THIRD EYE DROPS

Dr. Chris Palmer enters the mind meld to share mind-blowing revelations about the hidden relationship between mind and metabolism. Dr. Chris Palmer is a Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. He’s the author of Brain Energy, A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More. In this one, Chris shares his personal experience of grappling with mental and physical health issues and how he overcame them. We also riff on the importance of questioning and pushing beyond the standard medical dogma and a number of practical dietary and behavioral interventions for optimal mental and physical health. Support Third Eye Drops 🙏 Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards, and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Support Third Eye Drops and Join the Wonder Lodge on Patreon* Psychologist and bestselling author, Dr. Lisa Miller returns the mind meld! In this one, we talk synchronicity, spiritual awakening, how to live a more connected life and why depression and anxiety are often signs of awakening. Dr. Miller has unique expertise in the neuroscience of spirituality and the relationship between spirituality and human thriving in general. She's the NYT bestselling author of The Spiritual Child and The Awakened Brain. Dr. Miller is also a professor of Psychology at Columbia University and the Founder and Director of their Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program and research institute in spirituality and psychology. Lisa's Portals 🌀 Website The Awakened Brain Support Third Eye Drops 🙏 Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards, and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support these mind melds and join the community on Patreon! Visionary art legend, Andrew "Android" Jones returns to the mind meld! A couple of months back, Andrew awoke to one of his worst fears — News that his beloved studio was up in flames. By the time he arrived at the scene the structure, filled with countless irreplaceable art pieces and hundreds of thousands of dollars in gear, was completely engulfed in flames. As soon as he saw it, he knew it would be a total loss. I've been wanting to talk to Android ever since I heard the news. I'll be honest, the lucidity, wisdom, and real transformation Android embodies throughout this conversation took me by surprise. Relevant Portals For Android Jones: https://androidjones.com/ https://www.instagram.com/android_jones/ Support TED- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards, and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bernardo Kastrup returns to the mind meld! Bernardo is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work leads the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. Bernardo holds two Ph.Ds, one in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another in computer engineering. He's the author of several books including Science Ideated, Why Materialism Is Baloney, and Decoding Jung's Metaphysics. In this one, we muse about consciousness, the nature of reality, the philosophy of Carl Jung the, UFO / UAP phenomenon, whether or not AI can become sentient, and much more. Support TED- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards, and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Link To Original Video Version* The shadow is one of the most well-known pieces of Psychiatrist, Carl Jung's philosophical legacy. This dark, unconscious part of the psyche is both deeply fascinating and incredibly misunderstood, not to mention difficult to make tangible. How do you explore or work on something you aren’t conscious of? That said, it can be done, and doing so is vitally important for knowing who you truly are, healing, and reaching your potential. So in this transmission, we’re going to explore the shadow and the philosophy of Carl Jung from a number of angles in an effort to both help shed light on it and to begin to understand how we can actually work with it. Support TED- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Kotler returns! Steven is a New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. Steven is an expert on flow states and the psychology of human performance. He's the author of books like Stealing Fire, The Art of the Impossible, and his latest, Gnar Country. In this mind meld, we riff about the power of the mind, why aging is not just physical, but highly mental, how to stay younger longer, the art and science of flow states, and why Steven chose to risk life and limb by putting his methods to the test for his new book, Gnar Country. Support TED- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Bartholomew, best known by his stage name, Blue Tech, is an electronic music producer and multidisciplinary artist with a penchant for the esoteric. Evan leverages his custom-trained AI models to not only make art but do dream work and summon figures from his subconscious, and that's just scratching the surface of his practice. In this mind meld we dive into Evan's methods, a smattering of esoteric topics (Kabbalah, Hermes Trismegistus, etc.) the importance of dreamwork, and AI in general. Links for Evan: Website Instagram Bandcamp Support us- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support the show, get rewards and join the wonder gym on Patreon Author, meditation facilitator, host of The Astral Hustle podcast, and friend, Cory Allen returns to the mind meld! Support our sponsor: MUD\WTR! Go to mudwtr.com/thirdeye to support the show