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The Psychedelic Entrepreneur - Medicine for These Times with Beth Weinstein
Robert Forte is a scholar of the history and psychology of religion, with a special focus on the ancient and modern use—and misuse—of psychedelic plants and drugs. He has studied and collaborated with many of the most seminal figures who first brought these substances to public consciousness since the 1940s, including Albert Hofmann, Gordon Wasson, Timothy Leary, Alexander Shulgin, Stanislav Grof, and others.His first book, Entheogens and the Future of Religion, was praised by Huston Smith as “the best single inquiry into the religious significance of psychedelics.” His second book, Outside Looking In: Appreciations, Castigations, Reminiscences of Timothy Leary, offers an intimate look at this controversial figure. In 1998, he republished an updated edition of The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, and Carl Ruck—a seminal text that initiated the inquiry into the role of entheogens in Western religion and philosophy.Over the years, Forte has manufactured MDMA before it was scheduled, conducted research into its clinical effects, and performed fieldwork in Peru studying the impact of ayahuasca on cancer patients. He has also maintained an underground practice utilizing various medicines for psychotherapy and spiritual exploration.Around 20 years ago, his interests shifted toward the sociology of psychedelic experience, where he has developed a somewhat controversial perspective on how these substances entered modern consciousness. He argues that the history of psychedelics, much like the history of religion, contains both the best and worst of humanity. Without acknowledging and integrating its shadow aspects, he warns, we risk becoming victims of them.Episode Highlights▶ How early psychedelic experiences profoundly influenced individual perspectives.▶ How the 1980s saw a resurgence in psychedelic research following prior suppression.▶ MDMA's shift from therapeutic tool to illegal substance exemplifies drug policy complexities.▶ Government drug policies and how they often prioritize control over public health.▶ The psychedelic narratives that are often entangled with conspiracy theories and misinformation.▶ How psychedelics offer potential for consciousness expansion, but require careful integration to avoid pitfalls like spiritual bypassing.▶ The Controlled Substances Act and how it's rationality is widely questioned.▶ How despite illegality, MDMA's popularity grew, reflecting societal interest.▶ The societal impact of psychedelics is multifaceted, demanding ethical consideration.▶ Why meaningful change requires applying psychedelic insights to daily life, beyond mere experience.Robert Forte's Links & Resources▶ Website: alteredstatesofamerica.net▶ Substack: alteredstatesofamerica.substack.com▶ Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/robert.forte.79 Download Beth's free trainings here: Clarity to Clients: Start & Grow a Transformational Coaching, Healing, Spiritual, or Psychedelic Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-businessIntegrating Psychedelics & Sacred Medicines Into Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-business▶ Beth's Coaching & Guidance: https://bethaweinstein.com/coaching ▶ Beth's Offerings & Courses: https://bethaweinstein.com/services▶ Instagram: @bethaweinstein ▶ FB: / bethw.nyc + bethweinsteinbiz ▶ Join the free Psychedelics & Purpose Community: / psychedelicsandsacredmedicines
Dr. Riley Kirk is joined by Jason Wilson, MS on this episode of Bioactive. The two share many interests in self-exploration of the brain with drugs, navigating their own paths in the cannabis industry, thoughts on open access science, and more. Jason is a neurodivergent scientist and excellent science communicator. He is the host of the podcast Isn't Life Curious which is the new name after years of being the Curious about Cannabis Podcast. Jason is passionate about providing accessible educational material for consumers and medical patients. This is the longest episode of Bioactive so far, and is a great journey in self exploration and navigating challenges in life. We first start with Jason's story of exploration then move into philosophy and the sciences. Both Jason and Riley note the books by Alexander Shulgin in this episode which we're happy to report are now much more affordable and can be found on Amazon and other book stores for $20 or so. If you love this podcast drop a 5 star review wherever you listen to podcasts or consider joining the Bioactive Patreon for as little as $1/month. Learn more about Jason Wilson with his full bio: Jason Wilson is a biologist, educator, and artist with over ten years of professional experience in the cannabis industry and over fifteen years experience as a medical cannabis patient. Growing up in Mississippi, Jason got his early exposure to Cannabis science at the University of Mississippi's Cannabis Research and Development laboratory fixing lab equipment as an IT technician while studying philosophy and psychology. He went on to study science education and biology as a graduate student in Oregon where he worked as a botanist for the Bureau of Land Management studying and working to restore native plant populations across a wide array of ecoregions. Upon graduating he went on to help build one of the first accredited Cannabis testing and research laboratories in the state. After spending several years developing analytical methods, testing thousands of products, and performing research, Jason went on to run a research and development laboratory for a vertically integrated hemp cultivator and product manufacturer in southern Oregon where he conducted research projects on decarboxylation efficiency, sub and supercritical fluid extraction efficiency, ethanol extraction efficiency, filtration and refinement efficacy, homogeneity, product stability, and more. Currently, Jason conducts natural product research out of his lab, Natural Learning Laboratories, while serving as a laboratory operations specialist for a tech startup and instructional designer for Abstrax Tech. He is the author of Curious About Cannabis: A Scientific Introduction to a Controversial Plant, now in its third edition, and the host of the Isn't Life Curious? podcast. Each year, he leads the Curious About Cannabis Master Class, an intensive program focused on cannabis and cannabinoid science. He guest lectures and speaks at conferences on topics related to natural product quality, cannabis science, and psychedelics. In his free time, Jason enjoys creating music, painting, gardening, and exploring nature. OTHER RESOURCES Weird Brains Article https://www.greenstate.com/lifestyle/weird-brains/ Budtender crash course: https://learn.naturaledu.com/pages/budtenders Cbd extraction paper with spellman: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9638139/ Curious about cannabis book: https://cacpodcast.com/book/ Bioactive Patreon Patreon.com/cannabichem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Joe interviews Paul F. Daley, Ph.D., who worked with Sasha Shulgin in his lab for the last seven years of his life, helping him finish (and co-authoring) "The Shulgin Index, Volume One: Psychedelic Phenethylamines and Related Compounds." He is now the co-founder, Chief Science Officer, and Director of Analytical Science at the Alexander Shulgin Research Institute (ASRI), focusing on the discovery and development of novel psychedelic compounds. While Sasha was passionate about self-experimentation, the Institute is aiming for the next step for these drugs: FDA approval. He discusses: Meeting Sasha at the 2nd international conference on hallucinogenic mushrooms in Washington D.C. Bonding with Sasha while reviewing the autopsy of researcher Robert van den Bosch for possible foul play The two compounds ASRI is closest to being able to test in clinical trials The 5-HT2B receptor, risk of valvular disease, and why we will likely be hearing more about this going forward How AI and new technology can lead to better safety science and more! Click here to head to the show notes page.
"No dejes de buscar tu propio camino, repetar todo y agradecer todo para encontrar tus propias respuestas" - Natalia Algarín. En junio de 2023 Isra asistió al congreso Psychedelic Science 2023 organizado por MAPS, fue en Denver (Colorado). Isra fue previamente invitado por la Asociación Multidisciplinar de Estudios Psicodélicos (MAPS) como podcaster especializado para habla hispana y también como representante de Psilocibina Ciencia y Experiencia, plataforma divulgativa sobre psicodélicos. Durante estos días, Isra realizó diferentes entrevistas a expertos en el campo de los psicodélicos, pero además recogió historias y experiencias de algunos de los asistentes que iba encontrando. "España estuvo a punto de ser uno de los pioneros y referentes mundiales en el renacimiento psicodélicos allá por el año 2.000" - Antón Gómez Escolar. "Deja de lado lo que has escuchado o visto sobre los psicodélicos y fíjate en su evidencia en eficacia y seguridad" - Antón Gómez Escolar. En este podcast podrás encontrar el testimonio de 5 personas que cuentan su experiencia, perspectiva, motivaciones, propósito y enfoque sobre los psicodélicos. Una forma de proporcionar información para seguir acercando este tan desconocido y a veces malinterpretado y estigmatizado mundo de las sustancias psicodélicas. El propósito de Isra no es más que servir de puente para que cualquiera pueda conocer realmente qué está pasando en este renacer de los psicodélicos de la mano de los principales expertos y fuentes mundiales a los que el mismo Isra tiene acceso. "La medicina es algo muy importante para mí, pero en este momento de mi vida, la medicina que yo ejerzo no es suficiente para mí, creo que hay otros tipos de medicinas que son más importantes para sanar cuerpo y alma" - Elisabeth Fabián. Índice de contenidos y qué aprenderás en este episodio Introducción y contexto Adriana Correa: descubrimientos, atajos mentales, estudios, y psicodélicos para transformar la consciencia. Antón Gómez Escolar: psicodélicos 101, la Drogopedia, el renacimiento, estrategia, momentos estelares, el uso de los psicodélicos como medicamento aprobado, la psicoterapia con el uso asistido de psicodélicos, y la ignorancia sobre las drogas. Eduardo Pinto: cambiar la interpretación del dolor, los psicodélicos vs la fibromialgia y volver a sentir. Elisabeth Fabián: más allá de la cirugía y la medicina convencional, otras formas de sanar cuerpo y alma, el poder de las comunidades y los psicodélicos como medicina que apoya otro tipo de crecimiento más allá de curar síntomas, hábitos y habilidades que ayudan. Natalia Algarín: combinar lo que te salva la vida con lo que haces a diario, la psilocibina en uso personal contra la ansiedad y depresión, la disciplina como terapia, el neurofeedback, el orgullo de la familia y sentir el reto. Feedback y final. "Todos los que están aquí sentados, están arriesgando su reputación para salvar a otros con los psicodélicos" - Rick Perry, ex-gobernador de Texas. Notas y recursos del podcast "Atajos Mentales" - Adriana Correa podcast. Adriana Correa Instagram. Antón Gómez Escolar LinkedIn. Amanda Feilding. Guía Esencial del Renacimiento Psicodélico - libro. Rick Doblin entrevista. ICEERS. Alexander Shulgin. Robin Carhart-Harriss. La Drogopedia de Antón. Cómo Cambiar tu Mente - libro. Mujeres Psicodélicas - podcast. Eduardo Pinto LinkedIn. Elisabeth Fabian Instagram. Cristina Duncan - LinkedIn. El Neurofeedback. Natalia Algarín - X. "He pasado de dolor a no dolor, y a sentir, perdí a mis amigos, comencé a socializar, recuperé las relaciones con mis hijos, mi padre... Abran su mente un poco con los psicodélicos, investiguen, todos hemos sacado algo bueno, incluso teniendo un mal viaje" - Eduardo Pinto. Podcast Ciencia Psicodélica: 5 historias y experiencias de 5 personas sobre psicodélicos en Psychedelic Science 2023.
