End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)

Leia Friedman is a teacher, writer, and permaculturist. She is the host of the Psychedologist: Conscious Positive Radio," co-founder of the Boston Entheogenic Network, a psychedelic integration support provider, and an activist. Her work focuses on phenonmena related to the human experience of consciousness through the lens of social and environmental justice. Here website and podcast can be found at: https://thepsychedologist.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePsychedologist/ Or email at: Leia Friedman In this episode, Leia also discusses the following references: https://www.therestorativecenter.org/ www.thebodyisnotanapology.com https://www.lauramaenorthrup.com/inside-eyes-podcast Enjoy!

Erika Buenaflor, M.A., J.D., has a master's degree in religious studies with a focus on Mesoamerican shamanism from the University of California at Riverside. A practicing curandera for over 20 years, descended from a long line of grandmother curanderas, she has studied with curanderx in Mexico, Peru, and Los Angeles and gives presentations on curanderismo in many settings, including UCLA. She lives in Tijunga, California In this podcast we discuss her new book Curanderismo: Soul Retrieval which is a step by step guide based on the ancient shamanic healing traditions of the Mexica and Maya. Buenaflor describes how to use the 5 cardinal directions to connect with lost soul fragments that have escaped during trauma or stressful situations, create the idea place for them to return, and ensure a lasting soul retrieval. For more information about Erika, please see her website: http://www.realizeyourbliss.com/about-erika/ or connect with her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erika.buenaflor_curandera/?hl=en or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErikaBuenaflor

Tara Rose is the host of the Green Goddess podcast, a divinely guided media project which explores sacred medicine, philosophy and the evolution of consciousness. She brings a deep love for Pachamama to her work as an initiated medicine woman, facilitating kambo frog medicine ceremonies to purify and raise the vibration of consciousness on the planet. Tara is based in Portland, Oregon where she also offers intuitive services, kambo and shamanic cannabis transformation sessions, soul purpose alignment consulting, and offers private mystical plant walks. Tara also holds a MFA in creative writing as is the author of Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wildness which discusses the wondrous and healing qualities of plants. This book was written under her birth name. For more information about Tara, including information for her upcoming events, contact information, blog, podcast, and YouTube channel please see: https://peacelovetara.com/

Tom Hatsis writes and speaks on psychedelic and entheogenic history. He is the author of Microdosing Magic: A Psychedelic Spellbook, The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic and Psychedelic Mystery Traditions: Spirit Plants, Magical Practices, Ecstatic States. He has appeared on the GaiamTV shows Pychedelica and Open Minds with Regina Meredith, and has articles published in Psychedelic Press U.K. and the Journal of Psychedelic Studies. He teaches an online course on medieval magic and witchcraft at https://thehouseoftwigs.com://thehouseoftwigs.com Along with partner Eden Woodruff, Hatsis co-runs Psanctum Psychedelia, a psychedelics education and harm reduction group. When not fully engaged in spreading psychedelia, he writes and performs music, and plays roller derby. For more psychedelic history, check out: https://psychedelicwitch.com/ @witchydelic on IG psychedelichistoryproject.com facebook.com/psychedelichistorian

Susan L. Brooks is the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and a Professor of Law at the Drexel University Kline School of Law in Philadelphia, PA. She joined the faculty during the law school's inaugural year to develop and oversee all the experiential and public service aspects of the curriculum. Professor Brooks teaches Family Law as well as innovative courses on holistic representation, professional formation, reflective practice, effective communication, and access to justice. She has written extensively and has conducted workshops in the U.S. and across the globe to promote "Relational Lawyering," an integrative humanistic approach to legal practice and education, which includes habits of mind and tools to strengthen emotional intelligence, cross-cultural lawyering, and resilience. She is also a leader in the field of Therapeutic Jurisprudence and is an inaugural member of the Global Advisory Council for the International Society of Therapeutic Jurisprudence (ISTJ). Her most recent articles are entitled "Mindful Engagement and Relational Lawyering," and "Fostering Wholehearted Lawyers: Practical Guidance for Supporting Law Students' Professional Identity Formation." Professor Brooks received her J.D. degree from New York University in 1990. She received an M.A. in clinical social work from the University of Chicago in 1984, and earlier received a B.A. from the same university. She is a member of the Pennsylvania bar and maintains her social work certification. 0000072D 0000072A 00010208 00010208 0031381A 0031381A 00007E7B 00007E7B 000D0339 000D0339

Grizz shares his wisdom of plant medicine and is passionate about helping people connect deeper to this ancient knowledge of the plants through his apprenticeship program and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/plantsong/. Grizz also runs the popular and informative page "Way of The Mystic Curandero & Shamanic Practices:" https://www.facebook.com/SacredSpaceTeachings/ My own two cents: Grizz practices deep listening and surrender to bring his fellow travelers into more profound connections with life. Check out his message, I can feel he is really connecting with something very interesting these days. Who knows where it will take him? If you are curious about sitting in ceremony with Grizz and his team, you are welcome to connect with him at [email protected] or on one of his facebook pages.

