural world "We lack the brain capacity to acquire data, analyze it for actionable insights, then rank the value of the resulting knowledge." [source] Informational overload and the disintegration of objective reality The challenge of making decisions while trying to juggle all the knowledge we might have about that decision - analysis paralysis How to buy to apple Our governments are not prepared to solve our problems and are actually incentivized not to The value and the failures of democracy Psychedelics' place within humanities progression towards harmony Why psychedelics, themselves, will not actually help us better ourselves as a society What has he pandemic revealed about the validity of Greg's thesis in Dear Machine Comparing the pandemic to the occupy movement What are the first steps we can take to start developing supersystemic thinking ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/coffee Use promo code JESSO to get 10% off your order and give 5% to psychedelic research. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

What lessons do our psychedelics experiences offer us in making sense of the global pandemic and all the crises that have come with it? Our guests exploring this question are Rachel Harris, Maria Papaspyrou, Tarzie McLean, and Kyle Buller. --LINKS-- For links to all our guest's work, and to download an MP3 of this episode, head to https://bit.ly/PsyCafe2 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ▷ This Episode's Sponsor: DEEP SKY COFFEE Use promo code "jesso" to get a 10% discount and give 5% to psychedelic research WIN FREE COFFEE! https://kingsumo.com/g/gtloin/win-free-coffee-and-some-signed-psychedelic-books ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown Introduction of each guest Sensemaking reality How do we make our challenges 'medicine' When does the ceremony end? Internal vs external challenge | active engagement vs passive receptivity Doing the work vs letting the work be done Learning to sit in uncertainty How does our perspective on death impact how we respond to the pandemic The pandemic, like psychedelics, places our dying front and center in life "The grief and the loss and the fertility of it all" The complexity between reconnecting with nature for our individual health and the demand to stay out of the wilds for the sake of planetary health Do our psychedelic experiences support our capacity to navigate crises in general? A question of meaning-making during the pandemic crisis We are all being affected differently The privilege to see this as a learning opportunity Exploring the unintended consequences of acting while highly embodied with 'triggered' energy The complications of reactive social media engagement during times of protest Are we integrating our pandemic lessons well enough to prepare for the growing climate crisis? Psychedelic integration has no end The ongoing process of meaning-making Failing to live up to our psychedelic lessons It takes a long time to integrate crisis, psychedelic or otherwise The selfishness of 'Yolo' What do you bring back for the world from your psychedelic experiences? ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ▷ This Episode's Sponsor: DEEP SKY COFFEE Use promo code "jesso" to get a 10% discount and give 5% to psychedelic research WIN FREE COFFEE! https://kingsumo.com/g/gtloin/win-free-coffee-and-some-signed-psychedelic-books ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter

In 2017, Andrea Bird received her terminal diagnosis. In December of 2018, having no experience with it up to this point, she received underground psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to grapple with the challenge of dying. She is on the show for this episode to share her psilocybin story publicly for the first time. --LINKS-- For links to Andrea's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind125 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown Receiving the terminal Diagnosis Deciding to take psilocybin during her dying process Learning to be a dying person The context of her first journey The story of her first journey What her first psilocybin journey taught her about how to die Learning to love yourself Integrating that first journey into life (and dying) The shadow winter What brought her into her second journey 'Saying to good to everyone I love' Dying of cancer during the pandemic A fierce training of living in the present moment Giving back the gift of life Andreas suggestions in preparing for psilocybin during your dying time The role of poetry in learning to die ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

Welcome To The Psychedelic Café, a structured group conversation on curated topics, with curated guests, exploring a central question. This session's question is: What does it mean to be a Black advocate in the Psychedelic Renaissance? Our guests are The Dank Duchess, Darron Le Baron, Chor Boogie, Akua Ofosuhene, and Moudou Baqui --LINKS-- For links to our guests' work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/PsyCafe1 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ***Featured image is courtesy (and copyright) of Chor Boogie

Dr. Douglas Tataryn joins us to explain the Four Facets Of Human Transformation, how they develop (or don't develop) over time, what roles those facets play, what it looks like when one is more developed than the others, and how we might develop those facets in a way that leads us to removing perceptual distortions and living happier, healthier, more embodied lives within ourselves and within our relationships. --LINKS-- For links to Dr. Tataryn's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind124 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown A quick overview of topics from our first interview together What are the four facets of transformation Waking up Transcending identification Development of identity/locus of identification Challenges of meditative disidentification The end of thinking is possible Different types of waking up Recognizing the lie of what we thought was our self Where is God in enlightenment? Cleaning up After enlightenment Why do enlightened masters still do dumb things Accidental conditioned history, emotional impressions, feeling beliefs, and perceptual distortions Accidental conditioned history includes trauma but isn't only trauma The importance of clearing perceptual distortions Growing up Increasing complexity Growing up can damage our relationships with those who aren't growing up Spiral dynamics integral: Traditional consciousness VS modern VS postmodern Why do social justice warriors embody the very relational and behavioral values and patterns they claim to be championing against? The profound importance of co-learning in communities of practice Sharing and exploring feelings and emotions are needed to form deep bonds How Jordan Peterson illuminated the ethnocentric gang mentality of SJWs The stages of growing up Looking around How a lack of emotional intelligence can damage our relationships Developing sensitivities to perceive different aspect of reality Shamanism's capacity to navigate realities that others are unable to perceive at all How the 4 facets of transformations overlay Ken Wilber's 4 quadrants of the self How the self and the world you are creating within yourself is being co-created by the four facets of human transformation ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

Maria Balaet is on the show to talk about the impact of psychedelics on memory processing, the neuropharmacology of memory, the interplay of memory and personal consciousness, and the ethics of memory modulation with psychedelics. --LINKS-- For links to Maria Balaet's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind123 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Ian C, David WB, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown Foundational concepts of memory, brain, and consciousnesses Neural Darwinism Memory as an operation of the brain Memory is not just about remembering things Encoding, consolidation, retrieval (and reconsolidation) Implicit vs explicit memory Different theories of memory retrieval The pharmacological mechanism of memory consolidation The malleability of memory over time - how memory is liable to disruption The memory of meaning The neurobiology of memory The impact of psychedelics on memory processing Her research using a ketamine analog to disrupt the reconsolidation process Psychedelics as memory modulators How we can use psychedelics therapeutically to change memory Research with ketamine to alter memory cues around alcoholism The dangers of at-home efforts to alter memory resulting in accidental self-harm Psychedelic brainwashing and malicious intent Differing psychedelics, different neuropharmacology, different memory modulation? The fleeting memories of DMT, dream recall, and state-dependent learning Is it possible to increase our ability to remember our psychedelic experiences? The role of glutamate in memory and how different psychedelics pharmacologically change that process (LSD vs ketamine) Maria's upcoming research on how people's cognition under psychedelics compares to the average sober population

Jerónimo M.M. joins us on the show to discuss the cultural issues we are presented with insofar as integrating psychedelics into the mainstream of the Western World of the Global North. We also talk about preparing for the unintended consequences of ending prohibition and the amputation of culture that comes with our globalized export of psychoactive plants. --LINKS-- For links to Jeronimo's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind122 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, ` ************** Episode Breakdown How we are both coping with the pandemic What the pandemic look like on the ground in New York City Discussing the growth of COVID-19 reported cases and why there are so many more already and even more coming Is COVID-19 our great war? Humanity vs the destructive consequences of our civilization Rates of changes and the present dying of our civilization Will a better world come out of this or a totalitarian nightmare? The pandemic lockdown is forcing us to slow down and be in the present moment The impact of COVID-19 on people in poverty and people with drug dependence China is now in the aftermath and going about their business. What will our aftermath be like? Why flattening the curve is our most reasonable response, now that containment is impossible Canada's healthcare system and how it is already starting to cripple our care due to a lack of supplies Doug Ford is Ontario Canada's Trump-Lite (but apparently he is, personally, very supportive of psychedelic medicine) Test shortages for the population, mask shortages for the healthcare workers and why it's so important to follow social distancing measures The difference, for Patrick, between watching his friends die during and after overcoming his heroin addiction Comparing the experience of his friends dying with the recent death of his mother People we know are going to die of COVID-19 and we shouldn't ignore this fact Patrick's experiences of death offer us as perspective in these frightening, and fatal times Final thoughts and perspectives for all of us stuck in this together ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

