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In this episode, Jerónimo Mazarrasa joins to discuss how to interpret visions and insights disclosed during ayahuasca journeys more effectively. Jerónimo is Program Director at ICEERS, founder of ICEERS Academy, and creator of AyaSafety, an online course for people interested in increasing the safety of ayahuasca ceremonies. To start, Jerónimo emphasizes that answering the question of whether ayahuasca visions originate in the plant medicine itself or if these are just disclosures of one's own subconscious is actually not what's most important. Instead, he suggests that in either case, what is crucial is spending time carefully considering how one should respond to these disclosures. Jerónimo shares insights from expert facilitators on how one can best go about interpreting and responding to such experiences, suggesting that an important aspect of this process is that participants feel comfortable taking personal responsibility for whatever decisions they eventually decide to make rather than thinking of these major life changes as necessary consequences of the psychedelic experience itself. In closing, Jerónimo discusses the tension between externalization and psychologization of psychedelic experiences and why both of these can lead to issues.    In this episode, you'll hear: The common experience of feeling as though the ayahuasca has communicated something to you Examples of where taking an ayahuasca vision literally can lead to problematic outcomes  The “three confirmations” one should look for before making a major decision based on a psychedelic experience The metaphor of ayahuasca as a microscope How skilled ayahuasca facilitators ensure proper psychological hygiene with participants Judging the validity of potential repressed memories that seem to surface during psychedelic experiences   Quotes: “The way that ayahuasca becomes useful for people, I think, is that it shows you—it amplifies and shows you—what is already inside of yourself. Now, this is very useful for certain things but one has to understand the nature of the language.”  [9:23] “Facilitators should instruct their participants that one rule is that you shouldn't make any decisions during an ayahuasca ceremony—unless they are decisions related to taking yourself out of danger.” [14:42] “Ayahuasca is not a shortcut for personal development—it's just a flashlight that can help you shed some light on some darker parts of [your] issues and problems, but it is not a shortcut.” [35:47] “The main contraindication of psychedelics is not wanting to take psychedelics. You should absolutely never ever ever ever ever take psychedelics if you don't want to because it is going to be horrible. It's like a kiss—when you want it, its beautiful, intimate, gorgeous; when you don't want it, it's the most intrusive, disgusting, blech thing ever.” [50:27]   Links: Jerónimo on Instagram Jerónimo on Facebook ICEERS Academy website ICEERS Academy on Instagram AyaSafety course  Previous episode: Guruism and Cult Dynamics in Psychedelic Practices with Joseph Holcomb Adams Previous episode: Can Psychedelics Lead to False Beliefs? with Hugh McGovern, PhD Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui

Oscar Parés, experto en políticas de drogas, CEO del la Clínica Synaptica y subdirector de ICEERS, revela las raíces históricas de la prohibición global y cómo esta política ha servido como mecanismo de control social. Desde las Guerras del Opio hasta la ley seca en Estados Unidos, analiza cómo la fiscalización de sustancias responde a intereses políticos y no a criterios de salud pública.En esta fascinante entrevista, descubrirás:* Por qué solo hay tres plantas prohibidas a nivel mundial* Cómo la prohibición genera drogas más potentes y peligrosas* Qué países están liderando el cambio hacia modelos de regulación* El renacimiento de los psicodélicos como tratamiento para la salud mentalUna conversación reveladora que desafía todo lo que creías saber sobre las drogas y propone un nuevo enfoque basado en la evidencia científica y los derechos humanos.