and use code THIRDEYE for 15% off In this one, we muse about the effective side of mindfulness, authentic creative success, working with the subconscious mind, the importance of clarity, Buddhism, non-attachment, and more. Support us- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Robert Waldinger, psychiatrist and Zen Roshi, and best-selling author enters the mind meld. Dr. Waldinger is a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, where he directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest-running study of human thriving ever conducted. Dr. Waldinger is also the NYT Bestselling author of The Good Life. In this mind meld, Robert shares his singular wisdom on what it really means to live a fulfilling life, how buddhism, introspective practices, and spirituality have changed his life, our need for a unifying myth, the power of noticing the small beauties in life, the deep importance of meaningful relationships, and more. Support us- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Support our sponsor: MUD\WTR! Go to mudwtr.com/thirdeye to support the show and use code THIRDEYE for 15% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autodidactic mythologist, psychology extraordinaire, and Myths That Make Us podcast host, Erick Godsey returns for a truly titanic mind meld. In this one we dip our wonder nuggets in many-a-rabbit hole: What it means to live a good life (eudaemonia), esoteric buddhist practices, the surprising scholarly research on reincarnation, Carl Jung, Platonic philosophy, and much, much more. **Support our sponsor: MUD\WTR! Go to mudwtr.com/thirdeye to support the show and use code THIRDEYE for 15% off** 👀 Catch Erick's podcasts, courses and musings here: https://www.erickgodsey.com/ 👈 https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ 👈 Support us- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Pods Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*This is best consumed in its original form as a video wonder-dip, here.* "The power of positive thinking" is a phrase that feels so cliche that I can hardly say it without gagging. Jadedness aside, is there something to it? Can you really "rewire" yourself to be more positive and successful? In short, yes. Quite a bit of research has been done on various forms of visualization, meditation, and positive psychology exercises. In this wonder dip, I share some potent positive psychology techniques and riff on why optimism, gratitude, and positivity, in general, are so vital. Grab the free exercises mentioned here: https://thirdeyedrops.com/positive/ Support us- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on iTunes Follow and review on Spotify Support our sponsor: MUD\WTR! Go to mudwtr.com/thirdeye to support the show and use code THIRDEYE for 15% off* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artist, musician, and friend, Colin Frangicetto returns! In this one, we riff on the surreal origins of our friendship, why the creative journey is a spiritual process, the muse, taking your inner-voice seriously, the most mind-boggling synchronicity that's ever happened to us, and much more. Dive into Colin's world here. Follow his digital art here. Support us- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on iTunes Follow and review on Spotify Support our sponsor: MUD\WTR! Go to mudwtr.com/thirdeye to support the show and use code THIRDEYE for 15% off* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join in the Wonder Dip on Patreon Psychologist Ido Cohen returns to the mind meld! We muse about soul and nourishing your connection with your inner world. We also riff on Carl Jung, myth, modern masculinity, psychedelics, the controversial phenomenon of Andrew Tate, the psycho-spiritual meaning crisis, we’re all collectively grappling with, and more! Links for Dr. Ido Cohen Ido's Instagram Integration Circle Instagram https://linktr.ee/theintegrationcircle Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Crowd-sponsor us, join the community, and get rewards on Patreon Subscribe and check out our new video pods on Youtube Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Visit Thirdeyedrops.com *New Sponsor: MUD\WTR! Go to mudwtr.com/thirdeye to support the show and use code THIRDEYE for 15% off* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Anna Yusim is a board-certified psychiatrist, a lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine, and is working to establish the school’s Mental Health and Spirituality Center. *New Sponsor: MUD\WTR! Go to mudwtr.com/thirdeye to support the show and use code THIRDEYE for 15% off* After completing her studies in Psychiatry, Dr. Yusim felt that something was missing from her life. In her quest to find it, she traveled, lived, and worked in over 50 countries, while studying Kabbalah, learning Buddhist meditation, and working with South American shamans and Indian gurus. In this one, we talk Dr. Yusim’s spiritual awakening, the healing power of spirituality, psychedelic medicine, consciousness, the crisis of meaning, and more. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Crowd-sponsor us, join the community, and get rewards on Patreon Subscribe and check out our new video pods on Youtube Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Visit Thirdeyedrops.com Protect yourself online and get a huge discount with Nord VPN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support the show, join the community, and get rewards on Patreon! In this one, I rap with my wonder brother, Matt Xian about my first mind-boggling heroic dose experience, the middle path, the beautiful tragedy of being a human, the importance of direct experience on the path of self-discovery, and more. This is a repost of an episode of his show, check it out here. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Crowd-sponsor us, join the community, and get rewards on Patreon Subscribe and check out our new video pods on Youtube Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Visit Thirdeyedrops.com Protect yourself online and get a huge discount with Nord VPN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Link to video version* There’s no feeling like being involved in a compelling synchronicity. It’s as if something orchestrated a meaningful glitch in the matrix just for you. But why? What is synchronicity? What does it tell us about the nature of reality? Why is it especially important in our time? In this wonder dip, we’ll dive into those questions and more through the lens of the philosophy of the man who coined the term, Psychiatrist and philosopher, Carl Jung. Links : Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wpoqpk_nOg&t=3s 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thirdeyedrops 🌀 Website: https://www.thirdeyedrops.com 🔒 Stay safe and protect your privacy online with Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Austin is an entrepreneur, author, and founder of the Third Wave, a psychedelic education and media platform. The latest edition of his book, Mastering Microdosing is available now. In this mind meld we, riff about microdosing, the philosophical implications of the psychedelic revolution, why the future of everything from technology to religion will be decentralized, and much more. Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Crowd-sponsor us, join the community, and get rewards on Patreon Subscribe and check out our new video pods on Youtube Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Visit Thirdeyedrops.com Protect yourself online and get a huge discount with Nord VPN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bestselling author of Sex at Dawn and Civilized to Death, Chris Ryan joins Michael to riff about the woes of the rat race, the price of progress, the power and pitfalls of visionary experiences, breaking free from the matrix of modernity, synchronicity, the nature of mind, and more. Links for Chris Ryan 🐒 website: https://chrisryanphd.com/ substack: https://chrisryan.substack.com/ Support Third Eye Drops: 🥰 Crowd-sponsor us, join the community, and get rewards on Patreon Subscribe and check out our new video pods on Youtube Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Visit Thirdeyedrops.com Protect yourself online and get a huge discount with Nord VPN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James McCrae returns! James (also known by his Instagram handle, wordsarevibrations) is a poet, meme artist, and the author of How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis, which is available now. In this mind meld, we muse about what Terence McKenna called 'the archaic revival,' why creatives are vital to the spiritual evolution of humankind, the relationship between myth and memes, reinventing yourself creatively, and more! Support Third Eye Drops: Crowd-sponsor us, join the community, and get rewards on Patreon Subscribe and check out our new video pods on Youtube Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Visit Thirdeyedrops.com Protect yourself online and get a huge discount with Nord VPN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*This transmission is ideally consumed in its original form on youtube* That moment before you consume a heroic dose of mushrooms is surreal. You know your mind is about to be blown in unknowable ways, you know you can't possibly be prepared for what's to come. Ultimately though, it comes down to one of life's truly rare binary decisions -- Chomp down the deceptively humble dry nasties or don't. This is a tale about the first time I chose to send them down the hatch. It was, without question, one of the most profound, life-changing, ego-obliterating, brain-melting occasions of my life. Support Third Eye Drops: *Crowd-sponsor us, get rewards and join the wonder gym on Patreon! Sub and like on youtube Peruse our mind melds and sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Listen on Apple Podcasts? Click 5 stars and the subscribe button! Listen on Spotify? Click 5 stars, follow, and the bell! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards, and join the wonder gym on Patreon!* Author, podcast host, adventurer, and friend, Jennifer Sodini returns to the mind meld! In this one, we muse about megalithic structures, the high weirdness of the Book of Enoch, the mind-altering effects of a good conversation, the beauty of skeptical optimism, whether or not astrology is worthwhile, high-dose experiences, the dark side of the cosmic joke, and more! *Protect yourself online at a huge discount with our sponsor, Nord VPN at nordvpn.com/thirdeye Support Third Eye Drops: *Crowd-sponsor us, get rewards and join the wonder gym on Patreon! Sub and like on youtube Peruse our mind melds and sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Listen on Apple Podcasts? Click 5 stars and the subscribe button! Listen on Spotify? Click 5 stars, follow, and the bell! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Autodidactic mythologist, psychology extraordinaire, and Myths That Make Us podcast host, Erick Godsey returns to riff on synchronicity, following your intuition, the problem with mental health pathology, the brilliance of Carl Jung, navigating the snake pit of modern spirituality, the importance of visionary exploration, and much more. 👀 Catch Erick's podcasts, courses and musings here: https://www.erickgodsey.com/ 👈 https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ 👈 *Go to https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye to get up a huge discount off of your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee!* Support Third Eye Drops: Sub on youtube Review and follow on Spotify Follow and review on Apple Pods For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*This is ideally consumed in its original form as a youtube video. Check it out here* Deep down, we already know — There’s something off about spiritual influencers that claim you’re just one simple hack or magic trick away from changing your life. So why do we get pulled into their web? Why do we pin our hopes on dubious dudes promising us wealth, happiness, and enlightenment? In this one, I identify a few huge red flags I’ve seen predatory spiritual influencers use time and time again to pull people in. Don’t fall for them. Support Third Eye Drops: Sub on youtube Review and follow on Spotify Follow and review on Apple Pods For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bestselling author of What Doesn’t Kill Us, The Wedge, and more, Scott Carney returns! In this one, we riff on why consciousness is fundamental, quantum weirdness, why it’s so important, yet difficult, to find spiritual truth, why napping is a surprisingly powerful technique for creative inspiration, and much more. *Support Scott’s Kickstarter* Stay safe online with our sponsor, Nord VPN!: https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye to get a huge discount off your plan + 4 months for free! and a money-back guarantee!* Support Third Eye Drops: Sub on youtube Review and follow on Spotify Follow and review on Apple Pods For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*This is the audio version of a full video wonder dip check it out on youtube!* Not only is there more to reality than meets the eye, reality, as we know it, doesn't really exist. As crazy as that sounds, it's actually the scientific consensus. Thanks to a handful of brilliant human beings (including this year's physics Nobel Prize winners) and groundbreaking experiments, quantum weirdness has gone mainstream. Reality-breaking concepts like non-locality, what Einstein called spooky action at a distance, are now accepted as foundational. How did we get here? What does it mean? Is consciousness involved? I riff on those questions and more. Support Third Eye Drops: Sub on youtube Review and follow on Spotify Follow and review on Apple Pods For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support the show, get rewards and join the wonder gym on Patreon Author, meditation facilitator, host of The Astral Hustle podcast, and friend, Cory Allen returns to the mind meld! In this one, we riff on 'psycho-technologies,' recognizing and debugging the patterns of our minds, habit change, why 'holding the door' is the perfect philosophical metaphor, and more! *Go to https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye to get a huge discount off of your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee!* Support Third Eye Drops: Sub on youtube Review and follow on Spotify Follow and review on Apple Pods For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Patitucci enters the mind meld! Joe is an artist that fosters connection to intuitive states and the natural world through sound, breath, and technology. As CEO of Data Garden, he is working to build a future where humans will have a real-time soundtrack to their lives generated from wearable data that is responsive to mood, tailored to taste, and optimized for any activity. Data Garden’s latest product, PlantWave, translates real-time data from living plants into music, creating harmonious sound environments powered by nature. In this one, we muse about communing with plant consciousness, different forms of human awareness, inspiration from visionary states, and more! *Support Third Eye Drops* Support the show and join the community on Patreon Sub and drop a 5 star review on apple Follow and review on Spotify Subscribe on Youtube Sign up for the mailing list and peruse the store at thirdeyedrops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor Wendy Smith enters the mind meld to talk paradox and open-ended thinking. Wendy is the author of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems Wendy is a Harvard-educated, academic and the Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management at the University of Delaware. She is an expert on paradox and practical, open-ended approaches to problems-solving and creativity. *Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal* Go to https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye to get a huge discount off of your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee!* *Support Third Eye Drops* Support the show and join the community on Patreon Sub and drop a 5 star review on apple Follow and review on Spotify Subscribe on Youtube Sign up for the mailing list and peruse the store at thirdeyedrops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For rewards and podcast extras, enter our patron-only wonder lodge! Ever-mercurial comedian, artist, and podcaster, Ramin Nazer returns to the mind meld! Ramin returns for another mercurial mind meld. In this one, we have an absolute sampler platter of wonder nuggets-- The singularity, Terence McKenna, how to execute creatively, inspiration, motivation, flow states, the controversial phenomenon of Jordan Peterson, psychedelic entity encounters, and way too many other things to list! *Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal* Go to https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye to get a huge discount off of your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee!* *Support Third Eye Drops* Support the show and join the community on Patreon Sub and drop a 5 star review on apple Follow and review on Spotify Subscribe on Youtube Sign up for the mailing list and peruse the store at thirdeyedrops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artist, musician, and friend, Colin Frangicetto returns! We muse about the transformative power of therapy in multiple facets of life -- relationships, mental health, creativity, spirituality, and more. We also riff about the potency of reinventing yourself, which Colin just did recently, artistically speaking, as "ADHD." Colin is a musician, podcaster, and artist most well-known for playing in the band Circa Survive. Dive into Colin's world here. Follow his digital art here. Support us- Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on iTunes Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Visionary art legend, Android Jones returns for another massive mind meld. This week, we muse about the emerging phenomenon of AI art and what it means for artists and human creativity in general. We also riff on the role of psychedelics in Android's creative process, trying to capture transcendent truth in works of art, and more. *Support Third Eye Drops* For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods! Subscribe on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Evan "Skytree" Snyder is a music producer turned robotics engineer. He makes synths out of raw crystals for fun. He's also part of a multi-generational web of high weirdness that stretches all the way back to Nazi Germany and includes some of the most compelling most UFO tales I've ever heard. *Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal* Go to https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye to get a huge discount off of your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee!* *Support Third Eye Drops* For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods! Subscribe on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Dr. Matthew Johnson is a Professor of Psychedelics and Consciousness at the Johns Hopkins Center For Psychedelics and Consciousness research. Matthew has spearheaded a number of ground-breaking psychedelic medicine studies including, psilocybin-assisted end-of-life therapy, and psilocybin-assisted smoking cessation. His latest project explores how psilocybin impacts the spiritual lives of religious leaders. In this mind meld we riff on the future of psychedelic medicine, the nature of consciousness, free will, how psychedelics (might) work neurologically, the science of heroic doses, and more. *Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal* Go to https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye to get a huge discount off of your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee!* *Support Third Eye Drops* For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods! Subscribe on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For rewards and podcast extras, become a Patreon patron Tero Isokauppila is an Entrepreneur, shroom sage, and author of Healing Adaptogens The Definitive Guide to Using Super Herbs and Mushrooms for Your Body's Restoration, Defense, and Performance. Tero is also the founder of Four Sigmatic, one of the world's largest purveyors of super mushroom coffees and elixirs. *Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal* Go to https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye to get a huge discount off of your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee!* In this mind meld: The power of adaptogens, and mushrooms The science behind how adaptogens work Which adaptogens are the most well researched How psychedelics could hypothetically bifurcate human evolution Adrenal gland restoration and natural sources of energy The importance of nighttime rituals for better sleep *Support Third Eye Drops* For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Join Michael and James McCrae in the Wonder Gym on September 17th on Patreon!