Podcasts about Altered States

In this deeply personal episode of The Thought SNOB Podcast, Paula Swope explores how breathwork transformed her emotional healing, nervous system, and state of consciousness. She explains the science of breath and regulation, teaches simple breathing techniques, and shares a powerful experience from a transformative breathwork session in Mexico that permanently changed how she views forgiveness, healing, and personal growth.    Paula also discusses emotional release, nervous system responses, subconscious healing, and why breathwork can feel similar to altered states often associated with psychedelics — without substances. Whether you're new to breathwork or already exploring mind-body healing practices, this episode offers both practical guidance and a deeply human conversation about healing through the breath.

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The Rites of Passage. 1909; English translation, University of Chicago Press, 1960. Use for: separation, transition, incorporation, initiatory structure, and the candidate's movement through old identity, liminal state, and return.Victor Turner. “Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites of Passage.” In The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual. Cornell University Press, 1967. Use for: liminality, threshold identity, the candidate as “betwixt and between,” and darkness as embodied transition.Victor Turner. The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Aldine Publishing, 1969. Use for: liminality, communitas, anti-structure, social transformation, and the ritual pressure placed on ordinary identity.Catherine Bell. Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. Oxford University Press, 1992. Use for: ritualization, ritual power, the ritualized body, and the temple as a structured environment that trains perception and action.Catherine Bell. “The Ritual Body and the Dynamics of Ritual Power.” Journal of Ritual Studies 4, no. 2 (1990): 299–313. Use for: ritualized bodies, spatial discipline, gesture, power, and the way ritual arrangements shape action.John C. Lilly. The Deep Self: Profound Relaxation and the Tank Isolation Technique. Simon & Schuster, 1977. Use for: the isolation tank, reduced stimulation, altered consciousness, and the modern technological black room.John C. Lilly. The Center of the Cyclone: Looking into Inner Space. Julian Press, 1972. Use carefully for: Lilly's altered-state/counterculture context, isolation tank work, consciousness exploration, and the bridge between research and psychedelic-era experimentation.Justin S. Feinstein et al. “Examining the Short-Term Anxiolytic and Antidepressant Effect of Floatation-REST.” PLOS ONE 13, no. 2 (2018): e0190292. Use for: Floatation-REST, reduced environmental stimulation, anxiety reduction, mood change, and the clinical side of float tanks.Hannah Hruby et al. “Induction of Altered States of Consciousness During Floatation-REST Is Associated With the Dissolution of Body Boundaries and the Distortion of Subjective Time.” Scientific Reports 14 (2024). Use for: float tanks, altered states, body-boundary dissolution, and subjective time distortion.Madison K. M. Garland et al. “A Randomized Controlled Safety and Feasibility Trial of Floatation-REST in Anxious and Depressed Individuals.” PLOS ONE 18, no. 6 (2023): e0286899. Use for: safety, tolerability, repeated Floatation-REST, and caution against overclaiming.Lashgari et al. “Floatation-REST Systematic Review.” 2025. Use for: the broad current state of Floatation-REST research, including anxiety, pain, stress, sleep, well-being, and the need for stronger standardization and larger studies.Michael T. H. Do. “Melanopsin and the Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells.” Neuron 104, no. 2 (2019): 205–226. Use for: ipRGCs, melanopsin, non-image-forming vision, circadian entrainment, pupil response, sleep, and light as biological timing information.Lorenzo Lazzerini Ospri, Glen Prusky, and Samer Hattar. “Mood, the Circadian System, and Melanopsin Retinal Ganglion Cells.” Annual Review of Neuroscience 40 (2017): 539–556. Use for: light, mood, circadian rhythm, melanopsin, and the biological consequences of light exposure.Charles A. Czeisler and related circadian medicine research. Use for: artificial light, circadian disruption, melatonin suppression, shift work, and modern light exposure as a biological intervention.Anne-Marie Chang, Daniel Aeschbach, Jeanne F. Duffy, and Charles A. Czeisler. “Evening Use of Light-Emitting eReaders Negatively Affects Sleep, Circadian Timing, and Next-Morning Alertness.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, no. 4 (2015): 1232–1237. Use for: screens, evening light, melatonin suppression, delayed circadian timing, altered sleep, and modern light's effect on the body.A. Roger Ekirch. At Day's Close: Night in Times Past. W. W. Norton, 2005. Use for: premodern night, darkness before electric light, nocturnal fear, dreams, prayer, crime, labor, and the cultural history of darkness.A. Roger Ekirch. “Sleep We Have Lost: Pre-Industrial Slumber in the British Isles.” The American Historical Review 106, no. 2 (2001): 343–386. Use for: segmented sleep, first sleep and second sleep, night waking, dreams, prayer, and premodern sleep culture.Craig Koslofsky. Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2011. Use for: early modern night culture, artificial lighting, urban night, public space, and the transformation of darkness.Elisabeth Bronfen. Night Passages: Philosophy, Literature, and Film. Columbia University Press, 2013. Use for: symbolic and cultural readings of night, dream, fear, darkness, passage, and the imagination.Robert F. Taft. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today. Liturgical Press, 1993. Use for: night offices, vigils, prayer through darkness, sacred time, and Christian ritual use of night.Bernard McGinn. The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century. Crossroad, 1991. Use for: Christian mystical traditions, contemplative darkness, early mystical theology, and the development of mystical language.Pseudo-Dionysius. The Complete Works. Translated by Colm Luibheid. Paulist Press, 1987. Use for: divine darkness, apophatic theology, mystical unknowing, and darkness as a theological category.John of the Cross. Dark Night of the Soul. Various editions. Use carefully for: spiritual darkness, purification, absence, mystical trial, and transformation.“The Neophyte Initiation Ritual.” Public Golden Dawn ritual material. Use carefully for: hoodwink, darkness, “Light dawning in darkness,” staged revelation, and the candidate being brought from night into day.Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. The Crystal and the Way of Light: Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen. Routledge, 1986. Use for: Dzogchen context, light, vision, and the broader framework around contemplative perception.Christopher Hatchell. Naked Seeing: The Great Perfection, the Wheel of Time, and Visionary Buddhism in Renaissance Tibet. Oxford University Press, 2014. Use for: visionary practice, Great Perfection, Tibetan contemplative contexts, and careful treatment of luminosity and appearance.R. Shane Burns. “Dark Retreat in Tibetan Buddhist Practice.” Use for: dark retreat, preparation, disciplined context, and the difference between contemplative practice and casual sensory deprivation.Raymond Moody. Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed Loved Ones. Villard, 1993. Use for: modern psychomanteum practice, grief, mirror-gazing, and encounters with the dead.Arthur Hastings. “The Psychomanteum: A Modern Oracle of the Dead.” Use for: psychomanteum procedure, grief, memory, mirror-gazing, and structured encounter.Marcia K. Johnson, Shahin Hashtroudi, and D. Stephen Lindsay. “Source Monitoring.” Psychological Bulletin 114, no. 1 (1993): 3–28. Use for: inside/outside ambiguity, origin judgments, memory, imagination, and how dark or altered environments complicate interpretation.Shahar Arzy et al. “Induction of an Illusory Shadow Person.” Nature 443 (2006): 287. Use for: sensed presence, body-self disruption, temporoparietal junction, and the feeling of another being nearby.Olaf Blanke et al. “Neurological and Robot-Controlled Induction of an Apparition.” Current Biology 24, no. 22 (2014): 2681–2686. Use for: sensorimotor conflict, apparition-like presence, body-boundary disturbance, and the embodied basis of sensed presence.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. A

Support the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_USOne on One Video Call W/George https://tidycal.com/georgepmonty/60-minute-meetingMost of us are missing the point about psychedelics—and this episode shatters the illusion. Strider John Peterson, publisher of Psychedelic Pathways, reveals how responsible engagement with plant medicines, art, and storytelling can TRANSFORM CULTURE and consciousness—and why it's more vital than ever. This isn't just about psychedelics, it's about awakening a movement rooted in integrity, storytelling, and authentic human connection.Imagine a world where the stories of veterans, explorers, and underground voices don't just echo in secret but ripple out to reshape society. John shares firsthand his journey from ophthalmic science to spearheading a magazine that captures the true depth of the psychedelic renaissance—stories of trauma, hero's journeys, and sacred masculine evolution. You'll discover how responsible storytelling, grounded in intention, can challenge industry hype and steer this movement toward genuine personal and cultural awakening.We break down: the unseen power of visual storytelling, the role of responsible narratives in dismantling revolution-in-industry, and how psychedelics are just the beginning of a shift—an evolution in human awareness. John emphasizes the importance of honoring indigenous traditions, nurturing responsible use, and recognizing the power of community storytelling in a world eager for authentic change.The stakes? Without this responsible voice, the psychedelic movement risks commercialism, spiritual bypassing, and co-optation. But with it? Massive cultural shifts—building courage, purpose, and character in a fragmented world. This episode is perfect for anyone hungry for truth, real stories, or curious about how to guide a spiritual renaissance that amplifies our shared humanity.Geared toward seekers, activists, artists, and pioneers ready to challenge the status quo—this isn't just a podcast. It's a call to wake up, step in, and be part of the responsible revolution. Are you ready to listen deeper, think bigger, and say YES to authentic change? Hit play now & subscribe to the magazine your mind and soul will thank youFREE MAGAZINE https://www.psychedelicpathwaysmag.app/Contact:striderjohn@proton.mehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/petersonjohnc One on One Video call W/George https://tidycal.com/georgepmonty/60-minute-meetingSupport the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_US

What kind of man gets studied at Yale, Brown, and Harvard, builds a 300 person international research consortium, and still has powerful people working to erase his name? Dr. Daniel Ingram is not a guru. He is a retired level one trauma emergency physician. A published neuroscience researcher. The author of a book that has shaped contemplative practice for tens of thousands of readers. The acting organizer of a global research effort spanning Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cambridge, and Oxford. By every credential medicine respects, he is one of their own.So why did a senior figure allegedly commission an academic article engineered to surface at the top of every search of his name, with one stated goal? That nobody would ever believe him again. Because Dr. Ingram crossed a line his profession does not permit. He claimed that awakening is real. That it is measurable. That it is observable in the brain.  We go into what he has seen at the edges of human perception. What he documented in the lab. What he believes medicine is doing to patients every single day by refusing to look.The Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium

Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsPart 1: The Road of RhythmPart 1 focuses on the drum as an ancient technology of altered consciousness. The argument is not that every beat causes trance, or that neuroscience has proven spirits. The stronger argument is that rhythm enters the human organism through hearing, motor prediction, breath, movement, attention, emotion, expectation, culture, and social synchrony. The drum becomes powerful when sound, body, group, ritual frame, and meaning converge. These sources support the archaeology, neuroscience, EEG research, shamanic studies, possession studies, Indigenous and culturally specific drum traditions, ritual theory, placebo and meaning-response research, ceremonial magic, and modern witchcraft material used in the episode.Core Academic and Scientific SourcesHuels, Emma R., Hyoungkyu Kim, UnCheol Lee, Tirsa Bel-Bahar, Ana V. Colmenero, Alexandra Nelson, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, George A. Mashour, and Richard E. Harris. “Neural Correlates of the Shamanic State of Consciousness.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 15 (2021): 610466. Use for the strongest modern EEG anchor. This study used high-density EEG with shamanic practitioners and controls during rest, shamanic drumming, and classical music listening. It assessed altered-state reports alongside brain measures such as power, connectivity, signal diversity, and criticality. Use carefully: the study does not prove spirits or show that drumming mechanically causes trance in everyone. It supports the more careful claim that trained practitioners entering shamanic states with drumming show measurable brain-state differences.Gordon, Yoel, Golan Karvat, Noa Dagan, and Ayelet N. Landau. “Neural Tracking at Theta Predicts Drumming-Induced Altered States of Consciousness.” Scientific Reports 16, no. 1 (2026): Article 10204. Use for the strongest updated drumming/theta/neural-tracking source. This study tested drumming at theta, delta, and alpha-rate rhythms while recording EEG, and found that stronger rhythmic neural tracking at theta was linked to stronger altered-experience reports. Use carefully: this does not mean theta equals the spirit world or that one frequency opens a portal. The serious point is that altered experience may depend partly on how strongly the nervous system tracks rhythmic stimulation.Aparicio-Terrés, R., et al. “The Neurobiology of Altered States of Consciousness Induced by Drumming and Other Rhythmic Sound Patterns.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2025. Use for the newer review literature showing that rhythmic sound is now a serious altered-consciousness research topic. This supports the opening claim that modern academia is examining drumming, rhythmic sound, absorption, relaxation, cognition, and neural activity without reducing the subject to one simple “trance frequency.” The review is especially useful for framing the field as promising but still complex.Neher, Andrew. “Auditory Driving Observed with Scalp Electrodes in Normal Subjects.” Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 13 (1961): 449–451. Use for the historical bridge between repetitive sound, EEG, auditory driving, and early scientific interest in rhythmic stimulation.Neher, Andrew. “A Physiological Explanation of Unusual Behavior in Ceremonies Involving Drums.” Human Biology 34, no. 2 (1962): 151–160. Use carefully. This is useful as an early attempt to connect ceremonial drumming and physiology, but it should be balanced with Rouget because the “drum simply causes trance” argument is too mechanical.Maurer, R., V. K. Kumar, L. Woodside, and R. J. Pekala. “Phenomenological Experience in Response to Monotonous Drumming and Hypnotizability.” American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 40, no. 2 (1997): 130–145. Use for monotonous drumming, subjective altered experience, imagery, absorption, and hypnotizability.Maxfield, Melinda C. “Effects of Rhythmic Drumming on EEG and Subjective Experience.” PhD diss., Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 1990. Use as older supporting context on drumming, EEG, imagery, body-image changes, and subjective altered experience. Do not make this the main scientific proof; use it as background.Nozaradan, Sylvie, Isabelle Peretz, and André Mouraux. “Tagging the Neuronal Entrainment to Beat and Meter.” The Journal of Neuroscience 31, no. 28 (2011): 10234–10240. Use for EEG evidence that the brain can track beat and meter. This supports the claim that the brain does not merely hear rhythm as background sound; it can represent rhythmic structure in measurable ways.Nozaradan, Sylvie. “Exploring How Musical Rhythm Entrains Brain Activity with Electroencephalogram Frequency-Tagging.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369, no. 1658 (2014). Use as broader rhythm/EEG entrainment support. This helps explain frequency-tagging, beat tracking, meter, neural entrainment, and the measurable relationship between rhythmic structure and brain activity.Thaut, Michael H., Gerald C. McIntosh, and Volker Hoemberg. “Neurobiological Foundations of Neurologic Music Therapy: Rhythmic Entrainment and the Motor System.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2015). Use for rhythm as motor-system timing information. This supports the claim that a beat can become bodily instruction, not just sound for the ear. Especially useful when discussing rhythmic auditory stimulation, motor planning, gait, entrainment, and the auditory-motor bridge.Ross, Jessica M., John R. Iversen, and Ramesh Balasubramaniam. “Time Perception for Musical Rhythms: Sensorimotor Perspectives on Entrainment, Simulation, and Prediction.” 2022. Use for rhythm, timing, prediction, sensorimotor entrainment, and the way musical rhythm interacts with time perception.Hove, Michael J., and Jane L. Risen. “It's All in the Timing: Interpersonal Synchrony Increases Affiliation.” Social Cognition 27, no. 6 (2009): 949–960. Use for synchrony and social bonding. This helps support the group-body argument: moving or acting in time with others can increase affiliation.Wiltermuth, Scott S., and Chip Heath. “Synchrony and Cooperation.” Psychological Science 20, no. 1 (2009): 1–5. Use for the claim that synchronized movement can increase cooperation and attachment among participants.Tarr, Bronwyn, Jacques Launay, and Robin I. M. Dunbar. “Music and Social Bonding: ‘Self-Other' Merging and Neurohormonal Mechanisms.” Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014): 1096. Use for music, synchrony, bonding, endorphin/social mechanisms, and why group rhythm can feel like more than private listening.Fancourt, Daisy, Rosie Perkins, Sara Ascenso, Louise Atkins, Fatima Kilfeather, and Aaron Williamon. “Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users.” PLOS ONE 11, no. 3 (2016): e0151136. Use for modern group-drumming research showing psychological and physiological effects, including anxiety, depression, social resilience, wellbeing, and inflammatory immune response. Use carefully: this does not make group drumming a cure-all. It supports the more grounded claim that embodied rhythm and group participation can affect mood, social connection, and body chemistry.Bittman, Barry B., et al. “Composite Effects of Group Drumming Music Therapy on Modulation of Neuroendocrine-Immune Parameters in Normal Subjects.” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 7, no. 1 (2001): 38–47. Use as older supporting material on group drumming and neuroendocrine-immune measures. Keep secondary. Fancourt is cleaner for the main script body.Archaeology and Deep History of DrumsLawergren, Bo. “Neolithic Drums in China.” In Music Archaeology in China. 2006. Use for clay drums in Neolithic China and the deep-history claim that drums are not just poetic symbols of antiquity. They appear in the archaeological record as instruments tied to early sound-making, ceremony, and social order.Both, Arnd Adje. “Music Archaeology: Some Methodological and Theoretical Considerations.” Use as general support for why ancient instruments should be treated as ritual and social evidence, not merely decorative objects.Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Ritual, and TranceRouget, Gilbert. Music and Trance: A Theory of the Relations Between Music and Possession. Translated by Brunhilde Biebuyck. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Essential source. Use for the caution that music does not mechanically or universally cause trance. Rouget helps keep the argument academically serious by emphasizing culture, ritual frame, meaning, and expectation.Becker, Judith. Deep Listeners: MAlso want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. 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In this episode of The Lucas Mack Show, Lucas sits down with journalist and author John O'Connor to explore the origins of the modern psychedelic movement through the life and legacy of Terence McKenna, one of its most influential and controversial pioneers. Drawing from his new book, A Short, Strange Trip, John examines the infamous 1971 La Chorrera experiment in the Amazon and the ideas that helped shape today's growing fascination with psychedelics, plant medicine, and altered states of consciousness. The conversation moves beyond politics and headlines into deeper questions about healing, spirituality, identity, and the human search for truth. John also shares the personal story that inspired his investigation, including his father's struggle with alcoholism and attempts at psychedelic-assisted therapy. Together, Lucas and John explore how hallucinogens evolved from counterculture taboo into a mainstream wellness movement backed by clinical research, venture capital, and legislative reform, while asking an important question: when does subjective experience become accepted as truth? This is a thought-provoking conversation about belief, healing, consciousness, and the growing intersection between spirituality, psychology, and modern culture. More on John O'ConnorWebsite and Instagram Thank you for listening – if you're struggling to break free and need support – go to my website and www.lucasmack.com. There's you'll find resources like videos and eBooks and information on how to work with me for coaching.

Dr. Wilner would love your feedback! Click here to send a text! Thanks!May 24, 2026 Show Notes Altered States Wellness with Kyle StruebingMany thanks to Kyle Struebing for joining me today for the 164th episode of The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner. Kyle is a co-founder of Altered States Wellness along with Jo-Jo, his life partner. Altered States Wellness is a franchise focusing on wellness services, which include float therapy, cold plunge therapy, red light therapy, PEMF (pulsed electromagnetic field) therapy, and other alternative treatments.Kyle shared his interest in wellness that sprouted from a self-care journey. His experience included years in the car business, followed by selling supplements, and finally moving into wellness. His current work in wellness has provided immense satisfaction in helping others and offers an attractive work–life balance.Altered States Wellness has grown into a franchise, currently operating in five locations across Texas, with more under development. Kyle emphasized the importance of offering multiple treatment modalities rather than focusing solely on one treatment approach, as this allows for optimal solutions for each client's needs. For individuals contemplating a franchise, Kyle emphasized the importance of having both business acumen and a personal belief in the health benefits of the wellness services.To learn more, go to www.alteredstateswellness.comFor more on float therapy and Project Arcturus: https://www.clinicalfloat.org/arcturus@alteredstateswellness @justinfeinstein @projectarcturus #floattherapy #redlighttherapy @BobbyDubois @drbobbyPlease click "Fanmail" and share your feedback!If you enjoy an episode, please share with friends and colleagues. "The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner" is now available on Alexa! Just say, "Play podcast The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner!" To never miss a program, subscribe at www.andrewwilner.com. Follow me on Instagram: @andrewwilnermdX: @drwilnerlinkedin.com/in/drwilner Please rate and review each episode. To contact Dr. Wilner or to join the mailing list: www.andrewwilner.comThis production has been made possible in part by support from “The Art of Medicine's” wonderful sponsor, Locumstory.com, a resource where providers can get real, unbiased answers about locum tenens. If you are interested in locum tenens, or considering a new full-time position, please go to Locumstory.com.Or paste this link into your browser:https://locumstory.com/?source=DSP_directbuy_drwilnerpodcast...

In this episode, Jonathan Mozenter discusses Psychedelics and Ascension: Turning Altered States into Embodied Awakening. Jonathan Mozenter is a transformational guide and organizational development expert specializing in the integration of psychedelics, advanced meditation, and energy-based practices for human flourishing. With decades of deep inner work—including Vajrayana Buddhism, somatic healing, and altered state exploration—he helps high-performing individuals discover their unique pathway to awakening, embodiment, and flow. Jonathan’s work focuses on translating profound mystical experiences into grounded, practical change, guiding clients beyond peak experiences into sustained transformation. He bridges spirituality and real-world performance, offering a clear, structured approach to evolving consciousness while staying deeply human and embodied. For More Information ★ To learn more about Jonathan Mozenter check out his website: www.mozenter.com★ If you enjoyed the show, please leave us a five star iTunes review. Visit Spiritual Rockstar Podcast at https://yoursacredpurpose.com/ for more information!★ I encourage you to join our Rock Your Sacred Purpose Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/246228169428755★ Do you want to Meditate and Make Money? Grab your Free meditation today: YourSacredPurpose.com Show Notes ★ 3:38 – How do I know psychedelics are right for me?★ 12:47 – Intention is everything, it is so important.★ 22:34 – Understand that we have parts, and part of you has a higher self and we want to talk to that part.★ 30:35 – I could not meditate to save my life, I couldn’t do the concentration part. I had to get my energy up.★ 36:39 – Let’s talk about markers for success, are you moving towards your goals?★ 48:33 – This is my personal philosophy for human flourishing: master your mind, master your energy and master the patterns of life.★ 58:23 – Reach out to Jonathan if you are interested in checking out his new community here: jonathan@mozenter.com★ 59:44 – Everything serves you, start there. Listen to the Show The post 521: Jonathan Mozenter – Psychedelics and Ascension: Turning Altered States into Embodied Awakening appeared first on Your Sacred Purpose.

Your relationships are reshaping your biology in ways that diet and exercise alone cannot fix, and the science behind it will change how you think about longevity, metabolism, and what it actually means to be healthy. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Host Dave Asprey sits down with Dr. Molly Maloof, a physician and one of the most innovative voices in personalized medicine, functional medicine, and human performance. Since 2012, she has advised or consulted for over 50 companies across digital health, consumer health, and biotechnology. She pioneered a course on healthspan at Stanford University and founded Adamo Bioscience, a company dedicated to unlocking the science of love as a pathway to healing and human connection. Dr. Maloof brings a rare combination of clinical depth, biohacking credibility, and entrepreneurial range to one of the most overlooked conversations in longevity. Together, Dave and Dr. Maloof dig into the neurobiology of love and attachment, the hormonal drivers of the sex drive and pair bonding, and how chronic isolation wrecks your metabolism at the cellular level. They explore the cell danger response and how toxic relationships, mold exposure, and trauma can lock your cells into a self-protection mode that blocks healing. They also cover psychedelics as hormetic tools, oxytocin as nature's medicine, the placebo response, peptide therapy for mitochondrial repair and anti-aging, and why regenerative medicine is about to rewrite the rules of human lifespan. If you are serious about biohacking your body from the inside out, this episode is essential. 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In this conversation, Danny Yepez, co-founder and co-CEO of Behold Retreats, shares his journey from energy innovation to facilitating transformative plant medicine experiences. He discusses the importance of plant medicine in gaining clarity and perspective, addressing skepticism, and targeting leaders and change makers for transformation. The conversation delves into the rigorous process of preparation and integration necessary for participants, the societal stigma surrounding psychedelics, and the practical benefits of these experiences. Danny emphasizes the significance of trust and readiness in the journey of self-discovery and healing through plant medicine. takeaways Danny transitioned from energy innovation to plant medicine after a personal awakening. He emphasizes that plant medicine is about gaining clarity, not escaping life. Skepticism about plant medicine often stems from misunderstanding its purpose. Targeting leaders and change makers can amplify the impact of transformation. The process of transformation includes rigorous preparation and integration. Integration is crucial for lasting change after the plant medicine experience. Societal stigma around psychedelics is decreasing as they gain mainstream acceptance. Practical benefits of plant medicine include enhanced clarity and intuition. Trust is essential for participants to fully engage in the process. Plant medicine has been used for centuries and is becoming more accessible. Connect with Danny and his team https://www.behold-retreats.com/

In this episode, we tied together our discussions of the binding and boundary problems by discussing Altered States of Consciousness.

What if trance isn't something you enter… but something you realise is already there?In this first part of a two-part experience with Joe Rowley Flynn, we explore the foundations of trance blending — stripping it back to something far more natural, accessible, and less complicated than most people imagine.This isn't about technique-heavy mediumship. It's about awareness. Presence. And letting go of the need to “do.”Joe shares a refreshingly simple approach to trance — one that challenges the idea that you need years of effort, struggle, or perfection to experience it.Because the truth is…The presence is already there.This episode sets the stage for Part 2 — The Presence Is Already There Experience — where we move from understanding… into direct experience.