¿Qué encontrarás en este episodio de "ConCiencia Criminal"? Fátima y Noelia conversan con Salvador Romero tras haber viajado sólo al Amazonas y allí consumir ayahuasca, y con Joel, que ya ha estado anteriormente en el podcast hablando de cannabis pero en esta ocasión nos trae sus conocimientos sobre plantas de poder y, en especial, la changa. 00:01:20 Presentación Joel - El tratamiento de las adicciones mediante las terapias alternativas y la Changa. 00:04:25 Presentación Salvador Romero - Viajar sólo por El Amazonas en búsqueda de un experiencia espiritual. 00:09:40 La ayahuasca como planta de poder y el DMT en la glándula pineal. 00:11:00 Los falsos chamanes y el impacto medioambiental. 00:12:30 ¿Sobredosis de DMT? La importancia de NO consumirlo con antidepresivos. 00:13:55 La ayahuasca como purga 00:15:35 Llegar a ciertos estados SIN plantas de poder 00:17:15 ¿Alucinaciones o percepción ampliada? 00:18:45 La historia del DMT y las diferentes preparaciones 00:30:00 Sensaciones al consumir changa 00:33:00 ¿Sobredosis de ayahuasca? 00:34:10 ¿Qué es la changa? 00:38:45 Viajar hasta El Amazonas, encontrar un buen chamán y vivir la experiencia. 00:53:00 El trabajo chamánico siberiano - el animal de poder 00:58:00 La importancia de la psicología en los rituales y meditaciones. 01:00:00 Alucinaciones, pseodoalucinaciones, visiones, percepciones... 01:06:10 ¿Cómo se consume el sapo bufo? 01:08:00 Diferentes tipos de rapé (tabaco) según la tribu 01:10:00 Leyendas del Amazonas y nahuales africanos. 01:12:00 Turismo espiritual - la destrucción de entornos y las estafas económicas. 01:16:50 Recomendaciones si vas a consumir ayahuasca / changa o buscar alguna experiencia similar (KAP, yoga Kundalini, sesiones con chamanes...) ¡No te lo pierdas! Enlaces de interes: Encuentra a Salvador Romero en https://www.instagram.com/salvador_romero_c/ o en su blog: https://salvaxelmundo.blogspot.com/ A Joel en https://www.instagram.com/jouhache/ y para cualquier consulta sobre CBD https://www.instagram.com/sensitive_cbd/ Para información sobre ayahuasca y otras sustancias, aparte de nuestras redes hemos mencionado a https://consumoconciencia.org/2016/11/24/dmt/ y fundación Iceers https://www.iceers.org/es/ayahuasca/ Y échale un vistazo a nuestras redes @ConCienciaCriminal, tenemos un curso sobre toxicología forense que igual te interesa

"No dejes de buscar tu propio camino, repetar todo y agradecer todo para encontrar tus propias respuestas" - Natalia Algarín. En junio de 2023 Isra asistió al congreso Psychedelic Science 2023 organizado por MAPS, fue en Denver (Colorado). Isra fue previamente invitado por la Asociación Multidisciplinar de Estudios Psicodélicos (MAPS) como podcaster especializado para habla hispana y también como representante de Psilocibina Ciencia y Experiencia, plataforma divulgativa sobre psicodélicos. Durante estos días, Isra realizó diferentes entrevistas a expertos en el campo de los psicodélicos, pero además recogió historias y experiencias de algunos de los asistentes que iba encontrando. "España estuvo a punto de ser uno de los pioneros y referentes mundiales en el renacimiento psicodélicos allá por el año 2.000" - Antón Gómez Escolar. "Deja de lado lo que has escuchado o visto sobre los psicodélicos y fíjate en su evidencia en eficacia y seguridad" - Antón Gómez Escolar. En este podcast podrás encontrar el testimonio de 5 personas que cuentan su experiencia, perspectiva, motivaciones, propósito y enfoque sobre los psicodélicos. Una forma de proporcionar información para seguir acercando este tan desconocido y a veces malinterpretado y estigmatizado mundo de las sustancias psicodélicas. El propósito de Isra no es más que servir de puente para que cualquiera pueda conocer realmente qué está pasando en este renacer de los psicodélicos de la mano de los principales expertos y fuentes mundiales a los que el mismo Isra tiene acceso. "La medicina es algo muy importante para mí, pero en este momento de mi vida, la medicina que yo ejerzo no es suficiente para mí, creo que hay otros tipos de medicinas que son más importantes para sanar cuerpo y alma" - Elisabeth Fabián. Índice de contenidos y qué aprenderás en este episodio Introducción y contexto Adriana Correa: descubrimientos, atajos mentales, estudios, y psicodélicos para transformar la consciencia. Antón Gómez Escolar: psicodélicos 101, la Drogopedia, el renacimiento, estrategia,  momentos estelares, el uso de