Dr. Tarrant is a licensed psychologist and board certified in neurofeedback. He is the director of the NeuroMeditation Institute (NMI) and author of the book "Meditation Interventions to Rewrite the Brain." His research focuses on exploring brain wave changes that occur as a result of contemplative practices, technological interventions, and altered states of consciousness. He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences and has a private practice in Eugene, Oregon where he specializes in technology-assisted meditation. For more information about Dr. Tarrant and his work, please see: https://drjefftarrant.com/ https://www.neuromeditationinstitute.com/providers/jeff-tarrant https://www.facebook.com/Dr.JeffTarrant/ https://www.facebook.com/NeuroMeditation/://www.facebook.com/NeuroMeditation/

Chris Bennett has been researching the historical role of Cannabis in Spiritual Life of Humanity for more than a quarter of a century. He is co-author of Green Gold of the Tree of Life: Marijuana in Magic and Religion (1995); Sex, Drugs Violence and the Bible (2001); Cannabis and the Soma Solution (2010); and Liber 420: Cannabis Magickal Herbs and the Occult (2018). He has also contributed chapters on the historical role of cannabis in spiritual practices in books such as The Pot Book (2010); Entheogens and the Development of Culture (2013); Seeking the Sacred with Psychoactive Substances (2014); One Toke Closer to God (2017); Cannabis and Spirituality (2016) and Pychedelics Reimagined (1999). Bennett's research has received international attention from the BBC, Guardian, Sunday Times, Washington Post, and Vice, and other media sources. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Chris' website can be found at: https://www.urbanshaman.net/

Natasha explores the rich folk history and ancestral practices of Eastern Slavic magical rites and Russian sorcery. Her new book: Slavic Witchcraft: Old World Conjuring Spells & Folklore explains how this tradition has only a thin Christian veneer over its pagan origins and how the Slavic pagan gods and goddesses acquired new lives as the saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She details how the magical energy for these spells and rituals is drawn from the forces of nature, revealing specific places of power in the natural world as well and the profound power of graveyards and churches for casting spells. Together with her book Russian Black Magic, she reveals what it means to be a Slavic witch or sorcerer and how this vocation pervades all aspects of life showing that each of us has magic within that we can use to take control of our own destiny. For more information about Natasha's work, please visit her website: https://www.worldofconjuring.com/ Her books can be ordered from the wonderful publisher "Inner Traditions" at the following website: https://www.innertraditions.com/author/natasha-helvin/

Professor Cleo McNelly Kearns, is an independent scholar in the fields of modern literature, philosophy of religion, and anthropology and is currently a Visiting Scholar at Dartmouth College. She has published extensively on issues in continental philosophy, feminist theory and aesthetics. Her work now focuses on global shamanism and on the comparative study of sacrificial rituals across many cultures. She is the author of T.S. Eliot and Indic Traditions: A Study in Poetry and Belief (1987) and The Virgin Mary, Monotheism and Sacrifice (2008). She serves on the editorial board of the journal Literature and Theology and has contributed reviews and essays to a range of publications from History of Religions to the Oxford Handbook on Literature and Theology. Professor Kearns has held fellowships from the Princeton Center for the Study of Religion, the Center of Theological Inquiry at Princeton Seminary and the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Notre Dame. She is a member of the American Academy of Religion, and she has taught at many colleges and universities, including Rutgers University, New York University and the Community College of Vermont. She is currently a contributing member of Incite Seminars under the direction of Glenn Wallis. For more information and a full list of her many publications, please see her lengthy academic CV: http://nd.academia.edu/CleoKearns/CurriculumVitae

Dr. Joye originally graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas. Her lush biography includes adventures in New York City with Andy Warhol and the Factory Scene, being the subject of a Maplethrope portrait, and hanging out with Alan Watts. Her adventures in supersensible perception led her to expand her engineering background and towards work with John Lilly exploring interspecies communication and contemplative practice with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. In order to be able to read and translate Sanskrit, she earned an M.A. in Indian Philosophy, and completed her doctorate in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is the author of many books and papers including Tuning the Mind and Developing Supersensible Perception, the latter of which is the subject of this podcast. She is also a wonderful artist and many of her paintings can be seen on her website below. More information of Dr. Joye and her work can be found at: https://shellijoye.net/

Michael is the host and writer of the Third Eye Drops show/podcast that has over 1 million downloads. He is a polymorphous polymath who dreams of a "technodelic community where wonder, laughter and creation are core commandments." Follow him on Twitter where most recently he tweeted thus and so: "If you don't actively struggle for the things you want, you'll be slowly consumed by circumstances you don't care about." On Instagram, he recently quoted Kevin Kelly, thus and so: "Life is the stranger loop of a snake releasing itself from its own grip, unmouthing an ever fattening tail tapering up to an ever increasingly large mouth birthing an ever larger tail, filing the universe with this strangeness." Put that in your pipe and smoke it if you dare. Plus, he's going to Peru in a month, so we had lots to talk about, including how to not ride a horse on an ayahuasca adventure. Here is his website: http://thirdeyedrops.com/ Godspeed!

