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Remember the story that made the headlines for several weeks about the four Huitoto children, lost for forty days in the Colombian Amazon after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed? Well, our friend Mat Youkee has written the definitive book on this event, a triumph of the human spirit and survival, but he also delves into the history of the Amazon, the exploitation and mythicism therein. Tune in to a fantastic episode detailing the lives of the four Mucutuy children, the lives of many indigenous families of the area, their struggles in the armed conflict and much more. Buy the book! https://a.co/d/j5E0P05 Mat Youkee has lived in Panama and Colombia since 2010, working as a freelance journalist and professional investigator. He has covered Indigenous-rights issues in Colombia, Panama, Chile, and Argentina for The Guardian. His reporting has also appeared in The Economist, The Telegraph, the Financial Times, Americas Quarterly, Foreign Policy, and other local and international publications.   And, tune in to the Colombia Briefing with Emily Hart: https://harte.substack.com

Ana Gonzalez, Photo byJuan Moore Ana González's artistic practice celebrates the landscapes of her native Colombia and her partnerships with the indigenous communities dedicated to their preservation. Her work serves as a vibrant tribute to the sensory richness and cultural significance of these environments whilst highlighting their crucial role in historic ecosystems. Her oeuvre bridges multiple disciplines, including painting, photography, and sculpture. In her work González references to the 18th-century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and his exploration of the interconnectedness of all living systems. Her Devastations series features textiles onto which the artist prints photographs of Colombia's vulnerable environments which she then partially unravels by hand. The works preserve these spaces as sites of power, abundance, and renewal while referencing the slow disappearance of ancient ecologies. González has worked closely with Colombian Indigenous communities, leading social and humanitarian initiatives with the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta communities, the Nukak people of Guaviare, and Misak women in Cauca. In collaboration with Cartier and the Amazon Conservation Team, González founded a health and social project in the Colombian Amazon. In November 2024 they completed a healthcare center in Murui Muina, Umancia, an indigenous settlement positioned at the intersection of three key regions: Putumayo, Caquetá, and Amazonas. Ana González is a graduate in architecture from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. She pursued advanced studies in Art and Gender at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and completed a master's in arts and media, focusing on Photography, Printing, and Publishing, at both the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris in France. Her work is part of significant private and public collections, including the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, the Havremagasinet Länskonsthall Museum in Sweden, the National Museum of Colombia, the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO), the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, the JP Morgan Chase Art Collection, NY, the Bancolombia Art Collection and the Museo de la Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. She currently lives and works in Bogotá. Ana González, PALMAS DE CERA (WAX PALM TREES), 2024 sublimation printing on roughened tarp 58 1/4 x 58 11/16 inches. © Ana González Courtesy Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles. Ana González, RÍO VAUPÉS (RIVER IN THE AMAZON FOREST), 2024, sublimation printing on roughened tarp, 21 5/8 x 27 9/16 inches. © Ana González Courtesy Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles. Ana González, KYBA (DREAM), 2024, diptych graphite and acrylic on canvas. canvas: 63 x 47 1/4 inches (160 x 120 cm) each. © Ana González Courtesy Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles.

Rainforest conservation is an under-leveraged opportunity when it comes to cosmetic and personal care ingredient sourcing. There are however, ambitious suppliers working to ensure that sustainable wild harvesting is not only environmentally beneficial and economically feasible but also a reliable source of high-quality effective beauty care ingredients.  This week on the CosmoFactory podcast, we hear about the wild forest economy and how international collaborations are helping bring novel ingredients to market—ingredients that benefit both consumers and the planet. Our guest is Camilo Bueno, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Cary-O, a company based in Colombia, founded in 2020, and specialized in Cacay Oil. Did you find this episode valuable?SHARE it with a colleague, SUBSCRIBE to the CosmoFactory podcast & please LEAVE US A REVIEW today.  With your help, even more cosmetic industry professionals can discover the inspiring interviews we share on CosmoFactory! ABOUT CosmoFactoryBeauty industry stakeholders listen to the CosmoFactory podcast for inspiration and for up-to-date information on concepts, tactics, and solutions that move business forward. CosmoFactory – Ideas to Innovation is a weekly interview series for cosmetics and personal care suppliers, finished product brand leaders, retailers, buyers, importers, and distributors. Each Tuesday, CosmoFactory guests share experiences, insights, and exclusive behind-the-scenes details—which makes this not only a must-listen B2B podcast but an ongoing case study of our dynamic industry. Guests are actively working in hands-on innovation roles along the beauty industry supply chain; they specialize in raw materials, ingredients, manufacturing, packaging, and more. They are designers, R&D or R&I pros, technical experts, product developers, key decision makers, visionary executives. HOST Deanna UtroskeCosmetics and personal care industry observer Deanna Utroske hosts the CosmoFactory podcast. She brings an editorial perspective and a decade of industry expertise to every interview. Deanna is also Editor of the Beauty Insights newsletter and a supply-side positioning consultant. She writes the Global Perspectives column for EuroCosmetics magazine, is a former Editor of CosmeticsDesign, and is known globally for her ability to identify emerging trends, novel technologies, and true innovation in beauty. A PRODUCTION OF Cosmoprof Worldwide BolognaCosmoFactory is the first podcast from Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, taking its place among the best B2B podcasts serving the global beauty industry.   Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna is the most important beauty trade show in the world. Dedicated to all sectors of the industry, Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna welcomes over 250,000 visitors from 150 countries and regions and nearly 3,000 exhibitors to Bologna, Italy, each year. It's where our diverse and international industry comes together to build business relationships and to discover the best brands and newest innovations across consumer beauty, professional beauty, and the entire supply chain. The trade show includes a robust program of exclusive educational content, featuring  executives and key opinion leaders from every sector of the cosmetics, fragrance, and personal care industry. Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna is the most important event of the Cosmoprof international network, with exhibitions in Asia (Hong Kong), the US (Las Vegas and Miami), India (Mumbai) and Thailand (Bangkok). Thanks to its global exhibitions Cosmoprof connects a community of more than 500,000 beauty stakeholders and 10,000 companies from 190 countries and regions. Learn more today at Cosmoprof.com    

Scott Hulet is a legendary writer, editor, and current Creative Director at The Surfer's Journal. He also has a new book titled Flow Violento: A Scott Hulet Omnibus, which is a compilation of more than thirty years of his writing about surfing, fishing, travel, food, music, and more. If you subscribe to my book recommendations email, then you'll already know how much I loved the book– Scott brings to life the cultures, waves, and landscapes of Latin America using his unique blend of insights, humor, and perfectly crafted prose. If you're a fan of travelogues, adventure tales, and cultural immersion, I know you'll enjoy “Flow Violento.” Scott was born and raised in southern California, and he's been writing for longer than he can even remember. Skating and surfing entered his life very early, as did travel to Mexico for surf trips. Through a deep commitment to the craft of writing and surfing, he's been able to build a successful career that combines both. But for all his success, there have also been some speedbumps along the way, including a string of health scares during his fifties that culminated with a very serious stroke. But after a ton of hard work and help from some inspiring medical professionals, Scott was able to make a full recovery– and refocus his efforts on writing, traveling, and surfing. I've been a huge fan of The Surfer's Journal and Scott for many, many years, so I was honored that he took the time to chat with me about his life, work, and the new book. I caught him just a few days before he took off to the Colombian Amazon for a fishing and research trip, and we had a fun chat about reading, writing, surfing, traveling, and more. Some of the topics include: his “hunting and gathering” approach to reading: some of his favorite childhood books; his first foundational surfing and traveling experiences; moving to Hawaii after high school; becoming a professional writer; the importance of approaching new cultures with respect; his health scares and lessons learned; his surprising thoughts on social media; rules for travel; and much more. A big thanks to Scott for the conversation and his decades of important work.  And another big thanks to you for listening.  Enjoy! --- Flow Violento: A Scott Hulet Omnibus The Surfer's Journal Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Ed's book recs Full episode notes and links: https://mountainandprairie.com/scott-hulet/ --- TOPICS DISCUSSED: 3:30 - Scott's “hunting and gathering” approach to reading 5:30 - Scott's father's influence on his reading 7:00 - Favorite childhood books 8:15 - A brief family history 9:35 - Childhood activities in San Diego 11:45 - First three foundational surfing experiences 16:00 - First adventure in Mexico 20:30 - Approaching new cultures and locations with respect… or else 24:00 - Heading to university 25:45 - Writing: from avocation to vocation 28:00 - Mentors 34:30 - How TSJ has maintained such a loyal following in the changing world of print media 36:45 - A surprisingly positive take on Twitter/X 39:45 - The importance of knowing a wide range of people with wide ranges of ideas 44:45 - The art of editing 47:15 - Courting the Muse 49:30 - Lessons learned from several super-intense health trials 53:30 - Pre-stroke Scott vs post-stroke Scott 55:45 - How to stand out from the crowd as a creative 57:15 - There are still unknown, off-the-map places to discover 59:00 - Rules for thinking traveler 1:01:00 - Important books 1:05:00 - Parting words of wisdom --- ABOUT MOUNTAIN & PRAIRIE: Mountain & Prairie - All Episodes Mountain & Prairie Shop Mountain & Prairie on Instagram Upcoming Events About Ed Roberson Support Mountain & Prairie Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts  

Visual artist Palehorse talks with special guest John Sarvis of the 'Secret Smile Sanctuary' in Dade City, FL - An outdoor retreat space that hosts the 'Kamentsa Inga' - a traveling Ayahuasca (Yage) church, lead by Taita Hector Alirio Ortiz Jimenez, who is a medicine man with over 23 years of experience from the lower Putumayo region of the Colombian Amazon. In this episode we are connecting with John shortly after the Smile Sanctuary was hit by three, back to back hurricanes, leaving his property and home under 13 feet of flood water. This podcast is packed with a vibration of resilience, staying positive and recognizing that everything that comes in life is for our greatest good. In the past two years since the Kamentsa Inga Church has been hosting Ayahuasca circles at the Smile Sanctuary, John has participated in 23 ceremonies and in this interview he shares the profound impacts that the medicine has had on his life and way of being. You'll also hear a story from his latest ceremony experience where John was psychically torn to pieces and put back together as an upgraded version of himself to prepare for the work ahead to rebuild and continue this work for the community amidst the challenges of the natural disaster. Please enjoy this episode and see below for links to support and join the community! | CONNECT WITH THE KAMENTSA INGA CHURCH | https://ayahuascayage.com/ | SUPPORT THE REBUILDING OF THE SMILE SANCTUARY | https://tinyurl.com/yd4b7cx5 | CONNECT WITH JOHN SARVIS | https://www.facebook.com/sarvisrocks | PALEHORSE ONLINE STORE & OFFERINGS | https://palehorse.myshopify.com/ ⁠https://palehorse.komi.io/⁠ | MUSIC BY SOMA KIRTAN | ⁠  / soma_kirtan  