los psicodélicos como medicamento aprobado, la psicoterapia con el uso asistido de psicodélicos, y la ignorancia sobre las drogas. Eduardo Pinto: cambiar la interpretación del dolor, los psicodélicos vs la fibromialgia y volver a sentir. Elisabeth Fabián: más allá de la cirugía y la medicina convencional, otras formas de sanar cuerpo y alma, el poder de las comunidades y los psicodélicos como medicina que apoya otro tipo de crecimiento más allá de curar síntomas, hábitos y habilidades que ayudan. Natalia Algarín: combinar lo que te salva la vida con lo que haces a diario, la psilocibina en uso personal contra la ansiedad y depresión, la disciplina como terapia, el neurofeedback, el orgullo de la familia y sentir el reto. Feedback y final. "Todos los que están aquí sentados, están arriesgando su reputación para salvar a otros con los psicodélicos" - Rick Perry, ex-gobernador de Texas. Notas y recursos del podcast "Atajos Mentales" - Adriana Correa podcast. Adriana Correa Instagram. Antón Gómez Escolar LinkedIn. Amanda Feilding. Guía Esencial del Renacimiento Psicodélico - libro. Rick Doblin entrevista. ICEERS. Alexander Shulgin. Robin Carhart-Harriss. La Drogopedia de Antón. Cómo Cambiar tu Mente - libro. Mujeres Psicodélicas - podcast. Eduardo Pinto LinkedIn. Elisabeth Fabian Instagram. Cristina Duncan - LinkedIn. El Neurofeedback. Natalia Algarín - X. "He pasado de dolor a no dolor, y a sentir, perdí a mis amigos, comencé a socializar, recuperé las relaciones con mis hijos, mi padre... Abran su mente un poco con los psicodélicos, investiguen, todos hemos sacado algo bueno, incluso teniendo un mal viaje" - Eduardo Pinto. Podcast Ciencia Psicodélica: 5 historias y experiencias de 5 personas sobre psicodélicos en Psychedelic Science 2023.

For this time around the dark nights of the winter solstice - at least in the northern hemisphere - we've been exploring more of an inner landscape - being reflexive with Nathalie and Della, and before that, exploring the living myths of our land and how we can ground them in our current reality with Angharad Wynne. And this week, we're heading inward and outward, travelling to Peru with Dr Simon Ruffell, psychiatrist, ayahuasca researcher and student of Shipobo curanderismo. Since 2016, Simon has been working closely with Indigenous communities in the Amazon basin, exploring the effects of ayahuasca and the role of ceremony and spirit in healing. As you'll hear in the conversation that follows, Simon manages to bridge between the world of western science and the older world of indigenous spirit with extraordinary integrity, humour and a grounded. commitment to the traditions he's learning that feels wholly authentic. He's experiencing the depths of ancient teaching and exploring the leading edge of modern science, delving into epigenetics, the microbiome and neuroplasticity. As we rest in the cusp of the dark nights, that time of reflection and renewal, I wanted to bring you something that felt as if it spoke deeply to the ethos of Accidental Gods, and I couldn't imagine anything better. So people of the podcast, please welcome, Dr Simon Ruffell. Simon's personal website https://www.drsimonruffell.com/Simon's Onaya website https://Onaya.ioWebsite for donations https://onaya.science ICEERS https://www.iceers.org/Simon on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-ruffell-27bba0191/Simon on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/simon.ruffell Simon on Twitter https://twitter.com/sgdruffellOnayaScience on Twitter https://twitter.com/Onaya_Science

Esto es GENTE INTERESANTE. Soy Oriol Roda y hoy entrevisto a Dr. José Carlos Bouso, un psicólogo clínico y farmacólogo que ha cruzado fronteras en la investigación de sustancias que alteran la mente, como el MDMA y la Ibogaína.Los psicodélicos están viviendo una revolución en el mundo científico y social. Para sumergirme en este fascinante y polémico universo, he decidido arrancar una serie de episodios donde exploraré todas las substancias psicoactivas que están revolucionando el mundo de la terapia. En este primer episodio de la serie hablo con un experto que ha desafiado las normas y la percepción generalizada sobre estas sustancias.El Dr. Bouso es una voz pionera en el renacimiento de la psicofarmacología psicodélica. Hace 20 años inició el primer estudio clínico sobre el uso terapéutico del MDMA para el estrés post traumático que, por desgracia, fue cancelado por el miedo de los políticos. 