In this episode, Paul F. Austin is joined by Hamilton Morris to explore bufotenin, psilomethoxin, and the nuances of psychedelic journalism. Find episode links, summary, and transcript here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-226-hamilton-morris/ Recorded live at the 2023 Wonderland Conference in Miami, their conversation first explores both the science and historical perspective of lesser-mentioned compounds like bufotenine. Hamilton then shares his profound insights drawn from directing the acclaimed Vice TV docuseries Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, as well as his work as a psychedelic chemist. Together, Paul and Hamilton navigate the rich history, chemistry, and cultural impacts of various psychoactive drugs, touching on the wisdom from legends including Alexander Shulgin, Terrence McKenna, and more. Highlights: The history of psilomethoxin and Hamilton's own experience with it. The limitations of reductionist approaches to understanding psychedelics. Exploring the well-documented history of bufotenine and its subjective effects. Hamilton's takeaways from working on Hamilton's Pharmacopeia. Hamilton on maintaining a balanced perspective in psychedelic journalism. Links: Hamilton's podcast: https://www.patreon.com/HamiltonMorris Hamilton on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamiltonmorris/?hl=en Hamilton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hamiltonmorris?lang=en Episode Sponsors: Magi Ancestral Supplements - Use coupon code TW10. Psyched Wellness - Use code THIRDWAVE23 to get 15% off. Magic Mind - Enjoy up to 56% off when applied to a 10-day subscription.
Embark on a mind-expanding journey with Butch Williams, research biochemist, horticulturist, and mycologist, in Episode 16 of the Plant.Body.Soul. Podcast. From psychedelic research to cannabis advocacy, Butch shares tales of overcoming challenges and making groundbreaking strides. Discover the intertwining realms of science and spirituality as Butch discusses his unique perspective on the mind, body, and soul connection. Delve into his daily routine shaped by Kabbalist beliefs and learn about his mission to revive the groundbreaking work of the legendary Alexander Shulgin. Butch's magnetic personality and commitment to creating awe-inspiring moments make for an unforgettable episode. Join hosts Jennifer and Gordon as they explore the extraordinary life and vision of Butch Williams, leaving listeners inspired and eager to be part of the transformative journey. Tune in for an immersive experience that transcends boundaries and fuels the flames of curiosity.If you would like to get the links and show notes for this episode, you can access them here: https://www.plantbodysoul.com/podcast
Esto es GENTE INTERESANTE. Soy Oriol Roda y hoy entrevisto a Dr. José Carlos Bouso, un psicólogo clínico y farmacólogo que ha cruzado fronteras en la investigación de sustancias que alteran la mente, como el MDMA y la Ibogaína.Los psicodélicos están viviendo una revolución en el mundo científico y social. Para sumergirme en este fascinante y polémico universo, he decidido arrancar una serie de episodios donde exploraré todas las substancias psicoactivas que están revolucionando el mundo de la terapia. En este primer episodio de la serie hablo con un experto que ha desafiado las normas y la percepción generalizada sobre estas sustancias.El Dr. Bouso es una voz pionera en el renacimiento de la psicofarmacología psicodélica. Hace 20 años inició el primer estudio clínico sobre el uso terapéutico del MDMA para el estrés post traumático que, por desgracia, fue cancelado por el miedo de los políticos. 20 años después se ha demostrado que este tratamiento es el más eficaz que existe y EEUU, Australia, Canadá y muchos otros países ya han aprobado su uso. Pero José Carlos no desfalleció en su interés y pasó a investigar la ayahuasca y muchas otras sustancias psicoactivas llegando a publicar más de 140 artículos científicos. El Dr. Bouso es además un ávido divulgador y ha publicado los libros Cannabis medicinal, Historia general de las drogas, Ayahuasca y salud e hizo la introducción del libro LSD. Cómo descubrí el ácido y qué pasó después en el mundo de Albert Hofmann.Cómo veis estamos ante una auténtica eminencia en el tema y esto queda bien demostrado en la entrevista.En este episodio, navegamos por la rica historia de los psicodélicos, desde la fascinante conexión entre Papá Noel y la amanita buscaría hasta el increíble descubrimiento del LSD y la profunda transformación social que causó. Profundizamos en el intrigante papel del MDMA en terapia, la promesa de la Ibogaína contra las adicciones y las tensiones modernas en torno al uso de psicodélicos en la sociedad contemporánea. Prepárate para un viaje que desafía tus preconcepciones y abre puertas a nuevas posibilidades.Por cierto, este es un episodio largo donde tratamos muchos temas en profundidad. En las notas del episodio he dejado bien detallado de que tratamos en cada parte.Y después de esta larga introducción, te dejo con el Dr. José Carlos Bouso y “El despertar de los psicodélicos”, justo después de unas palabras del patrocinador del podcast.Este episodio viene de la mano de Eleva DeskSiempre estoy buscando herramientas y tácticas que mejoren mi rendimiento y salud y hace muchos años que descubrí que trabajar de pie aumentaba dramáticamente mi productividad y bienestar.La ciencia lo dice claramente: hay pocas cosas peores para nuestra salud que estar 8 horas apoltronados en una silla delante el ordenador. Es lo que comúnmente llamamos la epidemia del sedentarismo.Pero, seamos sinceros, es difícil cambiar hábitos. Yo mismo tenía una plataforma para elevar mis pantallas, pero era un engorro y no la usaba suficiente. El resultado: 8 horas sentado cada día, tensión en la espalda, dolor de cadera y esa sensación de estar fofo.Por eso, cuando descubrí Eleva Desk no me lo pensé ni un momento. Les encargué una mesa elevable y todo cambió. Ahora paso más del 50% de mi tiempo de escritorio de pie y estoy descubriendo todo un mundo de pequeños ejercicios y estiramientos que pudo hacer mientras trabajo o hago una videollamada y que me permiten estar más activo. Y no solo obtengo beneficios físicos. Mentalmente me siento más despierto, enérgico y productivo.Y lo mejor de todo, es que Eleva Desk es una empresa española, de aquí, de casa, que produce estas mesas maravillosas. Para mí, ha sido un auténtico descubrimiento, un game changer.Así tú, como yo, quieres mejorar tu espacio de trabajo, ganar productividad y de sentirte mejor cada día, te recomiendo que le eches un vistazo a Eleva Desk. Porque a veces, un pequeño cambio en nuestra rutina puede tener un impacto enorme en nuestra vida.Puedes explorar las mesas de Eleva Desk aquí. ¡Por cierto! Me han comentado que este octubre ofrecen un 15% de descuento en todos sus productos.y si pones el cupón ORIOLRODA junto y en mayúsculas tendrás un 10% de descuento
"Despenalizar los psicodélicos se ha convertido en un propósito de vida" - Senadora Alejandra Lagunes. Isra García entrevista a la Senadora Alejandra Lagunes, Senadora de la República de México por el Partido Verde Ecologista de México. Una entrevista sobre volver al origen de uno mismo, proveerse de los psicodélicos como herramienta para el bienestar del ser, el reconocimiento de la psilocibina y los hongos psilocibes como las medicinas y tecnologías ancestrales más efectivas frente a los principales problemas de salud mental como la depresión, la ansiedad y síndromes postraumáticos. "México es el lugar con más fauna psicodélica del mundo" Otros temas que la Senadora Alejandra Lagunes cubre en la entrevista son sus herramientas para lidiar con el estrés, sus rutinas, sus rituales, la iniciativa que lidera para regular el uso terapéutico de la psilocibina a favor de la salud mental, así como la intersección perfecta entre ciencia, medicina y culturas ancestrales, los desafíos de las tribus de los pueblos originarios y cómo están reclamando su derecho de ser los facilitadores para estas medicinas. "Mi primera Ayahuasca con 30 años cambia toda mi vida y dejo de tomar ansiolíticos" - Senadora Alejandra Lagunes. "Siempre hay un gran reto al relocalizar algo que se considere una droga y más si es de la lista 1" La Senadora Alejandra está totalmente volcada en liderar y formar parte de proyectos transformadores que aporten valor a México. Desarrolla políticas públicas sustentables y sostenibles, de derechos humanos, de tecnología, innovación e inclusión digital, así como el uso terapéutico de psicodélicos naturales para la Salud Mental. "Sentí lo que es estar en depresión, morí y regresé... Toqué una sanción profunda con una medicina ancestral" "En el centro deben estar los pueblos originarios y el bienestar del ser" Es la primera Senadora en México en promover el uso de psicodélicos como terapias innovadoras para tratar condiciones de salud mental. Para impulsar este proyecto, se ha embarcado en la tarea de organizar parlamentos abiertos, debates y foros internacionales para reunir y fomentar la colaboración entre los pueblos indígenas, para