Arrow UK's Neil Snowdon walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through five movies he's proud to have released via Arrow, and five he wishes he could release. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Warriors (1979) Innerspace (1987) Excalibur (1981) The Emerald Forest (1985) Deliverance (1972) Hope and Glory (1987) Where the Heart Is (1990) Zardoz (1974) The Devils (1971) First Knight (1995) The Exorcist (1973) Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) Boorman and the Devil (2026) The Shootist (1976) The Cowboys (1972) Dirty Harry (1971) Taxi Driver (1976) True Grit (1976) Targets (1968) Sleep (2020) Suspiria (2018) Suspiria (1977) Ms. 45 (1981) Irreversible (2002) The Boy Friend (1971) Women in Love (1969) Altered States (1981) The Music Lovers (1970) Lisztomania (1975) Tommy (1975) Trapped Ashes (2008) Gothic (1986) The Lair of the White Worm (1988) Crimes of Passion (1984) Whore (1991) Salome's Last Dance (1988) Robin and Marian (1976) Unforgiven (1992) Nuits Rogues (1974) Judex (1963) Eyes Without a Face (1960) Petulia (1968) Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) Cuba (1979) Citizen Kane (1941) The Three Musketeers (1973) The Four Musketeers (1974) Fantomas (1913-14) Les Vampires (1915) The Hunger (1983) Unstoppable (2010) True Romance (1994) Domino (2005) Deja Vu (2006) The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Loving Memory (1970) Performance (1970) Little Big Man (1970) Top Gun (1986) The Last Boy Scout (1991) Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) Isle of the Dead (1945) Cat People (1943) The Body Snatcher (1945) Bedlam (1946) I Walked with a Zombie (1943) The Seventh Victim (1943) Marlowe (1969) The Long Goodbye (1973) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Arrow Video UK Harlan Ellison  John Boorman Powers Boothe Dabney Coleman Neil Jordan Walt Disney Pictures 20th Century Studios Warner Bros. Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Clockwork The Cannes Film Festival Ken Russell The Parade's Gone By… book by Kevin Brownlow (1976) Mike Hodges Anthony Pratt Boris Karloff King Arthur Robin Hood The Once and Future King novel by T.H. White (1958) Arthur Rex novel by Anthony Burgess (1978) David Kittredge Our William Friedkin podcast episode William A. Fraker BJ and Harmony Colangelo Lee Gambin Jim Hemphill Glenn Kenny Don Siegel John Wayne Robert Mitchum John Carradine Letterboxd TFH Guru Jonathan Kaplan Dino De Laurentiis Sam Peckinpah Pauline Kael Howard Hawks John Ford Ron Howard Howard S. Berger Sandra Hüller  Michael Venus Walter Hill Ms. 45 (Cultographies) by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2017) Abel Ferrara Richard Howorth Zoë Lund Gaspar Noé The Warner Archive Collection Richard Lester Robert Shaw Nicol Williamson Richard Harris Sean Connery Audrey Hepburn Georges Franju  BFI The Criterion Collection Jacques Champreux Louis Feuillade Tony Scott Denzel Washington Christopher Walken Dennis Hopper Nicholas Roeg “Bela Lugosi's Dead” song by Bauhaus (1979) Dick Smith Carl Fullerton Griffith Park in Los Angeles Val Lewton Henry Daniell Bela Lugosi Columbia Pictures The Body Snatcher short story by Robert Louis Stevenson (1884) James Garner Bruce Lee The Rockford Files TV series (1974-80) Mike Mignola Tony Stella SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We're a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you enjoy this episode, we're sure you will enjoy more content like this on The Occult Rejects.  In fact, we have curated playlists on occult topics like grimoires, esoteric concepts and phenomena, occult history, analyzing true crime and cults with an occult lens, Para politics, and occultism in music. Whether you enjoy consuming your content visually or via audio, we've got you covered - and it will always be provided free of charge.  So, if you enjoy what we do and want to support our work of providing accessible, free content on various platforms, please consider making a donation to the links provided below.  Thank you and enjoy the episode!Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Cash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsPrimary / traditional texts and core religious sourcesĀnāpānasati Sutta (MN 118), translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Access to Insight. Best primary source for Buddhist mindfulness of breathing.“Ḏekr / Dhikr,” Encyclopaedia Iranica. Strong source for Sufi remembrance, rhythmic repetition, posture, and breathing-linked practice.“Hesychasm,” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Good general source for the Christian contemplative tradition of stillness, uninterrupted prayer, and the Jesus Prayer.“Saint Gregory Palamas,” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Useful for the role of bodily posture and controlled breathing in Hesychast prayer.Crowley, Aleister. Liber E vel Exercitiorum. Primary text for Crowley's explicit inclusion of “Pranayama – Regularisation of the Breathing” in occult training.Crowley, Aleister. Book Four, Part 1. Useful for Crowley's statement that pranayama is useful in “quieting the emotions and appetites.”Historical / religious context“Prana,” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Best short source for the deep Indian background: prāṇa, the five prāṇas, and breath as vital force.“Pranayama,” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Best short source for classical Yoga: pranayama as the fourth limb aimed toward samādhi.“Hatha Yoga,” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Useful for the force-oriented turn: bodily mastery, purification, and regulation of breathing.“Qi,” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Good for Daoist and Chinese background: qi as psychophysical energy and breath-linked vital force.“Qigong,” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Useful for qigong as a discipline combining movement, breathing, and mental concentration.“Are Kabbalistic Meditations all about Ecstasy?” in Hermes Explains (Cambridge). Strong academic source for Abraham Abulafia and ecstatic Kabbalah.“Classical Kabbalah, Its History and Symbolic Universe.” Useful academic source noting ecstatic Kabbalah's breathing exercises, postures, and developed techniques.Neuroscience / physiology / altered statesAshhad, Kam, Del Negro, and Feldman. “Breathing Rhythm and Pattern and Their Influence on Emotion.” Annual Review of Neuroscience (2022). One of the best overview papers for the whole episode.Yackle et al. “Breathing control center neurons that promote arousal in mice.” Science (2017). Key source for the preBötzinger complex / calm-vs-arousal section.Schottelkotte and Dutschmann. “Forebrain control of breathing: Anatomy and potential functions.” Frontiers in Neurology (2022). Best source for cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and thalamus in breathing control.Krohn et al. “The integrated brain network that controls respiration.” eLife (2023). Strong review for respiration as part of a larger integrated brain network.Heck et al. “Breathing as a fundamental rhythm of brain function.” Human MEG work on respiration-modulated brain oscillations across frequency bands and brain regions.(Note: the specific MEG paper surfaced in earlier research as the respiration-modulated oscillations study; the review sources above are the strongest anchors for that section.)Zelano et al. “Nasal Respiration Entrains Human Limbic Oscillations and Modulates Cognitive Function.” Journal of Neuroscience (2016). One of the most important human papers in the whole script.Schreiner et al. “Respiration modulates sleep oscillations and memory reactivation in humans.” Nature Communications (2023). Best source for the sleep-spindle / memory-reactivation section.Zaccaro et al. “How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psychophysiological Correlates of Slow Breathing.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience / PMC version (2018). Best broad source for slow breathing under 10 breaths per minute.Shao, Man, and Lee. “The Effect of Slow-Paced Breathing on Cardiovascular and Emotion Functions: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.” Mindfulness (2024). Useful for the stabilizing-road section.Kozhevnikov et al. “Neurocognitive and Somatic Components of Temperature Increases during g-Tummo Meditation.” PLoS ONE (2013). Best source for vase breathing and inner-heat claims.Zhang et al. “Hyperventilation in neurological patients: from physiology to outcome evidence.” Useful source for hypocapnia, cerebral vasoconstriction, and reduced cerebral blood flow.Havenith et al. “Decreased CO2 saturation during circular breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness.” Communications Psychology (2025). The key modern paper for circular breathwork and altered-state onset. Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. Now let me introduce the rest of the panel and guests.

If you enjoy this episode, we're sure you will enjoy more content like this on The Occult Rejects.  In fact, we have curated playlists on occult topics like grimoires, esoteric concepts and phenomena, occult history, analyzing true crime and cults with an occult lens, Para politics, and occultism in music. Whether you enjoy consuming your content visually or via audio, we've got you covered - and it will always be provided free of charge.  So, if you enjoy what we do and want to support our work of providing accessible, free content on various platforms, please consider making a donation to the links provided below.  Thank you and enjoy the episode!Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Cash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsBibliography / Show NotesAmaya, I. A., Behrens, F., et al. “Effect of Frequency and Rhythmicity on Flicker Light-Induced Visual Hallucinations.” PLOS ONE, 2023.Key use: frequency, rhythmicity, 10 Hz flicker, Klüver forms.Shenyan, O., Lisi, M., Greenwood, J. A., Skipper, J. I., & Dekker, T. M. “Visual Hallucinations Induced by Ganzflicker and Ganzfeld Differ in Frequency, Complexity, and Content.” Scientific Reports, 2024.Key use: Ganzfeld vs. Ganzflicker.Bressloff, P. C., Cowan, J. D., Golubitsky, M., Thomas, P. J., & Wiener, M. C. “Geometric Visual Hallucinations, Euclidean Symmetry and the Functional Architecture of Striate Cortex.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2001.Key use: form constants, tunnels, spirals, lattices, honeycombs, visual cortex modeling.Bressloff, P. C. “What Geometric Visual Hallucinations Tell Us About the Visual Cortex.” Neural Computation, 2002.Key use: Klüver form constants and visual cortex explanation.Mauro, F., et al. “A Bidirectional Link Between Brain Oscillations and Geometric Patterns.” Journal of Neuroscience, 2015.Key use: brain oscillations and geometric visual patterns.Hewitt, T., et al. “Stroboscopically Induced Visual Hallucinations.” Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2025.Key use: history and science of stroboscopic hallucinations.Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. “Hallucinations from Flickering Lights: What Happens in Our Brain?” 2024.Key use: standing waves / visual cortex explanation.Purkinje, J. E. Early 19th-century writings on subjective visual phenomena and flicker effects.Key use: historical scientific observation of flicker-induced visual effects.Klüver, H. Mescal and Mechanisms of Hallucinations. University of Chicago Press, 1966.Key use: form constants: tunnels, spirals, lattices, cobwebs.Epilepsy Foundation / clinical photosensitivity guidance.Key use: photosensitive epilepsy safety warning; flashing lights and visual patterns can trigger seizures in susceptible people.“Visually-Provoked Seizures: Consensus of the Epilepsy Foundation of America Working Group.” Epilepsia.Key use: safety, photosensitive seizure risk.Ofcom / broadcast photosensitive epilepsy standards and strobe-light safety cases.Key use: real-world risk from rapid flashing light in media environments.Extra useful context sourcesGysin, B., and Sommerville, I. Dreamachine-related writings and documentation.Key use: 20th-century flicker device, art, counterculture, visionary technology.Huxley, A. The Doors of Perception.Key use: altered perception context, though not specifically flicker science.Lewis-Williams, D. The Mind in the Cave.Key use: cave art, altered states, entoptic imagery, visionary interpretation.Eliade, M. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy.Key use: older ritual technologies of altered states; use carefully as historical theory.Tart, C. T., ed. Altered States of Consciousness.Key use: broader academic framing for non-ordinary states.Vaitl, D., et al. “Psychobiology of Altered States of Consciousness.” Psychological Bulletin, 2005.Key use: general altered-state science framework.Also want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. Now let me introduce the rest of the panel and guests.

In this episode, Caesar sits down with Steve Barnes of the Sweet Child of Time podcast for a wide-ranging conversation that bridges the gap between creative production and the depths of the subconscious. The two explore the technical hurdles of music and podcasting, comparing notes on how to build an authentic audience in an increasingly saturated digital landscape. A major highlight of the discussion is a deep dive into the philosophy of dreaming, where Steve shares his dream-theories and his unique experiences with a sense of purpose within his dreams. They also touch on the "in-between" states of consciousness and how meditation can offer glimpses into alternate dimensions. To wrap things up, Steve provides a list of binge-worthy TV recommendations, ranging from complex German thrillers to documentaries. It's a perfect listen for anyone interested in the intersection of art, media strategy, and the mysteries of the mind. Check out Steve's podcast and music…Sweet Child of Time Podcast - Sweet Child Of Time Recaps and Discussions Introvoid Band - Stoned Broke - Album by Introvoid | Spotify

Mike Fiorito returns to the show and Joshua Cutchin and Seriah speak with him about his latest book, The Innerspace of Outerspace, a book that deals with Music, Altered States, Channeling Music, and much more. This conversation is also continued in a Pateron segment...Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! All this for only $3 a month! Outro Music is Morpheus V2.1 by Psyche Corporation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mens Room Question: Good or Bad What Happened when you Were in an Altered State?

Mens Room Question: Good or Bad What Happened when you Were in an Altered State?