5-MeO-DMT and breath work facilitator Chad Charles joins me to discuss Leo Gura's Outrageous Experiments In Consciousness (30 breakthrough 5-MeO-DMT trips in 30 days, at increasing doses, in isolation). Our primary purpose was to discuss an element of the video that we both felt was outright dangerous, but the discussion expands to 5-MeO-DMT experiences in general. --LINKS-- To access and download this episode in audio-only, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMindBonusLeo See my full interview with Chad Charles on 5-MeO-DMT best practices: http://bit.ly/ATTMind113 --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W

Dr. Oliver Grundmann joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to talk about Kratom. We discuss its traditional cultural use, legal history, pharmacology, modern cultural use, preparation best practices, its benefits and its risks, and how to safely start using kratom. --LINKS-- For links to Dr. Anderson's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind118 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown What is kratom? Kratom's cultural traditions and history of use Is its prohibition being lobbied by the drug trade? Traditional preparations of kratom Pharmacology and effects in the brain G proteins, opioid receptors, and the beta arrestin 2 pathway How kratom gives you an opioid high without suppressing breathing The differing addictive potentials of Kratom's alkaloids, mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine What opioid receptor is being activated with kratom? Is kratom addictive? What are the symptoms of withdrawal? Doctors might give you methadone for kratom withdrawal The difference betweenness addiction and dependence How good therapy might mean nothing for addiction if there are no social supports to help people into healthier social-economic circumstances Why people use kratom and how effective it is according to the research Adverse effects | kratom side effects Is kratom toxic for the liver? Yes, but it's not that simple. How to know if you have an addiction to kratom What to watch out for when first starting with kratom How to get the most out of your kratom (skip the OJ!) Do different strains make a difference? Is the DEA trying to suppress kratom to protect the profits of big pharma? The importance of more research Further links and resources ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

Dr. Frank Anderson joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to explore the Internal Family Systems model of therapy and its perspective on the nature of mind, trauma, "triggers", and the symptoms of mental illness. We also talk about the transpersonal context of the self, choosing to grow up in the face of our own traumas, IFS' application to psychedelic therapies, and how to use IFS to navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. --LINKS-- For links to Dr. Anderson's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind120 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown What is Internal family systems therapy? Systems thinking and the multiplicity of the mind Everybody is born with 'self-energy' and we don't need to build it or cultivate it We all have multiple personalities, IFS calls them 'parts' The problems of parts taking on extreme roles The different types of parts and their roles the two types of protective parts: mangers and firefighters the wounded parts: exiles All our parts have positive intention - even if those intentions have negative results How IFS is different than conventional therapy insofar as how it addresses 'problematic behavior': e.g. Cutting, addiction and suicide How important therapist authenticity of affect is during the co-regulation process between client and therapist The difference between managing symptoms and healing wounds What an IFS session looks like and the vital importance of 'getting the permission of the protective parts' before doing any healing work The client does the healing, the therapist is an adjunct Healing happened through the internal relationship between the self and the parts Self-energy: what is it, what does it feel like, what is its role and how do we connect with it How trauma impacts our relationship between the self and our parts In the IFS context of trauma, what does it mean to be an adult Growing up and healing trauma is a choice we need to need to make, even when our capacity to choose is different in different contexts (e.g. Systemic disenfranchisement) The metaphysics of choosing our trauma before being born as a spiritual process We all have the capacity to heal our trauma How does IFS understand psychedelic therapy, generally and specifically: MDMA, psilocybin, and ketamine There is such a difference between low dose and high dose ketamine insofar as doing therapy Low-dose ketamine psychotherapy using IFS protocol, compared to MDMA protocol The exciting potentials of how different psychedelic therapies can be optimized through IFS The impotence of differing between recreational, therapeutic, spiritual and harmful use An IFS interpretation of the imperial ACE psilocybin model Should therapists experience psychedelics before providing psychedelic therapy How does understanding IFS as a paradigm for living help us with or without trauma How to use self-facilitated IFS processes to deal with the trauma/pain/fear of the COVID-19 pandemic Unblending from our past so we can show up to what's actually happening right now ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

Francoise Bourzat joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to discuss the Mazatec mushroom tradition and her decade-long journey bridging indigenous wisdom with the western tradition while apprenticing under traditional mushrooms curanderas. She joins us to help us better understand the wisdom of the sacred mushrooms and how we might deepen our relationship with them. [instagram giveaway of her book happening now] --LINKS-- For links to Patrick's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind119 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ************** Episode Breakdown What is different about Francoise's approach to healing with psychedelics and expanded states of consciousness The cultural loss of focusing too much on the psychedelic experience itself The value of using psychedelics and expanded states of consciousness for personal transformation Applying the holistic model for a balanced life to psychedelic healing The central importance of nature wisdom in the Mazatec tradition The role of spirits in Mazatec mushroom healing You have to come with a question for the mushroom to 'doctor' you "when the mushroom takes residence in you" The mushrooms are more than tools; they are a living entity Everything exists in relationship We and the mushrooms share the same mother The inherent wisdom of the mushroom and how to awaken it The relationship goes both ways; "The mushroom gets to know you" Does ketamine or MDMA have an intelligence? The space the MDMA creates in us is a holy space Legacy of use is important, but anything that opens a holy space within us is deserving of relationship What about people who take mushrooms and still embody hate and violence? Shadow work with sacred mushrooms can get ugly What it means to metabolize the shadow The role of Compassion and self-compassion in deep healing with mushrooms Repairing the broken bonds between parents and children The Mazatec's cultural perspective on avoiding sex and mushroom healing Bourzat's perspective on Sex, and psilocybin and psychedelics in general Sexual healing during a psilocybin mushroom ceremony The stages of psychedelic integration and what practices fit best during which stages The vital importance of embodying our psilocybin lessons. The role and importance of community in psychedelic integration ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

Patrick Kroupa and I share an off-the-cuff conversation about COVID-19. We talk about how it is impacting each of our lives, our thoughts on the socio-political responses to the pandemic, and what Patrick's experiences of watching friends and family die offers us insofar as how to show up to the upcoming mass fatalities due to the virus. --LINKS-- For links to Patrick's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind118 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter ************** Episode Breakdown How we are both coping with the pandemic What the pandemic look like on the ground in New York City Discussing the growth of COVID-19 reported cases and why there are so many more already and even more coming Is COVID-19 our great war? Humanity vs the destructive consequences of our civilization Rates of changes and the present dying of our civilization Will a better world come out of this or a totalitarian nightmare? The pandemic lockdown is forcing us to slow down and be in the present moment The impact of COVID-19 on people in poverty and people with drug dependence China is now in the aftermath and going about their business. What will our aftermath be like? Why flattening the curve is our most reasonable response, now that containment is impossible Canada's healthcare system and how it is already starting to cripple our care due to a lack of supplies Doug Ford is Ontario Canada's Trump-Lite (but apparently he is, personally, very supportive of psychedelic medicine) Test shortages for the population, mask shortages for the healthcare workers and why it's so important to follow social distancing measures The difference, for Patrick, between watching his friends die during and after overcoming his heroin addiction Comparing the experience of his friends dying with the recent death of his mother People we know are going to die of COVID-19 and we shouldn't ignore this fact Patrick's experiences of death offer us as perspective in these frightening, and fatal times Final thoughts and perspectives for all of us stuck in this together ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

A short audio update as well as some resource links. ... Given the situation the world is in, it's necessary for us to talk about COVID-19. And, it is my responsibility, as a public figure, to share with you about where I am at with this as well as to share some reliable resources. That is what this update is. It lets you know where I am at with my perspective on the virus. It's about 12min long. TL/DR: COVID-19 is very, very real and very, very serious and I am highly encouraging you to inform yourself and start practicing social distancing ASAP. RESOURCES Here are some resources for you. Things are changing every day at this point, although these links are a good place to get a sense of what's happening and why it is serious and why social distancing is important. Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now: https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca These simulations show how to flatten the coronavirus growth curve: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/ What Are the Coronavirus Risks with Ayahuasca Ceremonies?: https://entheonation.com/blog/coronavirus-ayahuasca/ Peter Attia doing a Q&A on COVID-19, great and easy to understand info here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B9nlVtHgGE0/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Here are some general pages regarding the pandemic. WHO official page for COVID-19: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 Canada Official Page: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html Reddit Live Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/ CDC official page on COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html Johns Hopkins LiveMap: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html Discussions can be had on the r/ATTMindPodcast subreddit ... Keep safe and good luck, everyone.