quienes los hongos psilocibina son parte de su cultura, las comunidades científica y médica, las autoridades gubernamentales y legisladores. Por ahora, está centrada en elaborar un proyecto de ley que reconocerá a los pueblos indígenas por preservar la antigua sabiduría de los hongos psilocibina y permitirá a quienes los necesiten beneficiarse de sus propiedades curativas de forma segura. Índice de contenidos y qué aprenderás en este episodio: Historia y experiencia con los psicodélicos de la Senadora. La depresión, Ayahuasca y la sanción profunda. La historia de Alejandra desde el punto cero. Lo que ha cambiado para la senadora a nivel micro y marco después de sus propias experiencias psicodélicas. Desafíos al despenalizar los psicodélicos. Psilocibina y psilocina. Hitos trascendentales para la Senadora Alejandra Lagunes. Mensaje de la Senadora Lagunes para las personas que están pensando en probar los hongos psilocibes y la psilocibina por primera vez. Tres grandes aprendizajes para la Senadora Lagunes. Los hongos psilocibes diseccionados. El mix perfecto entre terapia y ciencia con chamanismo y cultura ancestral. La rutina personal - y laboral - diaria de Alejandra Lagunes. Cómo la Senadora cuida de su salud mental a diario. Su naturalidad y frescura como política es debido a... Los trucos de la Senadora Lagunes para mantenerse enérgica y enfocada. Rituales diarios practicados. Cómo lidiar con el estrés por un lado y con la ansiedad por otro. Cómo la Senadora surfea la ola de las tendencias, la tecnología y la disrupción. Los procesos de reinvención continua. Una iniciativa para regular el uso terapéutico de la psilocibina para la salud mental. Aprendizajes y desafíos para la Senadora recorriendo el camino junto a los indígenas de México que han protegido conocimiento ancestral de las plantas maestras. Preguntas de fogueo rápido. Despedida, mensaje final y cierre. "Es más fácil para mí regresar a la paz y eso que estoy en la política" - Senadora Alejandra Lagunes. Recursos, enlaces, personas mencionadas y notas del podcast Página web oficial de la Senadora Alejandra Lagunes. Libros de Alexander Shulgin. María Sabina. Natalia Rebollo. Drogas de La Lista 1. Psilocibina en Español - plataforma divulgativa. Perfil en X. Cuenta de Instagram. "Los diputados y políticos ahora me dicen que se quieren unir a la iniciativa de los hongos"
Here's the fourth and final episode in this series, taking an entirely new approach to the fabled ‘second Summer of Love', the mainstream's own term for the emerging Acid House/ Rave scene of 1988. Guesting on this Roundtable discussion are Dom and Chris of Sheep Farm Studios, and Matt Sergiou of the Occult Beatles and Conspiro Media sites. Between us we ask questions that few, if any other researchers ever publicly have in 35 years.Under discussion this time are … MDMA and LSD, Leo Zeff, Alexander Shulgin, George Merck, Dr. Henry A Murray, M.I.T., the Boston Group, the Unabomber, Timothy Leary, the Castalia Foundation, the Hacienda, Tony Wilson, New Order, Guy Debord, King Mob, Afrika Bambaataa, the Paradise Garage, Soft Cell, and a whole lot more.Big thanks to Gregg Vardy for the video editing.*Musical Truth Volume 2, which contains two chapters on social-engineering through dance music culture, can be purchased here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Musical-Truth-2-Mark-Devlin-ebook/dp/B07B3VS88J/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HLN2LAAN1OU0&keywords=musical+truth+2&qid=1690534935&sprefix=musical+truth+2%2Caps%2C816&sr=8-1My Linktree - the one-stop shop for all my various platforms:https://linktr.ee/markdevlinDetails of all upcoming events are here:www.djmarkdevlin.com/events/For anyone who has found value in my work and would like to make a donation towards it being able to continue, you can do so at Buy Me A Coffee here:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/markdevlinOr, to make a direct donation via www.paypal.com, find me under the e-mail address markdevlinuk@gmail.com there.To order Root Wellness natural health/ immune boosting products as featured in a previous Good Vibrations episode:https://www.therootbrands.com/markdevlin
Today I am joined by Dimitri and Khalid of Subliminal Jihad to discuss their research from their series Sus Psychedelics which you can find on the SJ patreon. We discuss Hamilton Morris, MAPS, psychedelic therapy and accusations of sexual abuse against some of the pioneers of psychedelic therapy, the mainstreaming of psychedelics, Elon musk, Peter Thiel starts up relating to psychedelics, the growing use of these drugs amongst the right, psychedelics being used to 'treat' people in the Ukraine, Alexander Shulgin the king of research chemicals, the largest LSD bust in history and the lab which was a decommissioned Nuclear Ballistic missile base, burning man and how it may relate to Michael Aquino and so much more. If you enjoy this episode make sure to stick around for part 2 which will be up shortly. Also, go check out Subliminal Jihads work if you haven't already!Subliminal Jihad | Creating a podcast about deep history and ontological operations | PatreonSubliminal JihadSubliminal Jihad on Apple Podcasts
Psychedelics advocate and amateur Burning Man scholar John Turner's two passions come together in one interdimensional rabbit-hole of a website: Trippingly.net. In compiling the ultimate fan site of Burning Man history, John has captured a lot of great playa stories, and he shares some of the best in this conversation with Stuart.He explores the subjective unknowns of Burning Man events and psychedelics as same-same-but-different. Bring your neural nets to be plasticized. Bring your ego to be dissolved. It's a trip through the past, and a trip through presence.But when an interviewer interviews another interviewer, things can get weird. Together they explore the power of story (good and bad), who remembers what, who takes credit, and the subjective nature of consciousness. It's a reflection on memory, serendipity, and the power of not knowing.“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” ~Mark Twain (as quoted by Larry Harvey)trippingly.netJohn B Turner (LinkedIn)shulginresearch.netcacophony.orgCacophony Society (Wikipedia)Burning Man 2023 art theme: ANIMALIA
Este episodio es patrocinado por BetterHelp En este episodio Yannina Thomassiny nos cuenta su experiencia probando la Psilometoxina, una nueva cepa de hongos que integra la psilocibina con el 5-meo-DMT. Un científico llamado Alexander Shulgin soñó con algún día poder fusionar sus dos cosas favoritas del mundo, la tecnología reconfigurante del 5-meo-DMT, con la tecnologia de los hongos. Y lo logró, porque resulta que al poner en el sustrato esta molécula, el hongo lo biosintetiza e integra ambos compuestos. Estos hongos tienen un efecto distinto a los convencionales, porque invitan a un estado de absoluta presencia, contemplación y gratitud. Escucha la narración y ayúdanos compartiendo el episodio. Y dale click a la campanita para suscribirte.
For access to the full Sus Psychedelics, Inc. series and other premium episodes, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad. PHASE THREE: RUNNING THE SHOW Dimitri's high school experiences with 2C-B and MDMA, the synchronicity of the Hyphy/Thizz movement sprouting up in Alexander Shulgin's East Bay backyard, the extremely different vibes around drugs in 2005, Dimitri's 2009 documentary about suburban Thizz dealers in the Bay… The origins of the Multidisciplinary Association for Pyschedelic Studies (MAPS), “Early Therapeutic Use of MDMA, 1977-1985”, the Boston Group, Shulgin turning on Lt. Colonel Leo Zeff aka “The Secret Chief” to MDMA in 1977, ARUPA at Esalen, Jungian lay therapist Ann Shulgin, her theory that using MDMA helps you recognize the positive aspects of the totally selfish demon inside you, Chilean Dr. Claudio Naranjo and Sasha Shulgin's collaboration from 1962 onward, Jack Downing's Exuma Island Institute in the Bahamas, Dr. George Greer and his wife Requa Tolbert, Catholic priest Michael Clegg who began selling ecstasy in Dallas night clubs in 1983, Dr. Rick Ingrasci promoting MDMA therapy on Donahue in 1985, Tim Leary's former Harvard research partner Ralph Metzner, Doblin founding the Earth Metabolic Design Laboratories (EMDL) in 1984, Physical Abuse in MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy, founding MAPS advisors Francesco Di Leo and Rick Ingrasci both losing their therapist licenses for having sex with patients during MDMA sessions… Background on Psychedelic godfather Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin, Shulgin's decades-long relationship with the DEA, his membership at Bohemian Grove, Shulgin's infamous bad vibes concoction STP/DOM, German pharma companies selling 2C-B aka “Nexus” in 1990s South Africa, PHASE FOUR: DIMITRI'S TRIP Dimitri reveals for the first time his journeys with “Gustavo”, a Peruvian shaman to the 0.01% in 2011, getting psyopped by ayahuasca utopianism, and which billionaires were secretly getting EnLiGhTeNeD years before the new corporadelic renaissance hit the mainstream.