Our last episode was a Previews episode, and so is this one! How about them apples? Murd, Raph and Ian are back, as they delve into all the picks from the various catalogs that are mainly set for June 2026 release. Highlights include Supergirl and Lobo teaming up for the Summer of Supergirl Special AND in Lobo, Chip Zdarsky gets an Avengers event with Avengers Armageddon, Boom! reboots the Power Rangers with the help of Marguerite Bennett, multiple comic book iterations of The Odyssey (but only one has Godzilla), that slacker Dan Mora gets an art showcase book, Dynamite goes alternate universe with their Altered States line, a Wicked comic adaptation, Dark Horse gets its own shared universe with Jonathan Hickman, Mike del Mundo and Nick Spencer at the helm so we can totally take credit for that, and more!You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph's new shorts series, Raph's Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven't already done so.You can also follow Comic Timing on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners! Finally, you can join in on the conversation at our Comic Timing Fans group on Facebook, which is a great place to hang out and talk comics.Follow Ian on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK's Bullets and can be found on Bluesky; Raph is on Twitch at RaphDoesStuff, Instagram, and Bluesky.Thanks for listening, we'll catch you next time, and as always, there's always time for comics!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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In this conversation, Suzanne sits down with philosopher and consciousness researcher Dr. Christopher Bache to explore what altered states of consciousness can reveal about the deeper nature of reality. Their discussion moves far beyond the method used to access these states and focuses instead on what those experiences suggest about the universe itself: that consciousness may be fundamental, that love is the connective tissue of oneness, and that humanity may be part of a much longer evolutionary process. It's a thoughtful conversation about who we are, why life can be difficult, and how a larger view of consciousness can change the way we understand both suffering and meaning. Suzanne Giesemann is a former Navy Commander-turned spiritual teacher, author, documentarian and evidential medium. Through The Awakened Way, she shares practical tools for living with peace, balance, and joyful connection to Spirit. In her vast YouTube library you will find inspired teachings, messages from her guides, Sanaya, meditations, and evidence that love and life never end. To stay connected : Join my newsletter - ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/suzanne-news⁠⁠ Follow me on Facebook - /suzannegiesemann See my linktr.ee - ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/suzanne_giesemann⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if a glowing pyramid sitting in your living room could restructure your biology, compress decades of meditation into minutes, and shift your brain into an altered state without drugs, breathwork, or effort? This episode reveals the science and experience behind one of the most unusual biohacking technologies Host Dave Asprey has ever encountered. -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR -Get $250 off from The Light System by using code ‘daveasprey' at: https://www.thelightsystems.com/ Jason Shurka is an author, philanthropist, and founder of Unified Healing, a global network spanning 55 countries and hundreds of wellness centers worldwide. He has written five books on health, consciousness, and human performance, and serves as the driving force behind The Light System, a technology now joined with the Gaia Network. Shurka has spent years documenting firsthand results from people around the world, making him one of the most credible independent voices on emerging light-based healing technologies. Dave Asprey and Jason Shurka break down exactly how The Light System uses full spectrum biophotonic light and encoded affirmations to create a coherent energy field that the body synchronizes with at a cellular level. They explore how this technology targets the molecular structure of water in your body, increases cellular electrical conductivity by up to 80 percent in under an hour, and creates the conditions your mitochondria need to produce more energy, accelerate recovery, and trigger deep self healing. You will learn why your body is already a light based organism, how biophotons drive biological communication at the cellular level, and why the geometry of a pyramid amplifies these effects in ways that flat screen technology cannot replicate. They also dig into the nature of consciousness, the ego as a biological operating system, and why the most powerful biohacking interventions are often the ones that work below the threshold of conscious awareness. You will Learn: Why cellular electrical conductivity increases by 80 percent after one hour of exposure to The Light System How encoded light affirmations restructure the molecular formation of water in your body without conscious effort What biophotons are and why your mitochondria, gut bacteria, and DNA are already producing and receiving them How full spectrum visible light maps directly onto the body's energy centers and organ systems Why the metamatrix font used in The Light System produces stronger biological effects than standard text How this technology was invented by a programmer combining transcendental meditation with software development What happens to your brain state when you stare at encoded light and why it resembles deep meditation without the effort How geometry, specifically the pyramid shape, amplifies photonic output and room coverage Why altered states accessed through light may be one of the most underexplored frontiers in brain optimization and neuroplasticity How to use The Light System for sleep optimization, pain relief, and cellular recovery Thank you to our sponsors! Pre-order Arthur Brook's new book today at themeaningofyourlife.com. You can also see Arthur speak live at the 2026 Beyond Biohacking Conference Go to timeline.com/dave and save 20% with code DAVE20 STEMREGEN | Go to stemregen.co/dave30 Use code DAVE30 for 30% OFF your next order Screenfit | Get your at-home eye training program for 40% off using code DAVE at https://www.screenfit.com/dave Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. With over 1,000 interviews and 1 million monthly listeners, The Human Upgrade brings you the knowledge to take control of your biology, extend your longevity, and optimize every system in your body and mind. Each episode delivers cutting-edge insights in health, performance, neuroscience, supplements, nutrition, biohacking, emotional intelligence, and conscious living. New episodes are released every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday (BONUS). 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Spring is returning and so are we with another installment of the Monster Mash. You fine listeners all know the format well by now, but you haven't heard it get quite this weird before. Lend us your ears as we mash together chaos and sort it out in three very unusual films in “Sante Sangre” (1989 – Grizz), “Innocent Blood” (1992 – Professor) and “Altered States” (1980 – Vinny). Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and our blog. Thanks for listening!

FOLLOW RICHARD Website: https://www.strangeplanet.ca YouTube: @strangeplanetradio Instagram: @richardsyrettstrangeplanet TikTok: @therealstrangeplanet EP. # 1332 The Anunnaki Stargate: Did Ancient Priesthoods Open Doorways Through Consciousness For thousands of years, the Sumerians told of powerful beings known as the Anunnaki—mysterious entities said to have shaped civilization, bestowed knowledge, and then vanished into myth. Most people today assume they were extraterrestrials. But what if the story was never about aliens at all? Historian Dr. Heather Lynn argues that the Anunnaki may have been non-human intelligences encountered through altered states of consciousness—accessed through ritual, trance, and sacred practices used by ancient priesthoods. In her new book Anunnaki Revelation, she explores a startling possibility: that ancient civilizations possessed a lost technology of consciousness—a kind of stargate of the mind—capable of opening contact with other realms. GUEST: Dr. Heather Lynn is a historian, researcher, and author who explores the hidden side of ancient history—where archaeology, mythology, and the occult intersect. She has appeared on the History Channel's Ancient Aliens and written several books examining lost civilizations, forbidden knowledge, and the mysteries embedded in ancient texts. Her latest book, Anunnaki Revelation, challenges the extraterrestrial narrative and proposes a startling new interpretation: that the “gods” of antiquity may have been non-human intelligences encountered through altered states of consciousness. WEBSITE: https://www.drheatherlynn.com BOOK: Anunnaki Revelation: Hidden History, Altered States, and the Mystery of Humanity SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! QUINCE Luxury, European linen that gets softer with every wash! Turn up the luxury when you turn in with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash RSSP for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. CARGURUS CarGurus is the #1 rated car shopping app in Canada on the Apple App and Google Play store. They've got hundreds of thousands of cars from top-rated dealers, plus advanced search tools that let you zero in on exactly what you want. And you can set real-time alerts for price drops and new listings — so you never miss a great deal. Buy your next car today with CarGurus at cargurus dot ca. Go to cargurus dot ca to make sure your big deal is the best deal. ⁠ BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER!!!⁠ ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Three monthly subscriptions to choose from. Commercial Free Listening, Bonus Episodes and a Subscription to my monthly newsletter, InnerSanctum. Visit ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Use the discount code "Planet" to receive $5 OFF any subscription. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/

Barry and Abigail discuss Touch by Eurythmics and sample Hawaiian Sling, Worms Don't Have Bones, and Between Two Tides from Two Tides Brewing Co. in Savannah, Georgia.We played a sample of So Good to Be Back Home Again by The Tourists, where Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox got their start.Annie Lennox co-wrote Into the West for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and won the Oscar for it! Watch her Oscars performance of the song.Abigail took a moment to plug Billbuds, a pop music podcast with strong opinions about fadeouts at the end of songs.Barry compared Annie Lennox's look to David Bowie's, especially in the Let's Dance music video.Barry plugged the music video for Who's That Girl?Inspired by The First Cut, we went down a small rabbit hole exploring three different versions of The First Cut is the Deepest by Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, and Sheryl Crow, respectively.Aqua reminded Barry of the sensory deprivation tanks in Altered States (1980). (The music video for Take On Me by A-ha also nods to this film!)Barry entered Paint a Rumour into the A.H.S.O.S.S.A.M. with a comparison to Popcorn by Hot Butter (featured in Hummel family home video Hot Balloon (2000)!).Up next… Fruitcakes by Jimmy BuffettJingles are by our friend Pete Coe.Visit Anosmia Awareness for more information on Barry's condition.Follow Barry or Abigail on Untappd to see what we're drinking when we're not on mic!Leave us a rating or a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!Facebook | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube | Substack | Website | Email us | Virtual Jukebox | Beer Media Group

Mike Monastero is an endurance sports coach with over 20 years of experience coaching athletes in cycling, running, and triathlon. A founding coach at Altered States Coaching and owner of Babylon Bike Shop, Mike has worked with everyone from first‑time racers to elite Ironman athletes. Known for his early adoption of power‑based training and expertise in bike fitting, he's helped hundreds of athletes improve performance, prevent injury, and achieve major endurance milestones.

In this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin speaks with Hunt Priest, founder of Ligare, about Christianity, mysticism, and the ethical integration of psychedelic experience within spiritual life. Find full show notes and links here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-344/?ref=278  They discuss Hunt's participation in a 2016 Johns Hopkins psilocybin study for clergy, Christianity's long history of mystical experience, and how non-ordinary states can be held within ethical and communal containers. The conversation also explores legality versus ethics, justice and institutional risk, and how psychedelics relate to prayer, meditation, and service within a broader spiritual life. Hunt Priest is a Christian minister and founder of Ligare, a nonprofit exploring the relationship between Christianity and psychedelics. Formerly an Episcopal priest, he works at the intersection of spiritual formation, ethics, and community-based integration of mystical experience. Highlights: Johns Hopkins clergy study Christian mysticism and non-ordinary states Psychedelics as catalysts for spiritual practice Legal versus ethical tensions Institutional risk and grace Episode Links: Ligare Hunt on Substack Episode Sponsors: The Practitioner Certification Program by Third Wave's Psychedelic Coaching Institute. The Microdosing Practitioner Certification at Psychedelic Coaching Institute. Golden Rule - Get a lifetime discount of 10% with code THIRDWAVE at checkout Disclaimer: This content is for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only. We do not promote or encourage the illegal use of any controlled substances. Nothing said here is medical or legal advice. Always consult a qualified medical or mental health professional before making decisions related to your health. The views expressed herein belong to the speaker alone, and do not reflect the views of any other person, company, or organization. Third Wave occasionally partners with or shares information about other people, companies, and/or providers. While we work hard to only share information about ethical and responsible third parties, we can't and don't control the behavior of, products and services offered by, or the statements made by people, companies, or providers other than Third Wave. Accordingly, we encourage you to research for yourself, and consult a medical, legal, or financial professional before making decisions in those areas. Third Wave isn't responsible for the statements, conduct, services, or products of third parties. If we share a coupon code, we may receive a commission from sales arising from customers who use our coupon code. No one is required to use our coupon codes.

This episode was recorded before a live audience at Indiana University Cinema as part of Weird Academia, a series of events that brought much high strangeness to Bloomington, Indiana, in January 2026. The discussion followed a screening of Ken Russell's 1980 cinematic fever dream, Altered States. In it, JF and Phil explore the weird intersection of mysticism, psychedelics, and institutional science, and they close with a brief Q&A with members of the audience. Visit Weirdosphere to enroll in Phil Ford's upcoming course, A Musical Tarot. References Weird Academia and the Center for Possible Minds Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Roger Penrose, physicist and mathematician Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy Samuel Delaney, Dhalgren Henri Bergson, Introduction to Metaphysics and Matter & Memory H. P. Lovecraft, American writer Herman Melville, Moby-Dick Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception Clement Greenberg, American essayist G. K. Chesterton, English writer David Cronenberg (dir.), The Fly Michael Garfield, podcaster, writer, musician Weird Studies episode 205 on the Hierophant Victoria Nelson, The Secret Life of Puppets Neil Gaiman, American Gods J. R. R. Tolkien, "On Fairy Stories" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In tonight's dead letter… we explore the unsettling possibility that our children are not the blank slates conventional psychology suggests. Listener, Tim, recounts the evening his toddler, Mason, claimed he "wasn't always" his kid before describing a past life that ended in a tragic house fire. It is a quiet reflection on the "old soul" phenomenon and whether our children bring a bit of luggage with them when they enter this world.Reference LinksThe University of Virginia: Division of Perceptual StudiesThe Work of Dr. Ian StevensonMonarch Butterfly Migration and Genetics - National GeographicAltered States (1980) - IMDBDefending Your Life (1991) - IMDBPLAINTEXTThe University of Virginia: Division of Perceptual Studies: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/The Work of Dr. Ian Stevenson:https://a.co/d/0fMu7zrxMonarch Butterfly Migration and Genetics - National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/monarch-butterfly/Altered States (1980) - IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080360/Defending Your Life (1991) - IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101694/We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!