The Dank Duchess is on Adventures Through The Mind to discuss hashish, from what it means and how its made to why it matters in the modern cannabis market. We also discuss the ongoing impact of cannabis prohibition on black culture in the united states, harmful trends in the modern cannabis culture, and the power of hashish (and cannabis in general) to bridge our social divides and lay foundations for a better world. --LINKS-- For links to Duchess' work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind117 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ----- Episode Breakdown The anatomy of the cannabis plant. All about trichomes and how different cannabis concentrates interact with them. Bubble hash making 101. The Market's misunderstanding about what denotes hashish quality What "full-spectrum" means in the context of hash making. The definition of hash 'meltability' and why it matters to dabbing. What makes good hash good. How to test how good your hash is. Why hashish matters. The difference in experience between smoking buds and smoking hash. The harmfulness of competitive cannabis consumption. Positive trends in intentional cannabis culture. How the racism of cannabis prohibition continues to harm black people within cannabis culture. The evolution of hip-hop cannabis rock stardom into Xanax/Lean/Percocet/etc overdoses. Why Duchess thinks more back people need to step up in support of responsible substance use. The continued racism of prohibitionist law enforcement. The bridging capacity of communal cannabis use (the value of cannabis communities to bridge modern racial and social divides). What 'growing up' means and what it takes to grow up. The psychological harm of smoking cannabis alone. --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Dr. Sam Gandy joins us is on Adventures Through The Mind to explore eco-therapy, nature-immersion, where the scientific observation that psychedelics increase nature-relatedness does and does not weave into our facing of the climate crisis. --LINKS-- For links to Sam Gandy's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind116 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ----- Episode Breakdown the transformative power of awe in the psychedelic experience psychological disconnect and the climate crises some criticism of Extinction Rebellion's Gale Bradbrook's comments at Breaking Convention nature-relatedness and its connection to pro-environmental behaviors eco-anxiety and environmental melancholia the ecological costs of civilization's materialist success Gandy's research showing that psychedelics increase nature-relatedness the difference between nature-relatedness and nature-immersion the massive diversity of benefits of nature immersion the connection between nature-relatedness and pro-sociability nature-immersion and nature-connection increase capacity for self-reflection psychedelics as tools for eco-therapy ego-dissolution and the impact of nature-immersion how nature immersion might fit in clinical practice with psychedelic therapy the sense of 'connection' and its value in positive outcomes with psilocybin for depression the practice of acknowledging nature and the value it offers our wellbeing and cognition microdosing the forest there's something special about psilocybin over other psychedelics are psychedelics "agents" or "tools"? psilocybin is more like ayahuasca than LSD future research with psilocybin and nature-relatedness what is psilocybin's role in nature? Debunking the insect repellant theory the failures of sensationalist reporting on psychedelic science psychedelics will not save us from the climate crisis, but they might help the risks of going mainstream why I won't read Michael Pollan's How To Change Your Mind the value of feeling the grief and pain of ecological destruction the wellbeing benefits of accepting unpleasant emotional state details about Sam Gandy's upcoming research plans and contact details --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Mel Cassidy is a relationship coach and sex-positive nerd who guides social misfits and cultural rebels to experiences of joyful, embodied, authentic open relationships. Mel has also been engaging in a relationship with psychedelics since they helped Mel heal after multiple miscarriages earlier in life. Mel joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to explore how their models of understanding and engaging human relationships apply to understand and engaging our relationship to psychedelics, psychedelic healing, and psychedelic communities. --LINKS-- For links to Mel's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind115 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W ----- Episode Breakdown How psychedelics helped Mel heal through multiple miscarriages Building a relationship to psychedelic medicine Are psychedelics agents or tools? Value difference in how different cultures view non-human elements of life Two sides of me-centered relationships with psychedelics: materialism and spiritual bypassing The risk of losing our deep cultural to psychedelics in favor of the capitalist and medical agendas of psychedelic legislation How Canadian cannabis legalization screwed over generational cannabis farmers The 4 layers of relations and their associated fears Why we rush into intimacy before receiving safety and the consequences on our nervous system The dangers of using psychedelics as merely objects to get our needs met How dysfunctional relating behaviors may express themselves in psychedelic communities The vital importance of layers of safety and knowledge of boundaries before journeying with psychedelics Being "traditional trained shaman" doesn't necessarily mean they are a safe provider The risks/benefits of surrendering our control to a shaman or healer Treating our psychedelic experiences the same way we treat our sexuality Sexuality cautions and considerations as a model for engaging in psychedelic experiences Four things to ask/discuss before sex or a medicine journey look at your fears; talk about your hopes/desires talk about your boundaries aftercare Our aftercare processes for both sexual and psychedelic experience The failures of group-shunning Exploring the presence of and complexities of sexual abuse in psychedelic communities Steve Bearman's interchange was a cult The dangers of supremacy stretch whiten psychedelic communities. Dyadic relationships do not exist in isolation "open window check-in" Both supremacy and trauma create similar problems Supremecy structures within shamanic communities The deep healing needed for our relationships --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

David Grillot and Jonathan Glazer are the founders of #ThankYouPlantMedicine, a global wave of gratitude for happening on February 20, 2020. They are on the show to both talk about the movement itself and respond to some of my criticisms. We speak about the possible risks of "coming out of the psychedelic closet", the potentially adverse outcomes of destigmatizing psychedelics too quickly, the importance of actualizing our psychedelic learning, and the problems of politicizing the psychedelic movement. --LINKS-- For links to #thankyouplantmedicine, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to Https://bit.ly/ATTMind114 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Big thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvett FC, Ann-Madeleine, Chuck W & Dima B ----- Episode Breakdown what is #thankyouplantmedicine? stigma against psychedelics hurts your integration the value of speaking your truth there will be risk for many people, is it worth it? the value of sharing your stories coming out of the psychedelic closet the complexities of using the language of the gay movement in the psychedelic movement the deep healing value of re-connection the ideal outcome of #thankyouplantmedicine how this movement might go wrong, personally and socially stigmas and taboos exist with a purpose why it takes more than psychedelics to better your life or the world, but they may help how to not talk about psychedelics the value of transcending political divides the risk of politicizing the psychedelic movement is #thankyouplantmedicine informed by psychedelic exceptionalism? --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Chad Charles is a Conscious Connected Breathwork practitioner, intimacy/eros educator, and substance(5-MeO-DMT)-assisted body-based therapist. He has been very active in helping co-create projects that bring 5-MeO-DMT/bufo practitioners together in hopes that the worldwide standards of facilitation may rise to the best possible practice. --LINKS-- For links to Chad's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to Https://bit.ly/ATTMind113 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Sponsor: FORMULA Nootropics https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Big thanks to my patrons on Pateron for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvett FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Jim Y, & Cornelius Phlegmbottom ----- Episode Breakdown why 5-MeO-DMT is called "The God Molecule" what is 5-MeO-DMT and what does it do, subjectively Chad's history of involvement and role in the 5-MeO-DMT scene the difference between 5-MeO-DMT and "Bufo" what is the 5-MeO-DMT Conclave and the importance of psychedelic communities Bufo Smoking is modern, there is no ancient tradition The 5-MeO-DMT conclave best practices and code of ethics creating a structure for conflict resolution between 5-MeO-DMT facilitator BIG egos in the 5-MeO-DMT scene the spiritual bypassing enabled by 5-MeO-DMT protecting each other from prohibitionist law enforcement the calling out of Octavio and Dr. Gerry the importance of restorative justice circles in place of #cancelled 5-MeO-DMT flashbacks aka "reactivations" finding 5-MeO-DMT facilitators for dealing with trauma 5-MeO-DMT facilitator burnout and how it affects their clients The dangers of repeated use, how to assess those dangers, and how to protect your loved ones --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Sponsor: FORMULA Nootropics https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Dr. Rosalind Watts joins us on the show to help breakdown and better understand the nuances of the psilocybin for depression trials she leads at Imperial College London. We also talk about what her team's research helped her understand about the nature of depression, the value of feeling into our emotional pain, and what makes the difference between those who's lives turn out for the best and those who fall back into depression. --LINKS-- For links to Bruce's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to Https://bit.ly/ATTMind112 **Full Topics Breakdown Below --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Sponsor: FORMULA Nootropics https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter -- EPISODE BREAKDOWN -- the current state of psilocybin for depression research at Imperial College London exploring the results of their previous study of treating depression with psilocybin when do the results fade? why do some people have no effects when the take psilocybin how that relates to safety and polyvagal theory the visualization metaphor they use to help people prepare for their psilocybin session how society pushes us to dissociate or emotions and the value of feeling our uncomfortable feelings the value of safety during psychedelic therapy "this is not just a brain reset; this is a journey." the positive potentials and problematic pitfalls of microdosing psilocybin why the depression comes back after psilocybin treatment it takes so much courage to do this thing the value of grief and sorrow to heal your life depression and self-forgiveness how directive is psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy during the psilocybin session? how psilocybin helps people heal depression does psilocybin hold an innate healing intelligence? the Accept, Connect, Embody (ACE) model for finding meaning through emotional journeying how Watts' team using the ACE model in their psilocybin for the treatment of depression study experiential avoidance and its role in depression meaning, what is it? is it found or made or both? --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