Ben is a sex worker, feminist porn performer, certified permaculture designer, certified tantric counselor, author, film maker, and recording artist. He finds healing and empowerment through sacred loving arts, ecological gardening, shamanism, ecstatic trance dancing, martial arts, and open source technology. His ongoing short film series, Sexorcism the Tantric Opera, was launched in 2017. This work recounts the story of Ben's recovery from childhood sexual trauma, adolescent sex trafficking, and the path of the wounded healer. His first book: Psychedelic Goddess Worship: Erotic Memoirs from the Astral Battlefield will be released in 2020. As you might suspect (if you know me), we just scratched the surface of Ben's work in this interview. Check out: www.tantrapunk.com for a deeper dive into Ben's work if you dare and to get current information as Ben's art continues to evolve. Be sure to also check out Ben's Tantra Punk Podcast on Itunes or where ever you connect to your favorite podcasts. Musical outtro for the podcast is Ben's performance of Om Namah Shivaya, from his 2019 release Sexocism: The Tantric Opera available on SoundCloud or where ever you listen to your favorite music.

Noah Lampert is the host of the Synchronicity Podcast, founder of the Mindpod Network, musician, and web developer. He has served as the director of Web Operations for the Ram Dass--Love Serve Remember Foundation and is the owner of CRVD Media. In this episode, Noah dives deep into the experience of Synchronicity, why it is important to honor the experience, and its mystical significance. Noah also elaborates on his current passionate practice based on the work and life of Neville Goddard. The closing music of this episode is taken from Noah's 2018 EP entitled "Kykeon" inspired by the ancient Greek brew used in Eleusinian Mystery ceremonies and traditions. For more information about Noah and his work, please visit his website: www.syncpodcast.com

Jasun Horsley is an English cultural critic, metapsychologist, conspiracy researcher, and podcaster. He is the author of several books: Seen and Not Seen, Prisoner of Infinity, and The Vice of Kings: How Socialism, Occultism, and the Sexual Revolution Engineered a Culture of Abuse. Jasun spent his early life fleeing from a sense of unreality and has been trying to get to the bottom of it ever since. He as been a New York barfly, a Hollywood wanna-be, a sorcerer chaser in Mexico, and an acid eater in Haight-Ashbury. He had an End-Times community in Taos, was destitute in North Africa, begged in Paris, lived with Benedictine Monks in France, ran with the bulls in Pamplona, had alien encounters in Navarra, apprenticed with a shaman in Guatemala, lost his mind in Columbia, made digital movies in London, edited a newspaper in Oaxaca, read Tarot in Portugal, saw UFOs in Patmos, ran an existential detective agency, and followed a guru in Canada. He says he is currently working on his next incarnation with David Oshana, but to my mind, he is already there He also sorts out people's junk and runs a thrift store More information about Jasun can be found at his website: https://auticulture.com/ Links to this podcast: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/ep-78-jasun-horsley-prisoner-of-infinity-and-the-next-morning https://open.spotify.com/episode/47JaFqCaStZN43nmKTdFzP?si=J2oFJOdCS2a0cfg11EwXzw

Lorenzo Hagerty's professional career is as diverse as they come: attorney, consultant to Fortune 500 companies, electrical engineer, hot air balloon pilot, Naval officer, Internet/Java promoter, motivational speaker, and multimedia software developer. Hagerty was president of Success, Inc., which provided sales training and network marketing courses to other companies, and he founded Dynasty Computer Corporation, which sold home computers even before IBM did. Hagerty is perhaps best known as the congenial host of the Psychedelic Salon, a podcast series which for the past thirteen year has been showcasing interviews, lectures, and assorted additional audio sources that feature some of the brightest most creative individuals from the community of folks interested in psychoactives. He is the organizer of the Palenque Norte theme camp at Burning Man. Hagerty is also the author of the book "The Spirit of the Internet: Speculations on the Evolution of Global Consciousness, as well as "The Genesis Generation: A Psychedelic Novel," available for free in both audio book and e-book formats. In 2012, along with Bruce Damer, Hagerty produced a series of events at the Esalen Institute and other places to celebrate the life and ideas of their friend Terence McKenna. In this podcast, you will hear about Lorenzo's time at Notre Dame, how he obtained a piece of the Golden Dome from on High, the Chronicles of Lorenzo, how he changed his name from Larry to Lorenzo, Bruce Damer, Sonic Brainwave Modulation, why he would never want to be my sitter in a ceremony, and the crazy event horizon of our future. More information about Lorenzo and his work can be found at: https://lorenzohagerty.com/ or at: https://psychedelicsalon.com/

I heard Dr. Kate describe her journey on the local NPR Station's version of the Moth Radio Hour. When she finished, there was not a dry eye in the audience. There is no spoiler alert, I'll let her tell her story. I do like foreshadowing though, and there is a white swan along the way named Athena. And the story ends well. And if you or anyone you know ever encounters a swan responding to the name Athena, we want to know about it. And I'm sure Dr. Kate does as well. More information about Dr. Kate's journey, her blog, her upcoming book, and her upcoming podcast can all be found here: https://fatefuldetours.com/ 00000081 0000007F 0000819A 00007A62 0000407D 00004C53 00007E3C 00007E3C 00281468 00281468