New 2026 Power & Purpose Podcast Schedule!!!Guest Episodes released every Monday. Vanessa Soul Astrology episodes released every Thursday. Find the Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/E5u5xTEINccEpisode 140 The Science of the Impossible: An Astrophysicist's Guide to Spiritual EmbodimentAstrophysicist turned mystic Rosa Hope, PhD reveals why spiritual knowledge without integration leads to confusion and how quantum physics proves the "impossible" happens every day. Discover the difference between knowing and embodying, why altered states need grounding, and how to rebuild self-trust after spiritual awakening. This conversation bridges science and spirit in a way you've never heard before.TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Episode Preview 01:05 - Who Rosa Is (and Isn't): The Space for Your Own Healing03:23 - From Astrophysics to Mysticism: A Non-Linear Journey07:20 - Integration vs. Information: Where Real Transformation Happens10:18 - Learning to Listen: Letting Go of "Being Right"13:30 - Plant Medicine Without Integration = Confusion and Overwhelm19:50 - What Physics Can (and Can't) Reveal About Spiritual Reality24:31 - Manifestation & Possibility: When Rosa Got Into 9 Out of 10 Top PhD Programs28:02 - Self-Trust is Everything: The Common Thread in All Her Clients32:11 - Altered States as Gateways (Not Teachers): How to Use Them Wisely38:24 - QHT Hypnosis Process: All-Day Sessions That Actually Create Change44:52 - Your Work is HERE: A Message for Starseeds About EscapismCONNECT WITH ROSA HOPE: Website: rosa-hope.cominstagram: @itsrosahopeFacebook: Rosa Hope, PhDCONNECT WITH VANESSA SOUL Website: https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics

Light some candles, sink into a saline bath, and turn into your primordial self as we get “Rrrrrreal F*ckin' High on Drugs”, our new theme brought to you by Cody! As his first pick of the theme we take a trip back down Ken Russell Avenue for ALTERED STATES. Along the way we round out our holiday watching with a bevy of flicks new and old!   Go to patreon.com/SHUDcast where you can sign up for all kinds of extra goodies!   00:00 - 9:00ish - Intros: Cody wants to get rid of us, forgotten subscriptions   9:00ish - 59:00ish - The other stuff we watched this time!   Cody - How the Grinch Stole Christmas, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Flesh + Blood, Shrek 2, Anaconda, Krampus, A Christmas Story, The Muppets Christmas Carol, Gremlins, Nosferatu, The Housemaid, Harry Potter 4 & 5, Marty Supreme, Before Sunset, Highlander, Stranger Things   Austin - A Christmas Story, The Muppets Christmas Carol, Gremlins, The Long Walk, Wake Up Dead Man, Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Eddington, F1   Curtis - Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Muppets Christmas Carol, Nosferatu, Marty Supreme, Stranger Things, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Shelby Oaks, Dream Eater, Keeper, It Ends, Born to Fight, The Protector, Clue: The Movie, Queens of the Dead, Die My Love, Meek's Cutoff, The Mastermind, The Lord of the Rings, Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now, Horror in the High Desert,    Lucas - Anaconda, The Muppets Christmas Carol, The Housemaid, Die My Love, Sunshine   59:00ish - 1:27:00ish - ALTERED STATES - SHUDdown and discussion!   1:27:00ish - End - The next movie in “Rrrrrrrrrreal F*cking High on Drugs - Horror Movies about Drugs

Matt Shy joins us again with a presentation on another kind of legendary giant: dragons. We look at ancient depictions of dragons and giant serpents across the world from Sumer to China. We talk about the significance of the Ouroboros, about ancient artifacts depicting dragons and serpents, about the many ancient gods who were depicted as serpents, or had serpent or dragon-like aspects.   Support us through Patreon and get special episodes, early access, and bumper tunes! You can also donate directly through Paypal. Thank you all so much for the support! https://www.brothersoftheserpent.com/support   Chapters 00:00 Welcome to the Brothers of the Serpent Podcast 06:02 New Year Reflections and Podcast Plans 12:06 Ancient Chinese Dragon Depictions 18:05 The Ouroboros and Its Significance 24:04 The Candle Dragon and Protruding Eyes 29:00 Concluding Thoughts on Historical Artifacts 34:11 Cosmic Serpents and Their Symbolism 37:02 Indra and the Slaying of Vritra 39:33 Agency of Nature: Serpents and Spirits 42:05 Cognitive Dissonance and Perception 44:29 Shesha: The Cosmic Serpent 46:40 Tiamat: The Dragon of Chaos 49:10 Feathered Serpents in Mesoamerica 58:19 Quetzalcoatl and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent 01:00:22 The Serpent as a Symbol of Wisdom 01:03:07 Psychedelics and Altered States of Consciousness 01:06:56 Mythical Creatures and Their Symbolism 01:09:49 Historical Accounts of Serpents and Dragons 01:12:41 Pterosaurs and Native American Legends 01:15:34 The Evolution of Dragon Myths 01:18:31 The Serpent in Religious Texts 01:21:52 Epic Tales of Heroism and Dragons 01:32:08 The Value of Knowledge 01:32:59 Mythical Creatures in Gaming and Literature 01:34:03 The World Serpent and Its Symbolism 01:36:05 Arthurian Legends and Their Origins 01:36:57 Saints and Dragons: A Historical Perspective 01:37:56 The Legend of Loch Ness 01:39:11 St. George and the Dragon 01:39:56 Japanese Dragons and Their Significance 01:41:58 The Concept of Dragons in Civilization 01:44:08 The Role of Dragons in Different Cultures 01:47:01 Slavic Dragons and Their Mythology 01:49:11 The Connection Between Dragons and Kingship 01:51:01 Dragons as Ancient Demons 01:53:02 The Serpent as a Symbol of Knowledge