Hey everybody! Episode 145 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Michal Scheffler. Michal was introduced to me by our mutual friend Marta (who I interviewed in episode 16). Michal has led a very fascinating and full life. He was a DJ for many years and holds two degrees in psychology. His interest in consciousness led him to Latin America and ayahuasca where he spent time with different indigenous groups such as the Huni Kuin, Yawanawa, Shuar, as well as the Santo Daime church. We spoke about this journey and then what led him to other teachers such as the Colombian taitas, Andean traditions, and the Tubu nation of the Colombian Amazon. We spoke about the power of the word, storytelling, his journey into fatherhood, his involvement in the Imago community, and a lot more. I think Michal's wisdom is very apparent and it comes through his word and presence. I was really happy to sit down and speak with Michal and hear his wisdom and I trust you all will gain much from him as well. Also if you wait until the end, Michal sings one of his songs that came to him when calling in his son, on the Andean-Amazonian story of Origin. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!“Michal Scheffler (Sanken Koshi) is the founder and leader of IMAGO Community, a spiritual organization formally established in Brazil and USA, yet present across the Americas.IMAGO stewards an altar that bridges the ancestral tools and wisdom of the Amazon and Andes into the new time.While spending the last 11 years immersed in studying indigenous wisdom traditions, passing through a wide variety of diets and initiations led by the teachers of the jungle and the mountains, he predominantly trained in Brazil and Colombia. The core of his offering is expressed through the weaving of the traditional chants of the Yawanawa nation with the ritual based on the geometry of word, song, story and dance.While being guided by the teachings of the Law of Origin, Sanken Koshi has also walked a more formal path of university study. He carries two degrees in psychology and specializes in community building. He has observed that cultivating supportive community provides the integrity to create lasting shifts and benefit the individual process.Fascinated by the reprogramming of consciousness, he adds a subtle academic approach to support the evolution and long-term benefits of the individuals and the collective.”To learn more about or contact Michal, visit his website at: https://www.imagocommunity.org/To view the recent documentary, Sacred Tobacco, about my work, visit: https://youtu.be/KB0JEQALI_wIf you enjoy the show, it's a big help if you can share it via social media or word of mouth. And please Subscribe or Follow and if you can go on Apple Podcasts and leave a starred-rating and a short review. This is super helpful with the algorithms and getting this show out to more people. Thank you in advance!For more information about me and my upcoming plant medicine retreats with my colleague Merav Artzi, visit my site at: https://NicotianaRustica.orgIntegration/Consultation call: https://jasongrechanik.setmore.comPatreon: https://patreon.com/UniverseWithinYouTube join & perks: https://bit.ly/YTPerksPayPal, donate: https://paypal.me/jasongrechanikWebsite: https://UniverseWithinPodcast.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcastFacebook: https://facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcastMusic: Nuno Moreno: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound & https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com & Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4H

Where is Matavén, you may well ask? So, this week on the Colombia Calling podcast, we discuss an award-winning community tourism project with people of the Piaroa indigenous community and the Colombian Project. Joining us on the podcast is Camilo Ortega, product manager of the Colombian Project. The Matavén Jungle is the fourth largest Indigenous Reservation in Colombia, with an extension of 1,849,613 hectares and located in the north-eastern area of the department of Vichada, between the Vichada rivers to the north, Orinoco to the east, Guaviare to the south and the Chupave canal to the west. Today it constitutes one of the last refuges of the transition forest between the Colombian Amazon and Orinoquía region. This territory has a great diversity of landscapes and different habitats such as floodplains, large stone hills of the Guyanese shield, or open savannah areas in the middle of its jungles. Its name is due to the Matavén river, which crosses this extensive region in a west-east direction. Approximately 10,500 indigenous people live in the Matavén Jungle, distributed among the Sikuani, Piapoco, Piaroa, Pinave, Curripaco, and Cubeo tribes. This characteristic of multiculturalism that exists in the reservation makes this region a space of great importance for the conservation of the existing natural and cultural heritage. https://www.colombianproject.com www.patreon.com/colombiacalling

In this conversation from our Shifting Landscapes exhibition, Emergence executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee is joined by Marshmallow Laser Feast creative director Ersin Han Ersin, one of the artists behind the exhibition's large-scale installation, Breathing with the Forest, which invites you into an experience of exchanging breath with a forest in the Colombian Amazon. Talking about the ways MLF's projects bring together science and imagination to illuminate the hidden connections within the living world, Ersin speaks to the power of sensory engagement, wonder, and awe to broaden our perception of more-than-human experiences. Explore our special online adaptation of Breathing with the Forest. Read the transcript. Image courtesy of Marshmallow Laser Feast and Sandra Ciampone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 1 of Episode 150! Yay!! And now for something completely different. This episode is a bit of a departure from our regular show. We invite Alex Criddle and Cody Noconi, researchers into the psychedelic origins of Mormonism, to respond to the recent debate on the Mormon Book Reviews channel between ourselves and Mormon apologist, Brian Hales. Brian attempts to provide the apologetic response to the theory that Joseph Smith utilized psychedelics (entheogens) in the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in order to facilitate visionary experiences for the early Saints. Disinformation requires much greater effort than simply stating information so we do our best to debunk his debunking (rebunk the theory?). This one is a long haul so we split it into 2 episodes to make it a little more digestible.   Show notes: Video version: https://youtu.be/3l0L1EHtQOo Support our research and outreach: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions Original here: Psychedelics & Early Mormonism Theory Brian Hales Responds on Mormon Book Reviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7J0y_cPpg Further information: “The Higher Powers of Man” - Frederick M. Smith was a prophet of the RLDS Mormons and paternal grandson of the founder Joseph Smith. In 1918 Frederick published this Ph.D. dissertation breaking down altered states of consciousness from an early psychologist's perspective, specifically, religious states of ‘ecstacy' as he called it. A lengthy chapter devoted to peyote is particularly worth reading. “The Higher Powers: Fred M - Smith and the Peyote Ceremonies” - Shelby Barnes' 1995 paper highlighting the curious psychedelic interests of Frederick M. Smith. While Barnes does not make any direct connections to Joseph Smith and psychedelics, Barnes does note that Frederick's interests were an attempt to find the reliable keys to visionary revelation that his grandfather Joseph had demonstrated. “Restoration and the Sacred Mushroom”  - Dr. Robert Beckstead's seminal research paper presented at the August 2007 Sunstone Symposium. Beckstead's paper was the first to propose the possibility that Joseph Smith used psychedelics to facilitate visionary experiences. “A 1920's Harvard Psychedelic Circle with a Mormon Connection: Peyote Use amongst the Harvard Aesthetes” Alan Piper's 2016 paper highlighting Frederick M. Smith's interest in psychedelics, and how as a standing Mormon prophet Fred was funding a 1920s group of Harvard students with peyote. “Revelation Through Hallucination: A discourse on the Joseph Smith-entheogen theory” - Bryce Blankenagel and Cody Noconi's 2017 follow-up paper further explores the hypothesis originally put forward by Dr. Robert Beckstead a decade earlier. “The Entheogenic Origins of Mormonism: A Working Hypothesis” - Dr. Robert Beckstead, Bryce Blankenagel, Cody Noconi, and Michael Winkelman's paper published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies in June 2019. This was the first paper on the subject published in an academic journal. “Visions, Mushrooms, Fungi, Cacti, and Toads: Joseph Smith's Reported Use of Entheogens” Brian Hales' 2020 response paper to the one published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies. As a believing Mormon engaged in academic apologetics, Hales details what he perceives to be holes in the proposed hypothesis. “The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, and Drugs” - Cody Noconi's book published in 2021. “Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 1)” Alex Criddle's 2023 paper that was originally presented at the Forms of Psychedelic Life conference at UC Berkeley (April 14-15, 2023). “Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 2)” A continuation of Alex Criddle's 2023 paper. “A Real Spiritual High: In Defense of Psychedelic Mysticism” An enlightening philosophical essay from Alex Criddle. Bibliography and further reading: The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James The Higher Powers of Man, by Frederick M. Smith The Magus, by Francis Barrett  A Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences, by Ebenezer Sibly Hearts Made Glad: The Charges of Intemperance Against Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet, by Lamar Peterson The Seven Sisters of Sleep, by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke The Encylopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications, by Christian Rátsch Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers, by Richard Evans Shultes, Albert Hoffman, and Christian Rátsch The Dictionary of Sacred and Magical Plants, by Christian Rátsch Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants, by Claudia Muller-Ebeling, Christian Rátsch, and Wolf-Dieter Storl Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible, by Chris Bennett and Neil McQueen Liber 420: Cannabis, Magickal Herbs and the Occult, by Chris Bennett Cannabis: Lost Sacrament of the Ancient World, by Chris Bennett Plants of the Devil, by Corinne Boyer The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku Veneficium: Magic Witchcraft, and the Poison Path, by Daniel A. Schulke Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism, by Daniel A. Schulke The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens, by Richard Evans Shultes and Albert Hoffman Where the Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon, by Richard Evans Shultes Vine of the Soul: Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian Amazonia, by Richard Evans Shultes and Robert F. Raffauf Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline, Richard Evans Shultes and Siri von Reis Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion, by Jonathan Ott, R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, and Carl A. P. Ruck Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History, by Jonathan Ott Plant Intoxicants: a Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants, by Ernst Bibra and Jonathan Ott Age of Entheogens & the Angels' Dictionary, by Jonathan Ott Drugs of the Dreaming: Oneirogens: Salvia Divinorum and Other Dream-Enhancing Plants, by Jonathan Ott, Gianluca Toro, and Benjamin Thomas The Road to Eleusis, by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl A. P. Ruck, Huston Smith Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, by William A. Richards Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness, by Carl A.P. Ruck and Mark Alwin Hoffman Mushrooms, Myth and Mithras: The Drug Cult that Civilized Europe, by Carl A.P. Ruck, Mark Alwin Hoffman and Jose Alfredo Gonzalez Celdran Sacred Mushrooms of the Goddess: Secrets of Eleusis, by Carl A.P. Ruck The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist, by Carl A.P. Ruck, Clark Heinrich, and Blaise Daniel Staples Psychedelic Mystery Traditions: Sacred Plants, Magical Practices, Ecstatic States, by Thomas Hatsis The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic, by Thomas Hatsis Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry, by PD Newman Angels in Vermillion: The Philosophers' Stone: From Dee to DMT, by PD Newman Theurgy: Theory and Practice: The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine, by PD Newman The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, and Drugs, by Cody Noconi Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy, by Clark Heinrich Psychedelic Medicine, by Richard Miller Mushroom Medicine: The Healing Power of Psilocybin & Sacred Entheogen History, by Brian Jackson The Religious Experience: It's Production and Interpretation., by Timothy Leary Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals, by Huston Smith The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide, by James Fadiman Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide, by Paul Stamets Soma: divine mushroom of immortality, by Robert Gordon Wasson The Philosophy of Natural Magic, by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Dwellers on the Threshold; Or Magic and Magicians, with Some Illustrations of Human Error and Imposture, by John Maxwell The History of Magic, by Eliphas Levi Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, by Albert Mackey The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania, by Julius F. Sachse God on Psychedelics: Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-Time Religion, by Don Lattin The Peyote Effect: From the Inquisition to the War on Drugs, byAlexander Dawson The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzne, and Richard Alpert Entheogens and the Future of Religion, by Robert Forte How To Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America by Don Lattin Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered, by James B. Bakalar and Lester Grinspoon The Peyote Cult, by Weston LaBarre DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences, by Rick Stassman A Hallucinogenic Tea Laced With Controversy, by Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Roger Rumrrill Occurrence and Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Containing Psilocybin Alkaloids, by Jakob Kristinsson and Jørn Gry Psychedelics Encyclopedia, by Peter G Stafford Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research Since the Decade of the Brain, by Nicolas Langlitz Stairways To Heaven: Drugs In American Religious History, by Robert W. Fuller Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic, by Mike Jay DMT and the Soul of Prophecy: A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible, by Rick Strassman Liquid Light: Ayahuasca Spirituality and the Santo Daime Tradition, by G. William Barnar Distilled Spirits: Getting High, Then Sober, with a Famous Writer, a Forgotten Philosopher, and a Hopeless Drunk, by Don Lattin The Mystery of Manna: The Psychedelic Sacrament of the Bible, by Dan Merkur Psychedelic Sacrament: Manna, Meditation and Mystical Experience, by Dan Merkur LSD and the Divine Scientist: The Final Thoughts and Reflections of Albert Hofmann, by Albert Hoffman The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley Changing Our Minds: Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy, by Don Lattin LSD: Doorway to the Numinous: The Groundbreaking Psychedelic Research into Realms of the Human Unconscious, by Stanislav Grof LSD and the Mind of the Universe by Christopher Bache Plant Teachers: Ayahuasca, Tobacco, and the Pursuit of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby and Rafael Chanchari Pizuri Visionary Vine: Psychedelic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon by Marlene Dobkin de Rios The Antipodes of the Mind by Benny Shannon Ancient Psychedelic Substances by Scott Fitzpatrick Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion by Stan Grof, Huston Smith, and Albert Hofmann  The Shaman and Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms by Don Jose Campos The Religion of Ayahuasca: The Teachings of the Church of Santo Daime by Alex Polari de Alverga Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod  Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glassboxpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlassBoxPod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/  Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop Or find the merch store by clicking on “Store” here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html One time Paypal donation: bryceblankenagel@gmail.com   