Singer, Songwriter, Composer Caleb Smith (aka Mista Smyth) is the lead singer and co-founder of Black Queen, "A tribute to Queen." Rumor has it that Black Queen has the largest world-wide following of any Queen tribute band with a straight African-American frontman:-). And of course, we at the End of the Road stridently adopt all rumors. Be sure to check out Caleb's original five full length albums and studio recordings here: https://mistasmyth.bandcamp.com/ The Black Queen official fan site is here: Black Queen site Check out one of their shows: Black Queen video Mary Frances is a college instructor in environmental science and has been displaying her found art assemblages in group exhibits throughout the midwest. Galleries which have shown her work include Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Art St. Louis in St. Louis, and Oakland Community College near Detroit. Mary offers the following artists' statement: "I create assemblages primarily with found objects. Environmentalism influences me most as nature is the source of all things, including creativity. I find materials for my work anywhere, although primarily outdoors. Judging each object individually on size, weight, texture and color, I assemble them together. Eventually, unlike objects fit together in ways that make people think about unwanted things. These include environmental degradation, exploitation, and conflict. Some of pieces are satirical or simply interesting to look at. In the future I want to expand my base of materials and continue to express difficult as well as playful concepts." Mary's art pages and contact information can be found here: https://maryfrancesartistfoundart.webs.com/ https://maryfrancesartist.webs.com/ I would like to thank them both for coming and for Mary's kind gift of the official End of the Road wizard staff for future conjuring of everything good. I look forward to Caleb's new side side project, and I believe we may have heard the first live recording that upcoming new project on this podcast. Much love, Mike

Abdi Assadi, M.S., Lic. Ac. is a spiritual counselor and acupuncturist is his 34th year of clinical practice in New York City. His work centers on helping his clients use their disease and dysfunction as a doorway to spiritual serenity. Through his decades of practice, he has learned that identifying and integrating the human shadow--those disowned or repressed puzzle pieces of self that wreak havoc in our lives--offers the most lasting hearing for what ails us in the body, mind and spirit. He has studied Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese acupuncture, body centered psychotherapy, external and internal martial arts, indigenous shamanic practices as well as diverse meditative techniques. He rides motorcycles, curses with abandon, and believes we should live in this transient world as fully as possible. For more information about Abdi's work please see: https://abdiassadi.com/ Twitter: Abdi's Twitter Feed Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abdiassadi/

Dr. Espi teaches and practices medicine in the Psychiatry Department of Rush Medical College in Chicago. He has more than 20 peer reviewed publications on many aspects of Psychiatry including: akathisia due to drugs, metabolic syndrome, inflammation, dissociative symptoms, the cinema, and the history of Psychiatry. He is the founding member of the Journal of Humanistic Psychiatry and the author of the book Monsters, Demons and Psychopaths: Psychiatry and Horror Film. In this book he studies society's perception of mental illness through horror film according to its historical context. His major interests are philosophy, art history, rock music, gastronomy and cinema and has found Chicago a good niche to combine all these interests. In this episode, we discuss: Magic, Witchcraft, Demons, the Devil, Magical Practices in the Catholic rituals, the Inquisition (and especially the Spanish Inquisition, which no-one expects:-)), the Trier trials, the Salem Witch trials, ergotism, Belladonna, Toad medicine (5MeO-Dmt), Jumilla wine, Grenache, Rioja, and Monastrell wines, the unreliability of evidence at the Witch-trials, especially "spectral evidence," scapegoating against women, and other marginalized groups, Stanislav Grof, spiritual emergence vs. psychosis, the roots of discrimination against mental illness and its continuation in modern psychiatry, the anti-psychiatry movement, Thomas Szasz, Michel Foucault, the silent movie "Haxan", werewolves, vampires, zombies, and other monsters, Horror movies, Psychedelics, hysteria and much more. Dr. Espi's Professional Website can be found here: https://www.rushu.rush.edu/faculty/fernando-espi-forcen-md-phd The Journal of Humanist Psychiatry can be found here: http://www.humanisticpsychiatry.com/ Dr. Espi's YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhYmcLASwBUBl7h4Yq6xyQ

Matt is a multimedia artist, musician, inventor and sculptor. He was a founding member of the dark ambient band Lab Report that included such diverse musicians as Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Lydia Lunch and Chris Connelly. Schultz also invented the A.T.G. or Anti Tank Guitar and utilized this instrument with the Lab Report and Pigface. In total, Schultz has appeared on over 29 cds with 9 solo productions and 2 feature film soundtracks (Ivan's XTC and Snuffmovie) for Hollywood director Bernard Rose. In 2010, Schultz manifested the esoteric and ancient fraternal order of The Division which reconstructed ancient spells and rituals reinterpreted aurally. Mantras is the first in a trilogy of discs that express all aspects of The Division. Matt's latest release is Mandalas. This album contains binaurual beats and tones to aid in meditation and dream states. Matt has also spent time in Peru working at an Ayahuasca healing center as a facilitator. He has worked extensively with Lakota and Mayan Elders for over 15 years and is a water pourer for sweat lodges. He continues to be involved in indigenous medicine ceremonies of many varieties. In this episode, we discuss: Throbbing Gristle, The Ministry, Pink Floyd's The Wall, Germany in the early to middle 20th Century, the structures of Belief Systems, The Occult, Ritualistic Magic, The Jester Archetype, Psychedelics as spiritual bypassing, Psychedelics as subversive agents, why all lawyer gringos should not take Ayahuasca unless they learn to ride a horse, MK Ultra, New Age Hippies channeling all that white light and nothing else, shadow work, we are not kidding, shadow work, listen to Lab Report if you dare, our mutual admiration of Roni Mohan, why gringos should not go to Peru, Brujos, All the plants that go into Ayahuasca that you do not want to know about, Sweat Lodges, Meditation, Kirtan, and much much more. More information about Matt's art can be found here: http://www.mattschultz.com/ More information about Matt's music and Lab Report can be found here: http://www.labreport.com/ More information about Matt's SweatLodge at related activities can be found here: http://www.sweatlodge.love/index.html