https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/Faction-Paradox-The-Confession-of-Brother-Signet-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-p389922366 The first season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things premiered worldwide on the streaming service Netflix on July 15, 2016. The series was created by the Duffer Brothers, who also serve as executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. This season stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, and Matthew Modine, with Noah Schnapp, Joe Keery, and Shannon Purser in recurring roles. The first season of Stranger Things received critical acclaim, in particular for its originality, homages to the 1980s, characterization, tone, visuals, and performances (particularly those of Ryder, Harbour, Wolfhard, Brown, Heaton and Modine). Premise The first season begins on November 6, 1983, in a small town called Hawkins. Researchers at Hawkins National Laboratory open a rift to the "Upside Down," an alternate dimension that reflects the real world. A monstrous humanoid creature escapes and abducts a boy named Will Byers and a teenage girl. Will's mother, Joyce, and the town's police chief, Jim Hopper, search for Will. At the same time, a young psychokinetic girl who goes by the name "Eleven" escapes from the laboratory and assists Will's friends, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, and Lucas Sinclair, in their efforts to find Will.[1] Cast and characters See also: List of Stranger Things characters Main cast Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers[2] David Harbour as Jim Hopper[2] Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler[3] Millie Bobby Brown[3] as Eleven ("El") Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson[3] Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair[3] Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler[3] Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers[3][4][5] Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler[6] Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner[7] Recurring Noah Schnapp as Will Byers Joe Keery as Steve Harrington Shannon Purser as Barbara "Barb" Holland[8] Joe Chrest as Ted Wheeler Ross Partridge as Lonnie Byers[9] Rob Morgan as Officer Powell John Paul Reynolds as Officer Callahan Randy Havens as Scott Clarke Catherine Dyer as Connie Frazier Aimee Mullins as Terry Ives[10] Amy Seimetz as Becky Ives Peyton Wich as Troy[11] Tony Vaughn as Principal Coleman Charles Lawlor as Mr. Melvald Tinsley and Anniston Price as Holly Wheeler Cade Jones as James Chester Rushing as Tommy H. Chelsea Talmadge as Carol Glennellen Anderson as Nicole Cynthia Barrett as Marsha Holland Jerri Tubbs as Diane Hopper Elle Graham as Sara Hopper Chris Sullivan as Benny Hammond Tobias Jelinek as lead agent Robert Walker-Branchaud as repairman agent Susan Shalhoub Larkin as Florence ("Flo") Episodes See also: List of Stranger Things episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date 1 1 "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 On November 6, 1983, in Hawkins, Indiana, a scientist is attacked by an unseen creature at a U.S. government laboratory. 12-year-old Will Byers encounters the creature and mysteriously vanishes while cycling home from a Dungeons & Dragons session with his friends Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson and Lucas Sinclair. The following day, Will's single mother Joyce Byers reports his disappearance to the police chief Jim Hopper, who starts a search but assures Joyce that almost all missing children are quickly found. The lab's director, Dr. Martin Brenner, investigates an organic substance oozing from the lab's basement, claiming that "the girl" cannot have gone far. A nervous young girl wearing a hospital gown wanders into a local diner. The owner, Benny, finds a tattoo of "011" on her arm and learns that her name is Eleven. Brenner, monitoring the phone lines, sends agents to the diner after Benny calls social services. The agents kill Benny, but Eleven manages to escape using telekinetic abilities. Joyce's phone short circuits after receiving a mysterious phone call that she believes is from Will. While searching for Will in the woods, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas come across Eleven. 2 2 "Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street" The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 The boys bring Eleven to Mike's house, where they disagree on what to do. Mike formulates a plan for Eleven to pretend to be a runaway and seek help from his mother, Karen. Eleven refuses, however, revealing that "bad men" are after her. Will's brother Jonathan visits his estranged father Lonnie in Indianapolis to search for Will, but Lonnie rebuffs him. Hopper's search party discovers a scrap of hospital gown near the lab. After recognizing Will in a photograph and demonstrating her telekinesis, Eleven convinces the boys to trust her, as they believe she can find Will. Using the Dungeons & Dragons board, Eleven indicates that Will is on the "Upside Down" side of the board and is being hunted by the "Demogorgon" (the creature). Mike's sister Nancy and her friend Barbara 'Barb' Holland go to a party with Nancy's boyfriend Steve Harrington. Searching for Will near Steve's house, Jonathan secretly photographs the party. Joyce receives another call from Will, hears music playing from his stereo, and sees a creature coming through the wall. Left alone by the swimming pool, Barb is attacked by the Demogorgon and vanishes. 3 3 "Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly" Shawn Levy Jessica Mecklenburg July 15, 2016 Barb awakens in the Upside Down: a decaying, overgrown alternate dimension. She attempts to escape but is attacked by the Demogorgon. Joyce believes Will is communicating through pulses in light bulbs. Hopper visits Hawkins Lab, and the staff permits him to view doctored security footage from the night Will vanished, leading Hopper to investigate Brenner and discover his involvement with Project MKUltra and that a woman named Terry Ives alleged years earlier that Brenner took her daughter. Eleven recalls Brenner, whom she calls "Papa," punishing her for refusing to hurt a cat telekinetically. Steve destroys Jonathan's camera after discovering the photos from the party. Nancy later recovers a photo of Barb, simultaneously realizing that Barb is missing. Returning to Steve's house to investigate, Nancy finds Barb's untouched Volkswagen and encounters the Demogorgon but manages to escape. Joyce paints an alphabetic board on her wall with Christmas lights, allowing Will to sign to her that he is "RIGHT HERE" and that she needs to "RUN" as the Demogorgon comes through the wall. Believing Eleven knows where Will is, the boys ask her to lead them to him. Eleven leads them, to their frustration, to Will's house. From there they follow emergency vehicles to a nearby quarry just as Will's body is recovered from the water. 4 4 "Chapter Four: The Body" Shawn Levy Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Joyce refuses to believe that the body found at the quarry is Will's. Mike feels betrayed by Eleven until she proves that Will is still alive, channeling his voice through Mike's walkie-talkie. The boys theorize that Eleven could use a ham radio at their school to communicate with Will. Nancy notices a figure behind Barb in Jonathan's photo, which Jonathan realizes matches his mother's description of the Demogorgon. Nancy tells the police about Barb's disappearance. She later fights with Steve, who only cares about not getting in trouble with his father. Hopper has suspicions regarding the authenticity of the body found in the quarry when he learns that the usual coroner was sent home. Hopper confronts the state trooper who found it and beats him until he admits he was ordered to lie. The boys sneak Eleven into their school to use the radio, while Joyce hears Will's voice through her living room wall. Tearing away the wallpaper, she sees him. Eleven uses the radio to channel Will talking to his mother. Hopper goes to the morgue and finds that the body is a fake, and, suspecting that Brenner is responsible, breaks into the lab. 5 5 "Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat" The Duffer Brothers Alison Tatlock July 15, 2016 Hopper searches the lab before being knocked out by the lab's guards. The boys ask their science teacher, Mr. Clarke, if it would be possible to travel between alternate dimensions, to which he answers that there could be a theoretical "gate" between dimensions. Hopper awakens at his house and finds a hidden microphone, realizing that Joyce was right the whole time. The boys follow their compasses, searching for a gate that could disrupt the Earth's electromagnetic field. Eleven recalls memories of being placed in a sensory-deprivation tank to telepathically eavesdrop on a man speaking Russian; while listening, she came across the Demogorgon. Fearing another encounter with the Demogorgon, Eleven redirects the compasses. Lucas misinterprets this as an act of betrayal, leading Mike and Lucas to fight and Eleven to telekinetically fling Lucas away from Mike. While Dustin and Mike tend to the unconscious Lucas, Eleven runs off. Nancy and Jonathan formulate a plan to kill the Demogorgon. While searching in the woods, they come across a small gate to the Upside Down. Nancy crawls through it but inadvertently draws the Demogorgon's attention. Jonathan unsuccessfully tries to look for Nancy, as the gate to the Upside Down begins to close. 6 6 "Chapter Six: The Monster" The Duffer Brothers Jessie Nickson-Lopez July 15, 2016 Jonathan pulls Nancy back through the gate. That night, Nancy is afraid to be alone and asks Jonathan to stay in her bedroom. Steve, attempting to reconcile with Nancy, sees them together through her bedroom window and assumes they are dating. Joyce and Hopper track down Terry Ives, who is catatonic and tended by her sister Becky. Becky explains that Terry was a Project MKUltra participant while unknowingly pregnant and that Terry believes Brenner kidnapped her daughter Jane at birth due to her supposed telekinetic and telepathic abilities. Nancy and Jonathan stockpile weapons to kill the Demogorgon, theorizing that it is attracted by blood. Steve is brutally beaten up in a fistfight with Jonathan after he insults Will and calls Nancy a slut. Jonathan is arrested and held at the police station for beating up Steve and inadvertently punching one of the responding officers in the face. Eleven walks into a grocery store and shoplifts several boxes of Eggo waffles. Searching for Eleven, Mike and Dustin are ambushed by two bullies but are rescued by her, as she uses her powers to break one bully's arm after he attempts to kill Mike. Eleven collapses and recalls being asked by Brenner to contact the Demogorgon and, in her terror, inadvertently opening the gate. She tearfully admits to Mike that she is responsible for allowing the Demogorgon to enter this dimension. Lucas sees agents, who have tracked down Eleven, preparing to ambush Mike's house. 7 7 "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub" The Duffer Brothers Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Lucas warns Mike that agents are searching for Eleven. Mike, Dustin, and Eleven flee the house. Eleven telekinetically flips one of the vans that block their path as the kids escape. Lucas reconciles with Mike and Eleven, and the kids hide in the junkyard. Nancy and Jonathan reveal their knowledge of the Demogorgon to Joyce and Hopper. Hopper also learns that Eleven is with the kids. The group contacts the kids, and everyone meets at the Byers' house. Joyce and Hopper realize that Eleven is Jane Ives. The group asks Eleven to search for Will and Barb telepathically, but her earlier feats have weakened her. They break into the middle school and build a makeshift sensory deprivation tank to amplify Eleven's powers. After telepathically entering the Upside Down again, Eleven finds Barb dead and Will alive, hiding in the Upside Down version of his backyard fort. Realizing that the gate is in the basement of the lab, Hopper and Joyce break into the lab and are apprehended by security guards. Nancy and Jonathan sneak into the police station to retrieve the weapons they purchased previously, planning to lure and kill the Demogorgon. In the Upside Down, the Demogorgon breaks into Will's fort. 8 8 "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" The Duffer Brothers Story by : Paul Dichter Teleplay by : The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 Hopper, haunted by the death of his daughter Sara from cancer years earlier, gives up Eleven's location to Brenner, who in exchange allows Hopper and Joyce to enter the Upside Down to rescue Will. Nancy and Jonathan cut their hands to attract the Demogorgon at the Byers' house. Steve, intending to apologize to Jonathan about their fight, arrives just as the Demogorgon appears. Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan fight the Demogorgon and light it on fire, forcing it to retreat to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, Eleven and the boys hide in the middle school when Brenner and his agents arrive to kidnap Eleven; she kills most of them before collapsing from exhaustion. As Brenner and his remaining agents pin Eleven and the boys down, the Demogorgon appears, attracted by the dead agents' blood, and attacks Brenner and the remaining agents as the boys escape with Eleven. Hopper and Joyce enter the Upside Down's version of the Hawkins library, where they encounter several corpses of the Demogorgon's victims, including Barb, and find Will unconscious with a tendril down his throat. Hopper revives him using CPR after removing the tendril. The Demogorgon corners the kids, but Eleven recovers from her exhaustion and disintegrates it, causing them both to disappear. Will recovers in the hospital, reuniting with his family and friends. One month later, it is Christmas and Nancy is back together with Steve, and both are friends with Jonathan. Will coughs up a slug-like creature and has a vision of the Upside Down, but hides this from his family. Production Development Ross (left) and Matt Duffer, the creators of the series Stranger Things was created by Matt and Ross Duffer, known professionally as the Duffer Brothers.[12] The two had completed writing and producing their 2015 film Hidden, which they had tried to emulate the style of M. Night Shyamalan, however, due to changes at Warner Bros., its distributor, the film did not see a wide release and the Duffers were unsure of their future.[13] To their surprise, television producer Donald De Line approached them, impressed with Hidden's script, and offered them the opportunity to work on episodes of Wayward Pines alongside Shyamalan. The brothers were mentored by Shyamalan during the episode's production so that when they finished, they felt they were ready to produce their own television series.[14] The Duffer Brothers prepared a script that would essentially be similar to the series' actual pilot episode, along with a 20-page pitch book to help shop the series around for a network.[15] They pitched the story to a number of cable networks, all of which rejected the script on the basis that they felt a plot centered around children as leading characters would not work, asking them to make it a children's show or to drop the children and focus on Hopper's investigation in the paranormal.[14] In early 2015, Dan Cohen, the VP of 21 Laps Entertainment, brought the script to his colleague Shawn Levy. They subsequently invited The Duffer Brothers to their office and purchased the rights for the series, giving full authorship of it to the brothers. After reading the pilot, the streaming service Netflix purchased the whole season for an undisclosed amount;[16] the show was subsequently announced for a planned 2016 release by Netflix in early April 2015.[17] The Duffer Brothers stated that at the time they had pitched to Netflix, the service had already been recognized for its original programming, such as House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, with well-recognized producers behind them, and were ready to start giving upcoming producers like them a chance.[15] The brothers started to write out the series and brought Levy and Cohen in as executive producers to start casting and filming.[18] The series was originally known as Montauk, as the setting of the script was in Montauk, New York and nearby Long Beach locations.[17][19] The brothers had chosen Montauk as it had further Spielberg ties with the film Jaws, where Montauk was used for the fictional setting of Amity Island.[20] After deciding to change the narrative of the series to take place in the fictional town of Hawkins instead, the brothers felt they could now do things to the town, such as placing it under quarantine, that they really could not envision with a real location.[20] With the change in location, they had to come up with a new title for the series under the direction from Netflix's Ted Sarandos so that they could start marketing it to the public. The brothers started by using a copy of Stephen King's Firestarter novel to consider the title's font and appearance and came up with a long list of potential alternatives. Stranger Things came about as it sounded similar to another King novel, Needful Things, though Matt noted they still had a "lot of heated arguments" over this final title.[21] Writing The idea of Stranger Things started with how the brothers felt they could take the concept of the 2013 film Prisoners, detailing the moral struggles a father goes through when his daughter is kidnapped, and expand it out over eight or so hours in a serialized television approach. As they focused on the missing child aspect of the story, they wanted to introduce the idea of "childlike sensibilities" they could offer and toyed around with the idea of a monster that could consume humans. The brothers thought the combination of these things "was the best thing ever". To introduce this monster into the narrative, they considered "bizarre experiments we had read about taking place in the Cold War" such as Project MKUltra, which gave a way to ground the monster's existence in science rather than something spiritual. This also helped them to decide on using 1983 as the time period, as it was a year before the film Red Dawn came out, which focused on Cold War paranoia.[14] Subsequently, they were able to use all their own personal inspirations from the 1980s, the decade they were born, as elements of the series,[14][22] crafting it in the realm of science fiction and horror.[23] The Duffer Brothers have cited as influence for the show (among others): Stephen King novels; films produced by Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas and Guillermo del Toro; films such as Alien and Stand by Me; Japanese anime such as Akira and Elfen Lied; and video games such as Silent Hill and The Last of Us.[21][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] With Netflix as the platform, The Duffer Brothers were not limited to a typical 22-episode format, opting for the eight-episode approach. They had been concerned that a 22-episode season on broadcast television would be difficult to "tell a cinematic story" with that many episodes. Eight episodes allowed them to give time to characterization in addition to narrative development; if they had less time available, they would have had to remain committed to telling a horror film as soon as the monster was introduced and abandon the characterization.[15] Within the eight episodes, the brothers aimed to make the first season "feel like a big movie" with all the major plot lines completed so that "the audience feels satisfied", but left enough unresolved to indicate "there's a bigger mythology, and there's a lot of dangling threads at the end", something that could be explored in further seasons if Netflix opted to create more.[32] While explaining their intentions for the show, the Duffers adamantly stated their intentions to not explain the mythology in the show so they could leave a mystery and lot for the audience to speculate over their lack of understanding by the season finale, which they accepted but asked to be explained about at the very least, which they found like a really good exercise as they spent quite a bit of time with their writers' room figuring out exactly what the Upside Down would actually consist for, writing a 20-page mythology document whose details wouldn't be clarified for the audience until the show's fifth and final season.[33] Regarding writing for the children characters of the series, The Duffer Brothers considered themselves as outcasts from other students while in high school and thus found it easy to write for Mike Wheeler and his friends, and particularly for Barbara "Barb" Holland.[21] Joyce Byers was fashioned after Richard Dreyfuss's character Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as she appears "absolutely bonkers" to everyone else as she tries to find her son Will Byers.[34] Other characters, such as Billy in the second season, have more villainous attributes that are not necessarily obvious from the onset; Matt explained that they took further inspiration from Stephen King for these characters, as King "always has really great human villains" that may be more malicious than the supernatural evil.[35] Casting The Duffers cast David Harbour as Sheriff Hopper believing this was his opportunity to play a lead character in a work. In June 2015, it was announced that Winona Ryder and David Harbour had joined the series as Joyce and as the unnamed chief of police, respectively.[2] The brothers' casting director Carmen Cuba had suggested Ryder for the role of Joyce, which the two were immediately drawn to because of her prominence in 1980s films.[14] Levy believed Ryder could "wretch up the emotional urgency and yet find layers and nuance and different sides of [Joyce]". Ryder praised that the show's multiple storylines required her to act for Joyce as "she's out of her mind, but she's actually kind of onto something", and that the producers had faith she could pull off the difficult role.[36] Upon being offered the role, Ryder felt intrigued at being given the pilot's script due to know knowing what streaming was and finding it "terrifying", with her sole condition to the Duffers for accepting the role being that, if a Beetlejuice sequel ever materialized as she and Tim Burton had been discussing since 2000, they had to let her take a break to shoot it, a condition the Duffers agreed and ultimately proved to work out when Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was greenlighted years later.[37] The Duffer Brothers had been interested in Harbour before, who until Stranger Things primarily had smaller roles as villainous characters, and they felt that he had been "waiting too long for this opportunity" to play a lead, while Harbour himself was thrilled by the script and the chance to play "a broken, flawed, anti-hero character".[21][38] Additional casting followed two months later with Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Millie Bobby Brown in an undisclosed role, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers]].[3] In September 2015, Cara Buono joined the cast as Karen Wheeler,[6] followed by Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner a month later.[7] Additional cast who recur for the first season include Noah Schnapp as Will,[3][5] Shannon Purser as Barbara "Barb" Holland,[8] Joe Keery as Steve Harrington,[39][5] and Ross Partridge as Lonnie Byers,[9] among others. Actors auditioning for the children's roles read lines from Stand By Me.[14] The Duffer Brothers estimated they went through about a thousand different child actors for the roles. They noted that Wolfhard was already "a movie buff" of the films from the 1980s period and easily filled the role, while they found Matarazzo's audition to be much more authentic than most of the other audition tapes, and selected him after a single viewing of his audition tape.[15] As casting was started immediately after Netflix greenlit the show, and prior to the scripts being fully completed, this allowed some of the actors' takes on the roles to reflect into the script. The casting of the young actors for Will and his friends had been done just after the first script was completed, and subsequent scripts incorporated aspects from these actors.[32] The brothers said Modine provided significant input on the character of Dr. Brenner, whom they had not really fleshed out before as they considered him the hardest character to write for given his limited appearances within the narrative.[34] Filming The brothers had desired to film the series around the Long Island area to match the initial Montauk concept. However, with filming scheduled to take place in November 2015, it was difficult to shoot in Long Island in the cold weather, and the production started scouting locations in and around the Atlanta, Georgia area. The brothers, who grew up in North Carolina, found many places that reminded them of their own childhoods in that area, and felt the area would work well with the narrative shift to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[20] The filming of the first season began on September 25, 2015, and was extensively done in Atlanta, Georgia, with The Duffer Brothers and Levy handling the direction of individual episodes.[40] Jackson served as the basis of the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[41][42] Other shooting locations included the Georgia Mental Health Institute as the Hawkins National Laboratory site, Bellwood Quarry, Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge, Georgia, for the middle and high school scenes,[43] Emory University's Continuing Education Department, the former city hall in Douglasville, Georgia, Georgia International Horse Park, the probate court in Butts County, Georgia, Old East Point Library and East Point First Baptist Church in East Point, Georgia, Fayetteville, Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, Palmetto, Georgia, and Winston, Georgia.[44] Set work was done at Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta.[44] The series was filmed with a Red Dragon digital camera.[34] Filming for the first season concluded in early 2016.[41] While filming, the brothers tried to capture shots that could be seen as homages to many of the 1980s references they recalled. Their goal was not necessarily to fill the work with these references, but instead to make the series seem to the viewer like a 1980s film.[21] They spent little time reviewing those works and instead went by memory. Matt further recognized that some of their filming homages were not purposely done but were found to be very comparable, as highlighted by a fan-made video comparing the show to several 1980s works side by side.[14][45] Matt commented on the video that "Some were deliberate and some were subconscious."[14] The brothers recognized that many of the iconic scenes from these 1980s films, such as with Poltergeist, was about "taking a very ordinary object that people deal with every day, their television set, and imbuing it with something otherworldly", leading to the idea of using the Christmas light strings for Will to communicate with Joyce.[21] The brothers attributed much of the 1980s feel to set and costume designers and the soundtrack composers that helped to recreate the era for them.[14] Lynda Reiss, the head of props, had about a $220,000 budget, similar to most films, to acquire artifacts of the 1980s, using eBay and searching through flea markets and estate sales around the Atlanta area. The bulk of the props were original items from the 1980s with only a few pieces, such as the Dungeons & Dragons books made as replicas.[46] Visual effects To create the aged effect for the series, a film grain was added over the footage, which was captured by scanning in film stock from the 1980s.[34] The Duffers wanted to scare the audience, but not to necessarily make the show violent or gory, following in line with how the 1980s Amblin Entertainment films drove the creation of the PG-13 movie rating. It was "much more about mood and atmosphere and suspense and dread than they are about gore", though they were not afraid to push into more scary elements, particularly towards the end of the first season.[34] The brothers had wanted to avoid any computer-generated effects for the monster and other parts of the series and stay with practical effects. However, the six-month filming time left them little time to plan out and test practical effects rigs for some of the shots. They went with a middle ground of using constructed props including one for the monster whenever they could, but for other shots, such as when the monster bursts through a wall, they opted to use digital effects. Post-production on the first season was completed the week before it was released on Netflix.[14] The title sequence uses closeups of the letters in the Stranger Things title with a red tint against a black background as they slide into place within the title. The sequence was created by the studio Imaginary Forces, formerly part of R/GA, led by creative director Michelle Doughtey.[47] Levy introduced the studio to The Duffer Brothers, who explained their vision of the 1980s-inspired show, which helped the studio to fix the concept the producers wanted. Later, but prior to filming, the producers sent Imaginary Forces the pilot script, the synth-heavy background music for the titles, as well as the various book covers from King and other authors that they had used to establish the title and imagery, and were looking for a similar approach for the show's titles, primarily using a typographical sequence. They took inspiration from several title sequences of works from the 1980s that were previously designed by Richard Greenberg under R/GA, such as Altered States and The Dead Zone. They also got input from Dan Perri, who worked on the title credits of several 1980s films. Various iterations included having letters vanish, to reflect the "missing" theme of the show, and having letters cast shadows on others, alluding to the mysteries, before settling into the sliding letters. The studio began working on the title sequence before filming and took about a month off during the filming process to let the producers get immersed in the show and come back with more input. Initially, they had been working with various fonts for the title and used close-ups of the best features of these fonts, but near the end the producers wanted to work with ITC Benguiat, requiring them to rework those shots. The final sequence is fully computer-generated, but they took inspiration from testing some practical effects, such as using Kodalith masks as would have been done in the 1980s, to develop the appropriate filters for the rendering software. The individual episode title cards used a "fly-through" approach, similar to the film Bullitt, which the producers had suggested to the studio.[48] Music Main articles: Music of Stranger Things and Stranger Things (soundtrack) The Stranger Things original soundtrack was composed by Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon of the electronic band Survive.[49] It makes extensive use of synthesizers in homage to 1980s artists and film composers including Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Goblin, John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder, and Fabio Frizzi.[50] According to Stein and Dixon, The Duffer Brothers had been fans of Survive's music, and used their song "Dirge" for the mock trailer that was used to sell the show to Netflix.[49][51] Once the show was green-lit, the Duffers contacted Survive around July 2015 to ask if they were still doing music; the two provided the production team with dozens of songs from their band's past to gain their interest, helping to land them the role.[49] Once aboard, the two worked with producers to select some of their older music to rework for the show, while developing new music, principally with character motifs.[51] The two had been hired before the casting process, so their motif demos were used and played over the actors' audition tapes, aiding in the casting selection.[51][52] The show's theme is based on an unused work Stein composed much earlier that ended up in the library of work they shared with the production staff, who thought that with some reworking would be good for the opening credits.[49] The first season's original soundtrack, consisting of 75 songs from Dixon and Stein split across two volumes, was released by Lakeshore Records. Digital release and streaming options were released on August 10 and 19, 2016 for the two volumes, respectively, while retail versions were available on September 16 and 23, 2016.[53][54] In addition to original music, Stranger Things features period music from artists including The Clash, Toto, New Order, The Bangles, Foreigner, Echo and the Bunnymen, Peter Gabriel and Corey Hart, as well as excerpts from Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter and Vangelis.[54][55] In particular, The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" was specifically picked to play at pivotal moments of the story, such as when Will is trying to communicate with Joyce from the Upside Down.[54] Music supervisor Nora Felder felt the song "furthered the story" and called it an additional, unseen, main character of the season.[56]