Part 2 of Episode 150! Yay!! And now for something completely different. This episode is a bit of a departure from our regular show. We invite Alex Criddle and Cody Noconi, researchers into the psychedelic origins of Mormonism, to respond to the recent debate on the Mormon Book Reviews channel between ourselves and Mormon apologist, Brian Hales. Brian attempts to provide the apologetic response to the theory that Joseph Smith utilized psychedelics (entheogens) in the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in order to facilitate visionary experiences for the early Saints. Disinformation requires much greater effort than simply stating information so we do our best to debunk his debunking (rebunk the theory?). This one is a long haul so we split it into 2 episodes to make it a little more digestible.   Show notes: Video version: https://youtu.be/3l0L1EHtQOo Support our research and outreach: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions Original here: Psychedelics & Early Mormonism Theory Brian Hales Responds on Mormon Book Reviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7J0y_cPpg   Further information: “The Higher Powers of Man” - Frederick M. Smith was a prophet of the RLDS Mormons and paternal grandson of the founder Joseph Smith. In 1918 Frederick published this Ph.D. dissertation breaking down altered states of consciousness from an early psychologist's perspective, specifically, religious states of ‘ecstacy' as he called it. A lengthy chapter devoted to peyote is particularly worth reading. “The Higher Powers: Fred M - Smith and the Peyote Ceremonies” - Shelby Barnes' 1995 paper highlighting the curious psychedelic interests of Frederick M. Smith. While Barnes does not make any direct connections to Joseph Smith and psychedelics, Barnes does note that Frederick's interests were an attempt to find the reliable keys to visionary revelation that his grandfather Joseph had demonstrated. “Restoration and the Sacred Mushroom”  - Dr. Robert Beckstead's seminal research paper presented at the August 2007 Sunstone Symposium. Beckstead's paper was the first to propose the possibility that Joseph Smith used psychedelics to facilitate visionary experiences. “A 1920's Harvard Psychedelic Circle with a Mormon Connection: Peyote Use amongst the Harvard Aesthetes” Alan Piper's 2016 paper highlighting Frederick M. Smith's interest in psychedelics, and how as a standing Mormon prophet Fred was funding a 1920s group of Harvard students with peyote. “Revelation Through Hallucination: A discourse on the Joseph Smith-entheogen theory” - Bryce Blankenagel and Cody Noconi's 2017 follow-up paper further explores the hypothesis originally put forward by Dr. Robert Beckstead a decade earlier. “The Entheogenic Origins of Mormonism: A Working Hypothesis” - Dr. Robert Beckstead, Bryce Blankenagel, Cody Noconi, and Michael Winkelman's paper published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies in June 2019. This was the first paper on the subject published in an academic journal. “Visions, Mushrooms, Fungi, Cacti, and Toads: Joseph Smith's Reported Use of Entheogens” Brian Hales' 2020 response paper to the one published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies. As a believing Mormon engaged in academic apologetics, Hales details what he perceives to be holes in the proposed hypothesis. “The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, and Drugs” - Cody Noconi's book published in 2021. “Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 1)” Alex Criddle's 2023 paper that was originally presented at the Forms of Psychedelic Life conference at UC Berkeley (April 14-15, 2023). “Psychedelics as a Means of Revelation in Early and Contemporary Mormonism (Part 2)” A continuation of Alex Criddle's 2023 paper. “A Real Spiritual High: In Defense of Psychedelic Mysticism” An enlightening philosophical essay from Alex Criddle. Bibliography and further reading: The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James The Higher Powers of Man, by Frederick M. Smith The Magus, by Francis Barrett  A Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences, by Ebenezer Sibly Hearts Made Glad: The Charges of Intemperance Against Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet, by Lamar Peterson The Seven Sisters of Sleep, by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke The Encylopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications, by Christian Rátsch Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers, by Richard Evans Shultes, Albert Hoffman, and Christian Rátsch The Dictionary of Sacred and Magical Plants, by Christian Rátsch Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants, by Claudia Muller-Ebeling, Christian Rátsch, and Wolf-Dieter Storl Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible, by Chris Bennett and Neil McQueen Liber 420: Cannabis, Magickal Herbs and the Occult, by Chris Bennett Cannabis: Lost Sacrament of the Ancient World, by Chris Bennett Plants of the Devil, by Corinne Boyer The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku Veneficium: Magic Witchcraft, and the Poison Path, by Daniel A. Schulke Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism, by Daniel A. Schulke The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens, by Richard Evans Shultes and Albert Hoffman Where the Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon, by Richard Evans Shultes Vine of the Soul: Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian Amazonia, by Richard Evans Shultes and Robert F. Raffauf Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline, Richard Evans Shultes and Siri von Reis Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion, by Jonathan Ott, R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, and Carl A. P. Ruck Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History, by Jonathan Ott Plant Intoxicants: a Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants, by Ernst Bibra and Jonathan Ott Age of Entheogens & the Angels' Dictionary, by Jonathan Ott Drugs of the Dreaming: Oneirogens: Salvia Divinorum and Other Dream-Enhancing Plants, by Jonathan Ott, Gianluca Toro, and Benjamin Thomas The Road to Eleusis, by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl A. P. Ruck, Huston Smith Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, by William A. Richards Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness, by Carl A.P. Ruck and Mark Alwin Hoffman Mushrooms, Myth and Mithras: The Drug Cult that Civilized Europe, by Carl A.P. Ruck, Mark Alwin Hoffman and Jose Alfredo Gonzalez Celdran Sacred Mushrooms of the Goddess: Secrets of Eleusis, by Carl A.P. Ruck The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist, by Carl A.P. Ruck, Clark Heinrich, and Blaise Daniel Staples Psychedelic Mystery Traditions: Sacred Plants, Magical Practices, Ecstatic States, by Thomas Hatsis The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic, by Thomas Hatsis Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry, by PD Newman Angels in Vermillion: The Philosophers' Stone: From Dee to DMT, by PD Newman Theurgy: Theory and Practice: The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine, by PD Newman The Psychedelic History of Mormonism, Magic, and Drugs, by Cody Noconi Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy, by Clark Heinrich Psychedelic Medicine, by Richard Miller Mushroom Medicine: The Healing Power of Psilocybin & Sacred Entheogen History, by Brian Jackson The Religious Experience: It's Production and Interpretation., by Timothy Leary Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals, by Huston Smith The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide, by James Fadiman Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide, by Paul Stamets Soma: divine mushroom of immortality, by Robert Gordon Wasson The Philosophy of Natural Magic, by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Dwellers on the Threshold; Or Magic and Magicians, with Some Illustrations of Human Error and Imposture, by John Maxwell The History of Magic, by Eliphas Levi Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, by Albert Mackey The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania, by Julius F. Sachse God on Psychedelics: Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-Time Religion, by Don Lattin The Peyote Effect: From the Inquisition to the War on Drugs, byAlexander Dawson The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzne, and Richard Alpert Entheogens and the Future of Religion, by Robert Forte How To Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America by Don Lattin Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered, by James B. Bakalar and Lester Grinspoon The Peyote Cult, by Weston LaBarre DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences, by Rick Stassman A Hallucinogenic Tea Laced With Controversy, by Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Roger Rumrrill Occurrence and Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Containing Psilocybin Alkaloids, by Jakob Kristinsson and Jørn Gry Psychedelics Encyclopedia, by Peter G Stafford Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research Since the Decade of the Brain, by Nicolas Langlitz Stairways To Heaven: Drugs In American Religious History, by Robert W. Fuller Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic, by Mike Jay DMT and the Soul of Prophecy: A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible, by Rick Strassman Liquid Light: Ayahuasca Spirituality and the Santo Daime Tradition, by G. William Barnar Distilled Spirits: Getting High, Then Sober, with a Famous Writer, a Forgotten Philosopher, and a Hopeless Drunk, by Don Lattin The Mystery of Manna: The Psychedelic Sacrament of the Bible, by Dan Merkur Psychedelic Sacrament: Manna, Meditation and Mystical Experience, by Dan Merkur LSD and the Divine Scientist: The Final Thoughts and Reflections of Albert Hofmann, by Albert Hoffman The Doors of Perception, by Aldous Huxley Changing Our Minds: Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy, by Don Lattin LSD: Doorway to the Numinous: The Groundbreaking Psychedelic Research into Realms of the Human Unconscious, by Stanislav Grof LSD and the Mind of the Universe by Christopher Bache Plant Teachers: Ayahuasca, Tobacco, and the Pursuit of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby and Rafael Chanchari Pizuri Visionary Vine: Psychedelic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon by Marlene Dobkin de Rios The Antipodes of the Mind by Benny Shannon Ancient Psychedelic Substances by Scott Fitzpatrick Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion by Stan Grof, Huston Smith, and Albert Hofmann  The Shaman and Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms by Don Jose Campos The Religion of Ayahuasca: The Teachings of the Church of Santo Daime by Alex Polari de Alverga  Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod  Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glassboxpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlassBoxPod  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/  Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop Or find the merch store by clicking on “Store” here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html One time Paypal donation: bryceblankenagel@gmail.com   

“Respect is earned. Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.”— Oscar Auliq Ice - quoted on Savimbo websiteIn this pivotal episode, we journey with Drea Burbank from the depths of a fundamentalist Mormon cult to the rainforests of the Colombian Amazon. Drea's life story, chronicled in her book "Shaman Gurl" (linked in the show notes), is a testament to human resilience and the quest for truth. From her escape over the mountains, through the fiery trials of being a firefighter, to her awakening during medical school, Drea's path has been anything but conventional.Now, as a co-founder of Savimbo, Drea is part of an extraordinary mission: to introduce a human rights code for nature. With the support of 60 indigenous leaders from across the globe, she is leading the charge to bring legislation to the UN that enshrines the rights of nature into law. This episode is an urgent call to recognize the voice of nature and the indigenous custodians who have preserved 30% of the planet's intact land and 80% of its biodiversity.Drea's conversation is a revelation of the indigenous perspective on ecotourism, cultural competency, and the necessity of a post-colonial lifestyle. She shares the transformative impact of ecotourism training programs and the importance of creating safe spaces for spiritual awakening in a world that often suppresses regrowth. As she and her colleagues prepare to share their vision with the world through a series of powerful videos, we invite you to become bridges for this crucial movement. Follow Savimbo across social media platforms, amplify the voices of these indigenous leaders, and help turn the tide towards a future where the rights of nature are not just recognized but revered.For those who are ready to be part of this monumental shift, to stand with the guardians of our planet's remaining wilderness, this episode is an essential listen. Join us as we explore the profound connections between human healing and planetary health, where the fight for nature's rights is a fight for our collective future.We were speaking on a starlink and we lost the connection several times so I apologise in advance for any glitches in the conversation, but this was solid gold and I wasn't going to let minor issues of technology get in the way of your hearing it. Enjoy!