David Krantz and I talk about how genetics affect the metabolism of cannabis (nutrigenomics) and the resulting impact of cannabis use on our epigenetic health. Furthermore, we reach into a discussion on how the same framework of understanding applies to our metabolism of psychedelics and the potential future of a genome-specific screening program for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. --LINKS-- For links to David's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to Https://bit.ly/ATTMind111 **Full Topics Breakdown Below --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Sponsor: FORMULA Nootropics https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter ------------- Episode Breakdown a general rundown of nutritional genomics and its application in understanding biology the profound health issues David faced that brought him into nutritional genomics (special note about the value of understanding polyvagal theory) the failure of the pre-packed dietary approach, be it veganism, paleo, or low-carb the endocannabinoid system the genetic differences of cannabis metabolism between different people why some people can "smoke weed every day" and make millions, and others can't get off the couch how cannabis effects working memory differently in different genetic predispositions in each people based on baseline dopamine levels how our brain hides from itself the phenomena of "used to smoke all the time without issues then all of a sudden cannabis creates anxiety and paranoia" epigenetics and how cannabis changes how our genes express the genetic variant that increases the chances of developing cannabis-induced psychosis genetic profiling as a screening platform to understand what medical intervention would be most helpful for specific people the institutional complications that might prevent the introduction of genetic-specific medical care into the medical infrastructure how these ideas fit inside the modern context of the climate crisis how do genetic profiles influence dose-response differences with psychedelics speculating on the long term epigenetic impact of psilocybin use speculating on the long term epigenetic impact of therapeutic/healing work ---------- *** Big thanks to my patrons on Pateron for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvett FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Chuck W & Cornelius Phlegmbottom --------- --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Sponsor: FORMULA Nootropics https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Hamilton Souther joins us on the podcast to talks about what it takes to become a true shaman, the medicine of the plants, and what the new age culture gets wrong about ayahuasca. --LINKS-- For links to Bruce's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to Https://bit.ly/ATTMind110 --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Sponsor: FORMULA Nootropics https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. ********** --- TOPICS BREAKDOWN --- -- what it takes to become a recognized shaman -- what it takes to prove your capacity as a shaman -- what western ayahuasca cultures gets wrong about plant healing -- sound healing and the art of the icaro -- why do some people enter psychotic delusion when trying to become shamans -- how to protect westerners from the psychological dangers of ayahuasca retreats -- what is a psychotic break from the shamanic perspective and how to heal them -- why talk therapy isn't included in ayahuasca healing at blue morpho -- stepping beyond person trauma in order to heal and regain personal agency -- what about malevolent forces, demons, or dark entities and how to navigate our encounters with them -- the danger of fear -- shadow work, personal responsibility, and the suffering in the context of universal love within which Hamilton Souther works -- the fallacy of psycho-magical thinking in western/new age ayahuasca culture -- the climate crisis, governmental denialism, and what we need to do about it ********** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Sponsor: FORMULA Nootropics https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

This episode features Amanda Seibert, a freelance cannabis writer, author award-winning journalist, photographer, videographer, and the author of The Little Book of Cannabis: How Marijuana Can Improve Your Life. We sit down to talk about what the science says about the pharmacology of the plant's various components as well as the anecdotal uses of cannabis for bettering different areas of our lives, from sex to death. Of course, we also talk about the negatives, from cannabis addiction to cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. ---------------- **Full Episode Breakdown Below --LINKS-- For links to Bruce's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to Https://bit.ly/ATTMindEp109 --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ --- EPISODE BREAKDOWN --- the chemical composition of cannabis how different cannabinoids affect us differently all about CBD the pros and cons of concentrates all about terpenes and the entourage effect can terpenes alone get you high? can black pepper stop THC-induced anxiety? is the difference between indica, sativa. and hybrid a meaningful way of assessing psychoactivity? how do CB1 and CB2 activation in the brain affect neurochemistry how cannabis can better your sex life cannabis for palliative care deconstructing and exploring the "lazy pothead" stereotype cannabis addiction and trauma cannabis hypermedia syndrome is Dab culture damaging cannabis culture? the flaws of Canadian legalization of cannabis --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

In this interview, R. Coleman takes us through the wealth of knowledge he has earned over his 30 years of healing trauma with psychedelic psychotherapy. We discuss trauma in general, the value of psychedelic to heal it, and the nuances of working with different psychedelics, for different people, at different times, for different issues. **full episode breakdown below** --LINKS-- For more psychedelic content like this and/or to access this interview on youtube, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMindEpisode108 BUY Coleman's Book, Psychedelic Psychotherapy: A User Friendly Guide to Psychedelic Drug Assisted Psychotherapy *** Big thanks to my patrons on Pateron for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Angela & James J, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvett FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, &Cornelius Phlegmbottom --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ --- EPISODE BREAKDOWN — the nuances of where trauma comes from how psychedelic therapy heals trauma developmental/attachment traumas are more insidious regression and re-parenting during psychedelic experiences the importance of having a sitter to do the deep healing work psychedelics may or may not completely heal people from trauma expansion; contraction the importance of doing the shadow work outside of the psychedelic experiences as well why and when to provide different psychedelics in therapy MDMA therapy contraindications to MDMA dangers of constipation before MDMA? LSD Therapy Psilocybin Therapy Cannabis as a psychedelic and an agent of therapy combining MDMA and Psilocybin combining MDMA and LSD combining LSD and Psilocybin what does the therapy look like before and after the journey a list of who should NOT work with psychedelic therapy and why a case for the value of pharmaceutical antidepressants the complexities (and prevalence) of trauma from satanic ritual abuse encounters with demonic forces during psychedelic therapy the most important piece of advice for being a psychedelic sitter --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Hey Y'all 3 things need to be shared as they may/do effect the future of the podcast. The potential of being delisted from iTunes (and what you can do about it to prevent losing access to the show) Issues around YouTube algorithms and secret ratings that are blocking the podcast's growth The inclusion of a sponsor for the podcast, FORMULA and what it means for the future of the show Each of these issues are explained in this 10min update (in a soft, early morning radio voice). Regardless of whether or not you listen, the most important take away is to please sign up for my newsletter to ensure that you won't be negatively affected by the (unwanted) potential delisting/deletion of the podcast in the future. Sign Up For The Newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/w0f8s4 ***I release newsletters about once a month or less. So don't worry about it filling up your inbox ;) THANK YOU!!!