This episode explores how intimacy, desire, and erotic states function as powerful tools for healing, nervous system regulation, and personal transformation. You'll learn why certain forms of conscious erotic play create genuine altered states of consciousness, not through substances or external compounds, but through the body's own internal chemistry. This conversation reframes sexuality as a core aspect of health, performance, and emotional resilience rather than something separate from personal development or spirituality. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Kimi Inch is a somatic therapist and educator with over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of intimacy, conscious kink, trauma healing, and embodied self awareness. Her work centers on helping individuals and couples access deep states of connection and healing through structured, consent based practices that engage breath, sensation, power dynamics, and presence. She is known for creating safe, grounded spaces where people can explore desire in ways that support lasting nervous system regulation and authentic self expression. Together, Dave Asprey and Kimi explore how erotic experiences trigger specific neurochemical responses including oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins, and adrenaline, and why this internal cocktail mirrors the effects of many psychedelic and somatic healing modalities. They discuss surrender, safety, attunement, and aftercare as essential components of integration, and why unexpressed desire often leaks into leadership, relationships, and performance in destructive ways. You'll Learn: • How erotic states create real altered states of consciousness through internal neurochemistry • Why intimacy can function as a powerful form of nervous system regulation and trauma healing • The difference between conscious desire and compulsive behavior • How surrender, safety, and attunement reshape emotional and relational patterns • Why suppressed desire leaks into work, leadership, and relationships • What makes healthy power dynamics healing rather than harmful • The role of aftercare and integration in long term transformation • How erotic intelligence connects to vitality, authenticity, and human performance Thank you to our sponsors! -EMR-Tek | https://www.emr-tek.com/DAVE and use code DAVE for 40% off. -Calroy | Head to https://calroy.com/dave for an exclusive discount. -Our Place | Head to https://fromourplace.com/ and use the code DAVE for 10% off your order. Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. With over 1,000 interviews and 1 million monthly listeners, The Human Upgrade brings you the knowledge to take control of your biology, extend your longevity, and optimize every system in your body and mind. Each episode delivers cutting-edge insights in health, performance, neuroscience, supplements, nutrition, biohacking, emotional intelligence, and conscious living. New episodes are released every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday (BONUS). Dave asks the questions no one else will and gives you real tools to become stronger, smarter, and more resilient. Keywords: conscious kink, erotic healing, intimacy and healing, altered states of consciousness, somatic therapy, nervous system safety, erotic intelligence, surrender and intimacy, power dynamics psychology, trauma and embodiment, aftercare and integration, neurochemistry of intimacy, oxytocin bonding, endorphins and pleasure, consent based intimacy, asking for what you want, suppressed desire, authenticity and intimacy, biohacking intimacy, Dave Asprey intimacy, Kimi Inch Biohack Resources: • Kimi's Website: https://andmorepresents.com/ • Dave Asprey's Latest News | Go to https://daveasprey.com/ to join Inside Track today. • Danger Coffee: https://dangercoffee.com/discount/dave15 • My Daily Supplements: SuppGrade Labs (15% Off) • Favorite Blue Light Blocking Glasses: TrueDark (15% Off) • Dave Asprey's BEYOND Conference: https://beyondconference.com • Dave Asprey's New Book – Heavily Meditated: https://daveasprey.com/heavily-meditated • Upgrade Collective: https://www.ourupgradecollective.com • Upgrade Labs: https://upgradelabs.com • 40 Years of Zen: https://40yearsofzen.com Timestamps: 0:00 - Trailer 1:25 - Altered States Through Kink 4:41 - Learning to Receive 12:17 - Play Parties Explained 19:31 - Life Force Energy 26:40 - Desire vs Compulsion 28:23 - The Kidnapping Session 35:53 - Aftercare and Integration 45:35 - Bedroom = Life 52:50 - CEOs and Surrender See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You thought a Rasputin reference meant the guest was a man? Wow. Your unconscious is sexist.Jk, jk.In this episode of Open Loops, Farah Lutvica—Master NLP & Hypnosis Trainer—joins Greg to unpack all the questionable things she experimented with using hypnosis as a teenager (Greg asked), whether she communes with some inner divine entity (Greg asked), and how she keeps that hair color so perfectly red (Greg didn't ask, but now he's wondering).You'll hear how she stumbled into NLP as an actual teenager (!!), became internationally known as the world's youngest Hypnosis and NLP trainer, and eventually built a global following through the 500+ guided hypnotic meditations she's led every week since.You'll learn how to get into instant rapport with someone across the room.You'll learn how to start receiving “gifts” from your unconscious mind on command.You'll even learn how to hypnotize your teacher into giving you better grades.**Open Loops does not condone this.We also don't condone the education system, so… draw your own conclusions.This episode is loopy, mind-bendy, light, fun, and just the right amount of trancelicious. Expect to feel pleasantly saturated in your senses—exactly the way Farah intends as you learn powerful ways to use hypnosis in your everyday life! Farah's Links: https://linktr.ee/farahlutvica Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

Dr. Joe Tafur and Natasha Pentin sat down with Roman Palitsky M.Div. PhD., Director of Research Projects for Emory Spiritual Health. He's also Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and faculty in the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality.We discuss Spiritual, Existential, Religious, and Theological (SERT) experiences around psychedelics, how some religious people understand and experience psychedelics (the Mosaic Initiative), spiritual health practitioners and chaplains, post-psychedelic challenges, and more. Thanks for listening! If you'd like to support the nonprofit Modern Spirit and our podcast, you can make a donation HERE: https://www.modernspirit.org/donate More information about Roman:  Emory University website  If you've had a challenging experience with psychedelics or meditation, please consider participating in the two studies Roman is working on mentioned in the podcast.  Psychedelic Challenges: https://www.psychedelicchallenges.org/  Meditation Challenges: https://www.meditationchallenges.org/  Importance of Integrating Spiritual, Existential, Religious, and Theological Components in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37256584/  Timestamps: (00:00) Modern Spirit Intro(01:19) Guest Introduction: Roman Palitsky(02:28) MAPS 2023 & Meeting at Berkeley Program(05:03) Science on Spiritual Health (SOS) Conference(07:16) Understanding SERT(13:14) Spirituality and Psychedelics(22:10) Challenging Spiritual & Religious Dynamics (30:52) Measurement-Based Care(32:36) The Mosaic Initiative - Religious Perspectives on Psychedelic Experiences(35:20) Exploring Psychedelic Use in the Jewish Community(37:47) Addressing Post-Psychedelic Challenges(41:00) The Role of Spiritual Health Practitioners & Chaplains(49:31) End-of-Life and Psychedelics(54:50) Alternative Paths to Altered States

In part 3 of my Favorite Dream Stories series, I'm taking you on a tour through some of my most unforgettable dreams- lucid and non-lucid.

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What if chasing “one more healing” is the very thing keeping you from feeling whole??In this episode, Byron and Michael look at the fine line between helpful practice and healing addiction. They name the hidden driver—pain and disconnection—and how it can turn breathwork, plant medicine, and nonstop workshops into a spin cycle that never truly lands. Byron questions the inner program of “I am broken,” and offers a reframe: protect your energy with gentleness, boundaries, and integration—letting insights settle before reaching for the next fix. They contrast feminine healing (feeling, processing) with masculine commitment (clear intentions, follow-through), reminding us both are needed. Instead of digging forever, he suggests real-time healing: slow enough to notice what's alive now, journal it, meet responsibilities, and return to it with honesty. The heart of his message: stop outsourcing your power to healers or methods; claim your own change. If you've ever felt stuck in “just one more ceremony/class/session,” this conversation gently opens the door out.—-------—-------—-Episode Chapters:00:00:00 Introduction00:02:26 Addiction vs. Habit00:05:31 Pain, Disconnection, and the Void00:07:49 Dopamine, Sugar, Coffee, and Phones00:10:27 When Healing Becomes a Spin Cycle00:13:46 The “I Am Broken” Program00:16:15 Gentleness Without Bypassing00:18:08 Self-Talk, Journaling, Therapy00:21:10 Ahimsa & Svadhyaya in Practice00:27:03 Intention, Commitment, and Balance00:28:36 Integration > Endless Doing00:35:11 Real-Time Healing00:39:31 Altered States vs. Slowing Down00:41:07 Pedestals, Gurus & Claiming Your Power00:44:13 No Finish Line; Keep It Human00:46:10 Closing—-------—-------—-

In this episode, I'm joined by the extraordinary mother–daughter team Norma and Nisha Burton, co-authors of Navigating Liminal Realms: Psycho-navigation Skills for Lucid Dreaming, Trance Journeys and Altered States. Their work blends ancient psychonaut wisdom with modern neuroscience to revive a long-forgotten skill: how to consciously enter, explore, and return from the dreamscape, trance worlds, and psychedelic visions with clarity and intention.Together, we explore the unique ways Norma and Nisha use their complementary approaches to help others navigate the inner wilderness — cultivating practices that deepen self-awareness, expand perception, and reconnect us with the vast terrain of our own consciousness and beyond.This is a rich, fascinating conversation for anyone drawn to lucid dreaming, shamanic journeying, psychedelics, or the mysteries of the mind.Visit Norma + Nisha's websiteVisit Nisha's websiteVisit Norma's website________BECOME YOUR OWN SHAMAN Introductory Online Course For more information about Wendy's new visionary fiction book, Raven's Daughter, or to purchase a copy, visit Three Worlds PressVisit Wendy's website to learn more about the the Harmonic Egg®  Lucid Cafe episodes by topic  Listen to Lucid Cafe on YouTube  ★ Support this podcast ★