Today on the Mushroom Hour Podcast we are blessed to speak with Manoj Doss. Manoj is a cognitive neuropsychopharmacologist at the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University. His research is at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychopharmacology with focuses on episodic memory and hallucinogenic drugs. Manoj utilizes complex cognitive paradigms, brain imaging, and computational modelling to explore what makes psychedelics unique compared to other classes of psychoactive drugs, both in terms of basic drug effects and mechanisms for treating clinical populations. Although Manoj is optimistic that psychedelics will soon have a place in psychiatry, he remains cautious of exaggerated claims and negligence to potential downsides, something he terms 'psychedelic myopia'. TOPICS COVERED: Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuropsychopharmacology Psychedelic Neuroscience Types of Memory - Episodic, Semantic, Procedural Parts of the Brain - Hippocampus, Neocortex Recollection vs Familiarity Psychedelics Impacting Memory through Familiarity Is Memory Stored in Parts of the Body Other than the Brain? How Do We Make False Memories? Debunking the “Default Mode Network” Narrative Psychedelic Science and Incorporating Existing Scientific Disciplines Showing Psychedelics are Actually Useful in Treating Any Disorders Commentary on Structuring Psychedelic Research Future of Psychedelic Therapy as Adjunct to Existing Therapies? Tempering Conclusions and Expectations from Psychedelic Research EPISODE RESOURCES: Manoj Doss Twitter: https://twitter.com/ManojDoss Manoj Doss Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manoj-Doss Manoj Doss @ Johns Hopkins: https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/doss John O'Keefe Nobel Prize work on Hippocampal place cells: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04913-9 Doss et al paper on reward dynamics: http://dml.ucdavis.edu/uploads/6/1/9/7/61974117/gruber_ritchey_wang_doss_ranganath_2016.pdf Default Mode Network Hypothesis: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00020/full PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story by Alexander Shulgin: https://www.amazon.com/Pihkal-Chemical-Story-Alexander-Shulgin/dp/0963009605 Janice Chen paper on shared experience: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=mOwF8UEAAAAJ&citation_for_view=mOwF8UEAAAAJ:M05iB0D1s5AC Marc Berman paper on benefits of interacting with nature: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02225.x
This week: drugs! Psychedelic drugs and the man responsible for inventing most of them, Alexander Shulgin. Shulgin was a "psychopharmacologist" who, due to a special arrangement with the DEA, invented, synthesized, and tested on himself and his friends, hundreds of brand-spankin'-new psychedelic drugs, many of which are referred to now as "research chemicals. Alexander Shulgin is also known as the "godfather of ecstasy" for his role in re-discovering MDMA and became a counterculture hero after the publication of his books PiHKAL and TiHKAL, which provided detailed recipes and analyses for over 200 different substances as well as an absolutely insufferable love story. Also he was a member of the Bohemian Club (the one with the grove), and a pretty odd fellow in general. Support The Nonsense Bazaar on Patreon and get access to our bonus series The Corkboard Bizarre and join the community over at our new patron-only Discord server for $5 a month! https://patreon.com/thenonsensebazaar
Nick talks to biochemist & biophysicist Dr Ryan Gumpper, a postdoc in Dr. Bryan Roth's lab at the University of North Carolina. They discuss the biochemistry, molecular biology & biophysics of serotonin receptors, including the molecular details for what happens when serotonin and tryptamines psychedelics (e.g. LSD) bind to 5HT2A receptors in the brain. They also discuss how understand these details relates to the quest to discover novel psychedelic-derived compounds with therapeutic benefits, as well as the inspiration Ryan received from reading Alexander Shulgin's famous book, PIHKAL.SUPPORT M&M:Sign up for the free weekly Mind & Matter newsletter:[https://mindandmatter.substack.com/?sort=top]Learn how you can further support the podcast: [https://mindandmatter.substack.com/p/how-to-support-mind-and-matter]Support the show
Nick talks to medicinal chemist Sam Banister, who is co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Psylo, a biotech startup focused on developing next-generation psychedelic medicines. They discuss: the past, present, and future of psychedelic science; Sam's journey from academia to biotech startup co-founder; Alexander Shulgin; psychedelics like psilocybin, DMT, and others; and psychedelics & society. USEFUL LINKSSign up for the weekly Mind & Matter newsletter[https://mindandmatter.substack.com/?sort=top]Follow Nick's work through Linktree:[https://linktr.ee/trikomes]DoubleBlind Magazine, a leading source of news, information, and education about psychedelics. Use code MINDMATTER for 20% site-wide.[https://www.doubleblindmag.com/mindmatter]Athletic Greens, comprehensive daily nutrition (Free 1-year supply Vitamin D w/ purchase)[https://www.athleticgreens.com/mindandmatter]Organize your digital highlights & notes w/ Readwise (2 months free w/ sub)[https://readwise.io/nickjikomes/]Learn more about our podcast sponsor, Dosist[https://dosist.com]Support the show
Exclusief interview met de Russische ambassadeur Alexander Shulgin in Nederland. Het gesprek is opgenomen 27 juni 2022. Met excuus voor de soms haperende geluidskwaliteit van de citaten van de ambassadeur.
Exclusief interview met de Russische ambassadeur Alexander Shulgin in Nederland. Het gesprek is opgenomen 27 juni 2022. Met excuus voor de soms haperende geluidskwaliteit van de citaten van de ambassadeur.
Sustancias de investigación científica, Droga Gris o Research Chemical. El pionero Alexander Shulgin publica un libro en 1991 con las recetas de 179 sustancias nuevas entre ellas Fenetilaminas, Anfetaminas. Son sustancias que no tienen consecuencias a nivel penal debido a su naturaleza química.
All the information discussed in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only! We do not encourage the use of any illicit and/or regulated substance. Today on the Mushroom Hour Podcast we have the honor of speaking with authors Virginia Haze and Dr. K. Mandrake. Dr. Mandrake is a proponent of psychedelics from both a scientific and personal growth perspective. His long and varied education has mostly centered on biology, toxicology and mycology, culminating in a PhD in microbiology, which greatly influenced his home mushroom growing methods. Virginia Haze is a prolific writer and photographer with many books under her belt. She's a regular contributor to publications that focus on recreational drugs and her photography has appeared in many books. She learned to grow mushrooms under the tutelage of Dr. K. Mandrake, has co-authored two books on the growing and use of shrooms, and has since become a fierce proponent of psilocybin decriminalization and the dissemination of science-backed information relating to psychedelics. I'm excited to speak with these two myconauts today about the two works they've written together, “The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible” and “The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook”. TOPICS COVERED: Discovering Psilocybin - UK Prohibition & Thai Milkshakes First Attempts at Cultivation Impact of Local Climate on Cultivation Precautions in Exploring Cultivation Sourcing Spores Cultivation Hardware & Equipment Contending with Contamination Cultivation Cycle Substrate Recipes Monotub & Different Teks Strains & Testing of Psilocybe cubensis Dehydration & Preparation Methods Magic Mushroom Recipes Impact of the Books EPISODE RESOURCES: Psilocybin Mushroom Bible IG: https://www.instagram.com/themushroombible/ The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible (Book): https://bookshop.org/books/the-psilocybin-mushroom-bible-the-definitive-guide-to-growing-and-using-magic-mushrooms/9781937866280 The Psilocybin Chef Cookbook (Book): https://bookshop.org/books/the-psilocybin-chef-cookbook/9781937866419 Shroomery: https://shroomery.org Spore Works: http://sporeworks.com/ Alexander Shulgin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Shulgin David Nutt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt Flammulina velutipes (fungus): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enokitake
2C-B is an allegedly popular drug that was written about by Alexander Shulgin. Sidney discusses it after give a 35 minute update on why episodes haven't been as consistent as usual.
Cosa sono i trip report? Perché in certi casi arrivano a costituire una sorta di genere letterario? A cosa serve il sito Erowid? Chi era Alexander Shulgin e cosa c'entra con tutto questo? Ne parliamo nella diciottesima puntata di Illuminismo psichedelico, insieme allo scrittore e sceneggiatore Peppe Fiore, che in “La scommessa psichedelica” (Quodlibet) ha scritto un saggio intitolato “Il trip report come sottogenere della letteratura di viaggio”.
Nick talks to medicinal chemist Dr. David Nichols, who has spent decades studying the chemistry and pharmacology of psychedelics. Dr. Nichols shared his knowledge of psychedelic tryptamine, including LSD and DMT, as well as phenethylamines such as mescaline and MDMA. He also discussed his relationship with the late Dr. Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, and how his thoughts companies trying to make non-hallucinogenic drugs derived from psychedelics.USEFUL LINKS:Download the podcast & follow Nick at his website[www.nickjikomes.com]Support the show on Patreon & get early access to episodes[https://www.patreon.com/nickjikomes]Sign up for the weekly Mind & Matter newsletter[https://mindandmatter.substack.com/]Athletic Greens, comprehensive daily nutrition (Free 1-year supply of Vitamin D w/ purchase)[https://www.athleticgreens.com/mindandmatter]Try MUD/WTR, a mushroom-based coffee alternative[https://www.mudwtr.com/mindmatter]Discount Code ($5 off) = MINDMATTEROrganize your digital highlights & notes w/ Readwise (2 months free w/ subscription)[https://readwise.io/nickjikomes/]Start your own podcast (get $20 Amazon gift card after signup)[https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1507198]Buy Mind & Matter T-Shirts[https://www.etsy.com/shop/OURMIND?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1036758072§ion_id=34648633]Connect with Nick Jikomes on Twitter[https://twitter.com/trikomes]Learn more about our podcast sponsor, Dosist[https://dosist.com/]ABOUT Nick Jikomes:Nick is a neuroscientist and podcast host. He is currently Director of Science & Innovation at Leafly, a technology startup in the legal cannabis industry. He received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University and a B.S. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/nickjikomes)
Break on through! We're singing The Doors, explaining their band-name, and diving down the psychedelic rabbit hole. Come for the Native American peyote religions and stay for the mescaline. Dane reads poems from Wilderness Vol 1: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison, talks about Aldous Huxley and Alexander Shulgin, and romps across topics from Censorship to Cactus Alkaloids. It's a damn good time.This episode is brought to you by LISTENERS LIKE YOU. Bring your ideas and questions to Patreon.com/DaneCurley.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/danecurley)
(Psychedelic Renaissance Series) Robert Forte has been around the psychedelic world for decades as an author, facilitator and researcher. For three decades, Forte has worked closely with many of the most prominent leaders of the psychedelic movement, including Dr. Stanislav Grof, Timothy Leary, R. G. Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Ralph Metzner, Alexander Shulgin, Claudio Naranjo, and many others.#BenStewartPodcast #RobertForte #Psychedelics #Culture #Historyhttps://www.alteredstatesofamerica.net/Produced live, Thursdays at 5:00 PM EST. CoHost/Producer: IG@Gordon_CummingsBen Stewart Podcast strives to offer awareness and solutions to a rapidly evolving world, while building community… Join our kickass Discord community!https://discord.gg/7QadgxEK4zSupport & Access Exclusive Content!https://www.benjosephstewart.com/plans-pricingCheck Out My Latest Documentaries - “Awake In The Darkness” - https://www.aubreymarcus.com/"DMT QUEST" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My95s6ZryPgVisit https://www.BenJosephStewart.com/ to get more involved.Check out my Gaia shows "Psychedelica" & "Limitless" with a free trial. - https://www.gaia.com/invite/join?rfd=AGvFiE&utm_source=iafMake sure to hit the like button and Follow me on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenJosephStewartMinds: https://www.minds.com/BenJosephStewart/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/BenJosephStewart/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenJosephStewRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1044023BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/aanpGqOQt8ZX/
Yes, it's the famous Hamilton Morris who is my guest today. Hamilton is an American journalist, documentarian, and scientific researcher. He is the creator and director of the television series “Hamilton's Pharmacopeia”, in which he investigates the chemistry, history, and cultural impact of various psychoactive drugs. Now Hamilton is on the third season of his show, which was released on January 4, 2021.The show runs on Vice TV and YT. Hamilton started to engage early into very personalised and you could say customised research of drugs and substances. He always had an interesting aura around him on camera, a mixture of a daring guinea pig and scientist. The episodes of his show had names, that made it clear . how un judgmental and curious Hamilton was approaching psychedelic substance as his topic. At this point in his life as a psychedelic expert, Hamilton is moving towards psychedelic research, inspired by the great american bio chemist Alexander Shulgin. (https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-magic-chemicals-of-psychedelic-wizard-sasha-shulgin) So for the future, Morris has mainly the tweaking of molecules in mind, and that in the context of a university. Hamilton and I talk about why we are developing a new idea of drugs and psychedelics as we speak, the meaning of molecules and the freedom of researching new molecules, the advantages to approach psychedelics in a completely non-judgmental and undogmatic fashion, and of course we address Hamilton's favorite topic: the Sonoran Desert toad, or Bufo alvarius and the potent psychedelic compound called 5-MeO-DMT. https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/hamiltons-pharmacopeia https://www.patreon.com/HamiltonMorris
- The 5 big psychiatric epidemics are: Depression, Pain, Anxiety, Addiction, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). And, depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. - Traditional models are Psychotropic medications and/or counseling. While widely successful this model may fail in certain populations. t Treatment failures might be due to not accessing certain neural networks and possibly psychospiritual levels that might be needed for healing. Because of this Psychedelic Medicine and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy has emerged. This traditional medicine now has the science and trials to help understand how to apply in a clinical setting In this episode , I am joined by Dr. Erica Zelfand who will guide us through Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. She is a perfect guide as she is the instructor of the course called The Science of Psychedelics Dr. Zelfand gives us some information and highlights on MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ketamine. We learn about which psychedelics impact Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor, (BDNF), the Default Mode Network (DMN) which involves the medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus and angular gyrus. Also those that act on 5HT-2A receptors, and NMDA-receptors. The effect of these therapies appear to allow the brain to change, access new resources, become more neuroplastic, and gain psycho spiritual insight. Before long psychedelics, will soon be a legalized part of mainstream psychiatry. About Dr. Zelfand Erica Zelfand, ND is a licensed family physician specializing in functional medicine and integrative mental health. Blending conventional pharmaceutical medicine with nutrition, herbal medicine, counseling, psycho-spiritual work, and other therapies gleaned from her international travels, Dr. Z’s philosophy of healing aims to nourish the whole person. She is also a medical writer, teacher, psychedelic facilitation instructor, and the mastermind behind The Science of Psychedelics, an online training for healthcare providers and empowered individuals alike. She consults with clients across the globe through her practice, Simba Health. To learn more, please visit www.drzelfand.com Her social handles on - Facebook, twitter, Clubhouse, and linkedin handles are all the same: DrZelfand - She has been so kind to offer a 15% coupon on her course The Science of Psychedelics by using the code : onething at the checkout. Resources in the episode Books referenced - PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin’s (phenethylamines) TIHKAL: The Continuation; A Chemical Love Story by Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin’s (on Tryptamines) - Works Cited - Flight Instructions Bill Richards : - Resources Cited - Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies - Dr. Robin Carhart Harris , UK researcher on Psilocybin --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adam-rinde/support
Dimitri and Khalid dive into Gram Parsons’ elite bloodlines, obsession with UFOs and mysterious death at Joshua Tree, Emmylou Harris, Phil Hartman, “American Pie” and Altamont as Mass Ritual, the LSD biker gang-Capitol riot parallels, Augustus Owsley Stanley III and Alexander Shulgin pushing STP, Lucas and Spielberg lurking on the periphery, the Papa John Phillips/Cuba connection, the Michelle Phillips/Dr. George Hodel connection, and the realpolitik of American cultural production in the Cold War era. For access to full-length premium episodes and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara’ Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad.
In this episode Randall and Stuart talk about one of the oldest psychedelic substances known to man.
In this episode Stuart and Randall discuss nicotine, to be continued...
In this episode Stuart and Randall attempt to distract you from your woes by discussing the story of Purdue Pharma, and the ensuing opioid epidemic. Enjoy?
In this episode Randall and Stuart talk a bit about the history and then the physiology of schizophrenia.
With the recent release of William Leonard Pickard, Randall and Stuart discuss if that was a good thing. What he did, what his friends did, why they did it, everything like that.
In this episode Randall and Stuart are doing cocaine! That is, we talk about it..
In this episode we dive into a history hole, and discuss cartls.
Come join us in our attic! Our article attic that is. This episode is the first of a series where Randall reads an article, and then tells us about it. This one was trippy.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/15/the-vision-of-vilazodone-and-vortioxetine/ I. One of psychiatry’s many embarrassments is how many of our drugs get discovered by accident. They come from random plants or shiny rocks or stuff Alexander Shulgin invented to get high. But every so often, somebody tries to do things the proper way. Go over decades of research into what makes psychiatric drugs work and how they could work better. Figure out the hypothetical properties of the ideal psych drug. Figure out a molecule that matches those properties. Synthesize it and see what happens. This was the vision of vortioxetine and vilazodone, two antidepressants from the early 2010s. They were approved by the FDA, sent to market, and prescribed to millions of people. Now it’s been enough time to look back and give them a fair evaluation. And… …and it’s been a good reminder of why we don’t usually do this. Enough data has come in to be pretty sure that vortioxetine and vilazodone, while effective antidepressants, are no better than the earlier medications they sought to replace. I want to try going over the science that led pharmaceutical companies to think these two drugs might be revolutionary, and then speculate on why they weren’t. I’m limited in this by my total failure to understand several important pieces of the pathways involved, so I’ll explain the parts I get, and list the parts I don’t in the hopes that someone clears them up in the comments.
Have yourself an invigorating cup of coffee and listen to this podcast on that as well!
In this episode we are still talking about tea! It's actually the same episode as last week... we just cut in in two and here it is.
Stuart and Randall talk about some fun stories and chemistry involving tea. Cheers!
In this episode Stuart discusses the origins of beer, and then some more about beer, followed by some information about beer!
In this episode Randall and Stuart discuss the amazing man that is Alexander Shulgin, aka Sasha, what a man wow.
Once upon a time there was a scientist who was introduced to a drug that made him feel wondered, made him feel complete, and knew that this drug could help many people all over the world. Soon, however, the government decided that no one should have this drug, not even scientist or doctors. In response the scientist told everyone who wanted to know, how to make it themselves. Today I have the story of a remarkable man named Alexander Shulgin on the 189th episode of Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeff. Show notes and links: * Dirty Pictures (2010 Documentary, 720p HD) (youtube.com) * Alexander Shulgin – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * MDMA Healing I AM REBEL THE LOVE DRUG S01E03 alexander sacha shulgin Documentary (youtube.com) * Dr. Ecstasy – The New York Times (nytimes.com) * Shulgin was known to many as the “Godfather of ecstasy” | NZ Drug Foundation (drugfoundation.org.nz) * Ann and Sasha Shulgin – Pihkal and Tihkal: A Chemical Love Story (youtube.com) * My Lunch with Psychedelic Chemist “Sasha” Shulgin (RIP) and His Wonderful Wife (scientificamerican.com)
Ben Valsler introduces a class of hallucinogenic phenethylamines, explored by the 'godfather of psychedelics' Alexander Shulgin and sadly implicated in a tragedy at a 2017 music festival
[INTRO: 11:06] In this episode, I speak with psychedelic scholar, editor, publisher, and researcher Robert Forte. For over three decades, Robert has collaborated with some of the most influential and well-known figures within the psychedelic movement, including R. Gordon Wasson, Timothy Leary, Stanislav Grof, and Alexander Shulgin, to name a few. In this discussion with Robert, we reference a recent article published by Marine Corp Times, titled ‘Can LSD and magic mushrooms help win wars? This Marine officer says ‘yes’.’ As the article states, the “military should join the growing list of psychedelic beneficiaries […] to become “stronger, faster and smarter than our adversaries”” through the microdosing of psychedelic compounds, like LSD and psilocybin, in order to counter “the nearly-insurmountable task of analyzing a rapidly-growing tidal wave of analytical data that, with today’s advances in technology, will only continue to expose cognitive shortfalls.” (http://bit.ly/2JfKIq1) As the use of psychedelics enters the public discourse again, and as we continue to see the normalization of their use by Silicon Valley corporate executives and others to “significantly heighten alertness, creativity, and problem solving,” we have to step back and examine the ways psychedelic use is actually reinforcing the status quo of our society. I ask Robert to explore the early days of psychedelic interest in American society, initially generated in large part by the release of the 1956 Life Magazine photo essay by R. Gordon Wasson (J.P. Morgan Vice President of Public Relations) — a landmark piece that was the first to expose the American public to the use and effects of psilocybin mushrooms. (http://bit.ly/2Hjr2y9) As Robert explains, the C.I.A. funded this venture (http://bit.ly/2VXcr4J), and was largely behind, along with media mogul Henry Luce, the branding of the psychedelic experience for Western audiences. Why would this be the case? As we descend down this rabbit hole of inquiry, we discuss the absolutely perplexing history of the popularization (and demonization) of psychedelic use in the modern era, including the overwhelming interest by Western elites to use these substances for mind control and social engineering purposes, as demonstrated in the MK-ULTRA project by the C.I.A., among other examples. Toward the end of our discussion, Robert and I get into some rather hairy topics relating to “conspiracy theory” in the “post-truth era,” as defined by the blurring of lines between what is verifiably true and what is difficult to make sense of. While Robert and I may not come to agreement on these difficult subjects, we both absolutely recognize the necessity of questioning officially sanctioned narratives of events as propagated by the corporate-and-state managed press. Robert Forte is a scholar and researcher of psychedelic drugs. He first studied with Frank Barron, who started the Psilocybin Project at Harvard with Timothy Leary in 1963. Robert is the former director of the Albert Hofmann Foundation, and currently is adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). James Fadiman, psychedelic researcher and writer, has described Robert as “a major but not well-known hero of the psychedelic movement.” Episode Notes: - Follow Robert on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2VvlNoW - Read the article ‘Can LSD and magic mushrooms help win wars? This Marine officer says ‘yes’’: http://bit.ly/2JfKIq1 - Read the 1956 Life Magazine photo essay by R. Gordon Wasson: http://bit.ly/2Hjr2y9 - Watch the Alex Jones deposition: https://youtu.be/I7siWJ86g40 - The song featured in this episode is “Hi-Potent” by Roni Size & Reprazent from the album New Forms (20th Anniversary Edition). WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: (208) 918-2837 EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior
In this episode, Celine and Jeremiah discuss duality, drugs, and (tarot) decks! People, books, ideas, and places we reference in this episode: Ahimsa (Do No Harm), "Dirty Pictures" Documentary, Alexander Shulgin, Albert Hofmann, MDMA/Molly, "DMT:The Spirit Molecule" Documentary, Chinese Medicine, CBD, Yin Chiao, Oil of Oregano, Reishi Mushrooms, Fire Cider, Sacred Geometry, Magnets, How Do They Work?, Richard Bartlett (teacher at Omega Institute), Omega Institute, Shaman Durek,Reiki,Tarot,The Wild Unknown Tarot Deck,Buddhism & Suffering,"Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake,Ayahuasca,"Walking Each Other Home" by Ram Dass & Mirabai Bush, We hope you enjoy! (Legal disclaimer: “As Woo Woo As You Want” does not condone the use of any illegal substances. All statements/comments in this podcast are for informational purposes only.)
Dr. Abraham Flores is an anaesthesiologist in Mexico City he's also one of the rare doctors of medicine to look outside the constraints of the modern medecine complex to look at the scientific knowledge around plant medecines in the Americas and throughout the world. Ive attached some links below that are related to our discussions throughout the podcast, as always thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe, share the podcast with mates and rate the show 5 stars! Alexander Shulgin the creator of MDMA Ecstasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwlxnjptV9I&has_verified=1 Pre-hispanic Music of the Mexicas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhf7dCoO9XI&t=610s DMT Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtT6Xkk-kzk
Dr. Abraham Flores is an anaesthesiologist in Mexico City he's also one of the rare doctors of medicine to look outside the constraints of the modern medecine complex to look at the scientific knowledge around plant medecines in the Americas and throughout the world. Ive attached some links below that are related to our discussions throughout the podcast, as always thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe, share the podcast with mates and rate the show 5 stars! Alexander Shulgin the creator of MDMA Ecstasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwlxnjptV9I&has_verified=1 Pre-hispanic Music of the Mexicas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhf7dCoO9XI&t=610s DMT Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtT6Xkk-kzk
Download James Oroc is the Author of Tryptamine Palace and the New Psychedelic Revolution. Show topics include Burning Man, visionary art, drug war, and politics around the 5-MEO-DMT experience. 3 Key Points: James Oroc is cautious about the medicalization of psychedelics. He believes psychedelics do not necessarily heal sick people, but instead bring a new perspective to healthy users. The 5-MEO-DMT experience is not like the typical psychedelic experience, not everyone should do it, and there are some serious negative side effects that could last for years if not integrated properly. The Bufo Alvarius desert toad is at risk. With climate change and the demand for using them for their 5-MEO-DMT, there is a lot of pressure on their survival as a species. Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on iTunes Share us with your friends – favorite podcast, etc Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics Show Notes About James James has written a few psychedelic books, and is kind of a psychedelic icon His interests are in noveling and extreme sports journalism He wrote a book for Burning man, and gave away 500 copies at the festival He is a world class paragliding competitor He believes always being in nature is important In the late 80’s the psychedelic culture had crashed, except for the mountain towns, which is where psychedelic community ended up Joe lives in the Rockies, and was hanging out in Aspen and ran into an old hippie deadhead who talked about skiing on mescaline, when everyone would typically ski on acid In James new book he goes into psychedelics and extreme sports, about using a dose smaller than the psychedelic dose but larger than a micro dose Joe references a movie, Valley Uprising, where most of the climbers would hang out on the side of a mountain face, party all night, drop a bunch of acid and then sprint to the top James’ Interest in Psychedelics James says that 5-MEO-DMT converted him from to being a scientific, rationalist, atheist to agnostic, being merged and one with the god source, through the classic mystical experience He says it took him multiple years to figure out how a 40 minute trip experiences shifted his entire perspective for the rest of his life That's why he wrote his Burning Man book, as a way to help others relate to the experience and make their own sense of it Joe says James Book is far more fascinating than Michael Pollan’s Book, especially for people that have been in the psychedelic space for a while Michael Pollan states in his book that LSD was given to Tim Leary by Alfred Hubbard, but James says that's not true, he says that a man by the name of Michael Hollingsworth gave LSD to Leary, after coming to America with a jar of mayonnaise full of LSD James says its amusing for Pollan to form stories to fit his own narrative He says Pollan has talked about using psychedelics only four times, and that he doesn't like the psychedelic culture and by using them we will become more depressed James thinks depression is a result of the paradigm that we are in “I don't like the idea of psychedelics being used as bandaids to help people except the current paradigm, I like the idea of psychedelics being dynamite, to help bring the next paradigm shift” - James Smart people are depressed because they are realizing we are screwing this planet up, and we may not have that much time left on it He called it ‘extinction denial’ in his last book, and after writing his last book in 2009, its gotten exponentially worse Joe asks James why he thinks people are denying the extinction narrative James replies saying people feel like they can't do anything about it, they worry about paycheck to paycheck, and get caught up in all the small distractions of life. He says no wonder people are depressed Psychedelics aren't a Medicine James thinks the only reason they didn't take hold as medicines in the 60’s is because they were difficult to use, and didn't fit in the medical model “The problem with medicalization is it puts psychedelics in one box, I’m more interested in giving psychedelics to healthy people than sick people” They don't fall under the true classification of medicines James thinks they should be called therapy, instead of medicine He understands the interest of why people want to use them as medicines, but that shouldn't be the only way they are used Joe adds that the medicalization doesn't mean rescheduling - via drug policy alliance James says that last year alone had the most arrests for cannabis than any other year, even as more states are ‘legalizing’ Joe mentions a comment from Brian Normand who runs Psymposia, “Is cannabis really legal, if you can only have 6 plants? It's just heightened regulation.” James thinks that keeping cannabis illegal in the south is the main tool for racial profiling, it's the gateway drug to prison Brooklyn wants to release 20,000 cannabis offenders America James thinks living in America is like living in the belly of the beast There are so many forces at work in the US, James thinks the best thing for the world would be for it to break up in a few smaller countries, although it's probably not going to happen “It's not where you want to be, its where they'll have ya” - James The data that John Hopkins comes up with is what we need to fight the cognitive liberty we should have to take psychedelics Roland Griffith Joe says Stan Grof became uninterested in the research of psychedelics and became more interested in visionary art Creativity is what could help us survive “Art could be the next religion” - Alex Grey Reemergence of Spirit James thinks we are in an interesting time in history, all of the models and structures are collapsing, we are getting to an individualized view of everything. We have the right to create our own spirituality and religion. If we all go find what we find and then come together in clusters of like findings, that is a way for our spirituality to grow Daniel Pinchbeck mentions cloistering up in small subculture communities focused on individual sub aspects of what interest you Reemergence of spirit is important and can happen with the democratization of psychedelics Psychedelics play a role in inner reality and outer reality “Psychedelic perspective is the worldview that we take on as a psychedelic user, and its the perspective that the planet needs to survive. Whether as a society that we can shift to that perspective quick enough, is the issue. But the tools are in hand.” - James Burning Man James tells a story of this wealthy CEO who attends Burning Man, and gets back and realizes he's a rich asshole and starts contemplating how he can make his company better for the world and be better to his employees Burning Man has a lot of potential like psychedelics do, but it was easier back then Burning Man has blown up and isn't what it used to be These highly impactful experiences are more influential when they are small Boom, a festival in Portugal is a free environment because everything is legal, there is no paranoia Burning Man used to be free, but because things are still illegal, it has more of a defensive posture now There are so many resources, police, undercovers, put into Burning Man for how little of crime that happens Joe says its a means to scare the people There's a report that the administration put out recently that agreed that climate change is happening but they don't want to do anything about it Peter Thiel has been bragging about buying a whole country, New Zealand Psychedelics James says he is a very interested observer to see psychedelics ‘come out of the closet’ Is medicalization a means to take the fangs off of the drug war, or take power away from the psychedelic culture? James says medicalization is just a financial opportunity MDMA is leading the push toward legalization US Military is super interested in MDMA because of the PTSD Drone operators suffer from depression when they realize they are bombing people they've never even seen But the MDMA could keep these operators at the desk History of government's involvement in psychedelics Robert Forte - The Dark History of Psychedelics MK Ultra did happen Robert believes Albert Hofman was in charge OSS - Office of Strategic Services John Perry Barlow - founder of EFF Electronic Freedom Foundation John Gillmore - had the largest civil suit against the US govt. for phone tapping If you have an intense psychedelic experience, take some time and integrate it “The first place you go after a major psychedelic experience is the library” James says 5-MEO-DMT was the greatest intellectual adventure of his life He couldn't grasp the concept of quantum physics, after 5-MEO-DMT it was one of the only things that made sense Alexander Shulgin - plus four James had a paradigm shift after the first time smoking 5-MEO-DMT He says 5-MEO-DMT is extremely powerful, he doesn't do it as much anymore, because he appreciates how powerful it is He also believes that it's wrong for ‘shamans’ to take the drug while facilitating LSD is considered not powerful because its been dialed down People don't take the same dose that people used to in the 70’s Every community should have its own psychonaut James thinks people should not start with 5-MEO-DMT, but start with something less intense like mushrooms and a walk in the woods Joe did a lot of holotropic breathwork before taking psychedelics So many people go right to ayahuasca because they are out of the psychedelic culture and are being advertised to James is annoyed with people calling drugs medicine out of context, like at a festival He thinks toad is a sacrament, or therapy, not medicine. It hasn't healed anybody He believes that the ‘toad shaman’ culture will be eliminated once chemists start to synthesize 5-MEO-DMT The toads are coming from an overly populated desert, and with climate change, there is a lot of pressure on these species survival Final Thoughts James suggestions The 5-MEO-DMT experience is unique, it’s not like the typical psychedelic experience, not everyone should do it, and there are some serious negative side effects that could last for years if not integrated properly Start with classic psychedelics like LSD or mushrooms, and go for a walk outside Stan Grof’s house/library burnt down, Terence McKenna lost two libraries, and Jonathan Ott’s library burnt down. Decades of research burnt down Check out this FREE online course, "Introduction to Psychedelics" James Facebook Typtamine Palace Facebook Instagram Youtube Book About James Journalist, photographer, and artist James Oroc was born in the small South Pacific nation of Aotearoa. Since 1998 he has been pursuing and reporting on the cutting edge of extreme sports in more than 40 countries around the globe, his work appearing in magazines, films, and on MTV Sports. He has been a member of the Burning Man community since 1999, and he is also involved in the documentation and advancement of “Alternative Culture.”
Matt and Jordan review some famous books that explore the topic of psychedelics. Jordan describes his experience taking LSD for the first time.
In this segment, longtime psychedelic scholar and researcher Robert Forte discusses his concerns regarding the “psychedelic renaissance” currently underway, in particular as we begin to see a resurgence of public interest (including more positive coverage in the corporate press) of MDMA and other psychedelic compounds in recent years. To understand Robert’s perspective, we touch on the work of Aldous Huxley and his book ‘Brave New World’ and its addendum ‘Brave New World Revisted’ in order to frame our understanding of what is currently taking place within the broader cultural and societal trends regarding the use of psychedelics (and cannabis) for therapeutic, medical, and recreational use. Having a deep respect for psychedelics and their appropriate use, Robert asks that the psychedelic community be aware of and counter the underlying agendas of these forces within our society, in particular when it comes to approaching the subject of the legalization and therapeutic use of these substances in the modern era. Robert Forte is a scholar and researcher of psychedelic drugs. He first studied with Frank Barron, who started the Psilocybin Project at Harvard with Timothy Leary in 1963. In 1981 he moved to Esalen to study with Stanislav Grof, and then attended the Divinity School, University of Chicago. During this time Forte conducted an independent investigation of MDMA. He obtained his master’s degree under Mircea Eliade and has collaborated with many of the leaders in the field of psychedelics, including R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Alexander Shulgin, Claudio Naranjo, and many others. Robert is the former director of the Albert Hofmann Foundation, and currently is adjunct faculty at CIIS. This is a segment of episode #147 of Last Born In The Wilderness “The Devil Is In The Details: Psychedelics & Our Brave New World w/ Robert Forte.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWforte WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: http://bit.ly/LBWPATREON DONATE: Paypal: http://bit.ly/LBWPAYPAL Ko-Fi: http://bit.ly/LBWKOFI FOLLOW & LISTEN: SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/LBWSOUNDCLOUD iTunes: http://bit.ly/LBWITUNES Google Play: http://bit.ly/LBWGOOGLE Stitcher: http://bit.ly/LBWSTITCHER RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/LBWRADIOPUB YouTube: http://bit.ly/LBWYOUTUBE SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: http://bit.ly/LBWFACEBOOK Twitter: http://bit.ly/LBWTWITTER Instagram: http://bit.ly/LBWINSTA
In this episode, I speak with psychedelic scholar, editor, publisher, and researcher Robert Forte. For over three decades, Robert has collaborated with some of the most influential and well-known figures within the psychedelic movement, including R. Gordon Wasson, Timothy Leary, Stanislav Grof, and Alexander Shulgin, to name a few. James Fadiman, psychedelic researcher and writer, has described Robert as “a major but not well-known hero of the psychedelic movement.”✧ In this discussion, we discuss Robert’s skeptical, but well-grounded, concerns regarding the “psychedelic renaissance” currently underway, in particular as we begin to see a resurgence of public interest (including more positive coverage in the corporate press) of MDMA and other psychedelic compounds, as well as the ongoing legalization (or as Robert states it: the commodification) of cannabis through out the United States in recent years. Robert is fundamentally concerned with the various forces that aim to control the ways psychedelics and cannabis are perceived and received by the general public — pointing to the reality that we exist within a capitalist consumer culture, and as such corporations, government institutions, and policy-makers have their own agendas when it comes to the decriminalization and legalization of these substances for broader public use. To understand Robert’s perspective, we touch on the work of Aldous Huxley and his book ‘Brave New World’ and its addendum ‘Brave New World Revisited’ in order to frame our understanding of what is currently taking place within the broader cultural and societal trends regarding the use of psychedelics and cannabis for therapeutic, medical, and recreational use. Having a deep respect for psychedelics and their appropriate use, Robert asks that the psychedelic community be aware of and counter the underlying agendas of these forces within our society, in particular when it comes to approaching the subject of the legalization and therapeutic use of these substances in the modern era. Robert Forte is a scholar and researcher of psychedelic drugs. He first studied with Frank Barron, who started the Psilocybin Project at Harvard with Timothy Leary in 1963. In 1981 he moved to Esalen to study with Stanislav Grof, and then attended the Divinity School, University of Chicago. During this time Forte conducted an independent investigation of MDMA. He obtained his master’s degree under Mircea Eliade and has collaborated with many of the leaders in the field of psychedelics, including R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Alexander Shulgin, Claudio Naranjo, and many others. Robert is the former director of the Albert Hofmann Foundation, and currently is adjunct faculty at CIIS.♀︎ ✧ Source: http://bit.ly/DarkHistory ♀︎Source: http://bit.ly/ForteBio Episode Notes: - Learn more and purchase Robert’s book ‘Entheogens and the Future of Religion’: https://amzn.to/2IasXVI - Learn more and purchase Robert’s book ‘Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In’: https://amzn.to/2IcxGGw - Listen to the episode of Psychedelics Today that sparked my interest in Robert’s work: http://bit.ly/DarkHistory - The song featured in this episode is “Rap” by Actress from the album Ghettoville. - WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com - PATREON: http://bit.ly/LBWPATREON - DONATE: Paypal: http://bit.ly/LBWPAYPAL Ko-Fi: http://bit.ly/LBWKOFI - FOLLOW & LISTEN: SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/LBWSOUNDCLOUD iTunes: http://bit.ly/LBWITUNES Google Play: http://bit.ly/LBWGOOGLE Stitcher: http://bit.ly/LBWSTITCHER RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/LBWRADIOPUB YouTube: http://bit.ly/LBWYOUTUBE - SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: http://bit.ly/LBWFACEBOOK Twitter: http://bit.ly/LBWTWITTER Instagram: http://bit.ly/LBWINSTA
Hamilton Morris (TW: @hamiltonmorris, IG: @hamiltonmorris) is a writer, documentarian, and scientific researcher who currently studies the chemistry and pharmacology of tryptamines at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.His writing has been featured in Harper’s Magazine, Playboy, and Vice, and he is the creator of the television series Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia, which recently completed its second season, and it is absolutely one of my favorite series of the last five years.Hamilton is exceptionally good at explaining complex subjects simply and making science sexy, as you’ll discover in this episode.Enjoy!This episode is brought to you by Inktel. Ever since I wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, I’ve been frequently asked about how I choose to delegate tasks. At the root of many of my decisions is a simple question: “How can I invest money to improve my quality of life?” Or “how can I spend moderate money to save significant time?”Inktel is one of those investments. They are a turnkey solution for all of your customer care needs. Their team answers more than 1 million customer service requests each year. They can also interact with your customers across all platforms, including email, phone, social media, text, and chat.Inktel removes the logistics and headache of customer communication, allowing you to grow your business by focusing on your strengths. And as a listener of this podcast, you can get up to $10,000 off your start-up fees and costs waived by visiting inktel.com/tim. That’s inktel.com/tim.This episode is also brought to you by Leadership: In Turbulent Times by the ever-amazing, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin — who you may have heard on this podcast recently (if not, I recommend checking out our conversation at tim.blog/doris).Leadership: In Turbulent Times is a culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, which offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership drawing from the experiences of four presidents — Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR, and LBJ. Goodwin asks and answers questions like: Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the leader make the times, or do the times make the leader? This seminal work provides an accessible and essential roadmap for aspiring and established leaders in every field. I highly recommend Leadership: In Turbulent Times, and you can find out more about it at doriskearnsgoodwin.com.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Visit tim.blog/sponsor and fill out the form.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss
Download Kyle and Joe interview Robert Forte who has been around the psychedelic world for decades as a writer, facilitator and researcher. He has known or has worked with most of the biggest names in psychedelic history including Dr. Stanislav Grof and Timothy Leary among others. The interview covers a lot of ground and will likely ruffle some feathers. Robert has extensively studied the history of psychedelics and has drawn some conclusions about the origins of the field. Psychedelics as Weapons From the early days, scientists have been working with psychedelics to weaponize them. From project artichoke to MK Ultra, the US government and many foreign governments have spent a tremendous amount of effort researching these powerful compounds and likely still are. Robert states that various governments particularly the United States government have groups that are using drugs to derange the public to make it easier for these groups to meet their desired outcomes - less democracy, increased plutocratic power, etc. Think Brave New World and Brave New World Revisitied. Deranged from Miriam Webster: 1: mentally unsound : crazy2: disturbed or disordered in function, structure, or condition My leg was propped up on a library chair at the time, as it was too deranged to bend.3: wildly odd or eccentric He makes a compelling argument, but we want you the listener and reader to "Think for Yourself and Question Authority". That was a Leary line that we think is valuablein situations like this. Read books on the subject, question the purpose behind them, think critically and see where you want to go with it. After recording this interview Joe Moore read the amazing and comprehensive 2016 history The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government. The book filled in some gaps for me (Joe) but didn't really change my mind much on the topic of psychedelics specifically. Please enjoy the episode and if you want to discuss it, please join us at our facebook group here. Links & Show Notes Colin Ross - Researcher Psychiatrist John Potash | Drugs as Weapons Against Us MK Ultra - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra Acid Hype -American News Media and the Psychedelic Experience (History of Communication) Henry Luce Theodore Shackley - CIA Officer Reinhard Galen Samuel Russell - Russell Trust opium skull and bones Brave new world revisited - https://www.huxley.net/bnw-revisited/ Entheogens and the Future of Religion The Devil's Chessboard Allen Dulles 10 Global Businesses That Worked with the Nazis http://www.businesspundit.com/10-global-businesses-that-worked-with-the-nazis/2/ JP Morgan Bank complicit in financial crimes in WWII The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade Mossad Israeli Mafia One Nation Under God: The Triumph of the Native American Church J. Tony Serra (born December 30, 1934) is an American civil rights lawyer, activist and tax resister from San Francisco - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Serra About Robert Forte James Fadiman calls Robert Forte, “a major but not well known hero of the psychedelic movement.” A scholar, editor, publisher, professor, researcher of the subject for over 3 decades, Forte has come to some disturbing realizations about the psychedelic renaissance that he helped to start. Huston Smith called his first book, Entheogens and the Future of Religion, “the best single inquiry into the religious significance of chemically occasioned mystical experience that has yet appeared.” Forte was introduced to psychedelics in 1980 by Frank Barron, who initiated Timothy Leary and started the Harvard Psilocybin Project with him. From the University of California Forte was invited to Esalen to study with Stanislav Grof, before going to the University of Chicago to study the history and psychology of religion under Mircea Eliade. Over the years Forte has worked closely with many of the most prominent leaders of the psychedelic movement, including R. G. Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Alexander Shulgin, Claudio Naranjo, and many others. His early MDMA research in 1981-85 turned on 100s of people to this new medicine. Though this project led to the creation of MAPS, Forte is a vocal critic of MAPS government collusion and deceptive policies. His second book is a rounded view of Timothy Leary, Outside Looking In: Appreciations, Castigations, Reminiscences. He first experienced ayahuasca in 1988, and conducted ayahuasca research with cancer patients in Peru, yet he is now suspicious of the globalizing of ayahuasca as an form of “spiritual colonialism.” He is a enthusiastic supporter of conscious, independent psychedelic healing and recreation, and an equally fierce opponent of psychedelics for mind control, profiteering, and social engineering by political and economic elites.
Guest speaker: Keeper Trout PROGRAM NOTES: Year this lecture was recorded: 2017 The wonderful Keeper Trout shares with us today includes his experiences archiving the files of Dr. Alexander Shulgin, working to collect the chemistry of psychedelic plants and medicines (particularly mescaline containing plants), and the cultural and legal history of the Native use of […]
Casey William Hardison is an entheogenic activist and psychedelic chemist who most famously known for getting busted making LSD In the U.K. and defending himself in court, by acting as his own lawyer during his trial. Instead of arguing he did not commit the acts, he argued that--as long as he harmed no one--he had the human right to engage in his chosen entheogenic praxis. Casey stood for cognitive liberty and freedom of thought and continues to do so to this day. During his trial, Casey challenged the drug laws as a discriminatory affront to free thought, therapeutic choice and free religion. The trial judge rejected these arguments and an eight-week trial ensued after which Casey was convicted on March 18, 2005 on 6 of 8 counts and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on April 22, 2005. Aside from being known for being kidnapped by men with guns for partaking in a peaceful loving activity, Casey has attended entheogen-related conferences, wrote articles for the MAPS Bulletin, The Entheogen Review, and contributed to Erowid. Casey is a freedom fighter of the highest order of love and light. Extensive show notes and links are below. if you enjoy this show please leave a 5-star rating and review on iTunes. You can also support this how for as little as $1 a month at www.patreon.com/mikebranc FYI - I kind of went off the rails and ranted in anger about Sessions, Trump and the war on drugs in the begining of this episode for a about 20 minutes. You can skip ahead if you want to get to the interview. Thank you! #M I N D R I G H T S Show Notes and Links: Eroded Vault- Casey William Harrison: https://erowid.org/culture/characters/hardison_casey/ Erowid: erowid.org Burning Man: https://burningman.org/ Maps MDMA: http://www.maps.org/research/mdma Psychedelic Science: http://psychedelicscience.org/ The Beckley foundation: http://beckleyfoundation.org/ Amanda Fielding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Feilding William Blake: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3679-if-the-doors-of-perception-were-cleansed-every-thing-would Jung and Alchemy: http://www.carl-jung.net/alchemy.html Remembering Nick Sand - Orange Sunshine LSD Chemist: https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/nick-sand-orange-sunshine-lsd-chemist-dies-75/ Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/tonight-on-viceland-hamiltons-pharmacopeia-lizard-school The Grateful Dead: http://www.dead.net/ Richard Evans Shultes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evans_Schultes MAPS vol 10 # 2 2000: http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v10n2/v10n2.pdf Pharmacotheon Entheogenic Drugs Their Plant Sources and Histories by Jonathan Ott: https://www.amazon.com/Pharmacotheon-Entheogenic-Drugs-Sources-Histories/dp/0961423439/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495210221&sr=8-1&keywords=entheogenic+drugs+their+plant+sources+and+history+-+Jonathan+Ott Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline By Richard Evans Shultes: https://www.amazon.com/Ethnobotany-Discipline-Richard-Evans-Schultes/dp/0881929727/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495210285&sr=8-1&keywords=ethnobotany Ethnobiology Conference: https://ethnobiology.org/conference/upcoming Mentor, Sasha Shulgin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Shulgin https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Shulgin/e/B000APJGIC/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1495210495&sr=8-1 The amazing 2c-T-7 molecule: https://erowid.org/chemicals/2ct7/2ct7.shtml Brave New World By Aldous Huxley: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World/dp/B0012QED5Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495210778&sr=8-1&keywords=aldous+huxley+brave+new+world Erik Davis Article: https://aeon.co/essays/new-psychedelics-research-is-on-a-knife-edge-of-meaning Noosphere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere Gaia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(mythology) 2-cd molecule: https://erowid.org/chemicals/2cd/2cd.shtml Center For cognitive liberty & Ethics: http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/ On cognitive liberty part 1,2,3,4 Richard Glen Boire: http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/curriculum/oncoglib_123.htm The November Coalition: November.org - the razor wire - drug war prisoners : http://therazorwire.org/ Drug War Stats: http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-war-statistics Benjamin Rush:https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Rush Thomas Paine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine cognitive liberty shirt - unlock your mind symbol: http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/tshirts.html Sylvia Tyson:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Tyson journal of cognitive liberty - http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v10n2/v10n2.pdf - Psychedelic Salon: https://psychedelicsalon.com/ The Spirit Of The Internet: https://www.matrixmasters.com/spirit/html/html.html The Gunners Dream by Pink Floyd - “and no-one kills the children anymore” : http://www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/html/the-gunner-dream-final-lyrics.html Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/casey.william.freeblood just Google casey LSD: https://www.google.com/search?q=casey+lsd&oq=casey+lsd&aqs=chrome..69i57.1885j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Civil Disobedience By Henery David Thoreau
Eigentlich wollten Florian und ich wieder ein buntes Themensträußchen zu besten geben, sind dann aber irgendwie erstmal bei Asteroiden hängengeblieben – vermutlich weil’s interessant ist. Wir reden über Wissenschaftsläden, Kopien auf dem Mond, Herrn Dörffel, Sprachschützer, Erhard Weigel, den Venus-Transit, Ybbs (ohne Gimmick), Sternhelligkeiten, Asteroidenbergbau, Online-Emotionen, Aluminium-Unsinn, Attraktivität, Stift und Papier, Antimaterie, Pornografie, Hurrikane, Graphen, und Alexander Shulgin, den verstorbenen Erfinder von Ecstasy. […]
Eigentlich wollten Florian und ich wieder ein buntes Themensträußchen zu besten geben, sind dann aber irgendwie erstmal bei Asteroiden hängengeblieben – vermutlich weil’s interessant ist. Wir reden über Wissenschaftsläden, Kopien auf dem Mond, Herrn Dörffel, Sprachschützer, Erhard Weigel, den Venus-Transit, Ybbs (ohne Gimmick), Sternhelligkeiten, Asteroidenbergbau, Online-Emotionen, Aluminium-Unsinn, Attraktivität, Stift und Papier, Antimaterie, Pornografie, Hurrikane, Graphen, und Alexander Shulgin, den verstorbenen Erfinder von Ecstasy. […]
This week, Alexander Shulgin, the so called 'Godfather of ecstasy' died peacefully in his sleep. The 88 year old is best known for introducing MDMA, the active molecule in ecstasy, to psychologists in the 1970s, and also synthesised and tested over 200 psychoactive substances during his lifetime. Here is your Quickfire Science on ecstasy with Ginny Smith and Georgia Mills Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Hosts Jake Kettle and James Kent talk about the death of Alexander Shulgin, the Shulgin Research Foundation, and James' recent visit to the Shulgin farm. To support the Shulgin family please visit ShulginResearch.org
Pharmauscas glossalize and tantalize in their quest for the divine spark. What are ”rec-chems”, the thousands of new wave chemical compounds catalogued by bio-chemist Alexander Shulgin and others? What pathways do these compounds open up, and what do these keys say about the architecture of consciousness itself? Are rec-chems a neurochemical language of the divine, a “Neurobet” spoken only by a new wave of psychonautical translinguists? Is better living through chemistry possible, and what potentials does it offer us individually and as a species? What new maps of hyperspace do rec-chems open up? If rec-chems were integrated by society at large, would we be medicated or augmented? What are the dangers? Are rec-chems catalysts to transhumanity? Panel discussion held at EntheoGenesis Australis 2009 moderated by Rak Razam, featuring speakers: Torsten, Martin Williams, Jeremy, Nano Brain, Julian Palmer. photo courtesy of Spiral Monk c 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
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