Elihu Genmyo Smith is the zen teacher of the Prairie Zen Center in Champaign, Illinois, and one of the co-founders, with Charlotte Joko Beck, of the Ordinary Mind Zen School. He is the author of "Everything is the Way: Ordinary Mind Zen," (Shambhala Press 2012). Elihu has practiced Zen for over thirty-five years, beginning as a student of Soen Nakagawa and Eido Tai Shimano, then he trained with Taizen Maezumi Roshi, who ordained him in 1979, and then with Charlotte Joko Beck in 1984. He was her first dharma heir in 1992. Elihu has also been associated with Bernie Glassman and the Zen Peacemakers. He blogs on "current events, books, and random themes on his blog "Clouds". Here is the link to his blog: http://clouds-genmyo.blogspot.com/ Here is the link to the Prairie Zen Center: http://www.prairiezen.org/ You can order Elihu's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/216347/everything-is-the-way-by-elihu-genmyo-smith/9781590309728/ Have a great weekend!

Professor Roberts discusses his new book which is an exploration of "mind design" technologies and practices--MindApps--that boost intellectual capacity and enable new ways of thought and action. By way of background, Thomas Roberts earned his Ph.D. from Stanford and taught for many years at Northern Illinois University. He taught the world's first and longest running catalog listed psychedelics course beginning in 1981. Professor Roberts is a founding member of MAPS, former visiting scientist at Johns Hopkins, editor of Spiritual Growth with Entheogens, and author of Psychedelic Horizons and The Psychedelic Future of the Mind and co-edited volumes on psychedelic medicine, religion, and policy. He lives in Sycamore, Illinois. He originated the celebration of Bicycle Day. Professor Roberts' lengthy retirement CV can be found here: http://niu.academia.edu/ThomasRoberts/CurriculumVitae You may order his book from Inner Traditions by following this link: https://www.innertraditions.com/mindapps.html

Intro Music: "Town to Town" from the upcoming Chickadee Sermon release scheduled for later this year. Mike and Olivia share their journey and love of music. Topics covered: concert, festival and venue management and promotion, benefit concerts, the Grateful Dead tribe, The Route 66 music festival, block parties, Donnie's Homespun, cultivating local and regional acts, The String Cheese Incident(s), growing up in small towns and much more. More info about the Chickadee Sermon can be found here: Chickadee Sermon Portal and the Sunshine Daydream portal: Sunshine Daydream Portal

Jimmy Tebeau is a professional musician performing in the nationally touring, festival promoting Grateful Dead Experience: The Schwag. Jimmy also had a four year stint as the bassist for the JGB (Jerry Garcia Band). Recently, he started hosting a two hour talk show on KKID 92.9 in Rolla, Missouri. In this free flowing and unedited episode of the live talk show we discuss: Joseph Campbell and his relationship with the Grateful Dead tribal culture, Jimmy's own experiences with group consciousness and/or non-local consciousness at Grateful Dead and his own performances, Schwagstock (the upcoming Missouri Music Festival), Rainbow Gatherings, Jimmy's interesting tour with the Jerry Garcia Band in Hawaii, poly-rhythms and altered consciousness in drum circles, Timothy Leary, FDA trials for Psilocybin and MDMA and much more. Jimmy also performs live his version of Dylan's "Desolation Row" and we hear a recorded live performance of the Schwag's Help on the Way/Slipknot at the St. Louis Ball Park Village. Jimmy then tells bad lawyer jokes and I counter with worse ones, being more familiar with the subject. We are also joined by Andrew Sheeley of the Phelps County Focus to discuss his recent story of the geologic core sample archive in Rolla, Missouri. Jimmy and Andrew also discuss the trials and tribulations of the late local personality Chief Wanna Doobie. Later, Electronica/Dubstep artist "The Mowhawk" joins the fray to describe his upcoming time/spatial manifestations. Guiseppe also thrills the gathering with his live banjo performance. And of course, driving force behind KKID, Steve Wheeler, holds space for the entire show. The video of the entire performance will be posted here later this week: Video link of show Much much more info about the history and upcoming time/spatial manifestations of the Schwag can be found here: Schwag Portal More information about Andrew Sheeley can be found here: Sheeley Portal