"Breaking Convention is a biennial multidisciplinary conference on psychedelic consciousness, featuring more than 200 presenters from around the world." It takes place in London, England and is one of the largest psychedelic conferences in the world. I was quasi-invited to speak (I was invited by a program curator, but wasn't an officially invited speaker) there this year. I decided I would try and harvest the opportunity to be amongst so many luminaries in the psychedelic field by catching as many short interviews as I could in my time there. I got 11. (also, my talk was recorded and they will eventually release it. Also, I do have a transcript that will also be released soon-ish) Similar to what I did at OZORA Festival for ATTMind 100, I asked them all the same 4 questions: Who are you and what do you do? What is the most relevant consideration you are holding at this conference? What role do you see yourself playing in the psychedelic renaissance? What role, if any, do you see psychedelics playing in helping humanity respond to any of the many crises we are facing? There are some nuances to each of these questions that are presented in the (quite long intro). If you would like to breeze through the intro, relevant bits are between 4:25 and 10:110, with the actual interviews starting at 11:55. Of course, please make an effort to watch/listen to the full intro if you are open to it (especially watch it cause I made something special in the intro just for this episode 😉 ) Featured guests listed below.ENJOY! --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ Want to join me at the spirit plant medicine conference, Vancouver nov 2-4? Click here to learn more and buy tickets via my affiliate link Or, you can find more details about my october 2019 tour in australia here. Today's guests, in order of appearance For links to each of their work and/or to watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind107 Rita Kočárová - Psychedelics researcher John Anderson - Psychedelics researcher Akua Ofosuhene - Co-founder of Hub and Culture Tobias Erny - Iboga & Ibogaine therapist, researcher, and activist Chiara Baldini - Independent Researcher, Liminal Village Curator for BOOM! Festival Martijn Schirp - Founder of SYNTHESIS, legal psilocybin retreat in The Netherlands Maria Papaspyrou - Psychotherapist [see her previous interview on the podcast] Tom Hatsis - Psychedelic Historian [see his previous interview on the podcast] Sanae Orchi - Broadcaster, public speaker Leor Roseman - Neuropsychopharmacologist Sam Gandy - Ecologist *** Big thanks to my patrons on Pateron for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Angela & James J, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvett FC, Ann-Madeleine, & Cornelius Phlegmbottom ALSO! big thank to The Tin Box for the use of their song Blue Moonlight for the outro music! Get that track or whole album here! --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Adam Strauss is on the show for this episode to dive into the painful lived experience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and what it was, exactly, that psychedelics did for him that helped him regain agency over his life. **full episode breakdown below** ***SPOILER ALERT: Ender's Game / Xenocide Novel Series *** --LINKS-- For more psychedelic content like this and/or to access this interview on youtube, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMindEp106 *** Big thanks to my patrons on Pateron for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Angela & James J, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvett FC, Ann-Madeleine, & Cornelius Phlegmbottom ----------------- SEE ADAM STRAUSS' THE MUSHROOM CURE AND/ATTEND MAPPING THE MIND, BOTH IN TORONTO The Mushroom Cure Thursday, September 19 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm The Grand Gerrard, 1035 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1Z6 Canada + Google Map https://mappingthemind.ca/event/mushroom-cure-adam-strauss/?tickets_process=#buy-tickets Mapping The Mind Satruday, September 21 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Earth Sciences Center, 5 Bancroft Ave Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B3 Canada https://mappingthemind.ca/event/mapping-the-mind-2019/?tickets_process=#buy-tickets ----------------- --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ --- EPISODE BREAKDOWN — a general overview of what inspired The Mushroom Cure the patient-shaming tone of the term "treatment-resistant" the structural biases that prevent the growth of psychiatry as a field of medicine the common failings of psychiatric drugs to treat mental illness SPOILER ALERT: Ender's Game / Xenocide Novel Series an intimate look of living with OCD how psychedelic surrender/humility helped Strauss overcome his OCD psychedelic lessons vs. the learning (referring to my talk from Breaking Convention) feelings vs stories in our heads - the profound value of feeling as a skill how psychedelics helped Strauss track the origins of his OCD the challenge of our nervous system's ancient defense system living in the modern world do psychiatric pharmaceuticals fundamentally change how we experience psychedelics? how psychedelics taught Strauss how to face profound fears of feelings the context that gave rise to the psychedelic experiences that made his OCD worse --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Stephen Jenkinson joins us to discuss arguments against psilocybin for the dying, death as a god, the failures of hope, the cowardice of misanthropy, and the dangers of being arrogant when facing the divine. **full episode breakdown below** --LINKS-- For more psychedelic content like this and/or to access this interview on youtube, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMindEp105 ----------------- SEE STEPHEN JENKINSON WITH GREGORY HOSKINS AND BAND FOR NIGHTS OF GRIEF & MYSTERY Kitchener, ON Date: Thursday, September 12 Venue: The Registry Theatre EB link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/night-of-grief-mystery-concert-kitchener-tickets-66229555383 FB link: https://www.facebook.com/events/686962731767381/ London, ON Date: Saturday, September 28 Venue: Wolf Performance Hall EB link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/night-of-grief-mystery-concert-london-on-tickets-63091197470 FB link: https://www.facebook.com/events/36870378376202 ----------------- --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ --- EPISODE BREAKDOWN — death is a god death is like matrimony death is your most faithful companion your death means you no harm the divine is not there to benefit you the consequences are encountering the divine aren't supposed to be good the dangers of being arrogant when facing the divine arguments against psilocybin for the dying the losses of going mainstream arguments against medically assisted suicide (why I have not and will not read Michael Pollan) hope does not serve us as we face the environmental crisis proceed as if your actions have consequence the meaning of understand misanthropy is a complete unwillingness to learn --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

We welcome Maria Papaspyrou to the show to discuss what Jungian Psychology has to say psychedelics in general and psychedelic integration in particular. Maria is an integrative psychotherapist and systemic constellations facilitator in private practice in Brighton, UK. She has given talks and published articles on the sacramental and healing properties of entheogens, supporting their re-introduction in psychotherapy. She is co-editor "Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine", and is developing T.R.I.P.P. network, a U.K. wide psychedelic psychotherapy integration database. --LINKS-- For links to Maria's work, books, and to watch this episode in video, head to Https://bit.ly/ATTMind104 --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

This post contains a discussion on suicide, psychosis, and abuse of power. It might be best to look at it at another time if you are not in the headspace to explore those topics right now. *** As many of you heard in my intro to episode 102 with Are Thoresen, kambo facilitator and former guest on the show, Tobias [last name removed on request of the family] died on July 11, 2019. I mentioned in that intro that the context around his death was bizarre and that I would make a statement about it. I made a video about it, this is the audio track. More details and content here ~{TL/DR: Tobias killed himself during a psychotic episode that was most likely brought on by, primarily, the excessive (daily) use of Bufo/5-MeO-DMT. This video discusses the context that led to and surrounds his suicide and why it's relevant to us as a psychedelic culture.}~

Comedian Shane Mauss is on the show to talk about the context that led up to his drug-induced psychosis, his time in a psychiatric institution, and why he still sees psychedelics as valuable tools for mental wellness in general, but comedy culture in particular. **FULL EPISODE BREAKDOWN BELOW** --LINKS-- For full blog entry, all relevant links for this episode, and to watch this episode in video: https://bit.ly/ATTMind103 --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ---EPISODE BREAKDOWN--- A little bit about prohibition preventing the very medicine that would help heal the people tasked at propagating prohibition Behind the scenes of his documentary Psychonautics: A Comic's Exploration Of Psychedelics How Shane Mauss' psychosis influenced the final product of the documentary How excessive mushroom use set him up to fall into psychosis with ayahuasca Mental health issues in comedian culture and the potential of psychedelic to help The ayahuasca trip that pushed him over the edge (this story continues from the trip through his return to his home, all the way into his psychosis) What it was like to be admitted to and stuck in a psychiatric institution The difference between wild ideas and delusions How the care providers engaged his ideas during treatment What type of support might have prevented his progression into psychosis What happened with the ideas he was having during his psychosis after he recovered Shane's relationship to psychedelics now --- OTHER LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ **Speaking Tour**: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