Today, we are learning from Drea Burbank. Drea is an MD-technologist and founder/CEO of Savimbo, which sells fair-trade carbon credits. Drea lives in the Colombian Amazon. Her international team of 300+ delinquent savants hacks carbon markets to support jungle small-farmers who conserve and reforest. She's addicted to yoga, passionate about creation, and prone to profanity or poetry — sometimes both. Let's get started... In this conversation with Drea Burbank, I learned: 0:00 Intro 02:25 What we do, stop deforestation and sell climate products. 05:00 The transition for the farmers to using tech. 06:00 Drea explains why deforestation is happening. The credit market is really inequitable. 07:45 Savimbo is about how to save a planet. 08:40 The short version of the backstory of Savimbo. 09:10 She discovered that her IQ was undesirable high. 12:00 Switching career from firefighter to Med school. 13:25 The effect of yoga on the physics. 15:20 The start of Savimbo with the assignment from the local medicine men for Drea. 19:05 The differences between conserving primary forest and optimizing a deforested area. 20:30 The important reasons why it is stupid to ship soy from the Amazon to Europe and the US. 21:20 It is easy to replace palm oil with forest oils. 22:30 One billion people live in tropical forests. 22:55 Three emerging technologies have changed everything in the last couple of years in these areas: satellite monitoring, electronic banking, and WhatsApp. 24:25 The effect of micropayments. 24:50 How we can help Savimbo, growth capital, buy credits, subscribe to a small farmer. 26:15 A better gift for family and friends. 29:35 Testing business partnerships in the Amazon based on consciousness. 31:00 Full commitment to one project. 32:55 Using open data to be transparent about where the money is going. 33:40 The first years of a new company are like having a baby, it's crying all the time. You work all the time. 34:40 The difference in the concept of time. Indigenous people don't work with time. 37:35 Low living cost and low income, everything goes back into the company. 39:05 The three founders started the company to give back. 39:35 The feeling of enough enables you to do amazing work. 40:30 How to stop chasing for more. 42:15 A death and rebirth process, and losing everything that you have. 45:20 Research on giftedness and research on Positive disintegration. Okay with the death and rebirth cycle. 47:20 The death and rebirth cycle as a planet. We are attached to colonialism and restoration and those need to die. 48:35 Indigenous people are cool and this is why. Book: Shaman Gurl: Kundalini, mischief, and a judicious amount of mayhem - Drea Burbank More about Drea Burbank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dreaburbank/  https://www.dreaburbank.com/  https://www.savimbo.com/  https://www.todreamalife.com/ Other resources: Kazimierz Dąbrowski - Positive disintegration 5 things I would say to my younger self long before I founded Savimbo - Brea Burbank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJo2kDBNLIM Video of the conversation with Drea Burbank https://youtu.be/qi1YqX-bKw4 Watch here https://youtu.be/qi1YqX-bKw4

Four indigenous children survived a plane crash in the Colombian Amazon and spent 40 days alone in the jungle. Wilson, the hero dog who found them, is now missing.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/DUBIOUS today to get 10% off your first month of therapy. The children's ages range from 11 months old to 12 years old. After their plane crashed in the Colombian jungle, causing the instant death of the pilot and of another passenger, the siblings tried to save their mother who was still alive. She passed away after four days. If you like our content, please become a patron to get all our episodes ad-free. 1 The eldest child, Lesly, is credited with keeping her siblings alive through her knowledge of the jungle. The children survived for 40 days in the Amazon by eating fruit and using large leaves to protect themselves from the rain. 2 The children were discovered in a forest clearing by rescuers, who were guided to their location by Wilson, a Belgian Shepherd and four-legged hero. The military released drawings made by the children, depicting Wilson in the jungle, highlighting his role in their survival. After the rescue of the children, the search for Wilson began as he was separated from the kids, had a “weird reaction” when seeing his handler, and then disappeared. There are reports of a drug-fueled search and rescue operation, suggesting that the military and various groups – including the dog handlers - had been using ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic tea, as a ritual to help them locate the children. Wilson, the 6-year-old hero dog, is still missing in the jungle. 1. By Ed Cumming and Mathew Charles, A hero dog, a drug-fuelled hunt, The Telegraph, June 2023. ⇤2. By John Otis, How Indigenous kids survived 40 days in Colombia's jungle after a plane crash, NPR, June 2023. ⇤

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Epistemic Hell, published by rogersbacon on January 28, 2024 on LessWrong. I. From Scott Alexander's review of Joe Henrich's The Secret of our Success: In the Americas, where manioc was first domesticated, societies who have relied on bitter varieties for thousands of years show no evidence of chronic cyanide poisoning. In the Colombian Amazon, for example, indigenous Tukanoans use a multistep, multi-day processing technique that involves scraping, grating, and finally washing the roots in order to separate the fiber, starch, and liquid. Once separated, the liquid is boiled into a beverage, but the fiber and starch must then sit for two more days, when they can then be baked and eaten. Such processing techniques are crucial for living in many parts of Amazonia, where other crops are difficult to cultivate and often unproductive. However, despite their utility, one person would have a difficult time figuring out the detoxification technique. Consider the situation from the point of view of the children and adolescents who are learning the techniques. They would have rarely, if ever, seen anyone get cyanide poisoning, because the techniques work. And even if the processing was ineffective, such that cases of goiter (swollen necks) or neurological problems were common, it would still be hard to recognize the link between these chronic health issues and eating manioc. Most people would have eaten manioc for years with no apparent effects. Low cyanogenic varieties are typically boiled, but boiling alone is insufficient to prevent the chronic conditions for bitter varieties. Boiling does, however, remove or reduce the bitter taste and prevent the acute symptoms (e.g., diarrhea, stomach troubles, and vomiting). So, if one did the common-sense thing and just boiled the high-cyanogenic manioc, everything would seem fine. Since the multistep task of processing manioc is long, arduous, and boring, sticking with it is certainly non-intuitive. Tukanoan women spend about a quarter of their day detoxifying manioc, so this is a costly technique in the short term. Now consider what might result if a self-reliant Tukanoan mother decided to drop any seemingly unnecessary steps from the processing of her bitter manioc. She might critically examine the procedure handed down to her from earlier generations and conclude that the goal of the procedure is to remove the bitter taste. She might then experiment with alternative procedures by dropping some of the more labor-intensive or time-consuming steps. She'd find that with a shorter and much less labor-intensive process, she could remove the bitter taste. Adopting this easier protocol, she would have more time for other activities, like caring for her children. Of course, years or decades later her family would begin to develop the symptoms of chronic cyanide poisoning. Thus, the unwillingness of this mother to take on faith the practices handed down to her from earlier generations would result in sickness and early death for members of her family. Individual learning does not pay here, and intuitions are misleading. The problem is that the steps in this procedure are causally opaque - an individual cannot readily infer their functions, interrelationships, or importance. The causal opacity of many cultural adaptations had a big impact on our psychology. Scott continues: Humans evolved to transmit culture with high fidelity. And one of the biggest threats to transmitting culture with high fidelity was Reason. Our ancestors lived in epistemic hell, where they had to constantly rely on causally opaque processes with justifications that couldn't possibly be true, and if they ever questioned them then they might die. Historically, Reason has been the villain of the human narrative, a corrosive force that tempts people away from adaptive behavio...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Epistemic Hell, published by rogersbacon on January 28, 2024 on LessWrong. I. From Scott Alexander's review of Joe Henrich's The Secret of our Success: In the Americas, where manioc was first domesticated, societies who have relied on bitter varieties for thousands of years show no evidence of chronic cyanide poisoning. In the Colombian Amazon, for example, indigenous Tukanoans use a multistep, multi-day processing technique that involves scraping, grating, and finally washing the roots in order to separate the fiber, starch, and liquid. Once separated, the liquid is boiled into a beverage, but the fiber and starch must then sit for two more days, when they can then be baked and eaten. Such processing techniques are crucial for living in many parts of Amazonia, where other crops are difficult to cultivate and often unproductive. However, despite their utility, one person would have a difficult time figuring out the detoxification technique. Consider the situation from the point of view of the children and adolescents who are learning the techniques. They would have rarely, if ever, seen anyone get cyanide poisoning, because the techniques work. And even if the processing was ineffective, such that cases of goiter (swollen necks) or neurological problems were common, it would still be hard to recognize the link between these chronic health issues and eating manioc. Most people would have eaten manioc for years with no apparent effects. Low cyanogenic varieties are typically boiled, but boiling alone is insufficient to prevent the chronic conditions for bitter varieties. Boiling does, however, remove or reduce the bitter taste and prevent the acute symptoms (e.g., diarrhea, stomach troubles, and vomiting). So, if one did the common-sense thing and just boiled the high-cyanogenic manioc, everything would seem fine. Since the multistep task of processing manioc is long, arduous, and boring, sticking with it is certainly non-intuitive. Tukanoan women spend about a quarter of their day detoxifying manioc, so this is a costly technique in the short term. Now consider what might result if a self-reliant Tukanoan mother decided to drop any seemingly unnecessary steps from the processing of her bitter manioc. She might critically examine the procedure handed down to her from earlier generations and conclude that the goal of the procedure is to remove the bitter taste. She might then experiment with alternative procedures by dropping some of the more labor-intensive or time-consuming steps. She'd find that with a shorter and much less labor-intensive process, she could remove the bitter taste. Adopting this easier protocol, she would have more time for other activities, like caring for her children. Of course, years or decades later her family would begin to develop the symptoms of chronic cyanide poisoning. Thus, the unwillingness of this mother to take on faith the practices handed down to her from earlier generations would result in sickness and early death for members of her family. Individual learning does not pay here, and intuitions are misleading. The problem is that the steps in this procedure are causally opaque - an individual cannot readily infer their functions, interrelationships, or importance. The causal opacity of many cultural adaptations had a big impact on our psychology. Scott continues: Humans evolved to transmit culture with high fidelity. And one of the biggest threats to transmitting culture with high fidelity was Reason. Our ancestors lived in epistemic hell, where they had to constantly rely on causally opaque processes with justifications that couldn't possibly be true, and if they ever questioned them then they might die. Historically, Reason has been the villain of the human narrative, a corrosive force that tempts people away from adaptive behavio...

British clinical neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell was curious about the renewed attention psychedelics were getting in his field, so set out to do some first-person research. He took ten different drugs in ten different settings, from ketamine in a London kitchen to wachuma in the Colombian Amazon. The result is his new book Ten Trips - The New Reality of Psychedelics. In it Mitchell argues that a medical, therapeutic view of psychedelics neglects what is so unusual and valuable about them: the psychedelic experience itself.

Deep in the Colombian Amazon, a group of indigenous leaders are working to protect and restore the rainforest using innovative techniques funded by carbon- and biodiversity credits. We talk to Drea Burbank, founder of grassroots conservation-focused B-Corp Savimbo, which is helping create a new market for authentic, verifiable credits that can channel funding direct to the people stewarding the forest.

*Psychedelics have made a comeback but they remain deeply mysterious.   *They may be now seen as potential 'breakthrough therapy' for mental illness but we still have only a vague idea how they work, and there is a limit to what studies in labs can reveal. Any one who has used them knows that to really understand them, we must broaden our experience of what they actually are. *Neuropsychologist ANDY MITCHELL decided to investigate for himself, taking ten different drugs in ten different settings - from a London neuroimaging lab to the Colombian Amazon via Silicon Valley and his friend's basement. Along the way, in a picaresque, deeply strange and often wild odyssy, he encountered scientists and gangsters, venture capitalists and con men, psychonauts and shamans.   *In this episode  - Number 100 - we follow him and wonder if, whilst big pharma is closing in and whilst psychedelics are being hailed (and monetised), can they still be countercultural, transformatory, consciousness raising?    *Can in fact they still be just .. fun?   *Andy's book TEN TRIPS *Join our cult #tripping #psychedelics #theunconscious #consciousness #truth #madness #counterculture #drug  #lsd #ayahuasca #neuroscience #consciousness

Four indigenous children survived a plane crash in the Colombian Amazon and spent 40 days alone in the jungle. Wilson, the hero dog who found them, is now missing.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/DUBIOUS today to get 10% off your first month of therapy. The children's ages range from 11 months old to 12 years old. After their plane crashed in the Colombian jungle, causing the instant death of the pilot and of another passenger, the siblings tried to save their mother who was still alive. She passed away after four days. If you like our content, please become a patron to get all our episodes ad-free. 1 The eldest child, Lesly, is credited with keeping her siblings alive through her knowledge of the jungle. The children survived for 40 days in the Amazon by eating fruit and using large leaves to protect themselves from the rain. 2 The children were discovered in a forest clearing by rescuers, who were guided to their location by Wilson, a Belgian Shepherd and four-legged hero. The military released drawings made by the children, depicting Wilson in the jungle, highlighting his role in their survival. After the rescue of the children, the search for Wilson began as he was separated from the kids, had a “weird reaction” when seeing his handler, and then disappeared. There are reports of a drug-fueled search and rescue operation, suggesting that the military and various groups – including the dog handlers - had been using ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic tea, as a ritual to help them locate the children. Wilson, the 6-year-old hero dog, is still missing in the jungle. 1. By Ed Cumming and Mathew Charles, A hero dog, a drug-fuelled hunt, The Telegraph, June 2023. ⇤2. By John Otis, How Indigenous kids survived 40 days in Colombia's jungle after a plane crash, NPR, June 2023. ⇤

Discover the profound impact of sustainable fashion and regenerative practices in this episode with Aras & Christy, founders of Christy Dawn. Learn about the hidden "monsters" in our wardrobes and the importance of knowing where our clothes come from. Follow Christy Dawn's incredible journey from a simple dress company to a sustainability leader, using organic materials to create beautiful and environmentally responsible clothing and explore the challenges faced by Aras and Christy in their quest for ethical commerce. Gain insights into the principles of regeneration and the benefits for the Earth and all involved, from farmers to consumers. Aras and Christy share how their journey took them to becoming more than just a sustainable clothing company, and how they have become pioneers in the regenerative farming + fashion movements.  Join us for an inspiring discussion that will reshape your wardrobe and your relationship with the planet. In This Episode: Aras & Christy Baskauskas   | @christydawn |christydawn.com Mariah Gannessa | @mariahgannessa Announcement: We're going on summer break! We'll be back at the end of the summer for the second half of season 1 with an incredible lineup of inspiring guests to continue these conversations with. We want to thank you for your support in the launch of this project & invite you to catch up on any episodes you may have missed while we are busy recording new episodes for you! And thanks again for taking the time to leave us a review, your support means more than we can express… This podcast is brought to you by Four Visions Website | fourvisions.com Instagram| @fourvisionstribe Facebook | Four Visions Youtube | Four Visions Nominate a podcast guest! Intro Music created from music by Juan David Muñoz | @jdmusicesencia Subscribe to the FVM Podcast and leave us a review! iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts This episode is sponsored by Magic Fund. Four Visions Market is proud to be in partnership with Magic Fund, a nonprofit organization that works as a Movement for Amazonian Growth and Indigenous Cultures. Magic Fund focuses primarily in the Putumayo Region of the Colombian Amazon, spearheading various initiatives that focus on the preservation of indigenous culture, land, & the health of the different traditional peoples that live there.   

Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse talks with regular guest and friend of “First Voices Radio” Dr. Manuel Rozental. Manuel Rozental is a long-time Colombian activist, researcher and community organizer. Manuel's been involved with grassroots political organizing with youth, Indigenous communities, and urban and rural social movements for four decades. He is part of an initiative: Pueblos en Camino, Peoples on the Path with a mandate to weave autonomies and resistance between peoples. Tiokasin and Manuel discuss the recent, extraordinary story of four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and spent 40 days alone in the Colombian Amazon. Manuel relays new evidence and details of their experience from the Indigenous point of view. This is a story beyond what the mainstream media and the institutions are telling us. The truth has come out and is being largely ignored. The children—three girls of the Huitoto nation (ages 13, 9 and 11 months) and a boy age 4—survived a plane crash in the jungle, escaping from threats to their father by FARC dissidents. The mother died in the crash. The children, lead by the oldest girl, survived 40 days in the thickest jungle. Her skills and knowledge of the jungle made this possible. This is something that has astonished everyone. The Special Forces of the Colombian armed forces used all their technology to search and rescue them and failed. Except that they were joined by Indigenous guards and spiritual elders. It was an elder, Rubio, who meeting in ritual with the elder of the forest (spirit) lead to their location, and the Indigenous guard following his guidance found them alive. They are recovering well. Manuel says: “This is a message from the jungle and its people to the world! Women, indigenous knowledge, the Mother Jungle, the spiritual power and wisdom spoke. If we are to survive, we need these skills. A slap in the face to modernity and arrogance. An Indigenous guard who took part in the effort called for the rescue of all Indigenous children from the streets of the cities where they have been turned beggars and miserable, and committed everyone to rescue them from modernity. The story is being and will be exploited, but this truths must be known!” A very special thanks to our friend Manuel for this important perspective and what we know and will always remember. Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Michael G. Haskins, Studio Engineer, WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City Malcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NY Manuel Blas, Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NY Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) (00:00:22) 2. Song Title: Laugh Out Loud Artist: Hataałii Album: Singing Into Darkness (Release Date: June 30, 2023) Label: Dangerbird Records (00:50:20) 3. Song Title: From the Beginning Artist: Emerson, Lake and Palmer Album: Trilogy (1972) Label: Cotillion Records (00:53:00) AKANTU INSTITUTE Visit Akantu Institute, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuinstitute.org/ to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse. 

Join us as we delve into the transformative power of plant medicine with Melissa Stangl, the co-founder of Soltara Healing Center. Melissa holds a Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. After several years conducting brain and lung cancer research and gaining managerial experience across a wide range of businesses, her interests turned toward the healing power and responsible use of plant medicines and psychedelics, and working with the wisdom traditions and cultures that steward them. In 2015, she consciously chose to leave Corporate America and moved to live and work in the Amazon jungle. Melissa's own healing journey and desire to support others led her to co-create Soltara Healing Center, an ayahuasca center working with Shipibo healers in Costa Rica and Peru, with a focus on integration. We talk a lot about the importance of safe sanctuary in the plant medicine journey, and the extensive post-retreat integration experience offered by Soltara, providing tools such as habit trackers, rituals, therapist consultations, and accountability buddies to support individuals on their healing path. Emphasizing a heart-centered approach and the interconnectedness of communities, this episode highlights the profound impact of collective consciousness and a new perspective that prioritizes the well-being of all beings involved in the healing process.   In This Episode: Melissa Stangl  | @soltarahealingcenter |@melissalynnestangl  Mariah Gannessa | @mariahgannessa This podcast is brought to you by Four Visions Website | fourvisions.com Instagram| @fourvisionstribe Facebook | Four Visions Youtube | Four Visions Nominate a podcast guest! Intro Music created from music by Juan David Muñoz | @jdmusicesencia Subscribe to the FVM Podcast and leave us a review! iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts This episode is sponsored by Magic Fund. Four Visions Market is proud to be in partnership with Magic Fund, a nonprofit organization that works as a Movement for Amazonian Growth and Indigenous Cultures. Magic Fund focuses primarily in the Putumayo Region of the Colombian Amazon, spearheading various initiatives that focus on the preservation of indigenous culture, land, & the health of the different traditional peoples that live there.   

This is TRT World's Daily News Brief for Wednesday, June 14th. *) Former US President Trump lashes out after federal indictment Former US president Donald Trump has lashed out at federal prosecutors following his indictment for allegedly mishandling top government secrets. Trump pleaded "not guilty" on Tuesday to over a dozen criminal felony charges filed before a federal court in Florida. Trump says the charges against him are a form of "election interference”, while claiming that he was cheated in the 2020 presidential election. Trump is seeking the Republican nomination in a bid to return to the White House in the 2024 presidential election. *) Over 100 wedding guests drown in Nigeria boat disaster A wedding reception in Nigeria has turned into a tragedy after more than 100 guests drowned when their ferry sank in a river in Kwara State. A Kwara State police spokesperson said 103 people had died and 100 survived. Kwara State governor's office said the victims had been returning from a wedding in Niger State to Kwara's Patigi district when the accident happened. Most of those who drowned were family members who attended the wedding and partied late into the night, police said. *) Beijing offers 'Chinese wisdom' to restore Palestine's legitimate rights China has said it is willing to help broker talks between Palestine and Israel that have deteriorated to the lowest level in recent years. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in Beijing on a three-day state visit in which he hopes to demonstrate that there is Chinese support for Palestine's bid for an officially recognised state. Foreign Minister Qin (Chin) Gang says China attaches great importance to the Palestinian issue and will continue to support peace talks, while offering what he calls "Chinese wisdom" to resolve the ongoing diplomatic crisis. While in China, Abbas is also scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the Palestinian cause and other regional issues. *) Saudi Arabia announces Sudan aid conference as fighting rages Saudi Arabia is hosting an international conference on June 19 to gather aid pledges for conflict-ravaged Sudan, where the UN says more than half the population urgently needs aid. The country would jointly lead the meeting with Qatar, Egypt, Germany and the European Union, as well as UN agencies. Saudi Arabia and the United States have been mediating in the eight-week fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF. A record 25 million people are in need of aid and protection in Sudan, the UN says. As of late May, the world body only managed to raise $2.6 million to address the crisis. And finally… *) Colombia searches for dog who helped find missing kids in Amazon A six-year-old tracker dog named Wilson, who went missing following a plane crash in the Colombian Amazon, is now the subject of a rescue mission. Dozens of soldiers are scouring the jungle for the canine hero that disappeared on duty two weeks ago. As relief settled following the rescue of the children aged 13, 9, 5 and 1, Colombians are now clamouring on social media for the safe return of Wilson as well. The military vowed not to "abandon a fallen comrade" who may have found the four children, who survived the crash on May 1, long before the rescue team arrived. And that's your daily news brief from TRT World. For more, head to trtworld.com

The Trump indictment has been unsealed. USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen has the latest.Four children have been found after surviving 40 days in Colombian Amazon following a plane crash.USA TODAY Video Producer Callie Carmichael speaks with the founder of a fashion brand centered on non-gender-conforming clothes.The French Open wraps up.If you're taking a cruise, you might want to pack a rubber duck.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We welcome transformational guide, Ruby Fremon to the show to share about her incredible path of overcoming  addiction and self-discovery. Ruby shares how plant medicine, specifically Ayahuasca, played a pivotal role in her healing process, providing clarity and insight into her emotions and resilience.   This week, we dive deep into Ruby's transformative experiences in Peru and discuss the significance of authenticity in leadership. We explore how the current world and technology have created a collective of people addicted to how they're being perceived, and the urgent need for more leaders to step up and offer their unique medicine to the world. We discuss the importance of integrating plant medicine experiences into our daily lives and creating space for stillness and being. Key Highlights: How hitting rock bottom was the catalyst of a profound healing journey and path to personal transformation for Ruby, and inspired her to become the leader she is today. Authenticity is crucial in leadership, and there is a need for more leaders to offer their unique medicine to a world addicted to perception and technology. Integration of plant medicine experiences into daily life allows for stillness, being present, and embracing spaciousness. Prioritizing being over doing and engaging in personal growth in order to increase our impact and shape  the legacy we leave behind.   In This Episode: Ruby Fremon  | @iamruby | Ruby's Website  Mariah Gannessa | @mariahgannessa   This podcast is brought to you by Four Visions Website | fourvisions.com Instagram| @fourvisionstribe Facebook | Four Visions Youtube | Four Visions Nominate a podcast guest! Intro Music created from music by Juan David Muñoz | @jdmusicesencia Subscribe to the FVM Podcast and leave us a review! iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts This episode is sponsored by Magic Fund. Four Visions Market is proud to be in partnership with Magic Fund, a nonprofit organization that works as a Movement for Amazonian Growth and Indigenous Cultures. Magic Fund focuses primarily in the Putumayo Region of the Colombian Amazon, spearheading various initiatives that focus on the preservation of indigenous culture, land, & the health of the different traditional peoples that live there.   

This week we bring you a  powerful conversation with Adi Shakti, who shares her journey from humanitarian work to becoming an entrepreneur and founder of Soul Work. Adi emphasizes the importance of understanding the culture and subtleties of the communities we serve, particularly Indigenous communities, and the need to involve locals in leadership positions for empowerment. We delve into the complexities of cultural exchange and preservation, exploring the ethical dilemmas that arise when bridging traditional Indigenous cultures with global capitalism. Adi envisions a future where money-based economies and soul work coexist harmoniously, and she shares her insights on ethical commerce and the potential for positive change through responsible travel, cultural exchange, and service to others.   Key Takeaways: Understanding the culture and needs of the communities we engage with is crucial for creating a lasting impact and positive change. Involving locals in leadership positions empowers communities, fostering self-awareness and meaningful relationships. Navigating cultural exchange and preservation requires detaching from ego and saviorism to truly serve others. The intersection of traditional Indigenous cultures and global capitalism raises ethical dilemmas, but reciprocity and exchange can create a shared vision for a sustainable future. Entrepreneurship can be a powerful tool for spiritual growth, and the concept of ethical commerce enables abundance for all while respecting the communities we interact with. Responsible travel, cultural exchange, and service to others are key ingredients for an ethical and sustainable future.   In This Episode: Adi Shakti  | @adi_shakti_rising | Soul Work | Free access to SoulWork 101 Mariah Gannessa | @mariahgannessa   This podcast is brought to you by Four Visions Website | fourvisions.com Instagram| @fourvisionstribe Facebook | Four Visions Youtube | Four Visions Nominate a podcast guest! Intro Music created from music by Juan David Muñoz | @jdmusicesencia Subscribe to the FVM Podcast and leave us a review! iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts This episode is sponsored by Magic Fund. Four Visions Market is proud to be in partnership with Magic Fund, a nonprofit organization that works as a Movement for Amazonian Growth and Indigenous Cultures. Magic Fund focuses primarily in the Putumayo Region of the Colombian Amazon, spearheading various initiatives that focus on the preservation of indigenous culture, land, & the health of the different traditional peoples that live there.   

It was such an honor to have Samantha Cushing of Magic Fund Amazon join us in this conversation. She shares a bit about her journey of studying with Taita Juanito and the ancestral wisdom from the Putomayo region of the Colombian Amazon. There is so much wisdom the plants and people from this part of the earth have shared and together with Taita, they have created a beautiful project to give back to these lands. MAGIC Fund Amazon is currently working to protect and preserve 50 hectares of land to cultivate native and bio diverse plant medicines, as well as other projects aiming to preserve the culture and support the local people.  Check them out at www.magicfundamazon.com or on IG @magicfundamazon

Hey there, spiritual junkies! Prepare for a mind-blowing episode of our awesome podcast featuring two incredible guests, Taita Cesar Lezama and Cleo Baum. They are here to give awareness to us with wisdom about Ayahuasca and its ancient traditional tribal roots.Taita Cesar Lezama is a Yage Shaman from the Colombian Amazon with over 17 years of experience working with Grandmother Ayahuasca and ancient tribal healing practices. Cleo Baum is a spiritual seeker and an expert in entheogen integration and intervention therapy.We kick off the episode with Taita Cesar sharing his journey to becoming a medicine holder and how he's been respecting and honoring the traditions of his ancestors. Then we dive into the mystical topic of Ayahuasca plant medicine and how it is used for spiritual and physical healing in the Amazonian tradition. Taita Cesar and Cleo give us the lowdown on approaching Ayahuasca with respect and intention and how it can be a powerful tool for transformation and healing.So, buckle up and get ready for a fun ride because this podcast episode is jam-packed with fascinating insights and wisdom. It's time to open your heart and mind to the magic of this plant medicine. Instagram: @cle0baum @taitacesarlezama@jungleharmonyhealingcenterCO   Wedsite: www.jungleharmony.com/  Support the showContact Us: Email us at info@alteredhaven.com or find us on social mediawww.alteredhaven.com

We live in an era of accelerating, disruptive climate change. This isn't about the random bad storm, but about systemic, dramatic shifts in climate. Change is everywhere, with catastrophic consequences that every credible forecast says will worsen. But how can we understand the reality of those changes? What's likely to happen next, and what can we do about it? To look for answers we recently organized a conversation among Ugandan veterinarian Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Colombian Amazon expert and a friend of its indigenous people Francisco Hildebrand, and Finnish fisherman, scientist and village head man Tero Mustonen. All are deeply knowledgeable about the realities of their ecosystems, and even more deeply committed to finding solutions to the challenges thrown up by the changing climate. Our discussion was moderated by Maarten Koets. This episode was originally published on May 26, 2022,

Episode 17  is a meditation that arises from this question: Does the way we perceive nature distort the way we value our human relationships too? I answered with action. I celebrated my birthday by refreshing my relationships and spending time with those I call my friends of the soul. I delight in sharing some of their stories, and then we go back to the Colombian Amazon to witness the Yukuna's Chontaduro dance, within an environment that demands collaboration, the indigenous people celebrate by sharing their abundance with others and by expressing their respect for nature. Friendship and conversation, illuminated by The Prophet's words, are the treasures I invite you to celebrate with me in this heart-felt episode. 

Blockchain is an increasingly popular technology with quite a few applications and iterations, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), but can they aid conservation? The answer is complicated. Some conservation groups are trying to use them for fundraising. Other conservationists are exploring the technology for the ability to track and trace payments for ecosystem services. However, downsides abound and depending on which form of the technology you use, they can be impractical, environmentally damaging, or both. Author, Brett Scott, joins the Mongabay Newscast to discuss these complicating factors, some of which he writes about in his new book Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets. Also joining the Newscast is journalist Judith Lewis Mernit, who reported on the Bitcoin mining surge in the US state of Texas and the rising energy prices pushed on to consumers. Related Reading: Beyond bored apes: Blockchain polarizes wildlife conservation community Episode artwork: Flowering rainforest tree in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay. Please invite your friends to subscribe to the Mongabay Newscast wherever they get podcasts, or download our free app in the Apple App Store or in the Google Store to get access to our latest episodes at your fingertips. If you enjoy the Newscast, please visit www.patreon.com/mongabay to pledge a dollar or more to keep the show growing, Mongabay is a nonprofit media outlet and all support helps! See all our latest news from nature's frontline at Mongabay's homepage: news.mongabay.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by searching for @mongabay. Please share your thoughts and ideas! submissions@mongabay.com.

This episode is a loving meditation on Teaching. Departing from the words of The Prophet on the assertion that a Teacher's job is truly an exercise in guidance, mentorship and leadership into the threshold of our own mind. We then travel to the Colombian Amazon, to discover the communities that have thrived there for milennia, who in their knowledge of nature and coexistence with it, have so much to teach us all. We begin by learning about the cosmology and cultural wisdom of the Huitotos, the People of the Center, of Cassava and Tobacco, who in their daily doing are in fact, teaching a sustainable way of life. 

From being kidnapped in Mexico for his human rights work, to advising the largest organizations across the world and allying with the Union of Indigenous Yagé Medics of the Colombian Amazon and advocating for indigenous movements, Ricardo Vitale has had an extraordinary path. As a self-defined 'liberation anthropologist', based in Colombia. He earned a PhD from Cambridge University with a thesis about the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico.  His expertise covers human rights, anthropology in armed conflict, social movements, indigenous politics, gender relations within social movements, sustainable development, resilience, climate change adaptations and indigenous practices of yagé medicine, spirituality, and resistance. He is a former adviser of a plethora of international humanitarian and development bodies such as: Oxfam America, the UNHCR, the Norwegian Refugee Council, ICG and GIZ, amongst others. Since 2016 Riccardo works as a full-time adviser for the Union of Indigenous Yagé Medics of the Colombian Amazon (UMIYAC).  His tasks within UMIYAC range from fundraising to advocacy, to capacity strengthening, and non-extractive (“the-other-way-around”) anthropological research, aimed at “reinforcing indigenous communities, rather than taking from them”. In this episode, we expand the conversation around plant medicine conservation and include the context of the symbiotic relationship between people, sacred territories, land, community, culture, and that there are people that are facing extinction who also hold knowledge. And when those cultures go extinct. Loss of knowledge is embedded in that. Part of supporting plant medicine conservation is supporting biocultural diversity. Not because we want to ensure that we can replant what we need to consume to ensure our future needs are met. But because we actually want to live in a world where indigenous peoples can be living on the land that is their birthright. Resources Mentioned https://umiyac.org/?lang=en (UMIYAC) https://growmedicine.com/ (Grow Medicine) https://lauradawn.co/free-music-playlists/ (4 Free Playlists For Psychedelic Journeys & Beyond) https://lauradawn.co/free-microdosing-course/ (Free 8 Day Microdosing Course) https://instagram.com/livefreelaurad (Follow @LiveFreeLauraD on Instagram) https://www.lauradawn.co/55 (Click here to access this episode's page complete with a full transcript, more about the author, and complete list of resources.) http://www.lauradawn.co/54 (Episode #55 of the Psychedelic Leadership Podcast) features a song called "https://aylasong.bandcamp.com/album/silent-voices (Silent Voices)" by https://aylasong.bandcamp.com/album/silent-voices (Ayla Shafer ). Rate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts"I love Laura Dawn and The Psychedelic Leadership Podcast.”