Omar is a retired military veteran and leads a multidisciplinary team of professionals that provide legal sacred medicine experiences in Mexico focusing on the shamanic and therapeutic use of mushrooms, peyote, changa, and temazcal ceremonies. "Integration Retreats," provides clients with all inclusive retreats that include medicine ceremonies, on-site professional therapy-based integration, skilled facilitators, thermal spa, bilingual host/guide, airport pick up and drop off, meals and ongoing integration support. Omar's journey began as a first-generation immigrant to the US from Panama where he was steeped at an early age in Afro-Caribbean and and Afro-Latino spiritual practices by his grandfather, founder of two Central American esoteric temples. Omar is a graduate of William Paterson University with a degree in biology and a graduate of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. He began his recovery from PTSD in the 1990s after 30 days of fasting, isolation, and intensive sacred mushroom work under shamanic guidance. Now retired with over 25 years of sacred mushroom experience, Omar is a permanent resident of Mexico who works to help preserve shamanic culture while connecting other to safe, guided and transformational ceremonies. More information about Omar and Integrations Retreats can be found at: https://www.integrationsretreats.com https://www.facebook.com/pg/integrationsretreats/about/?ref=page_internal (The views expressed by the guests are expressly their own and do not represent the advice or practices of the host. No legal advice is intended by this podcast. And certainly not medical, psychological, or shamanic--indeed, the host does not even play any of these on TV. In fact, the host does not own a TV come to think of it.)

Semina is a multidimensional artist and practitioner of many skills to navigate myriad realities including but not limited to: lucid dreaming, astral travel, entheogens, meditation, somatic meditation, hypnagogic states, grounding, balance, third eye visions, Kundalini energy, brain wave entrainment, binaural beats, precognition, interaction with entities, ORMUS, and much much more. She hosts an intriguing YouTube channel, and an ETSY store. I suspect we will see much more in the future from her as she opens her heart to assist those along the journey. More information about her work can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRn9WhUMakCq2h2rZ8vTBFw https://www.etsy.com/people/saminaisawesome P.S. Toward the very end of the podcast, we discuss a ceremony which had not yet occurred at the time of this recording. The ceremony did not turn out as expected (which is of course the whole point..lol) but the dream described in the podcast turned out to be remarkably prescient in surprising ways.

For more than 40 years, Schwartz has studied the nature of consciousness. He is the author of more than 175 books, technical reports, and papers. In addition to his experimental studies, he has written numerous magazine articles for the Smithsonian, OMNI, American History, American Heritage, The Washington Post and The New York Times. He is also an award winning novelist, "Awakening," "The Vision," and "The Amish Girl" being his latest works. Schwartz is a distinguished consulting faculty member of Saybrook University, Fellow of the William James Center for Consciousness Studies, Sofia University, Fellow of the BIAL Foundation, and a research associate of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory of the Laboratories for Fundamental Research. He is a columnist for the journal "Explore" and editor of the daily online publication "The Schwartz Report," where he covers trends that are affecting the future.

Though Ayahuasca is used as a traditional spiritual medicine in ceremonies among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin, it is starting to make inroads into the heartlands of America. I have yet to encounter a more evocative spokesperson for this medicine than Lara. Lara embodies the restorative potential that Ayahuasca creates in healing past traumas and in harmonizing life with its spiritual undercurrents. Lara works with Jyaneshwari Onaya, a Maestra of Ayahuasca who has studied and lived in the Amazon near Iquitos, Peru with her Maestro, Enrique Fasando Lopez of the Incan Kena Village for many years. Using this training, Jyaneshwari and other healers have been bringing this medicine across the United States to people who would not normally be able to afford travel for this Sacred Medicine Ceremony. If you like what you hear, and are interested in attending one of their ceremonies, you can contact them at: [email protected] . Lara can be reached at her facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Laralindsey09, or at the following email address: [email protected] . Jyaneshwari can be reached at: https://www.facebook.com/ljyaneshwarionaya.108

Timothy is the founder of the Infinite Transition, a healing protocol based on the healing modality Theta-Healing that is designed to help individuals heal themselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. In this episode, Timothy discusses his own journey through suicidal depression and how working with Theta-Healing and other practices transformed his life. Currently based in Reno, Nevada, Timothy uses his gifts of music and Theta-Healing to live his own truth and to help others to do the same. As an empath, he also works with others to heal from limiting beliefs and prior trauma to reconnect to our infinite potential. More information about Timothy can be found at: http://www.theinfinitetransition.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theinfinitetransition/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/theinfinitetransition/ https://twitter.com/infinite_trans Click here for Tim's YouTube page

Jeremy plays professional basketball in the European League. But to my mind, his superpower is not his slashing drive to the basket or pull-up jumper, but his relentless heart-based gratitude practice which lights up the room (not to mention the court). Jeremy is the host of the "Always Loading" podcast, is on Youtube and Facebook under his name and Instagram @always_loading. Get in early--I'm sure you will agree that Jeremy's star has only begun to rise.

Celeste is more things than I will be able to describe. She is an oracle, fortune teller, witch, and "affirmation empress"--indeed, affirmations spring from her like rapidly chanted poetic mantras chaneled from some complex divine source. But there is more! Her nom de plume is Janette Odell, and under that moniker, she and her husband Jerry have penned several erotic novels describing the mysterious Yoni egg and her adventures and practices in that domain. These books, entitled "Yoni Chronicles Vol. I and II" are available on Amazon or your favorite bookseller. As you might expect, much more information about Celeste is found at: https://readingsbyceleste.com/ on instagram at @readings_by_celeste or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ReadingsbyCelestetheOracle/

Donalee brings conscious leadership, spirituality and mastery to individuals and organizations through her coaching, Mastering M.E. and Leadership Mastery Programs. In her words, "mastery," refers to one's ability to apply and practice a new skill or task with repetition and attention to detail so it becomes programmed into an operating system. Once this is achieved the subconscious will automatically act upon our desired intent. Moreover, Donalee believes that ultimate mastery is the recognition and partnership of the infinite power that lives, moves, and has its being within each of us. Donalee is the founder of Complete Solutions in Marketing and Mastery can can be reached at www.complete-solutionsllc.com and/or 314-640-6633. She is also found on all the major social media platforms.

Professor Liechty teaches in the Department of Social Work at Illinois State University. This year he was named as a College of Arts and Science Distinguished Lecturer for the 2018-19 Academic Year which is the highest honor awarded by the College based on faculty scholarship. In this podcast, we discuss the following subjects: the historical and contemporary relationship between social work and religion; the human experience predicated on the ability to refuse objective reality and prefer fictional reality; Ernest Becker's "Denial of Death;" Fear of Death; Fear of Life; the role of Culture in allaying anxiety; the existence of the Cultural "other;" Freud, Marx, Tillich, Sufism, drumming, chanting, dancing, trance, and psychedelics.

By day, Matt is an Astrophysicist and Educator. However, Matt's long standing interest in how spirituality, shamanism and other indigenous practices shape the relationship of societies to nature, time and the cosmos translate into fascinating research about how cosmographies, heterotopias, and usage of entheogenic substances allow access into realms inaccessible to the scientific method. Matt's focus on the civilization and cultures of the Indus valley led to theories about how the social impact of climate change and societal stress, in the context of shamanic culture, may have shaped many spiritual practices from meditation to asceticism. More information about Matt and his work can be gleaned from: https://www.facebook.com/astrophel.nought ; and https://www.patreon.com/astropheln0ught

Larry is an expectation coach, inspirational speaker, and featured expert of an Evansville, Indiana, CBS talk show. In his new book which is a #1 New Release on Amazon, titled "Where's My Pizza," Larry finds success in life not only enjoying the slice but in learning the recipe, both literally and figuratively. Speaking of recipes, I'm still waiting for Larry to share his mother's cornbread recipe:-). More information about Larry can be found at http://larry-armstead.com/ or @officially_larry.

Jewels and Phoenix Rose discuss their journey and creation of Infynite Gold, which had its genesis and continued development in non-ordinary states of consciousness. In their words, Infynite Gold combines "ORMUS Elements and Scalar Frequencies, utilizing skincare as a delivery system." "Jewels Dela Tierra, the founder of Infynite Gold, has been a practicing Vibrational Therapist for over 22 years with a vast background in multiple healing modalities and certifications including: Kinesiology, Polarity, Massage, Holistic Health, Mindfulness and the Mind/ Body Connection, Cranial Sacral, Reiki, Energetic Transformation, Quantum Healing, Vibrational Therapy, Intuitive Counseling and Multiple Apprenticeships in Native American Medicine." PhoenixRose is a "Visionary, Awakening Activator & Higher Consciousness Catalyst." She is the former owner of a Metaphysical Bookstore and Alternative Healing Center and has been an Energywork Practitioner and Intuitive Healer since 1998. PhoenixRose is Infynite Gold's Synergistic Expansion Expert." More information about their work can be found at https://infynitegold.com/.

Byron Gaist has a Ph.D. in Psychoanalytic Studies from the University of Essex in the UK, with an emphasis on Jungian analytical psychology. He has also completed psychotherapy training in the person-centered approach and the use of guided imagery in music therapy. He is the author of "Creative Suffering and the Wounded Healer: Analytical Psychology and Orthodox Christian Theology". He works for the National Addictions Authority in Nicosia, Cyprus, and when he isn't there, he is either teaching psychology, sociology, and philosophy at American College, Nicosia, or counseling clients in private practice. He lives in Nicosia with his wife, two teenage daughters, a dog, and a cat, who get on quite well most of the time!

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Sherry is a school teacher, community theatre actress, poet, songwriter, and heaven forbid (lol) Catholic mystic. In one of my favorite episodes, we discuss (with her husband Dan) her extraordinary experiences of grace and non-ordinary states of consciousness. The songs she wrote and sang on this podcast can be found at her YouTube page under her name.

Bridgetta's inexhaustible energy propelled her though journeys starting with acting (she appeared in a number of movies and TV shows starting in her childhood) to dance (she was a backup dancer with Britney Spears) to modeling (for Harley Davidson and many others), to spiritual radio and TV (she has her own podcast called Soul Sexy Radio) to certifications in Yoga, Hypnosis, Herbalism, Massage, Breathwork and many others. She has also developed innovative intuitive counseling, coaching, and marketing practice to benefit her clients from her wide degree of experiences and connections. More information about this real-life Wonder Woman can be found at http://www.bridgetta.com/.