This episode seeks to explore the phenomenon of spiritual forces, demons, and disease. But not so much from the "are spirits real?" perspective but from the position of assuming they are real and thus an exploration of what are they and how they operate on the human being. For this exploration, we welcome Are Thoresen, a veterinarian, acupuncturist, and scholar of anthroposophy. Are is also recognized as an expert in spirit entities and demonic possession, with a particular focus on their role in illness and healing. (...FULL EPISODE BREAKDOWN BELOW...) Of course, the ongoing skepticism of the "realness" of all this is present throughout this discussion as I, your host and interviewer, am not sold on the whole thing. At least not in the beginning, my heavy skepticism waning towards responsible ambivalence by the end of it all. *** That said, I invite people to please keep their higher reasoning intact fo this interview as, real or not, getting obsessed with the presences of "demonic forces" and "battles between good an evil" can take us down dangerous roads psychologically. *** --LINKS-- For full blog entry, all relevant links for this episode, and to watch this episode in video: https://bit.ly/ATTMind102 --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ---EPISODE BREAKDOWN--- An introduction to Are's work with spirits and the spiritual healing The dangers of "translocation" of sprits in healing "We are an expression of the spiritual reality" Icelandic elves Belief doesn't necessarily make something real "the spiritual world is not energy" How spirit entries are created What qualifies some spirits as demons The different between translocating and transforming demons in the healing process Bacteria and fungi are/have spirits Are spirits/demons "intelligent"? "I consciousness" and protecting yourself from spirits/demons What it feels like to be in "I consciousness" How to see spirits What psychedelics do to the body/mind insofar as encounters with sprits Why psychedelics, eventually, hold you back If disassociation / loosing "I consciousness" is dangerous to the soul, what about the positive benefits of ego dissolution and mystical encounters with psychedelics? How to tell the difference between benevolent and malevolent spirits and how to tell the difference What does any of this even matter if it can be proven one way or another? --- OTHER LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ **Speaking Tour**: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/ ***Music during intro: Navajo Night by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Dr. Andrew Gallimore. Neurobiologist, chemist, and the author of 'Alien Information Theory: Psychedelic Drug Technologies and the Cosmic Game' joins us on the show to talk about extended-state DMT, the structure of reality, hyperdimensional alien intelligences, and the implications of dying while tripping DMT. ***Full Episode Breakdown Below --LINKS-- For full blog entry, all relevant links to this episode, and to watch this episode in video : https://bit.ly/ATTMind101 Want to see me at The Spirit Plant Medicine Conference 2019? Get your ticket through my affiliate link https://lt352.isrefer.com/go/SPMC/jameswjesso/ ***Featured image is courtesy of the insanely talented, SALVIADROID Check out his work here: http://www.zensages.com/ --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ---EPISODE BREAKDOWN--- The fundamental structure of reality What DMT shows us about reality The brain is our world-builder The difference between dream reality and waking reality in the brain What makes reality, "real"? (psychosis vs baseline vs psychedelics) True vs hallucination What is meaning and where does meaning fit into the structure of reality Psychedelics and the increased perception of "meaning" What exactly are psychedelics doing to your brain? What makes DMT different from other psychedelics Is the DMT space a place somewhere? Some critical pushback against Gallimore's theory Entities, aliens, and elves: are they extrinsic phenomena? how to tell between DMT" hallucinations" and experiencing "real" phenomena of the DMT space If DMT space is a "real place", what does that mean for our baseline reality? "Where" is the DMT reality? DMT's redemption and entry into citizenship in hyperspace The meaning of life and the role of DMT If life is a game (Gallimore's claim) where we win when we get to DMT, what about our responsibility towards climate change, war, poverty. etc? The extended-state DMT protocol: what is it, how they will do it, and why? If extend state DMT works, how might be used it to communicate with entities? Could extended-state DMT present a risk of brain damage? Is it possible that if we go to the DMT space into a long time, could we return permanently psychotic? What if they die under the DMT? Reality is strange, far stranger than we may realize. --- OTHER LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ **Speaking Tour**: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

To acknowledge the celebratory context of this epsiode I had done two things special with it. The first is that I took a pretty long time, in the beginning, to talk about my journey with the podcast (the actual episode starts 12:45, and the interviews at 18:00). Then, the second special thing, instead of one guest, or even two, or even three, there are EIGHT GUESTS!!!! That's right. 8 Guests. I recorded several short, on location interviews during my travel through Europe in the summer of 2018. Most of them we shot at OZORA FESTIVAL, in Hungary. I had the amazing opportunity to be surrounded by the amazing psychedelic thinkers and researchers and I took that opportunity to ask them some questions. Three questions in fact. THE 3 QUESTIONS What do you feel is the best use of psychedelics at this time? What does the psychedelic experience show us about what it means to die? What is an area in psychedelic culture that is important but under-represented in the major discourse? THE 8 GUESTS (In alphabetical order. head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind100 for further links to their work) Julian Vayne Nikki Wyrd Kilindi Iyi Marta Kaczmarczyk Meriana Dinkova Moudou Baqui Leor Roseman Rosalind Watts I will let them introduce themselves during the episode, and the structure of the episode be explained in the intro. Thanks for 100 episodes! Enjoy. --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ *** Big thanks to my patrons on Pateron for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Angela & James J, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvett FC, Marshall, & Cornelius Phlegmbottom --- OTHER LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ **Speaking Tour**: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Jennifer Dumpert, the author of 'Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness At The Edge Of Sleep,' joins us on the show today to offer an introductory primer on the hows and whys of liminal dreaming, the differences between liminal dreaming and other forms of dreaming, as well as the cross-applicable skillsets shared between dream-tripping and psychedelics. ***Full Episode Breakdown Below --LINKS-- For links to Jennifer's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to Https://bit.ly/ATTMind99 --SPONSOR-- Formula Is A Nootropics Company That Creates Custom Stacks According To Your Goals. https://www.getmyformula.com Use the coupon code "jesso" for a 20% discount on your first order. --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ---EPISODE BREAKDOWN--- What is liminal dreaming and what does it offer us? Sleep cycles, brainwaves, and dreams all the way through Hypopompia vs hypnagogia REM dreams, vs liminal dreams, vs lucid dreams The continuity of consciousness through dream states Myoclonic jerks and "falling" asleep Harnessing cannabis induced REM rebound to enter sleep paralysis Imagination as a faculty of perception Autosymbolic phenomena Liminal shamanism The limitations of dream interpretations A practice for harnessing hypnagogia for creative insight The cross applicable skillsets between psychedelics and liminal dreaming Oneirogens (compounds that help stimulate dreaming) Dream-tripping The liminal state during birth and death Two practices for entering a liminal dream states --- OTHER LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ **Speaking Tour**: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

This episode of the podcast narrows in on the manner in which early childhood experiences inform, often unconsciously, our adult perceptions, behavior, and self-identity. Our guest, author and former Christian minister Bruce Sanguin, takes us into and through a (common) legacy of early childhood wounds, the relational context through which they are inflicted and later reiterated, as well as the role psychedelic therapy plays in healing those childhood wounds. Bruce is not an armchair advocate for this work, but a man that has learned from his own healing with psychedelic medicines. Along with a structural discussion on his model for healing childhood wounds and the potential of psychedelic therapy to help the process along, he shares his personal story of how his childhood wounds led him to the Church, how healing them required leaving that church behind, and how psychedelics help him learn to love again. **Full episode breakdown below** --LINKS-- For links to Bruce's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to Https://bit.ly/ATTMind98 --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/ _______________________ EPISODE BREAKDOWN How our early life explains set us up for our perceptions of reality and self in adulthood Core Unconscious Beliefs (CUBs) how they form our personality Personality vs Authentic Self What is happening when we become "triggered" the traumatic origins of existentialism How our CUBs and CABs guide us into toxic relationships We are wounded in relationships; we heal in relationship Enter psychedelic therapy Healing with Ayahuasca Healing with LSD/MDMA (candy flip) psychotherapy What psychedelics do in the therapy The (attachment) role of the therapist in psychedelic therapy Getting trapped in the spiritual ego Sanguin's journey into and out of the Church How the church helps reaffirm childhood trauma What is God, both before and after psychedelics. --- OTHER LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ **Speaking Tour**: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso --- PRODUCTS — Art: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/art/ Teeshirts: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product-category/clothing/ Lectures: https://www.jameswjesso.com/product/psychedelics-ritualistic-suffering-and-the-meaning-of-life-lecture/