What is consciousness, really - and why have centuries of science and philosophy still not resolved it? In this episode of Mind-Body Solution, Dr Tevin Naidu is joined by Dr Elly Vintiadis, philosopher at the intersection of mind, cognitive science, psychiatry, and metaphysics. Together, we explore the foundations, limits, and future of theories of consciousness - and why our scientific worldview may need a major conceptual upgrade.This episode is part of a special series in collaboration with the Mind-at-Large Project: a three-year international initiative, spanning conferences, films, and media, investigating consciousness and its role in reality. It seeks to challenge the prevailing materialist paradigm and expand our understanding of mind across scales, from neurons to ecosystems, from individuals to the cosmos itself. A collaboration between philosophers, scientists, and scholars rethinking the nature of consciousness, reality, and beyond. Mind-at-Large Abstract Submission Guidelines: https://ctr4process.org/mind-at-large/submit/TIMESTAMPS:(00:00) — Intro & Welcome(00:30) — Mind-at-Large: A Call for Submissions(03:30) — How Materialism Became Our Default(06:13) — A Brief History of the Mind–Body Debate(11:14) — Why We Have 360 Theories of Consciousness(12:08) — Do We Need a Conceptual Revolution?(16:12) — Clinical Practice & The Limits of Reductionism(17:47) — Why Society Wants “Quick Fix” Psychiatry(18:05) — Is Consciousness Fundamental or Emergent?(20:59) — Beyond the Brain: Embodiment & Electromagnetic Fields(22:49) — Why Theories of Consciousness Actually Matter(23:03) — Mental Disorders: Biological, Social, or Normative?(26:19) — Why Biomarkers in Psychiatry Keep Failing(29:07) — How Substance Metaphysics Misleads Us(34:00) — Phenomenal Variation & Altered States(39:05) — Philosophy's Job: Synthesizing the Ways of Knowing(41:14) — Introspection vs Experiment: Are Both Valid?(52:30) — Animal Minds, Moral Status & Personhood(1:07:42) — Cautious Pluralism & Open Questions(1:15:22) — ConclusionEPISODE LINKS:- Mind-at-Large Project Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPacM28YkMQCHdQl2_3OvDmHPl6jJRJcz&si=MxhDoX6bJjkEzMXK- Mind-at-Large Project: https://mindatlargeproject.com- Mind-at-Large Abstract Submission Guidelines: https://ctr4process.org/mind-at-large/submit/- Elly's Website: https://ellyvintiadis.com/- Elly's X: https://twitter.com/EllyVintiadis- Elly's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elly-vintiadis-21a78817/- Elly's Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mV7LCQwAAAAJ&hl=enCONNECT:- Website: https://mindbodysolution.org - YouTube: https://youtube.com/@mindbodysolution- Podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mindbodysolution- Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu- Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu- Website: https://tevinnaidu.com=============================Disclaimer: The information provided on this channel is for educational purposes only. The content is shared in the spirit of open discourse and does not constitute, nor does it substitute, professional or medical advice. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred from you acting or not acting as a result of listening/watching any of our contents. You acknowledge that you use the information provided at your own risk. Listeners/viewers are advised to conduct their own research and consult with their own experts in the respective fields.

According to our unscientific office poll, the annual changing of the clocks has all the popularity of a root canal. With few exceptions, people described the shift to and from Daylight Saving Time as disorienting, arbitrary, and unwelcome.On a more existential level, winding the clocks back and forth reminds us that no matter how concrete minutes and hours may feel, the way we perceive time is fluid. Time flies when you're having fun. A watched pot never boils. So to celebrate (or perhaps protest) another year setting back the clocks, the Outside/In team has uncovered four mini-stories that will poke at, stretch, or even obliterate your perception of time. From “time expansion experiences”, to time-space synaesthesia, to the slow-motion life of a fly, prepare for a totally different type of time warp.Featuring Steve Taylor, Rhitu Chatterjee, Kevin Healy, Katherine Akey, and Patricia Lynne Duffy.This episode was produced by Felix Poon, Marina Henke, and Justine Paradis. For full credits and transcript, visit outsideinradio.org.SUPPORTOutside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In. Follow Outside/In on Instagram or join our private discussion group on Facebook.LINKS“To reignite the joy of childhood, learn to live on ‘toddler time',” by Rhitu Chatterjee, is part of NPR's special series “Finding Time.”“Can you see time?” (BBC News), by Victoria Gill, includes a drawing depicting an example of what a year might look like to a synesthete.Research reveals which animals perceive time the fastest (ScienceDirect)“When Seconds Turn Into Minutes: Time Expansion Experiences in Altered States of Consciousness,” by Steve Taylor (ResearchGate) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Though Death By DVD is taking a break to relocate and build a bigger and better Death By DVD studio we thought it would just be down right insane to not have at least SOMETHING to offer our fine dead studio audience for Halloween. Halloween is our favorite holiday, our favorite time of year and I'll boldly say it's down right the best time of year, so we wanted to celebrate with you and boy howdy, though short in run time we have a whole lot for you to hear on this episode.An all new movie from your host Harry-Scott Sullivan is available now to stream, we have an exclusive new song from SATANIC HEARSE RECORDS called NO LIFE IN THEIR EYES from their forthcoming record DEATH SEX GORE HORROR and of course an update on when Death By DVD will return full time. Celebrate the season of the witch and hit play and hear this episode today! SATANIC HEARSE on Bandcamp : tap here or copy and paste the link belowhttps://satanichearserecords.bandcamp.com/WATCH YOUR HOSTS DOCUMENTARY AND DARK TALES FROM CHANNEL X NOW ON BLOODSTREAM TV: tap here or copy and paste the link belowhttps://bloodstreamtv.com/show-details/dark-tales-from-channel-xLearn more about Bloodstream TV : Tap here or copy and paste the link belowhttps://bloodstreamtv.com/homeIf you're reading this I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support. Death By DVD has almost existed for 2 solid decades, please consider supporting Death By DVD directly on Patreon to secure the future of this very show. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Thank you for choosing Death. DEATH BY DVD FOREVER. FOREVER DEATH BY DVD. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ CHECK OUT DEATH BY DVD ON YOUTUBE : https://www.youtube.com/@DeathByDVDDon't forget, Death By DVD has its very own all original audio drama voiced almost entirely by Death By DVD!DEATH BY DVD PRESENTS : WHO SHOT HANK?The first of its kind, (On this show, at least) an all original narrative audio drama exploring the murder of this shows very host, HANK THE WORLDS GREATEST! Explore WHO SHOT HANK, starting with the MURDER! A Death By DVD New Year Mystery WHO SHOT HANK : PART ONE WHO SHOT HANK : PART TWO WHO SHOT HANK : PART THREE WHO SHOT HANK : PART FOUR WHO SHOT HANK PART 5 : THE BEGINNING OF THE ENDWHO SHOT HANK PART 6 THE FINALE : EXEUNT OMNES 

On this episode, Brian talks about the new Criterion 4K of Ken Russell's psychedlic cult classic ALTERED STATES and then offers 10 other film recommendations to go with it. Check out the ALTERED STATES 4K here: https://www.criterion.com/films/29506-altered-states This week's episode is also brought to you by the fine folks at DiabolikDVD - a great place to buy your discs from! https://www.diabolikdvd.com/ Just the Discs Now has a YouTube Channel! Check it out here and subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCffVK8TcUyjCpr0F9SpV53g Follow the Show on Twitter here for Episode previews and new Blu-ray News! https://bsky.app/profile/justthediscs.bsky.social Brian's Directed By shirts can be found here: https://www.teepublic.com/user/filmmakershirts We're also on Instagram! instagram.com/justthediscspod/

Back for Tiny Terror Halloween (Part I), filmmaker Jeffrey Garcia joins us to discuss his new feature length filth-fest, MEAT MACHINE starring our own Crude Rude Dude. He also takes us on a few side quests about independent film making, the use of A.I. in art, challening the status quo and of course, Godzilla. Lucky for us, Jeffrey does stick around for the main event in which we discuss Frank Henenlotter's 1982 body scholck classic BASKET CASE. BASKET CASE review starts at 1:09:12 Find Jeffrey Garcia: https://linktr.ee/jayfreegarseeuh Movie Recap: Some Godzilla talk (per usual) Altered States (1980) Getting Into Heaven (1970) National Lampoons European Vacation (1985) Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) The Cursed (2021) Support: patereon.com/notforeveryone Drink more coffee: https://www.foxnsons.com/  PROMOCODE: NFE      

Hamilton speaks with Dr. Rick Strassman about his latest book "My Altered States" and together they explore other topics including the history of DMT research, consciousness, the future of psychedelic research and much more!This episode originally aired on Patreon January 2025._______________PATREON - patreon.com/HamiltonMorris-100+ hours of exclusive content-Early access to episodes-Chemistry + Pharmacology community forumsMERCH - HamiltonMorris.com_______________A big thank you for supporting the show: Kykeon Analytics - https://www.kykeonanalytics.comfor an affordable anonymous mail-in substance testing lab serviceLucy Tobacco-Free Nicotine - https://www.lucy.coLucy's mission is to reduce tobacco-related harm to zero: For up to 20% off use the promo code: “HAMILTON”New Brew Euphoric Seltzer - https://www.drinknewbrew.comFor up to 15% off use the promo code: "HAMILTON"Matcha.com - https://matcha.comAndrew Weil MD's matcha tea, it's delicious!For up to 20% off + a FREE GIFT use the code "HAMILTON" _______________Get Dr. Rick Strassman's latest book "My Altered States" here:https://www.rickstrassman.com/store/my-altered-states/Support the show

Tonight's guest is musician and author, Matt Xavier (https://integratedpsychedelics.com/), who has come to be known as The Psychedelic DJ. Matt is a DJ who counsels clients in distress with music, frequency...and mushrooms. Tonight we'll learn how nocturnal beginnings in the Rave Scene blossomed into an alternative therapy practice. Audience contributions along the way! The Quite Frankly Survey: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8459650/QuiteFrankly-3-0FocusGroup Unleash Your Brain w/ Keto Brainz Nootropic Promo code FRANKLY: https://tinyurl.com/2cess6y7 BPC-157 Peptides: https://mindthymitochondria.com/ Sponsor The Show and Get VIP Perks: https://www.quitefrankly.tv/sponsor One-Time Tip: http://www.paypal.me/QuiteFranklyLive Read July Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/y4yvuxff Elevation Blend Coffee & Official QF Mugs: https://www.coffeerevolution.shop/category/quite-frankly Official QF Apparel: https://tinyurl.com/f3kbkr4s Send Holiday cards, Letters, and other small gifts, to the Quite Frankly P.O. Box! Quite Frankly 222 Purchase Street, #105 Rye, NY, 10580 Tip w/ Crypto: BTC: bc1q97w5aazjf7pjjl50n42kdmj9pqyn5zndwh3lng XRP: rnES2vQV6d2jLpavzf7y97XD4AfK1MjePu Leave a Voice Mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/QuiteFrankly Quite Frankly Socials: Twitter/X: @QuiteFranklyTV Instagram: @QuiteFranklyOfficial Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/u5RutUcSMJ GUILDED Chat: https://tinyurl.com/kzrk6nxa Official Forum: https://tinyurl.com/k89p88s8 Telegram: https://t.me/quitefranklytv Truth: https://tinyurl.com/5n8x9s6f GETTR: https://tinyurl.com/2fprkyn4 MINDS: https://tinyurl.com/4p84d3cx Gab: https://tinyurl.com/mr42m2au Streaming Live On: QuiteFrankly.tv (Powered by Foxhole) Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/yc2cn395 BitChute: https://tinyurl.com/46dfca5c Rumble: https://tinyurl.com/yeytwwyz Kick: https://kick.com/quitefranklytv Audio On Demand: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/301gcES iTunes: http://apple.co/2dMURMq Amazon: https://amzn.to/3afgEXZ SoundCloud: https://tinyurl.com/yc44m474

Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart returns to share insights from her new book, Signs. After the death of her husband, Tara began experiencing profound synchronicities and communications from beyond that reshaped how she sees grief, love, and consciousness itself.Together we explore the 34 hidden human senses science is beginning to uncover, how to discern real signs from coincidence, and why our names, dreams, and even scents hold deeper meaning than we realize. Tara bridges rigorous science with mystical experience, showing us how signs can offer healing, guidance, and connection with those we've lost.BonCharge Red light therapy:Go to https://boncharge.com/knowthyself and use coupon code KNOWTHYSELF to save 15%BiOptimizer's Magnesium Breakthrough:For an exclusive offer, go to http://bioptimizers.com/knowthyself and use promo code knowthyself during checkout to save 15 percent.Andrés Book Recs: https://www.knowthyselfpodcast.com/book-list___________0:00 Intro 1:49 Beyond the 5 Senses: 34 Hidden Abilities9:11 How Death Showed Her the Mystery of Reality, Signs & Consciousness 19:12 Facing the Grief of Her Husband's Death26:02 Communicating with Diseased Loved Ones31:31 Ad: Boncharge Redlight32:34 An Amazing Sign Sent From Her Father36:50 Discerning Coincidence Vs. Real Signs40:29 Mechanism Behind Getting Signs46:45 Rigorous Discernment & Mysticism55:58 How Beauty & Nature Evokes Wellbeing in Us1:02:16 What Scent Reveals About Attraction1:05:22 Ad: BiOptimizers1:06:38 How Trauma Lives in the Body1:20:40 Leverage Lucid Dreaming & Darkness Retreats for Change1:27:07 Plant Medicine & Altered States of Consciousness1:35:13 Studying Extra Sensory Perception1:39:48 How Our Names Shape Us1:44:26 Building a Life of Significance 1:48:43 Conclusion___________Episode Resources: New Book: https://m.cmpgn.page/7fzHPBhttps://www.instagram.com/drtaraswart/https://www.instagram.com/andreduqum/https://www.instagram.com/knowthyself/https://www.youtube.com/@knowthyselfpodcasthttps://www.knowthyselfpodcast.com