* Psychotherapist, and author of Dream Guidance, Machiel Klerk enters the mind meld! In this one, we riff on the mysterious realm of dreams. Musings include: What is the intelligence inside of dreaming? What does it want? What can it tell us about who we are? How can we deepen our relationship with it? Why do dreams speak in symbol and metaphor? What is 'dream incubation' and why have people been practicing it for thousands of years? Support Third Eye Drops: Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Subscribe on Youtube Visit Thirdeyedrops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autodidactic mythologist, psychology extraordinaire, and Myths That Make Us host, Erick Godsey returns to riff on the myth of what I call the omni-game-- The notion that we're all trapped in layer after layer of gamified systems. All of which may be contained within some kind of infinite game. We probe practically every imaginable layer of the omni-game-- Free will, the role of psychedelics, finite games versus the infinite game, what if anything is the ultimate player in the game? Is there a point? Catch Erick's podcast, The Myths that Make Us Jump into his latest offering, The Dharma Journal Support Third Eye Drops: Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Subscribe on Youtube Visit Thirdeyedrops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychologist, Dr. Ido Cohen returns to the mind meld! In this one, Ido and I muse about my leap into doing Third Eye Drops full time, Carl Jung's philosophy of the psyche, why it's always inconvenient to follow your soul, why myth is always relevant to modern life, and more! Dive into Ido's course here Follow Ido on instagram Follow his psychological sangha, the Integration Circle on Instagram *Support Third Eye Drops* Support the show and join the TED community on Patreon Give us a holographic hug by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple pods Follow and review on Spotify Sub on youtube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neuroscientist and author of The Romance of Reality, Bobby Azarian enters the mind meld! Musings in this one include -- Is the universe destined to build the mind of god? The problem with a reductive, mechanistic explanation of reality Is it possible for AI to wake up? Adaptive complexity (why the universe continuously evolves and bends toward complexity) What is consciousness? Where does it come from? Simulation theory The problem with the multiverse Do human beings have a function/purpose? *Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal* Go to https://nordvpn.com/thirdeye to get a huge discount off of your NordVPN Plan + 4 months for free! It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee!* *Support Third Eye Drops* For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Michael and Cory Allen for the first-ever wonder gym on Patreon! The wise and whimsical, Sarah Zucker returns! Sarah is a mythopoetic, psychedelically-inspired artist and writer who's been featured in the New York Times Magazine, and CNBC. She's also a Jeopardy! champion. In this one, we muse about the importance of reconnecting with wonder, the puzzle that is the so-called mystery initiations of the ancient world, whether or not human beings have an essential spiritual purpose, how Sarah stays connected with creative inspiration, and more! **Support Third Eye Drops** Protect yourself online and Get 69% off of Nord VPN at nordvpn.com/thirdeye For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World record-setting adventurer and best-selling author, Colin O'Brady enters the mind meld! His new book, The 12 Hour Walk is available now. *Protect yourself online and Get 69% off of Nord VPN at nordvpn.com/thirdeye* In this one, we riff on the lost art of initiation, why most people get trapped in mediocre lives, the counter-intuitive path to reaching greatness, the mystical experience Colin had during his most grueling trial, and more! Colin O'Brady holds 10 world records. He's the first person to cross Antarctica on foot. He rowed across Drake Passage, one of the world's most treacherous stretches of ocean. He also summited some of the world's tallest peaks in record time (among other things). Support Third Eye Drops: Protect yourself online and Get 69% off of Nord VPN at nordvpn.com/thirdeye For rewards and podcast extras, become a Patreon patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Master Shaman, Hamilton Souther returns to the mind meld! We muse about the mind of the planet, the modern perspective versus the shamanic mind, the beauty and heartbreak that comes with following your dreams, and more! Hamilton has lived in the rainforests of Peru for decades practicing the way of the shaman. He’s also the founder of Blue Morpho, a Peruvian plant medicine retreat center. Hamilton is holding in-person retreats for the first time in years. Click the link above for more information. Support Third Eye Drops: Protect yourself online and Get 69% off of Nord VPN at nordvpn.com/thirdeye For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shane Mauss returns to the mind meld to surf the weirdness of reality. We riff on the importance of recognizing your biases, why nature is beautiful, and more! Shane is a comedian, and host of the Here We Are podcast. He also co-hosts Mind Under Matter with our friend, Ramin Nazer. For info on all of the above, as well as Shane and Ramin's Mind Under Matter Festival, go here Support Third Eye Drops: Protect yourself online and Get 69% off of Nord VPN at nordvpn.com/thirdeye For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Follow and review on Spotify Give us a psychic smooch by leaving us a 5 star review on apple pods! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support the show, get rewards and enter the Third Eye Drops wonder lodge on Patreon* Author, meditation facilitator, host of The Astral Hustle podcast, and friend, Cory Allen returns to the mind meld! Why is it so hard to find a path worth following? How do you spot the wrong one before wasting your time on it? What do all philosophies worth exploring have in common? What is everyone missing about meditation? We riff on all of the above and more! Support Third Eye Drops: Review and follow on Spotify Follow and review on Apple Pods For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James McCrae returns! James (also known by his Instagram handle, wordsarevibrations) is a poet, meme artist, and the author of How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis, which is available now. In this one, we riff on the magical weirdness of language, the link between a meditative practice and creative epiphanies, why Plato and his ideas are still massively important, whether or not we should still use the word God, and more! Protect Your Self Online with our sponsor, Nord VPN and get 69% off (seriously) at https://www.nordvpn.com/thirdeye Support Third Eye Drops: Crowd-sponsor us, join the community, and get rewards on Patreon Subscribe and check out our new video pods on Youtube Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Visit Thirdeyedrops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artist, podcaster, and novelty-wielder, Michael Garfield, returns to the mind meld to muse about AI consciousness, the nature of the soul, sentient ideas, hyper objects, and more. You can support him via his substack and patreon Protect Your Self Online with our sponsor, Nord VPN and get 69% off (seriously) at https://www.nordvpn.com/thirdeye Support Third Eye Drops: Crowd-sponsor us, join the community, and get rewards on Patreon Subscribe and check out our new video pods on Youtube Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Follow the show on Spotify Visit Thirdeyedrops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Protect yourself online at a huge discount with our sponsor, Nord VPN at nordvpn.com/thirdeye Author, podcast host, and consciousness adventurer, Jennifer Sodini returns to the mind meld! In this one, we muse about becoming fluent in the language of your own psyche, why there both is and isn't an ultimate answer, open-ended destiny, why spirituality, for all its problems, is still immensely valuable, why we should always be skeptical of 'enlightened' teachers, and more! Support Third Eye Drops: *Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards, and join the wonder gym on Patreon! Sub and like on youtube Peruse our mind melds and sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Listen on Apple Podcasts? Click 5 stars and the subscribe button! Listen on Spotify? Click 5 stars, follow, and the bell! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crowd-sponsor the show and get rewards on Patreon! Sonic wizard and inner-space conductor, East Forest returns to the mind meld! In this mind meld, we riff on 'growing down' into the person you're meant to be, the importance of trusting yourself, where knowledge comes from, whether or not conventional success brings lasting satisfaction, mushroom sentience, psychedelic breakthroughs, and more Check out East Forest's latest endeavor for remote events, Journey Space Support Third Eye Drops: This episode is sponsored by Nord VPN. Get a huge discount and a month free for wonder dippers only at nordvpn.com/thirdeye THIRDEYEDROPS.com Leaving a 5 star review and sub on apple podcasts Follow and review on Spotify For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artist, musician, and podcaster, Colin Frangicetto returns! We muse about transmuting anxiety into freedom, how to know when it's time to take big leaps in life, keeping the magic alive in life, stories of creative struggle, how it really feels to give up everything for your dreams, and more! Colin Frangicetto is a musician, podcaster, and artist most well-known for playing in the band Circa Survive. Dive into Colin's world here. Follow his digital art here. Support us- Get 10% off of your first month of therapy with Better Help via betterhelp.com/thirdeyedrops Visit THIRDEYEDROPS.com Sub on youtube! Crowd-sponsor the show, get rewards, and join our wonder-dipping community on Patreon Leave us a 5 star review on iTunes Follow and review on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Authors Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn enter the mind meld to muse about the power and science of silence. We also riff on the neuroscience of well-being, mystical experiences, the importance of leaving room for a spiritual dimension in life, psychedelic medicine, and more! Their book, Golden: The Power of Silence In a World Of Noise is available now Support Third Eye Drops: Video pods are back! Subscribe on Youtube Review and follow on Spotify Follow and review on Apple Pods For rewards and podcast extras, become a patron! Sign up for our mailing list at THIRDEYEDROPS.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Donald Hoffman returns to the mind meld to chat about the illusion of reality, the transcendent geometry defining the laws of physics, why consciousness is the fundamental nature of reality, and why there will never be a theory of everything. This episode is sponsored by Better Help get 10% off of your first month here. Don Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine. His chief areas of inquiry include perception, the illusory nature of reality, free will, and the development of a scientific model for consciousness. He's also the author of The Case Against Reality. Check out Don's TED Talk (which is a great primer for this conversation). Support Third Eye Drops: Join us and get rewards on Patreon Review and Sub on Spotify Review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts Sign up for our mailing list at thirdeyedrops.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices