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Welcome to the Psychedelic Conversations Podcast! Episode 79: In this episode we discuss Elizabeth's background story, what brought her into this work, having the patience to grow spiritually, understanding iboga and the Bwiti tradition, western vs traditional iboga use, dosing and contraindications, the offerings at SoulCentro Iboga Retreats, thoughts on reciprocity, the importance of respecting the medicine and so much more! 00:00 - Fire Moment 01:32 - Introduction 04:08 - Elizabeth's Background Story 13:31 - Having The Patience To Grow Spiritually 20:10 - Understanding Iboga, The Bwiti Tradition 32:00 - Western Vs Traditional Iboga Use 40:00 - Dosing, Contraindications 51:10 - SoulCentro Iboga Retreats 57:37 - Thoughts On Reciprocity 1:02:50 - Respecting The Medicine 1:11:26 - Last Words Of Wisdom 1:14:33 - Outro About Elizabeth: Elizabeth Bast is a Missoko Bwiti initiate, traditionally trained iboga provider, and a co-founder of SoulCentro Iboga Retreats in Costa Rica. She is the author of the award-winning memoir, Heart Medicine: A True Love Story--One Couple's Quest for the Sacred Iboga Medicine & the Cure for Addiction. Bast is a recipient of a Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance grant from the psychedelic feminist nonprofit organization Cosmic Sister and a member of Cosmic Sister's Expert Advisory Circle. She studied at New College of San Francisco with an emphasis on Art and Social Change and completed the transformational coach training program for psychedelic integration with Being True to You. Elizabeth's Bwiti name is Mbeye, which means the medicine of the river. Connect With Elizabeth: Website: https://soulcentro.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ebast1 Instagram: https://instagram.com/soulcentro_retreats?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Thank you so much for joining us! Psychedelic Conversations Podcast is designed to educate, inform, and expand awareness. For more information, please head over to https://www.psychedelicconversations.com Please share with your friends or leave a review so that we can reach more people and feel free to join us in our private Facebook group to keep the conversation going. https://www.facebook.com/groups/psychedelicconversations This show is for information purposes only and is not intended to provide mental health or medical advice. About Susan Guner: Susan is a trained somatic, trauma-informed holistic psychotherapist with a mindfulness-based approach grounded in Transpersonal Psychology that focuses on holistic perspective through introspection, insight, and empathetic self-exploration to increase self-awareness, allowing the integration of the mind, body and spirit aspects of human experience in personal growth and development. Connect with Susan: Website: https://www.psychedelicconversations.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/susan.guner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-guner/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/susanguner Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/susanguner Blog: https://susanguner.medium.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/susan-guner #PsychedelicConversations #SusanGuner #ElizabethBast #PsychedelicPodcast #Iboga

The Awaken Podcast special series, Women in Psychedelics is a podcast series that does an amazing job of telling the stories of fascinating women who are currently making an impact within the psychedelic and plant healing movement.The intention of this series is to further amplify female voices within this space. Natasja is driven by bringing to the forefront untold stories, exclusive content, and inspiration. This is about offering and celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and sometimes unseen achievements of women in this psychedelic renaissance. A way to stand together embracing our diversity for a greater Eco-system.Meet in this episode Elizabeth Bast is a Bwiti initiate, traditionally trained iboga provider, and a co-founder of SoulCentro Iboga Retreats. She is the author of the award-winning memoir, Heart Medicine: A True Love Story--One Couple's Quest for the Sacred Iboga Medicine & the Cure for Addiction. Bast is a recipient of a Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance grant from the psychedelic feminist nonprofit organization Cosmic Sister and a member of Cosmic Sister's Expert Advisory Circle. She studied at New College of San Francisco with an emphasis on Art and Social Change and completed the transformational coach training program for psychedelic integration with Being True to You. Elizabeth's Bwiti name is Mbeye, which means the medicine of the river. In this episode Elizabeth discusses:What brought you to iboga medicine?Iboga is a powerful and medically sensitive medicine. What does it mean to be a medically responsible provider of iboga?The importance of a strong code of ethics as a medicine providerThe acknowledgment as a healer by the Bwiti eldersWhat is reciprocity with regard to indigenous communities and why is it important?The mind, body, and soul purge with IbogaHow can iboga help with relationshipsStory and vision for SoulCentro.Humility as a teaching forceLiving as a devotee and student of the medicineThe four pillars of Iboga: Addiction recovery, Trauma healing, Holistic wellness  and Visionary creativityMedicine coding, attire, and sacred colorsTobacco medicine, the teacher plantWebsite: www.soulcentro.comSocial Media handles:https://facebook.com/enectarbasthttps://instagram.com/enectarbastInspiration:Awaken The Medicine Within - Retreats awakenthemedicinewithin.comONE MONTH FREE ACCESS to - Membership, Courses, and Community& 21 Days of Gratitude Course 

Elizabeth Bast is the author of Heart Medicine: A True Love Story--One Couple's Quest for the Sacred Iboga Medicine & the Cure for Addiction. Bast now serves as an iboga provider within the Missoko Bwiti. Bast is a recipient of a Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance grant from the psychedelic feminist nonprofit organization Cosmic Sister and a member of Cosmic Sister's Expert Advisory Circle. She studied at New College of San Francisco with an emphasis on Art and Social Change and completed the transformational coach training program with Being True to You. Elizabeth's Bwiti name is Mbeye, which means that she carries the sacred qualities of the river. Plant medicines and traditional ceremonies have helped her with healing related to PTSD, childhood sexual assault, self love, forgiveness, and life-threatening eating disorders.Together with her husband, visionary artist and Bwiti nganga (healer, seer) Chor Boogie aka Gnyangou, Bast traveled to Gabon multiple times where they experienced a Bwiti initiation, rite of passage, traditional wedding, and immersive iboga healer's training. Originally from California, Bast is currently based in Costa Rica, and regularly offers iboga ceremony retreats with the SoulCentro team in a medically responsible way. Bast and Chor Boogie help to organize annual journeys to Gabon to bring people for initiation with their Bwiti elders.In this episode, Elizabeth Bast and Beth Weinstein discuss …▶ How iboga first communicated with Elizabeth, leading her and her husband, Chor, to seek treatment for his opiate addiction▶ Chor and Elizabeth's journey training to facilitate iboga▶ Patrick and Michele Fishley, the co-founders of Soul Centro, who are both nurses with years of experience providing medical oversight for iboga and ibogaine treatments▶ How real reciprocity is much more than writing a check - it's mutual respect and understanding each other's needs▶ Chor and Elizabeth's 16 month year old baby, Lightning, and the medicine he has brought into their lives▶ The traditional Bwiti knowledge of trauma and approach to counseling▶ How iboga lays out a “curriculum” for people and the importance of following the guidance the medicine delivers before expecting personal or professional fulfillment▶ Addictions to destructive thought patterns and how iboga reveals them and their impact▶ How iboga works differently than ayahuasca▶ The “mind purge” that iboga catalyzes▶ How personal healing with iboga can lead to planetary healing▶ Right relationship regarding the supply and demand of the iboga root▶ Cautions against buying iboga off the internet▶ What happens when we treat medicine as a commodity▶ Preparing for Iboga - “pretox” - for better long term outcomes▶ Facing ourselves and the truth about how we have been living with the help of iboga▶ Soul Centro's long term vision for developmentElizabeth Bast's Links & Resources▶ Website: https://www.ebast.net▶ Website: http://www.soulcentro.com▶ Iboga info/integration resources: https://www.ebast.net/iboga.html▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enectarbast▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enectarbast▶ Free Gift: http://eepurl.com/cGE9jX

The pod returns (following a short holiday and a longer illness!) with a conversation I had earlier this year with Zoe Helene, the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Cosmic Sister.Zoe takes us on a psychedelic journey that kicked off in the 90s and delves into a range of topics, including Psychedelic Feminism. Take a look at the full collection of podcasts and explore additional cannabis & psychedelics content on the GCI Content Hub: https://contenthub.gcintelligence.com/ 

In this episode of the Psychedelic Spotlight podcast, we catch up with psychedelic feminist Zoe Helene. She is an artist, environmentalist, and cultural activist best known for women's empowerment and working with sacred psychedelic plants and fungi. She is the founder of Cosmic Sister, an environmental feminist collective advocating for the widespread education of psychedelic feminism and women-centered visibility in the space.In our conversation, we discuss some of Zoe's formative experiences in the creative arts which led her down the path of plant medicine advocacy, core feminist issues and how psychedelics play a role in furthering women's movements, why an emphasis on equity and representation within the budding psychedelic industry is crucial and still has a long way to go, and so much more.*To learn more about Zoe and Cosmic Sister, visit the website: ZoeHelene.com*Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest industry news: PsychedelicSpotlight.com

We are excited to begin season 3 of The Canna Mom Show with Zoe Helene, founder of Cosmic Sister, an environmental feminist collective. The Canna Mom Show is launching into a new topic with today's show, we are expanding our understanding of plant medicine beyond cannabis. Zoe Helene is a self-described psychedelic feminist and she is also a performer, advocate and educator with a Jewish connection. On today's show Joyce and Zoe talk about psychedelic sacred plants and fungi and how they are here to heal us and our planet.The Canna Mom Show team is excited to share a special offer with our listeners for a great product from Head & Heal that we know you all will love. Also, TCMS wants to thank the Women In Cannabis Expo for sponsoring today's podcast and Joyce speaks with the mastermind of the expo, Brooke Westlake as a special guest in this podcast.Topics Discussed(1:00) Welcome and Josh Lamkin Shout Out(1:45) Head & Heal (2:55) Women In Cannabis Expo(3:15) The Canna Mom Show Lighters!(3:42) Zoe Helene Introduction(4:20) Psychedelics(4:51) Plant Medicine Explanation(6:15) Medicinal Plants – Ethnobotany(7:00) Psyche – “That Which Animates”(8:39) Psyche Manifesting(9:00) Categories(11:10) MAPS and Cosmic Sister(11:48) Rick Doblin(13:20) Cannabis, Psychedelics and Sacred Plants(13:40) Psychoactive vs. Psychedelics(15:52) Psychedelic Rabbis(16:00) Zoe's Jewish Connection(18:35) Ancestral Healing through Genetics(22:25) Psychedelic Feminism(22:31) Plants Helping Us Find Ourselves(25:40) Indigenous Healers(27:20) Cosmic Sister Therapist Collective(30:28) Intellectual Property Protection for Creatives(32:00) Patenting Molecules(33:25) SPONSOR: Women In Cannabis Expo(37:44) The Artsy Leaf(39:10) WICE Dates: September 27 – 29, 2021(39:40) Back with Zoe Helene(45:00) Connect with Zoe HeleneThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music.

Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/subscribe

Psychedelics have the power to help us rapidly evolve to be better citizens of Earth.Using sacred medicines as a way to lift women’s voices, celebrate diversity, and jump-start rapid cultural evolution.   Zoe Helene, founder and chief visionary officer of Cosmic Sister  joins Kyra Reed to talk about leading the environmental feminist collective for people who understand that the grossly imbalanced “power-over” patriarchal model will continue to lead humans down a devolutionary path ending in the destruction of life on Earth.Produced by podCONX

This week we are mixing things up a bit! Joyce and Dave sit down to talk pot, politics and religion. Learn a little more about The Canna Mom Show team as they share stories about Purim, famous Jews and Jewish Boston history. Joyce and Dave kibitz on topics ranging from the best movies about Purim to why September 20 is mushroom day.This episode of The Canna Mom Show is sponsored by Earth Sunflower, a woman-owned, small business striving to reduce single-use plastic pollution by providing eco-friendly, reusable options. You can learn more at the Earth Sunflower website and use the code CANNAMOM for 20% off your first purchase.Topics Discussed(1:25) Seed Update(1:45) Irie Bliss and Sandy Bernier(4:20) Feminized Plants(5:09) Purim Sesh and Schmooze and JewWhoTokes(6:42) Ayanna Pressley(7:20) Purim Movie: For Your Consideration(9:30) Obituary of Shlomo Hillel(13:35) Cannabis The Great Connector(15:35) Prosecuting Evil: Ben Ferencz(18:00) Hidden Brain Podcast(23:50) Cultural Shifts Are Possible(24:00) Why Everything We Know About The World Is Wrong(25:26) Cannabis History(28:16) Politics and Power(32:00) Merrick Garland is a Jew!(34:58) Earth Sunflower Sponsor(35:00) Use Code CANNAMOM for 20% Savings(36:20) March is Women's Month(36:55) September 20 is Mushroom Day(39:51) Rick Doblin and MAPS(41:34) SEASON 3: Zoe Helene of Cosmic Sister(45:05) Camp Tel-Noar and Cohen Camps(46:00) Hebrew School The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music Amie Searles for believing Kelly Dolan of Retail Results Inc Lori Lennon of Thinkubator Media Kim Kramer of McLane Middleton Cannabis Creative GroupPod617, The Boston Podcast Network

In this episode, Joe interviews environmental and cultural activist, founder of advocacy group Cosmic Sister, and purveyor of psychedelic feminism, Zoe Helene.  In this very open and free-form conversation, Zoe discusses her past corporate life in a male-dominated high tech world leading to a major change in her life and the creation of Cosmic Sister, the concepts of othering people and ableism, the importance of Michael Pollan's concept of coevolution/coextinction, how psychedelics potentiate identity-fluidity (most seen in gender-fluidity), how people usually talk about ayahuasca retreats damaging communities but rarely talk about the ways they benefit Indigenous people, the way Americans have a very fleeting, media-controlled attention span on social issues, how living in a patriarchy affects everyone, and how most men don't think about the ways it affects them. They spend a lot of time talking about ancestry and colonization: the Mycenean and Minoan civilizations and their use of plant medicines, the tribalism of Greek people, Greek civilizations using plant medicines much more than most people think (not just the rights of Eleusis), the effects of colonization and the roots of cultural appropriation, and 2 tombs recently dug up with Signet rings depicting medicine women likely in an artistic depiction of ergot.  Notable Quotes “Colonization goes back and then goes back again, and it goes back again- it’s very complicated. It’s not just decolonizing the United States of America- it’s decolonizing from all the colonizers. Colonizing forces have been on this planet since the beginning of time, in little ways, in medium ways, and in big ways, and it’s still going on.” “When people want to talk about Venus, I get on their cases about it. Don’t call her Venus. Call her Aphrodite. Don’t call her Venus, because Venus is a terrible version- it’s the patriarchal version by another culture. It’s appropriation. It’s no different from other appropriation that people talk about all the time” “The idea of ayahuasca centers and ayahuasca tourists quote/unquote ‘going down and taking advantage’- I know there was some of that because there are always going to be bad people and there are also really crass, stupid tourists. There are. But, most people go there as a pilgrimage, and if anything, are guilty of kind of romanticizing the Indigenous people, in this way that they’re very ignorant- a lot of ignorance, where it’s like, ‘Oh, they all want to run around in grass skirts.’ No, they want a cell phone.” “I hope people hold onto this change. ...It’s not a trend. Anti-racism should not be looked at as another damn trend. It needs to be something we keep working on. We can’t quit. Environment is the same- all the big things. This is, I think, a flaw in our culture that we have this idea- it’s a trait of our specifically American culture, where we are really fickle with news items. ...Remember when the Amazon was burning? It’s still burning, but everybody was devastated by that, as if that was the first time we’d ever seen the destruction of the great Amazon. ...I think, to American culture, and I’ve seen this- is that somewhere in the back of their head, they think it’s done. It’s fixed. ‘That got solved.’ It didn’t. And that’s the same with sexism, it’s the same with racism- all of these big social and environmental issues should not be considered trends.” Links Cosmicsister.com Cosmic Sister Instagram Smithsonianmag.com: Gold Rings Found in Warrior’s Tomb Connect Two Ancient Greek Cultures Imdb.com: The Nightingale Her past appearance on Psychedelics Today About Zoe Helene 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  

ATTENTION : Join artist,comedian and podcaster Ramin Nazer and I, this Thursday 9/24 for a LIVE CALL IN SHOW on ZOOM. Starts at 7pm PT / 10pm ET. bit.ly/templeofzoom A wonderful new psychedelic friend , the lovely Jasmine Virdi of Synergetic Press and Cosmic Sister joins the Nod this week. Jasmine is a writer, editor, proofreader and educator who raises awareness about the benefits and risks of sacred plant medicines and encourages people to make informed choices about their therapeutic potential and transformational capacities. By sharing the socio-historical context in which these substances emerged, Jasmine hopes to help people integrate them into their lives in a safe and meaningful way while protecting indigenous ethnobotanical practices and their environments. Since 2018 she has been a writer, editor and social media coordinator for the fiercely independent Synergetic Press where her passions for ecology, ethnobotany and psychoactive substances converge.  She has published articles for Psychedelics Today, Chacruna.Net, Lucid News, Entheonation and OPEN foundation.  She recently spoke at Psyched2020 as well as Earthdance Vision 2020.  For reference we recorded this back in late March. Jasmine does PR for a really cool literary publishing company called Synergetic Press and had sent me an email about having a few of their authors on as guests.  They put out a lot of books about psychedelics and mindfullness and in general seem very passionate and righteous in their artistic quest.  While this sounded cool, I had stumbled upon some of Jasmine's own writing and videos and was more interested in having her on the show first.  I genuinely enjoy seeking out people who haven't told their stories yet and while I would love to have some of said Synergetic authors on in the future I'm so happy that I was able to have Jasmine on as even since we had this talk her profile as a writer and educator has exploded.  Jasmine and I talk about her journey as a traveler, student and writer in the world of plant medicine.  We discuss our early impressions of the COVID world (this was in late March) and share various experiences with psychedelics and community.  Follow Jasmine On Instagram Read Her Most Recent Piece On Peyote For Psychedelics Today For a bonus interview with Jasmine & I, lots of early episodes, bonus content and merch goodies : Support The Cosmic Nod on Patreon! Donate To The Show  Would you please take a minute to give the show a rating and review on apple podcasts? Pretty Please? I love you.  Follow The Cosmic Nod on Instagram Follow The Cosmic Nod on Twitter Follow Colin on Instagram  Check out Colin's Art Store

Zoe Helene is a visionary and a pioneer. She coined the term "psychedelic feminism" and founded Cosmic Sister to support women of all ethnicities in the field of psychedelics. Here she talks about such timely topics as: the centrality of nature in spiritual awakening; the importance of ancestral healing; the confusing messages women still get about sexuality; cannabis as a powerful spiritual medicine and ally; what Psychedelic Feminism is and how lifting women lifts men; the necessity of suspending belief and surrendering to ayahuasca; why community is an essential component of integration after powerful medicine journeys; the value of humour in this work; and finally, some of the remarkable women she is supporting to speak at the 2020 Spirit Plant Medicine Conference on Oct. 23-25. This interview is also available on the StephenGray Vision YouTube channel, here: https://youtu.be/braxlBoNkK0. I invite you to also check out the other interviews I've done with world leaders in psychedelics and consciousness transformation both here on Anchor and at the above YouTube channel. And . . . please check out my website: www.stephengrayvision.com.

Caitlin Moakley joins me on the show Caitlin is the founder of Soil and Spirit, a consultation business she started for personal care brands, herbalists, ethnobotanists and more to make an impact on a local and global level on the ingredients that are put into products. She is also a core member of of the psychedelic and environmental feminist group, Cosmic Sister, and works in the Cannabis industry in Massachusetts with Agrify working on vertical farming and indoor grow technology.  We talk about altered states of consciousness, ayahuasca, cannabis, and how stories help us heal individually and as a collective. Check her out below www.soilandspirit.net @Soilandspirit on Instagram and Facebook  Also check out @cosmicsister on Instragram, Facebook and around the web.

It's that time of month again, time for a podcast takeover. Please settle in and enjoy Aja Atwood's conversation with another fascinating guest connecting the health of our planet to the the health of its inhabitants. Today's guest on Cannabis & Climate Change  hails straight from South Boston, Massachusetts. Caitlin Moakley of Cosmic Sisters and Soil and Spirit, is a plant medicine advocate and champion of conscious ingredients in personal care. As the owner and operator of Soil and Spirit, she focuses on collaborating and creating with small businesses in the natural products industry, as well as the cannabis and psychedelic communities. Caitlin shares her journey to the Amazon and her connection to  Cosmic Sister, an ecofeminist organization that funds women to share their experiences with cannabis and psychedelics by way of educational advocacy grants. And how her experience with Ayahuasca changed her relationship with cannabis! Topics Discussed: Welcome Aja [1:00] Welcome Caitlin Moakley [2:30] Caitlin's Story [3:15] Cambridge Naturals in Porter Square [4:30] Importance of Water Supply [6:20] Psychedelics and Personal Care [7:35] Travels to The Amazon [8:05] Cosmic Sisters and Amazon Grants [8:28] Ayahuasca  [8:45] Temple of the Way of Light [9:11] Be aware of what you bring and what you leave behind! [10:15] Source and Community [12:00] Plant Not To Be Taken Lightly [12:25] No More Cannabis for Caitlin [13:30] The Plant Decides [14:10] What is Ayahuasca? [14:55] MAPS [15:15] Ayahuasca Test Pilots [15:44] Importance of Set and Settings [16:34] Cosmic Sister, Zoe Helene [17:20] New England Women's Healing Conference [19:25] Application Process [20:15] The Diet [21:01] Setting Profound Intentions [22:28] How to Set An Intention [24:45] Importance of Integration [27:00] Caitlin's Integration and Writing [28:40] The Importance of Supportive People [29:50] The Shame [31:10] Caitlin's Work [34:50] Sensi Magazine Interview [36:00] The Healing Rose [36:20] Heart Grown Wild [36:32] Excellent Social Media Advice [38:15] MAPS and Cosmic Sisters Support [40:12] Theme song by Josh Lamkin                                  

Join Marc L Caron and Stephen Gray as they speak with Zoe Helene, an artist and cultural activist best known for coining and popularizing the term Psychedelic Feminism and founding the environmental feminism group Cosmic Sister. She believes a true balance of power across the gender spectrum—globally—is the only way humans (and non-humans) will survive, and […] The post COSMIC SISTER | PSYCHEDELIC FEMINISM | ZOE HELENE appeared first on Conscious Living Radio.

On this episode of Sessions we discuss cannabis as a spiritual ally, an aspect of the plant that is often glossed over in the mainstream conversation.Spirituality is a concept that differs from from person to person, what is deemed spiritual for a person of one faith may not entirely align with someone of another, yet there are many similarities, which are almost always rooted in introspection.Our guests Elizabeth Bast and Scarlet Ravin discuss how to harness the plants full capabilities with the practice of mindful consumption. For the physical body cannabis can have powerful healing properties, however it’s also an incredible tool for emotional and spiritual reflection. The plant, when used with intention, can be an aid for creativity, self love, self awareness, a tool for healing traumas, and as a facilitator of spiritual connection.SCARLET RAVIN, visionary and founder of the White Fox cannabis company, is a lifetime entrepreneur who fell in love with cannabis at a young age. After experiencing an overdose, she found herself realigned. Her path was informed by many studies of healing arts, love, and natural medicine. White Fox has both full spectrum hemp CBD & THC lines on the market featuring Ayurvedically formulated and botanically enhanced organic MCT oil tinctures, massage oils, salves, and vape pens with the highest vibrational quality alchemical, spirited, magic medicine. White Fox is a woman owned and operated company that is held by ritual and ceremony.ELIZABETH BAST is the author of Heart Medicine: A True Love Story: One Couple’s Quest for the Sacred Iboga Medicine & the Cure for Addiction. Bast serves as a writer, yoga teacher, performance artist, and holistic coach specialising in entheogenic medicine integration, addiction recovery, and women’s empowerment. In 2014, she experienced the Missoko Bwiti initiation and rite of passage in Gabon (Africa), and has since returned to Africa multiple times for traditional shamanic studies.She is a 2018 recipient of a “Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance” grant through Cosmic Sister and their fiscal sponsor, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). The eco-feminist educational advocacy group Cosmic Sister promotes a balance of power between genders and promotes women’s voices in the field of psychedelic medicine.Together, Scarlet & Elizabeth are creating “The Bliss Nectar Experience,” a ceremonial journey into sacred embodiment featuring yoga, tantra, meditation, & plant spirit meditation with cacao, essential oils, & cannabis medicines from White Fox. This is a new/old devotional way of communing with cannabis, one of humanity’s oldest plant allies with whom we have co-evolved. There will be something for every tolerance level & all yoga levels!Sessions is sponsored by Sonoma Seeds, premium cannabis seeds from around the world that help you grow organically and Hemper the number one subscription box for cannabis accessories.This week’s episode was made with support from RNMKR, Canada's leading cannabis communications agency known for providing narrative creation, media relations, brand strategy, and advisory services to the most prominent brands in North America and overseas.If you want to know more about this Sessions hosts you can find them via the below links.Scarlet Ravin via her website http://scarletravin.com and her company white Fox Medicinals https://whitefoxnectars.com and on instagram @whitefoxmedicineElisabeth Bast via her website www.ebast.net

In this episode I speak with herbalist and health coach, Marie Frohlich, about her powerful Ayahuasca Ceremony experience in Peru.

Join immersive journalist Rak Razam and Zoe Helene, an artist and cultural activist and Psychedelic Feminist who is passionate about supporting the voices of visionaries who share her commitment to the rights of women, wilderness and wildlife, and sacred psychedelic plants (and fungi). She is the founder of Cosmic Sister, an eco-feminist collective for women that connects kindred-spirit women in mutually supportive ways, working collectively toward shared goals while enhancing the personal journey of each individual. Today, she is mostly know for her work with Psychedelic Feminism, a phrase she coined to describe a sub-genre of feminism that embraces the power of the frontier field of psychedelic healing, self-liberation, inspiration, and mind/body/spirit exploration into altered states of consciousness. She focuses on safe, intentional journeying with psychedelic evolutionary allies from nature so that women can look deeply inside themselves, in part to explore core feminist issues in fresh and exciting ways. For more info see: http://www.zoehelene.com/zoe-helene and http://www.zoehelene.com/cosmic-sister. Facebook (facebook.com/cosmicsister)
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Zoe Helene of Cosmic Sister comes on the show to talk about Psychedelic Feminism “The ultimate goal of psychedelic feminism is to promote rapid (cultural) evolution from within—starting with women. Females make up half the human population. We know it’s way past time we stepped up and took our share of the decision-making power—and yet we haven’t. Why is that? What are the “whys?” and what can we do to work through them? My work with women and psychedelics is about exploring those complex, multifaceted, interconnected “whys?” with sacred plants and fungi, our evolutionary allies from the natural world.” – Zoe Helene Full Episode Breakdown Below ------------------- THIS EPISODE WAS SPONSORED BY THE SPIRIT PLANT MEDICINE CONFERENCE,  NOV. 2-4TH VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA. Check them out here: https://lt352.isrefer.com/go/SPMC/jameswjesso/ ------------------- For the full blog entry and all relevant links to the guest, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind81 ▵ Support On Patreon ▵ Donate via PayPal ▵ Buy Some Merch --------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE GUEST Zoe Helene, M.F.A., is a classically trained artist and cultural activist working for women’s self-liberation, healing and empowerment through intentional journeying with natural psychedelics. She is also the founder of the eco-feminist advocacy, Cosmic Sister whose trio of #psychedelicfeminism educational grants—Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance, Cosmic Sisters of Cannabis and the merit-based immersive Plant Spirit Grant—promote women’s voices in the field of psychedelics and our fundamental right to journey with evolutionary allies from nature, such as ayahuasca, cannabis, peyote, and psilocybin mushrooms. Zoe’s work has been featured in articles and interviews in Forbes, BBC Travel, Outside Magazine, Bust Magazine, VICE, Broadly, LA Yoga, Boston Magazine, New York Magazine, Newsday, Utne Reader, Wisdom Daily, AlterNet, Organic Authority, MIT Technology Review, Fast Company and other top-tier media venues. --------------------------------------------------------- EPISODE BREAKDOWN - psychedelic feminism is not what you might think when you hear 'feminism' - the patriarchy and the trauma of the modern world - racism in America - focusing on who we help - psychedelics not just about 'healing' - power complexes and holding each other down by fighting internally - psychedelics to deprogram the worst parts of culture - psychedelics are not benevolent - the Cosmic Sister preparation and integration programs - cultural appropriation vs cultural preservation and appreciation - privilege is subjective and relative - problems within ayahuasca culture and tourism - what Cosmic Sister is and does - building culture / abolishing faulty traditions --------------------------------------------------------- Follow James W. Jesso on Social Media! Twitter | Facebook |Instagram | YouTube   ▵ Support On Patreon ▵ Donate via PayPal ▵ Buy Some Merch   ***Featured image (c) Medusa Mask by Zoe Helene

Zoe Helene, M.F.A., is a classically trained artist, cultural activist and psychedelic feminist, working for women’s self-liberation, healing and empowerment through intentional journeying with natural psychedelics. Bearing witness to the state of women, wilderness and wildlife as a frontline sustainability advocate called Zoe to found Cosmic Sister (@CosmicSister), an eco-feminist advocacy group promoting a balance of power between genders as the only way to a system in which all parties (human and non-human) thrive.Zoe's website: http://cosmicsister.comNew StuffMahabhuta Sadhana: a tantrik vinyasa yoga mini-workshop: http://brianjamesyoga.com/resourcesUse code MEDICINEPATH10 for 10% off all purchases at brianjamesyoga.com (limited time offer)Support the Podcast!1. Leave a review on iTunes, or share with your friends on social media2. Become a Patreon supporter at http://patreon.com/brianjamesteaching and gain access to many hours of yoga practice resources including vinyasa sequences, breathwork, chanting and guided meditations.Intro Music: I Want to Get High by Rita MarleyAbout Brian JamesBrian James is a yoga teacher, musician and artist currently living in Montréal, Canada. He has been exploring the intersection of music, yoga and shamanism for over 20 years.medicinepathyoga.combrianjamesyoga.cominstagram.com/brianjamesyogaSupport the Medicine Path PodcastSubscribe! RSS / iTunes / Google Playtags: zoe helene, cosmic sister, psychedelic feminism, psychedelics, ayahuasca, cannabis

This episode is a riveting mashup of three short convos with women I had the pleasure of meeting on Cosmic Sister's trip to Peru this March! Dawn is a Biochemist and Ecologist with a passion for sustainable agriculture development and bees! Chioma is a massage therapist, yoga instructor & meditation facilitator. Sarah Baldwin is immersed in the world of herbalism, writing and teaching about the physical and spiritual benefits of healing plants.

Recorded At The Temple Of The Way Of Light In the Peruvian Amazon. Chris sat down with me to talk about his journey as a medicine hunter and his hope for the world. Stick around till the end when Special guest host Debs, The Operations Director for the Temple sits down with Chris to ask a few questions and a wonderful moment is born on the show. Enjoy. Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author and educator. The founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., Chris has conducted medicinal plant research in over 45 countries. Chris works with companies to develop and popularize traditional plant-based food and medicinal products into market successes. These include kava, maca, rhodiola, schisandra, tamanu oil, cat’s claw, dragon’s blood, ayahuasca, and hundreds of other plants. Chris also works to bridge worlds, regularly sharing information about other cultures through presentations and media. CNN calls Chris “The Indiana Jones of natural medicine.” Chris Kilham is the author of fourteen books, most notably:   The Five Tibetans, The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook: The Essential Guide to Ayahuasca Journeying, provides a comprehensive guide to the world of ayahuasca shamanism, healing, and spirituality, aiding seekers in making right—and safe—decisions about where to go, who to drink with, and what to expect. Chris's Website: http://www.medicinehunter.com/ Chris's Wife Zoe and the Cosmic Sister: http://www.zoehelene.com/ Find out about Ayahuasca Retreats and More at https://templeofthewayoflight.org/ If you enjoy this show Please Help Make It Better By Subscribing and Sharing. Help Spread The Message Even Further By Leaving a 5-Star Rating ★★★★★ and Review on iTunes. Click Here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/m... If You Really Like The Show, There Are 2 Ways You Can Show Extra Support. You Can Donate On Patreon for as little as $1 a month.You Will Get access to weekly bonus continent and great rewards. Click Here To Become A Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mikebranc or Click Here To Make A One-Time Contribution On PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/mikebranc/ Email/ContactMe:https://www.mikebranc.com/contact/ Website:https://www.mikebranc.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Mikedelicpodcast/?ref=bookmarks Twitter Personal: @mikebranc | https://www.twitter.com/mikebranc Twitter Podcast: @mikeadelicpod | https://twitter.com/mikeadelicpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeadelic_podcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mikebrancatelli Snapchat: mikebranc | https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikebranc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3k5pBevX3Rcj4GzD99DYci GooglePlay:https://play.google.com/music/m/Iw6z7gcqennysuv73ioiiguzgjy?t=Mikeadelic__Liberty_Psychedelics_Self-improvement Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mikedelic SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mikedelicpodcast iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mikedelic/id1109139637?mt=2 Thank You  

Today's show is the second half of a conversation (for the first 1/2, click HERE) recorded over a couple days last month, on 4/20 and Earth Day with Zoe Helene. Zoe is the founder of Cosmic Sister, which is dedicated to recognizing and elevating feminist voices in the growing Psychedelic Renaissance, and to supporting visionary women in the exploding world of Cannabis business and studies. Zoe is also the wife and partner of ethnobotanist and writer Chris Kilham, and is the manager of the web presence for his site The Medicine Hunter, and has accompanied Chris on many trips to the Amazon and elsewhere, looking for healing plants and soul-transforming experiences. Zoe is an artist, writer, journalist, and visionary explorer in her own right. She has been featured in Boston Magazine, Forbes, Boston Globe, AlterNet, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, MIT Technology Review, Utne Reader and Fast Company. You don't need some Shaman telling you you're special. If that shaman is telling you you're "special," run. Go Run. Friends don't let friends sleep with Shamans.     --Zoe Helene In this portion of the conversation, Jonathan and Zoe discuss the power of psychedelics to break through cultural programming, how old plays can show us how far we've come (and how little has changed) in society, and Zoe discusses how young people can stay safe when travelling in the Amazon, and ways to navigate the dangers of sexual violence in ceremonial spaces. Jonathan (once again) expresses his undying devotion to Darren Aranofsky's movie Noah. As always, if you value the info and conversations here, please consider a tax-deductible gift to Psychedelic Parenting through out Fiscal Sponsor, MAPS, by clicking the button below: Topics and Websites Discussed in This Episode: Cinco De Sapo event in Los Angeles with James Oroc and The Teafaerie Tickets for sale HERE at Eventbrite CivilWar.net: "1860 Census Results" (Statistics on slave ownership) History Matters: "An Early 20th Century Black Nanny Sets the Record Straight"  The Role of Southern Women, Black and White, in Society by JoAnn Marshall Patricia Ziprodt School for Scandal Wikipedia Entry (plot summary) Project Gutenberg: "School for Scandal" (complete script) Richard III by William Shakespeare Wikipedia Entry  Project Gutenberg: "King Richard III" (full text) CBSNews.com: "Psychedelics NOT Linked to Mental Health Woes" PsychedelicParenting.org: "How Old is 'Old Enough?'" Sexual Abuse in Psychedelic Ceremonies Women's Visionary Congress: "Abuse of Power in Ceremonies that use Psychoactive Substances" by Annie Oak Singing to the Plants: "Sex with the Shaman" Ayahuasca.com: "Traveling Safely to Drink Ayahuasca" Zika Virus Centers For Disease Control and Prevention: "Zika Virus" STAT: "Zika May Persist in Semen for Months, Experts Say" The World of the Amazonian Ayahuasquero Singing to the Plants by Stephan Beyer  (Amazon.com) Ayahuasca.com: "Unravelling the Mystery of the Origin of Ayahuasca" by Gayle Highpine Ayahuasca.com: "Four Transformations that Ayahuasca Tourism is Producting in Traditional Ayahuasca Practice" Dr Joe Taufr Nihue Rao Centro Espiritual homepage  Reset.me Podcast Interview MedicineHunter.com Profile Lily Kay Ross, MDiv LilyKayRoss.com Across The Threshold Podcast Elephant Journal: "Shamans are Sexy and Drugs are Drugs" YouTube: "Sex Drugs and Power"  Don Alberto Tores Davila Blue Morpho Center "Meet our Shamans and Staff" MedicineHunter.com: "Don Alberto Profile" Toé Singing to the Plants: "Courage and Power" Vice.com: "Colombian Devil's Breath" Acquired Situational Narcissism NY Times: "Year in Ideas 2001" Decision Making Confidence: "Acquired Situational Narcissism" from Malignant Self-Love by Dr. Sam Vaknin Recipients of the Cosmic Sister Grant Nese Devenot Psychedelic Parenting Podcast #16 Rachel Carlevale Ganjasana More recipients' names announced HERE Eleusinian Mysteries "The Psychedelic Cult that Survived for 2000 Years" The Ritual Path of Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries by Mara Lynn Keller, PhD Wikipedia Entry Darren Aronofsky's Noah The Atlantic: "How Darren Aronofsky Interprets the Bible" Mother Jones: "Noah and Climate Change" (Video) Noah Graphic Novel  Noah Film

After a long break while Jonathan decompressed from a life-transforming experience with Martin W. Ball, in Ashland Oregon at the 3rd Annual Exploring Psychedelics Conference, We are BACK with another episode of the Psychedelic Parenting Podcast! This week's show is the 1st half of a 2-part interview with Zoe Helene of Amherst, MA. Today's show was recorded over a couple days last week, on 4/20 and Earth Day with Zoe Helene. Zoe is the founder of Cosmic Sister, which is dedicated to recognizing and elevating feminist voices in the growing Psychedelic Renaissance, and to supporting visionary women in the exploding world of Cannabis business and studies. Zoe is also the wife and partner of ethnobotanist and writer Chris Kilham, and is the manager of the web presence for his site The Medicine Hunter, and has accompanied Chris on many trips to the Amazon and elsewhere, looking for healing plants and soul-transforming experiences. Zoe is an artist, writer, journalist, and visionary explorer in her own right, and has been featured in Boston Magazine, Forbes, Boston Globe, AlterNet, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, MIT Technology Review, Utne Reader and Fast Company. In this episode, Jonathan and Zoe discuss the art of "Psychedelic Mentoring"as an important part of the emerging plant medicine culture in this country, and how even those without their own kids have an important job to do in raising the future members of the Psychedelic Society. They talk about the "Faerie Goddessmothers" who were instrumental in Zoe's life, and how she has embraced her role as "Psychedelic Faerie Goddessmother" to the children of her friends and siblings.  Zoe also discusses Earth day and how her Ayahuasca experiences in the Amazon have galvanized her as an environmentalist and animal-rights activitst, and her view that "a baby is a baby," whether they be human animals or non-human animals. She also discusses her deep relationship to the Maui's dolphin of New Zealand, which is currently on the verge of extinction. If you weren't able to make it to Ashland for Exploring Psychedelics this year, Martin Ball will be releasing Jonathan's presentation from that event on The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast in the coming weeks. We will inform you when it goes live. In the meantime, you can check out Jonathan's presentation on Prezi by CLICKING HERE. Tune in next week Wednesday (5/4/2016) for the second 1/2 of Jonathan's interview with Zoe, when we'll be back on track for our weekly Wednesday podcast releases. If you're in Los Angeles this weekend for May Day, Jonathan will be remotely presenting a talk called "Envisioning Psychedelic Summer Camp" at May meeting of the Los Angeles Medicinal Plant Society (LAMPS).  For more information, contact chairperson Brad Adams: BAdams(at)mednet(dot)ucla(dot)edu. If you can't make it and are interested in seeing the slideshow from this presentation, CLICK HERE to view it on Prezi.com As always, if you find this podcast valuable and would like to support our work, consider a tax-deductible gift to Psychedelic Parenting though our non-profit fiscal sponsor, The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. (MAPS) via the button below. TOPICS AND WEBSITES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: This Week's Sponsors: Cypress C (via GoFundMe) Attendees of Exploring Psychedelics, who donated and bought stickers Chris Benett  Cannabis and the Soma Solution Harmony Haynie Matt Vogel Martin Ball and Jessalynn Jones Church of the Holy Light of the Queen Padrino Jonathan Goldman Brad and Jennifer Cosmic Sister Twitter Page (@CosmicSister) Recipients Mentioned Neşe Devonot Chemical Poetics Psychedelic Parenting Podcast #16 Susan Sheldon Rachel Carlevale Ganjasana Chris Kilham Wikipedia Entry www.MedicineHunter.com Fox News archive Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1963) Yellow Submarine (1964) "Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out" "Flow State: Wikipedia: "Flow (Psychology)" zenhabits.net: "The Hidden Art of Achieving Creative Flow" Mrs Mindfulness: "How to Enter the Flow State Any Time: 4 Simple Steps" "Medicinal" Alcohol during Prohibition Era  NowIKnow.com: "The Prohibition Prescription" Tampa Bay Times: "'Medical' Alcohol Made Mockery of Prohibiiton" The "Harry Potter Generation" BoingBoing.net: "How Harry Potter Shaped a Generation" Mugglenet.com: "Defining the Harry Potter Generation" Shakespeare's Miranda of The Tempest Wikipedia Entry "Discovering Miranda" lecture by Bruce Pattinson (YouTube) The Tempest (Full Text at Project Gutenberg) The School where Zoe was raised University of North Carolina School of the Arts Wikipedia Entry Zoe's "Faerie Goddessmothers" Rainbow Sari Sarah Sugihara Patricia Ziprodt Late Stage Capitalism medium.com: "The Pain You Feel is Capitalism Dying" medium.com: "The Mental Disease of Late-Stage Capitalsim" Dolphins New Zealand Dept of Conservation: "Maui's Dolphin" (also known as "Hector's Dolphin") National Geographic News: "China's River Dolphin Extinct" IquitosTimes.com: "The Legend of the Pink Dolphin" WorldWildlife.org: "5 Myths About Amazon River Dolphins" Ayahuasca Centers Discussed Nihue Rao Centro Espiritual Temple of the Way of Light

Health and diet advice you can trust...Susun Weed answers your health questions followed by an informative interview with Zoe Helene.  Zoe Helene (@cosmicsister.com), a multidisciplinary artist, cultural activist and psychedelic feminist, is connecting visionaries who share her commitment to women’s rights, animal rights and the right to journey with sacred plants. Zoe’s work has been featured in Forbes, Boston Magazine, Utne Reader, Outside Magazine, Boston Globe, Newsday, MIT Technology Review, and Fast Company. Her sustainability articles have been published in LA Yoga, Organic Spa, Coco Eco, Eco Salon, Conscious Living, Endangered Species Coalition, Huffington Post, Organic Authority and Ladybud. Zoe travels to remote regions with her husband and partner, ethnobotanist and Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham, to promote medicinal plants, environmental protection and cultural preservation.  In 2007, Zoe founded Cosmic Sister®, a collective for women who understand that true balance of power between genders will bring peace, progress and sustainability. In 2013, she launched the Cosmic Sister Plant Spirit Grant, a merit-based program that supports women as they experience ayahuasca ceremony in the Peruvian Amazon. Two new companion grant programs, Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance and Cosmic Sisters of Cannabis, focus on helping women educate the public about the benefits and risks of psychedelics and responsible use of sacred plants such as ayahuasca, cannabis, peyote, and psilocybin mushrooms, in transformational mind/body/spirit work. Zoe’s mission is to bring more powerful stories about women’s frontline work in this arena to the forefront of public conversation. Through a fiscal sponsorship with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), donations for these projects are fully tax deductible. Please visit www.cosmicsister.com/support for more information.

In the third episode of the Abstract Notions podcast, Utne Reader editor Christian Williams discusses the role of women in the psychedelic renaissance with Zoe Helene, an environmental activist and wildlife advocate who has started a women's advocacy group in the psychedelic community called Cosmic Sister. Recorded June 5, 2015. Music clip: "Ikaro de Proteccion" by Don Evangelino Murayay from the album 'El Canto del Tiempo/Ayahuasca Ikaros' (Above Love Records, 2007). Utne Reader editor Christian Williams explores the nature of consciousness through art, culture, and spirituality in the Abstract Notions blog and podcast. Read more at www.utne.com/christian