Robin is a holistic psychotherapist and Psychedelic integration therapist specializing in treating trauma and addictions. Her work is inspired by her own journey. She practices in Sacramento, California. More information about her inspiring work can be found at https://psychedelic.support/network/robin-kurland-west-ma-lmft/ or on Instagram @nestinggroundhealing

Kara is a Transformational coach and Energy Healer whose works have been featured in Self, New York Yoga & Life, Any.Body_Co. and the Dodo. She has spent the last seven years working through grief, sexual assault, trauma, and other past struggles to ultimately transform and release the past. In this episode, we discuss her journeys, practices, and mindsets she developed to help her clients find freedom from their own struggles, doubt, and insecurities. Her work can be found at www.beingkarmic.com or Instagram @being.karmic.

Dr. Naiman is a clinical assistant professor of medicine and the sleep and dream specialist at the University of Arizona's Center for Integrative medicine. By merging scientific with psychological approaches, Dr, Naiman has become a leader in integrative approaches to sleep health. His works have been featured in Time, USA Today, Prevention, Readers Digest, NPR, Allure, the Huffington Post and many others. More information about his work can be found at https://drnaiman.com/

James is a public speaker and author of three books: Decomposing the Shadow (2013), Soundscapes & Psychedelics (2014), and the True Light of Darkness (2015). His podcast, Adventures Through the Mind is a wonderful expression of the psychedelic renaissance. His work is inspired by his healing path through depression, substance abuse, and trauma. More information regarding his activities can be found at https://www.jameswjesso.com/.

Tom is a master of various forms of experiential psychotherapy to deepen his clients' unique spiritual identity and growth and connect them to their universal spiritual truth and love from within their heart center. Tom is also an accomplished marathon/ultra-marathon athlete and has completed 55 marathons and 56 ultra-marathons, the Rocky Mountain Slam (four 100-mile races in four months) twice, the Grand Slam of Ultra-running and the Hardrock 100 trail run four times. For those who wish to take their spirituality onto the mountain trails, he provides running instruction in Danny Dreyer's technique called "Chi-running." This technique provides a balanced feel and experience to running long endurance races and training, free from injury and pain. Tom's running sessions also provide expert advice on running style, gait, training logs, and running goals. Tom resides in Summit County, Colorado, and more information about him can be found at https://internallyinfinite.wordpress.com/about/ (Note he provides his cell number in the podcast).

Leonie is an award-winning South African author who uses different ways of storytelling to grapple with many of today's tough issues as we try to find ways to live together on a tightly packed planet: climate and environmental change, energy policy, cities as development hubs, why today's food system leaves many of us hungry, heavy, and sick. More recently, her work delves into the realm of public mental health and advocacy of indigenous plant medicines. Much more information about Leonie can be found on her website http://leoniejoubert.co.za/; her TEDxCapeTown presentation; and/or her podcast "The Psychonauts." on iTunes or www.psychonauts.co.za

Dr. Villmarie Narloch (Ep. 36) and Dr. Paige Lassen discuss the upcoming Zendo peer support training, which is MAPS' first such program offered in the Midwest. The Zendo Project has been a presence at domestic and international festivals, and events since 2012, successfully assisting thousands of guests undergoing difficult experiences, substance-related or otherwise. The Zendo project integrates and collaborates with medical staff and festival security supporting the health and safety of the festival community. For more information and to register visit https://www.zendoproject.org/workshops/chicago-peer-support-workshop-on-november-3-2018/ and https://www.facebook.com/PsychedelicSupport/. Scholarships available at http://meetu.ps/e/FXNtZ/wSkZV/a.

John is a science journalist and Director of the Center for Science Writings at Stevens Institute of Technology. A former senior writer at Scientific American (1986-1997), he has also written for The New York Times, National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and Slate. John's publications have received international coverage and he has been interviewed hundreds of times for print, radio, and television media, including The Lehrer News Hour, Charlie Rose, and National Public Radio's Science Friday. He has lectured at dozens of institutions in North America and Europe, including MIT, Caltech, Princeton, Dartmouth, McGill, the University of Amsterdam, and England's National Physical Laboratory. On the podcast today, we discuss John's new book "Mind-Body Problems: Science, Subjectivity and Who We Really Are." Published online at https://mindbodyproblems.com/. More information about his works and presentations can be found at http://www.johnhorgan.org/.

James is a Seattle-based programmer and author of "Psychedelic Information Theory: Shamanism in the Age of Reason". He is also the former publisher of Psychedelic Illuminations and Trip Magazine, and the creator of the DoseNation blog and podcast. James Kent's work includes a close examination of perception and hallucination, skeptical debunking of common psychedelic myths, and research into common mental health issues related to psychedelic use. In this episode, we discuss nonlinear feedback amplifiers, strange attractors at burning man and elsewhere, lucid dreams, brainwashing, shamanic techniques and his awesome record collection among other tidbits.