We live in an era of accelerating, disruptive climate change. This isn't about the random bad storm, but about systemic, dramatic shifts in climate. Change is everywhere, with catastrophic consequences that every credible forecast says will worsen. But how can we understand the reality of those changes? What's likely to happen next, and what can we do about it? To look for answers we recently organized a conversation among Ugandan veterinarian Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Colombian Amazon expert and a friend of its indigenous people Francisco Hildebrand, and Finnish fisherman, scientist and village head man Tero Mustonen. All are deeply knowledgeable about the realities of their ecosystems, and even more deeply committed to finding solutions to the challenges thrown up by the changing climate. Our discussion was moderated by Maarten Koets.

Presented by WWF LAC. The Shadow is lonely and hungry. She appears as a magical figure in the middle of a wedding in the Colombian Amazon, during a shocking lighting. Meanwhile, Ixchel prepares her Quince Años celebration in the Yucatan Peninsula, in the heart of the Mayan jungle.Written by Daniel Bravo & Gerardo Tena.Cast: Dave Galasso, as announcer and the narrator. Distributed by Frecuencia Sónica frecuenciasonica.tv

In his recent book “Chiribiquete: The Cosmic Maloka of the Jaguar Men”, Carlos Castano-Uribe shares his research of more than 30 years of the Chiribiquete National Park, a biodiversity hotspot and site of major cave paintings in the Colombian Amazon. Considered an important part of Colombian cultural heritage he states that ‘if there is a place where mystery and hope make up the same word, it is Chiribiquete: all the kingdoms in one kingdom, all the worlds in one world ”. Meet Carlos Castano-Uribe in conversation with Nicolas Montoya.

In his latest book, Magdalena: River of Dreams, Davis tells of his travels on this magnificent river, the source of Colombian music, literature, poetry, and prayer and, in doing so, tells the epic story of a people who have overcome years of conflict precisely because of their enduring spirit. Tim Hannigan speaks to Wade Davis about his deep love of a land that is home to the greatest ecological and geographical diversity on the planet.

“I went to the Amazon and I got a canoe and I started rowing into the forest. It was absolutely like going back into the 17th century! I went around for six months on my own and that was fantastic because in this part of the Colombian rainforest there were absolutely no roads, no towns, no electricity, no flowing water. You are with the indigenous group. They are all still in their loincloths. They speak different languages. I went through about eight different ethnic groups. They all spoke different languages. I couldn't understand what they said. They couldn't understand what I said, but we got along well.”Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlanticobbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org· www.creativeprocess.info

Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website.· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlantico· bbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website.· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlantico· bbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“I went to the Amazon and I got a canoe and I started rowing into the forest. It was absolutely like going back into the 17th century! I went around for six months on my own and that was fantastic because in this part of the Colombian rainforest there were absolutely no roads, no towns, no electricity, no flowing water. You are with the indigenous group. They are all still in their loincloths. They speak different languages. I went through about eight different ethnic groups. They all spoke different languages. I couldn't understand what they said. They couldn't understand what I said, but we got along well.”Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlanticobbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org· www.creativeprocess.info

Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website.· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlantico· bbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“I went to the Amazon and I got a canoe and I started rowing into the forest. It was absolutely like going back into the 17th century! I went around for six months on my own and that was fantastic because in this part of the Colombian rainforest there were absolutely no roads, no towns, no electricity, no flowing water. You are with the indigenous group. They are all still in their loincloths. They speak different languages. I went through about eight different ethnic groups. They all spoke different languages. I couldn't understand what they said. They couldn't understand what I said, but we got along well.”Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlanticobbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org· www.creativeprocess.info

“I went to the Amazon and I got a canoe and I started rowing into the forest. It was absolutely like going back into the 17th century! I went around for six months on my own and that was fantastic because in this part of the Colombian rainforest there were absolutely no roads, no towns, no electricity, no flowing water. You are with the indigenous group. They are all still in their loincloths. They speak different languages. I went through about eight different ethnic groups. They all spoke different languages. I couldn't understand what they said. They couldn't understand what I said, but we got along well.”Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlanticobbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org· www.creativeprocess.info

Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website.· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlantico· bbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“I went to the Amazon and I got a canoe and I started rowing into the forest. It was absolutely like going back into the 17th century! I went around for six months on my own and that was fantastic because in this part of the Colombian rainforest there were absolutely no roads, no towns, no electricity, no flowing water. You are with the indigenous group. They are all still in their loincloths. They speak different languages. I went through about eight different ethnic groups. They all spoke different languages. I couldn't understand what they said. They couldn't understand what I said, but we got along well.”Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlanticobbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org· www.creativeprocess.info

Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website.· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlantico· bbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org · www.creativeprocess.info

“I went to the Amazon and I got a canoe and I started rowing into the forest. It was absolutely like going back into the 17th century! I went around for six months on my own and that was fantastic because in this part of the Colombian rainforest there were absolutely no roads, no towns, no electricity, no flowing water. You are with the indigenous group. They are all still in their loincloths. They speak different languages. I went through about eight different ethnic groups. They all spoke different languages. I couldn't understand what they said. They couldn't understand what I said, but we got along well.”Martin Von Hildebrand has dedicated the last five decades strengthening indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. During this time he obtained the recognition of their rights in the National Constitution, including the collective ownership of their land and the development of their governments. They now own 26 million hectares of continuous rain forest, their rights have been recognized, and they have set up many of their governments.Currently, Martin, along with NGOs, indigenous organizations, civil society, governments, and private enterprises, is coordinating the protection of the largest stretch of rainforests on the planet (the northern part of the Amazon between the Andes and the Atlantic, 260 million hectares).He is an ethnologist, with a doctorate from the University of Paris VII, founder, and the current president of the Gaia Amazonas Foundation. He has been awarded a dozen international awards, such as The Right Livelihood Award, the Talberg Award, The Golden Arc award, the Special Irish presidential Award for Irish Abroad, and the Colombian National Environmental Award.Gaia Amazonas Foundation · gaiaamazonas.orgAlianza Noramazónica website· alianzanoramazonica.orgRAISG website· amazoniasocioambiental.org/es/Why is the Amazonia important?/¿Porque la Amazonia es tan importante?· youtube.com/watch?v=_mO1bf8iTMINetflix: "El Sendero de la Anaconda"Flying rivers/Los rios voladores en la Amazonia. El Corredor Andes Amazonas Atlanticobbc.com/mundo/noticias-41038097#:~:text=Son%20%22r%C3%ADos%20voladores%22.,m%C3%A1s%20agua%20que%20el%20Amazonas· www.oneplanetpodcast.org· www.creativeprocess.info

The Life and Times of Richard Evans Schultes – Schultes was a scholarship student at Harvard College when entered as a Freshman in 1933. An undergraduate term paper on peyote resulted in an opportunity to partake in a traditional ceremony with the Kiowa in Oklahoma, which then led to research in southern Mexico where he produced the first detailed, scientific account of the so-called “magic mushrooms.” Post-graduate research led him to the Colombian Amazon where he produced the first detailed scientific account of ayahuasca and other Plants of the Gods. In 1967, he organized a conference in San Francisco with Albert Hoffman where the conclusion was that the Plants of the Gods would reshape the treatment of certain emotional and psychiatric disorders at some point in the future, a prediction, which has recently come to full fruition. Sources: Kreig, Margaret. Green Medicine: the Search for Plants That Heal. Bantam Books, 1966. Mann, John. Murder, Magic, and Medicine. Oxford University Press, 2000. Plotkin, Mark J. Ph. D. Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: an Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest. Viking, 1993. Prance, Ghillean T., et al. Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs. Synergetic Press, in Association with Heffter Research Institute, 2018.   Stewart, Amy, et al. Wicked Plants: the Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009.

In this episode, Joe interviews Director of ecological think tank The Institute of Ecotechnics, and publisher and CEO of Synergetic Press, Deborah Snyder. Snyder talks about her past- meeting people from the Institute of Ecotechnics at a conference about the solar system, time working with Richard Evans Schultes, participating in a traveling theatre company, and the early days of the Heraclitus (a research ship built for a 2-year expedition through the Amazon, which is now being rebuilt to soon visit and chronicle remote coastal cultures). She also discusses Biosphere 2, ecotechnics (the discipline of relating the technosphere to the biosphere), regenerative agriculture, and the idea of natural capital- assigning economic (or other) value to an ecosystem as a way of both identifying keys to ecological longevity and increasing corporate or governmetal interest in the environment.  She talks about books she's published or work she's been inspired by from a veritable who's-who of names listeners of this podcast should be familiar with: Dennis McKenna, Wade Davis, William S. Burroughs, Mark Plotkin, Ralph Metzner, John Perry Barlow, and Claudio Naranjo. And she's very excited about a 2-day symposium Synergetic Press will be putting on in May to commemorate the launch of Volume 1 of Sasha Shulgin's course curriculum on the nature of drugs.  Notable Quotes “I’m from Illinois. I’m from the rural midwest. All my family are farmers. There is a gulf of understanding about plant medicines and the potential of these medicines in places where people are really desperate for these kinds of tools to help with youth health and mental well-being- good well-being. So, I’m interested in bridging that gulf with the work that we’re doing next, because I think that part of the divide is this physical divide between suburban city and rural country to some degree, which we’ve seen growing over a 50-year period of time.” “Many of our shoulders on which we stand- we’re losing them. So I feel more necessity, you might say, to capture these voices.” “In doing anything, it’s very hard to do anything by yourself. You need to find a group of other individuals that have some commonality or ally yourself with other organized groups already to get something of a coalescence of wills to make something happen.”  Links Synergeticpress.com Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Institute of Ecotechnics Changing Our Minds: Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy, by Don Lattin Where The Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon, by Richard Evans Schultes Imdb.com: Embrace of the Serpent White Gold: the Diary of a Rubber Cutter in the Amazon, by John C. Yungjohann Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon's Sacred Vine, by Luis Eduardo Luna & Steven F. White Kissthegroundmovie.com Birth of a Psychedelic Culture, by Ram Das and Ralph Metzner Wikipedia.org: John Perry Barlow Spaceshipearthmovie.com The Revolution We Expected: Cultivating a New Politics of Consciousness, by Claudio Naranjo Thefarmatsouthmountain.com About Deborah Snyder Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on Facebook or iTunes Share us with your friends Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics  