Samantha Retrosi is on the show to talk to us about healing with ayahuasca -- what that means, how it happens -- and the importance of understanding that healing and illness go well beyond the individual and extend into relationships, society, and politics. We start out exploring her journey from the Olympics into severe bulimia and eventually into working with ayahuasca before we dive into the sociological factors informing the multiple of civilizational crisis we are facing in the modern world and the role ayahuasca might play in a positive healing process. COME SEE ME IN ALBERTA JUNE 2019 details here: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ ... Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind97 for video, full blog entry, complete show notes, and relevant links. Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast Featured Image is "Sacrament For The Sacred Dreamers", courtesy and copyright of Cameron Gray. Check out more of his art here https://parablevisions.com/ ***full topic breakdown below ------------------------------------- Support The Show 🙏🍄😍 ▵ Support On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso ▵ Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ▵ Donate via Crypto: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin ▵ Buy Some Merch: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ------------------------------------- Episode Breakdown From the Olympics to the Jungle The psychological damage of the elite athlete training of children The connection between mental health crisis and concussions (TBI) How her elite training turned into bulimia after the Olympics How ayahuasca saved Samantha from bulimia Psychedelics as a path of empowerment — increasing personal agency The internalization of society and its connection to personal illness The big profit markets of medical treatment and illness Do psychedelic agents have agency? The self-destructive arrogance of deep criticism Samantha's research at The Temple Of The Way Of Light The 5 main registers of social illness and the 5 main desires people have for healing Is Western society fundamentally traumatic? Developmental trauma comes from beyond the family Re: ayahuasca — What is healing and what exactly are we healing from? The skill of suffering and the consequence of having lost it as a culture The ayahuasca fetish and the risk of an unhealthy fixation on ayahuasca The limitations of personal growth The political influence and potential impact of psychedelics on political identity Is it politically responsible to drink ayahuasca given the historical context of genocide, ethnocide, and resource extraction in the Amazon? What makes the difference between the people who get lost in their own bullshit and those who genuinely heal and become better people The importance of guidance and integration when working with psychedelics It's not just about our own, individual healing ***featured image courtesy of SalviaDroid: http://zensages.com ------------------------------------------------------ Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameswjesso/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1 ------------------------------------------------------ Support The Podcast On Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso Leave A One-Time PayPal Donation: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso BTC/LTC: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin

Kevin Tucker is the author of 'The Cull Of Personality: Ayahuasca, Colonialism, and the Death of a Healer'. He is on the show to talk to us about the history of resource extraction from the the Amazon, the devastation it wrecked on its peoples, and how he sees that history of extraction alive in the present in the form of the spiritual extractivism around ayahuasca, with the murder of Oliva Arévalo Lomas as an example. This is a difficult episode to listen to as it contains a lot of hard to hear information such as explicit descriptions of horrendous violence, the unimaginable costs of our modern comforts, and some very divisive perspective on the global spread of ayahuasca. Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind96 for video, full blog entry, complete show notes, and relevant links. Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast ***full topic breakdown below ------------------------------------- Support The Show 🙏🍄😍 ▵ Support On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso ▵ Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ▵ Donate via Crypto: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin ▵ Buy Some Merch: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ------------------------------------- Episode Breakdown The thesis of the conversation - Ayahuasca as a part of colonialism The impact and history of colonialism in South America 70-90% reduction of the indigenous population — the incredible violence of the first wave of occupation, Pizzaro The difference between colonial settlement and colonial extraction The impact of European arrival on existing tribal warfare The role of missionaries in the slave trade and ethnocide, past and present New tribes mission, "brown gold," and yerba mate The Hubris of Modernity The discovery of vulcanizing rubber and the horror of the rubber boom Mental health break, cause this is difficult The dissatisfaction of modern life; enter ayahuasca The intention of Sebastian Woodroffe The ill consequences of domestication and the primacy of the individual The murder of Arevalo and its connection to spiritual extractivism What about the positive benefits of ayahuasca industry offers to ingenious people and culture? ***featured image courtesy of SalviaDroid: http://zensages.com ------------------------------------------------------ Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameswjesso/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1 ------------------------------------------------------ Support The Podcast On Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso Leave A One-Time PayPal Donation: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso BTC/LTC: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin

Salvia Divinorum, apparently, is an under-explored wonder plant that has not only been misused and misappropriated but highly misunderstood. Thankfully, we have the knowledgeable and experienced contributions of Christopher Solomon to help us cast out those misunderstandings and enter us into the beautiful world Salvia Divinorum has to offer. Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind95 for video, full blog entry, complete show notes, and relevant links. Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast ***full topic breakdown below ------------------------------------- Support The Show 🙏🍄😍 ▵ Support On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso ▵ Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ▵ Donate via Crypto: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin ▵ Buy Some Merch: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ------------------------------------- Episode Breakdown a complete primer for Salvia Divinorum the mysterious origins of salvia the neuropharmacology of salvia kappa opioid receptors activation in-depth descriptions on the varieties of administrations and dosing of salvia microdosing salvia salvia therapy using low doses for bodywork/physical healing salvia for decision making the therapist's role in salvia therapy listening beyond words, somatic, limbic resonance, and mindfulness as a salvia therapist. "the same way you are experiencing salvia, salvia is experiencing you. the levels of salvia intensity and their potential benefits comparing 5-MeO-DMT to peak salvia experiences salvia helps with integration comparing salvia to other psychedelic therapies salvia's impact on trauma (somatic and psychological) the Saliva Pipe the phenomenology of different levels of salvia intensity how to enter full salvia space in a comfortable way the archetypes of the salvia experience from a therapeutic, navigational, and integration perspective the zipper the wheel becoming inanimate objects what salvia teach us about what's "real" and what "real" means. is salvia bringing us access to a "real" dimension, or is it just a metaphor? how we help people recover from frightening Saliva experiences, and traumatic psychedelic experiences in general ***featured image courtesy of SalviaDroid: http://zensages.com ------------------------------------------------------ Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameswjesso/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1 ------------------------------------------------------ Support The Podcast On Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso Leave A One-Time PayPal Donation: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso BTC/LTC: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin

Our guest for this episode of the podcast is Deb Dana, LSCW and she is on the show to tell us all about Polyvagal theory and the explanatory power it has for how and why we are the way we are in the world and with each other in a psychological, neurobiological, sociological, but also practical way. Polyvagal theory is easily one of the most valuable things I have learned about in my life and I am very excited to share it with you. Don't know what Polyvagal theory is? don't worry. Deb Dana takes us in and through a working understanding of the theory while explaining how it applies to relationships, mental health and trauma, therapy, safety and danger, the neurobiology of survival, and even into contemporary American politics. ---- Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind94 for video, complete show notes, and relevant links. Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast --- ------------------------------------- Support The Channel 🙏🍄😍 ▵ Support On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso ▵ Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ▵ Donate via Crypto: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin ▵ Buy Some Merch: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ------------------------------- Episode Breakdown What is the polyvagal theory The 3 organizing principles of polyvagal theory: neuroception, hierarchy, co-regulation Neuroception - the first organizing principle The value of face to face interaction in a world of digital communication Cues of safety; cues of danger The nervous system is an organ of relationship Hierarchy - the second organizing principle The evolution and dissolution of the autonomic nervous system Addiction through a polyvagal lens Trauma through a polyvagal lens Paired Antagonism Co-regulation - the third organizing principle The health risk of the 'perception' of loneliness The difference between social support and social connection Eye contact, listening, and still-face The role of the therapist MDMA and psychedelic-assisted therapy through a polyvagal lens What does "safety" and "being safe" mean? Contemporary American politics through a polyvagal lens How to regulate the nervous system. ------------------------------------------------------ If you are struggling with a psychedelic encounter and would like an informed and listening ear, reach out. Details here: http://www.jameswjesso.com/contact/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ------------------------------------------------------ Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1 NEWSLETTER: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/c8f8d5 ------------------------------------------------------ Support The Podcast On Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso Leave A One-Time PayPal Donation: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso BTC/ETH/LTC: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin Sign Up For My Newsletter and get a free audiobook on developing Psychospiritual Maturation with Psilocybin Mushrooms https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/m7q9s6

Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris heads the Psychedelic Research Group within the Centre for Psychiatry at Imperial College London. He joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to talk about the Entropic Brain (and mind) theory, complexity vs. order, the disproportionate representation of 'ego' consciousness in modern civilisation and its impact on the natural world, confirmation biases and misreporting in psychedelic science and, of course, how psychedelics work in the brain. ---- Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind93 for video, complete show notes, and relevant links. Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast --- ------------------------------------- Support The Channel 🙏🍄😍 ▵ Support On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso ▵ Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ▵ Donate via Crypto: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin ▵ Buy Some Merch: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ------------------------------- Episode Breakdown An introductory primer on the entropic brain theory free energy principle, thermal dynamics, complexity science, and brain activity LZ/complexity and the varieties of consciousness states the importance of indexing the 'mind stuff' in psychedelic research Natural language analytics, mental illness, and how we narratives our psychedelic encounters primary and secondary states of mind, and Brain development and comparing psychedelic mind to the mind of a child ego consciousness, psilocybin, and the collapse of civilization REBUS and the resistance of uncertainty A little talk about trauma and psychotherapy A discussion around 'Is there a confirmation bias in psychedelic neuroscience?' Deconstructing the fallacy of physicalist neuroscience The (very specific) neuroscience of psilocybin What psilocybin does when it gets into the body the neocortex and serotonin receptors psilocybin's effects on neural cellular behaviour Is psilocybin intelligent? Mapping brain anarchy What turns psilocybin into psilocin Psilocybin effect on and in the gut (enteric brain) Are there any genetic variations that could block psychedelics' effects? "There will never be an account of reality that will be absolute." ------------------------------------------------------ If you are struggling with a psychedelic encounter and would like an informed and listening ear, reach out. Details here: http://www.jameswjesso.com/contact/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ------------------------------------------------------ Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1 NEWSLETTER: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/c8f8d5 ------------------------------------------------------ Support The Podcast On Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso Leave A One-Time PayPal Donation: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso BTC/ETH/LTC: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin Sign Up For My Newsletter and get a free audiobook on developing Psychospiritual Maturation with Psilocybin Mushrooms https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/m7q9s6