Rachel Roden joins Chris to discuss some recent archaeological sites in the news. From the much-discussed pictographs in the Amazonian Rain Forest to a Pompeii Lunch counter and ALL the trash that people leave on sites, we talk about it all. Links New Photos from the ‘Sistine Chapel of the Ancients' Reveal Details About Prehistoric Amazonian Life - Like a Fondness for Bungee Jumping” - From This Is Colossal Here is the journal article: Colonisation and early peopling of the Colombian Amazon during the Late Pleistocene and the Early Holocene: New evidence from La Serranía La Lindosa “What's On The Menu In Ancient Pompeii? Duck, Goat, Snail, Researchers Say” from NPR “Archaeologists find 2,000 pieces of plastic at Iron Age site” from CNN Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Rachel Roden joins Chris to discuss some recent archaeological sites in the news. From the much-discussed pictographs in the Amazonian Rain Forest to a Pompeii Lunch counter and ALL the trash that people leave on sites, we talk about it all. Links New Photos from the ‘Sistine Chapel of the Ancients' Reveal Details About Prehistoric Amazonian Life - Like a Fondness for Bungee Jumping” - From This Is Colossal Here is the journal article: Colonisation and early peopling of the Colombian Amazon during the Late Pleistocene and the Early Holocene: New evidence from La Serranía La Lindosa “What's On The Menu In Ancient Pompeii? Duck, Goat, Snail, Researchers Say” from NPR “Archaeologists find 2,000 pieces of plastic at Iron Age site” from CNN Contact Chris Webster chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Una nota: para ver las notas del episodio en español, visite mi sitio web a: https://www.universewithinpodcast.com/podcast/imika-tariruHey everybody! Episode 31 of the show is out. In this show, I spoke with my friend Imikā Tariru Bary Vera Kuary Baru. Imika comes from the Tubú nation in the Vaupes region of the Colombian Amazon, on the Apaporis river. I have worked with Imika over the last few years and I have a lot of respect for him and his teachings. He carries a deep wisdom that is born from a beautiful tradition. I think voices like his are important in sharing and keeping alive and helping to, as he says, build a new maloka (ceremonial house), bridging traditions from all directions of the world. I trust you all will gain a lot from listening to this talk. Thank you to my friend Claude (who I interviewed in ep10) for translating. To support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. “Imika was raised in community on the banks of the Apaporis River under the guidance of his father Hummugubu... Always ready to listen, Imika teaches by example in action, sharing freely and always ready to keep learning in this dizziness of life. Imika is the founder of the TUBÚ HɄMMɄRIMASA Urban Council and the creator of the SUARY project. These projects serve as ways to reunite the community and to interweave and color the paths of life, sharing and exchanging from simplicity, and in respect for the differences between us in daily life. They offer an alternative way of relating and a way to break down the barriers that are used to separate and classify humans.“ For Imika's full bio: https://www.universewithinpodcast.com/podcast/imika-tariru Imika's website: https://en.suaryasociacion.com/ email: bridgeweavers@gmail.comClaude's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/bridgekeepersHouse of Dawn project: https://gogetfunding.com/casadelamanecer-suaryasociacionThis episode is sponsored by the Temple of the Way of Light: https://templeofthewayoflight.org/Share the show, Subscribe or Follow, leave comments, and go on Apple Podcasts and leave a starred-rating and a short review. That would be super helpful with the algorithms and getting this show out to more people. Thank you!For more information about my work and upcoming plant medicine retreats, visit my site at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.orgSupport this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithin Donate directly with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanik Music courtesy of Nuno Moreno. See his work at: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcast https://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

Episode 25: We speak with Hair & Makeup Designer Nana Fischer, Nana is a personal to James Franco, she has been the hair designer for 3 Ridley Scott films and has had some pretty incredible experiences working in the Colombian Amazon.. Boy! Does Nana have some stories for you...

As a meditator since 1974, Jasmuheen specializes in deep inner plane journeys using the alchemical meditative process to allow people to merge even deeper with their own enlightened nature.As an Ambassador of Peace for the Embassy of Peace, Jasmuheen has traveled since 1994 facilitating positive change in the world. Her work that has taken her to tribal cultures in the Colombian Amazon and the slums of Brazil includes interaction with various levels of government and the UN in Vienna in 2013.Jasmuheen has brought awareness to millions on a more conscious use of global resources by developing a stronger connection to the Divine within.  Most astonishing, she has cultivated the ability to be nourished directly by Prana and since 1993 has lived without the need to take physical food.At Jasmuheen.com she states "Our focus is on providing methodology to achieve the one people living in harmony on one planet experience - when people are ready to live in the rhythm of health, happiness and harmony within themselves and with each other and our planet!"Show links:https://jasmuheen.com/https://jasmuheen.podia.com/Alfa Vedic is an off-grid agriculture & health co-op focused on developing products, media & educational platforms for the betterment of our world.  By using advanced scientific methods, cutting-edge technologies and tools derived from the knowledge of the world's greatest minds, the AV community aims to be a model for the future we all want to see.Get exclusive content by joining our Co-Op on Patreon here:  https://www.patreon.com/alfavedicOr you can make a one-time small donation to help keep this content coming!https://paypal.me/alfavedicBitcoin: 3Mz8NcWiYzsZ4cHqbU4X5q3Vz4UeYgbSUkLitecoin: MRM8wETvGHwCPyxCj7DxVGeuNBggaU7yLTJoin Our Telegram: https://t.me/alfavedic

We will once again find ourselves in Leticia, the capital of the Colombian Amazon, where we will hop on bicycles, instead of a wooden boat, so that we can cross the border and explore the Brazilian side. We will go to Tabatinga and El Marco, watch the sunset and sip Brazilian Antartica beer. We will also watch the sunset in the Colombian side, where parakeets return every evening to roost. Then we will meet Beto, the unforgettable churuco, who will become one of the most unforgettable characters of our Amazon adventure. 

Today, as I celebrate my birthday, I continue to be amazed by the eternal dance of life and death. I reminisce about the events that led to our own unconventional wedding, how we managed to write our own love story, and we start to build our life together in Leticia, the Capital of the Colombian Amazon.

Can an ancient Amazonian plant medicine help heal mankind? Farzin Toussi’s documentary THE MEDICINE reveals the hidden mysteries of one of nature’s most powerful and controversial healing remedies: Ayahuasca. Increasingly popular in the West, Ayahuasca is both a tradition in Amazonian shamanism and a promising new focus of mental health research. THE MEDICINE introduces spiritual leader Taita Juanito Guillermo Chindoy Chindoy, both a teacher and student of the sacred plant in the Colombian Amazon, where Ayahuasca is known as Yagé. Former NFL safety Kerry Rhodes and actor AnnaLynne McCord, each facing personal struggles, are introduced to Ayahuasca by Taita Juanito, guided through a true ceremonial practice, and emerge with new insights. THE MEDICINE also features leading scholars and authors exploring the cultural and scientific significance of Ayahuasca. Humanity faces an unprecedented rise in addiction, depression, and disease – can an ancient indigenous plant medicine help heal mankind? Perhaps the cure lies within the arms of Mother Nature. Director Farzin Toussi joins us to talk about his professional and personal journey into the spirit world, ancient cultures and a root and plant that has changed lives and sustained a way of life for thousands of years. For news and updates go to: themedicinedocumentary.com Watch The Medicine now at: Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, Fandago, Vudu For an extended look at The Medicine click here Social Media twitter.com/farzintoussi instagram.com/themedicinedocu

I am honored to have Dr. Liz Tyson as our guest today. Liz is an animal advocate with over 16 years of experience working for animal protection and conservation. Since 2018 she has been with Born Free USA and is currently the Program Director; here she is responsible for running the largest primate sanctuary. She is also leading the organization's campaign program to help stop illegal pet trade and roadside zoo operations. Liz has worked as a freelance consultant for the organization’s linked charity, Born Free Foundation in her native United Kingdom for some years prior to taking up her current role. She has been all over the world — UK, Ireland, Colombia, Spain, Middle East, Bolivia, Ethiopia, and Peru —advocating for animals. Some of her work includes running sterilization programs for street dogs in the Middle East, and working with indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon to bring the end to hunting of wild primates. In this episode, Liz shares the stories of the monkeys that come into the care of the primate sanctuary team. The sanctuary gives monkeys a second life after a traumatic first life. She shares the stories of rescued animals from terrible conditions at roadside zoos and how people think a monkey makes a great pet then abandons it after they realize it IS a wild animal. As these stories are sad to hear, people need to hear them to understand that wild animals as pets and these roadside zoos should not be happening. But on the light side, we get to hear about the crotchety but lovable Mrs. Wilkin who walks with an uneven gait. We will hear about one of Liz’s favorites (even though he pays her no mind!), Gizmo, a long tailed macaque monkey with big ears and a crooked smile. Here are ways you can learn more and help! Visit their website: https://www.bornfreeusa.org/primate-sanctuary/ Sign up for their newsletter (at the bottom to their webpage) to stay up to date on current legislation and news about theillegal pet trade and roadside zoos. Adopt a monkey and learn more about them! https://www.bornfreeusa.org/primate-sanctuary/adopt-monkey/ Donate! Fund a Need! https://www.bornfreeusa.org/primate-sanctuary/fund-a-need/ Enjoy the audio below and the gallery of photos of the monkeys at the sanctuary!  

Expedition kayakers Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic have what is perhaps the longest running, most successful partnerships in outdoor adventure, but, in April 2017, on an expedition to the Colombian Amazon, the team dynamics grew so strained that being held hostage by an armed rebel group didn’t seem like the worst thing that could have happened. In Part II, we’ll get into the history of this epic partnership, what went so wrong, and what happens moving forward. 

Expedition kayakers Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic have what is perhaps the longest running, most successful partnerships in outdoor adventure, but, in April 2017, on an expedition to the Colombian Amazon, the team dynamics grew so strained that being held hostage by an armed rebel group didn’t seem like the worst thing that could have happened. In Part I, we’ll follow Ben and Chris down Colombia’s remote Apaporis River. 

PHILADELPHIA — Viva, 25, grew up in a treehouse in Santa Cruz, Calif., writes raps (as Yamz), travelogues, and aspires to revolutionize urban composting when not bike-(or skateboard-)couriering. He first read Food of the Gods circa 2014, while living full-time out of a Vanagon. Terence McKenna (1946–2000) first encountered psilocybin mushrooms – & fields of them – at 25, in the Colombian Amazon, on a trip initially in search of DMT. He died of a rare form of brain cancer. Viva's travelogue archive: polarsteps.com/viva

Taita Luciano, a traditional healer from the Colombian Amazon, reflects on the importance of the traditional medicine yagé or ayahuasca for the environment and how the misuse of yagé affects indigenous communities.

Using new techniques, Carnegie and Colombian scientists have developed ultra-high resolution maps of the carbon stocks locked in tropical vegetation for 40% of the Colombian Amazon, an area about four times the size of Switzerland. Until now, the inability to accurately quantify carbon stocks at high spatial resolution over large areas has hindered the United Nations’ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) program aimed at creating a financial value for storing carbon in tropical forests.

Dominic Frisby talks to Martín Von Hildebrand, General Director of Gaia Amazonas, about mining in the Colombian Amazon. They discuss illegal mining and its consequences, the lack of clarity from the Colombian government on mining and the dilemma of modernisation and its effects on the cultural integrity of indigenous people.Martin Von Hildebrand is the director of Fundación Gaia Amazonas,  which he set up in 1990 to work with the indigenous people of the Amazon areas in Colombia, to help them secure their territorial rights and protect the forest. He first visited the Amazonian Indians in the 1970s and has ever since been an activist for indigenous rights, cultural and ecological diversity , working in both government and non-government organizations. In 1986 he became Head of Indigenous Affairs under the government of Virgilio Barco. He has doctorate in ethnology from the Sorbonne in Paris and has won many awards including the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.This podcast was recorded on 12 March 2013. It can also be heard at Goldmoney - the best way to buy gold and silver. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Dominic Frisby talks to Martín Von Hildebrand, General Director of Gaia Amazonas, about mining in the Colombian Amazon. They discuss illegal mining and its consequences, the lack of clarity from the Colombian government on mining and the dilemma of modernisation and its effects on the cultural integrity of indigenous people. Martin Von Hildebrand is the director of Fundación Gaia Amazonas,  which he set up in 1990 to work with the indigenous people of the Amazon areas in Colombia, to help them secure their territorial rights and protect the forest. He first visited the Amazonian Indians in the 1970s and has ever since been an activist for indigenous rights, cultural and ecological diversity , working in both government and non-government organizations. In 1986 he became Head of Indigenous Affairs under the government of Virgilio... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.