Tom and Sheri Eckert join us to talk about their initiative to legalize Psilocybin services in Oregon (#PSI2020). We talk about what they have accomplished and what's left to achieve on the road towards getting PSI on the 2020 ballot, the challenges they are facing in the process, and the visions of a potential future world where psilocybin is not only destigmatized but safely, and institutionally available for anyone who chooses to experience it. *See below for full episode breakdown* Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind92 for audio download, full blog entry, complete show notes, and relevant links. Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast ------------------------------------- Support The Show 🙏🍄😍 ▵ Support On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso ▵ Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ▵ Donate via Crypto: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin ▵ Buy Some Merch: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ------------------------ EPISODE BREAKDOWN A primer on the psi2020 movement Who will have access to these services What about homegrown mushrooms or psilocybin possession? A picture of a potential production and supply chain of psilocybin How they are facing the continuing federal prohibition (drug war) Federal drug policy reform The possible dangers of big business and big Pharma The compass pathways controversy The highs and lows of the capitalist system in psychedelic culture Is it wrong to charge money for these services? What about subsidies for the economically vulnerable who need these services The difference between psi2020 and the Denver initiative The dark fantasy world of American drug law regarding psilocybin How will future people look back on our choices now What would a future world look like is psilocybin was socially destigmatized, and services for it are effectively institutionalized ------------------------------------------------------ Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameswjesso/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1 ------------------------------------------------------ Support The Podcast On Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso Leave A One-Time PayPal Donation: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso BTC/ETH/LTC: https://www.jameswjesso.com/bitcoin Subscribe to this channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1

In this (on-location) interview, Darren Springer talks about the ancient history of pan-African psychedelic use and travels forwards through time along the wings of mythology until the myths dissolve into the harsh reality of slavery, racism, and neighbourhoods infused with violence. It is grounded in this reality that Darren shares with us the potential of psychedelics (psilocybin mushrooms in particular) for the healing of historical trauma and the revitalization of black communities in the UK. ***See Below for full episode breakdown Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind91 for video full blog entry, complete show notes, and relevant links. Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast ------------------------------------- SUPPORT THE SHOW 🙏🍄😍 ▵ Support On Patreon ▵ Donate via PayPal ▵ Buy Some Merch ***** Big thanks to my patrons on Pateron for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H., Clean S., Steven B., Greg A., Dean H., Joe A., Andy D., Angela & James J., Ian C., Gibson V., Harry P., Don J., Yvett F.C., KDP, Marshell, and Cornelius Phlegmbottom ***** ------------------------ EPISODE BREAKDOWN - Where we are - Darren's journey into the pan-African use of psychedelic mushrooms - Going back into the earliest people of Africa and the great mushroom creation story - The ancient use of mushrooms in Africa - The historical role of women in African power plants - The mixing of stories back through history. - Egypt, Babylon, and Jesus; a mushroom. - The role of psychedelic/power plants for black communities in England - Psychedelics and the trauma of 500 years of slavery (post-traumatic slave syndrome) - The challenge of re-introducing power plants to modern black communities in England. - The qualities mushrooms awaken, and their potential for social healing. - The power of letting go ***** Featured image for this episode is a modified version of 'BASSE LOVE' by Chor Boogie, used with his permission. Check out his art. It is incredible. http://chorboogie.com/gallery/paintings/nggallery/galleries/love-visions-vol-3 ------------------------------------------------------ If you are struggling with a psychedelic encounter and would like an informed and listening ear, please reach out. Details here: http://www.jameswjesso.com/contact/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ------------------------------------------------------ Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1 NEWSLETTER: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/c8f8d5

Today's guests for the podcast --- three female, underground psychedelic therapists from Canada --- are on the show anonymously to share their wisdom, experience, and knowledge of psychedelic psychotherapy. Specifically, we talk about psilocybin, MDMA, and 3-MMC assisted psychotherapy; their methodologies and practices; cautions and concerns; and an in-depth look at both what it is like and what it takes to be an underground psychedelic psychotherapist. This is an episode for anyone interested in psychedelic psychotherapy be it as a current or future provider or someone who is seeking it for their own health and healing. ***See Below for full episode breakdown Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind90 for video, full blog entry, complete show notes, and relevant links. [edit 01/28/2019: there is now a transcript available via that link, too.] Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast ------------------------------------- SUPPORT THE SHOW 🙏🍄😍 ▵ Support On Patreon ▵ Donate via PayPal ▵ Donate via Crypto ▵ Buy Some Merch ***** Big thanks to my patrons on Pateron for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H., Clean S., Steven B., Greg A., Dean H., Joe A., Andy D., Angela & James J., Ian C., Gibson V., Harry P., Don J., Yvett F.C., KDP, and Cornelius Phlegmbottom ***** ------------------------ EPISODE BREAKDOWN What models of therapy are being offered and what substances are being used How they decide what substance is best for each client What are the differences in methodology for different substance? Red flags Does the therapist take the dose as well? Who's in the room? How many therapists, sitters, clients and why? How to address panic and anxiety attacks during psychedelic sessions Some cautions in finding a psychedelic therapist Specific needs for providing psychedelic therapy to people in their sick time. Death anxiety within psychedelic therapy Providing psychedelic therapy to minors Integration practices and perspectives. ------------------------------------------------------ If you are struggling with a psychedelic encounter and would like an informed and listening ear, reach out. Details here: http://www.jameswjesso.com/contact/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ------------------------------------------------------ Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1 NEWSLETTER: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/c8f8d5

According to today's guest, Tom Hatsis, Santa is not a mushroom shaman, Jesus was not a mushroom, and Christianity is not hiding a giant secret inside the biblical texts about the true hallucinogen at the root the religion being an amanita muscaria. But, therein lies a whole different set of questions: What is the actual history of Santa Clause? Who was Jesus? What drugs were Christians actually taking? (cause they were getting HIGH and spoke openly about it). What is the real history of Christmas, the nativity, and the holy mushroom? ***See Below for full episode breakdown Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind89 for video, full blog entry, complete show notes, and relevant links. Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast ------------------------------------- SUPPORT THE SHOW 🙏🍄😍 ▵ Support On Patreon ▵ Donate via PayPal ▵ Donate via Crypto ▵ Buy Some Merch ***** Big thanks to my patrons on Pateron for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H., Clean S., Steven B., Greg A., Dean H., Joe A., Andy D., Angela & James J., Ian C., Gibson V., Harry P., Don J., Yvett F.C., KDP, and Cornelius Phlegmbottom ***** ------------------------ EPISODE BREAKDOWN Why Santa clause was not a mushroom shaman The holy mushroom conspiracy The origin of red and white of Santa's outfit The history of old holiday card with elves and mushrooms St Nick had shamanic powers, but Santa and st nix aren't the same historical entity The origins of the holy mushroom conspiracy The historical roots of Christmas What were people getting high on during historical Christmas? Drug use in early Christianity was open and condoned The different psychedelic Christian cults and how they used their sacraments How we got from free-range psychedelic Christianity to the narrow-minded abstinent Christianity of today Christian appropriation of pagan traditions and paul's invention of a psychedelic eucharist Did Jesus get high? How Christianity conquered so many traditional cultures What made Jesus any different from all the other Hebraic radicals alive at the time Pauline Jesus vs Gnostic Jesus How the Nativity got associated with Christmas and why those aren't mushrooms in old Christian art ------------------------------------------------------ If you are struggling with a psychedelic encounter and would like an informed and listening ear, reach out. Details here: http://www.jameswjesso.com/contact/jesso-private-skype-sessions/ ------------------------------------------------------ Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameswjesso/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1 NEWSLETTER: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/c8f8d5