20 años después se ha demostrado que este tratamiento es el más eficaz que existe y EEUU, Australia, Canadá y muchos otros países ya han aprobado su uso. Pero José Carlos no desfalleció en su interés y pasó a investigar la ayahuasca y muchas otras sustancias psicoactivas llegando a publicar más de 140 artículos científicos. El Dr. Bouso es además un ávido divulgador y ha publicado los libros Cannabis medicinal, Historia general de las drogas, Ayahuasca y salud e hizo la introducción del libro LSD. Cómo descubrí el ácido y qué pasó después en el mundo de Albert Hofmann.Cómo veis estamos ante una auténtica eminencia en el tema y esto queda bien demostrado en la entrevista.En este episodio, navegamos por la rica historia de los psicodélicos, desde la fascinante conexión entre Papá Noel y la amanita buscaría hasta el increíble descubrimiento del LSD y la profunda transformación social que causó. Profundizamos en el intrigante papel del MDMA en terapia, la promesa de la Ibogaína contra las adicciones y las tensiones modernas en torno al uso de psicodélicos en la sociedad contemporánea. Prepárate para un viaje que desafía tus preconcepciones y abre puertas a nuevas posibilidades.Por cierto, este es un episodio largo donde tratamos muchos temas en profundidad. En las notas del episodio he dejado bien detallado de que tratamos en cada parte.Y después de esta larga introducción, te dejo con el Dr. José Carlos Bouso y “El despertar de los psicodélicos”, justo después de unas palabras del patrocinador del podcast.Este episodio viene de la mano de Eleva DeskSiempre estoy buscando herramientas y tácticas que mejoren mi rendimiento y salud y hace muchos años que descubrí que trabajar de pie aumentaba dramáticamente mi productividad y bienestar.La ciencia lo dice claramente: hay pocas cosas peores para nuestra salud que estar 8 horas apoltronados en una silla delante el ordenador. Es lo que comúnmente llamamos la epidemia del sedentarismo.Pero, seamos sinceros, es difícil cambiar hábitos. Yo mismo tenía una plataforma para elevar mis pantallas, pero era un engorro y no la usaba suficiente. El resultado: 8 horas sentado cada día, tensión en la espalda, dolor de cadera y esa sensación de estar fofo.Por eso, cuando descubrí Eleva Desk no me lo pensé ni un momento. Les encargué una mesa elevable y todo cambió. Ahora paso más del 50% de mi tiempo de escritorio de pie y estoy descubriendo todo un mundo de pequeños ejercicios y estiramientos que pudo hacer mientras trabajo o hago una videollamada y que me permiten estar más activo. Y no solo obtengo beneficios físicos. Mentalmente me siento más despierto, enérgico y productivo.Y lo mejor de todo, es que Eleva Desk es una empresa española, de aquí, de casa, que produce estas mesas maravillosas. Para mí, ha sido un auténtico descubrimiento, un game changer.Así tú, como yo, quieres mejorar tu espacio de trabajo, ganar productividad y de sentirte mejor cada día, te recomiendo que le eches un vistazo a Eleva Desk. Porque a veces, un pequeño cambio en nuestra rutina puede tener un impacto enorme en nuestra vida.Puedes explorar las mesas de Eleva Desk aquí. ¡Por cierto! Me han comentado que este octubre ofrecen un 15% de descuento en todos sus productos.y si pones el cupón ORIOLRODA junto y en mayúsculas tendrás un 10% de descuento

Hey everybody! Episode 113 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with my friends Brian James and Adam Aronovich. I met both of them when we all worked together at a big plant medicine center in the Peruvian Amazon. I interviewed both of them separately in previous episodes, Brian in episode 30 and Adam in episode 55, so you can check those out for a more in-depth look at them both. I have been impressed with both their abilities to speak out on more mainstream narratives that are happening in the psychedelic and plant-medicine movements. I think there are many narratives that gain traction and are not often questioned, and I respect both Brian and Adam for their ability to look at issues through different lenses to get closer to a wider truth. Two issues that I think that have been arising in this regard are the psychologizing of the plant-medicine world and the world at large. And the second is the over-emphasis on trauma. While both of these topics have validity and importance and a place in this work, they are but a part, and an over-emphasis on both can be an amputation of sorts of the wider use of plant-medicines and create downstream problems that many don't consider. So it was a real pleasure and a bit of an experiment having this panel. I think it went really well and we went pretty deep on these issues which I think are quite important topics. So I feel confident you all will get a lot out of this episode and the wisdom of Adam and Brian. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!This episode is sponsored by Real Mushrooms. As listeners, visit their website to enjoy a discount of 25% off your first order: https://www.realmushrooms.com/universe"Adam is a doctoral candidate focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College, where he is also a visiting student. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice, the co-host of the upcoming podcast "Healing from the Healing Path", and the co-founder of Hidden Hand Media, a creative agency in the space of transformation and technology.” For more info about Adam and his work, visit: https://www.healingfromhealing.com“Brian James is a transformational coach, yoga teacher, musician and shamanic practitioner currently living Vancouver Island, Canada with his wife Debbie and their dog Kingston. A lifelong musician, artist, and curious seeker, Brian began exploring yoga and plant medicines over twenty-five years ago. After a crisis in his mid-thirties — burned out from his job in advertising and struggling with stress, anxiety and addiction — he began his own healing journey in earnest. He's spent the last decade learning from master teachers and exploring in greater depth the medicine paths of yoga, music, shamanism and psychology. He shares conversations with some of the teachers he's met on the Medicine Path Podcast and has written two books: Yoga & Plant Medicine, published in 2019, and Harmonic Movement, a vinyasa yoga practice manual.Since 2012, Brian has dedicated his life to sharing the healing power of yoga and music, and has taught around the world — from Shanghai, China to the heart of the Amazon jungle. He regularly teaches group classes and workshops and works 1-to-1 with individuals, helping them develop a personal practice and supporting them in recovering a sense of wholeness and freedom. “For more info about Brian and his work, visit: brianjames.caIf you enjoy the show, it would be a big help if you could share it with your own audiences 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. That would be 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://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo book an integration call with me, visit: https://jasongrechanik.setmore.comSupport this podcast on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinDonate directly with PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of: Nuno Moreno (end song). Visit: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ And Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project (intro song). Visit: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4Hhttps://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

This episode features Jeronimo MM of ICEERS Foundation and explores the potential dangers and pitfalls present for ayahuasca/plant medicine facilitators in non-traditional contexts. Dangers specific to the facilitators, that Jeronimo refers to as The 6 Pitfalls: Sex, Money, Power, Intercultural Relationships, and Legal Situations. We also do a deep dive into what a “non-traditional context” is and two potential harms that might come up for participants, namely “when the experience is too much” and “Ayahuasca told me that…” To use Jeronimo's words from the interview you are about to hear, this episode explores “How to avoid harming people who have put themselves under your care” We welcome Jeronimo back to Adventures Through The Mind for his fourth feature. His previous episodes were a dedicated interview on the complexity of the ongoing mainstreaming of psychedelics and the others were psychedelic cafes on how to protect from corporate influence and bad actors in the psychedelic scene, and the importance of ethnopharmacology for the future of humanity. If you are a plant medicine facilitator of any kind or know facilitators, this episode is definitely for you. However, this episode will be relevant to anyone interested in participating in any kind of plant medicine ceremony. As the dangers presented, facilitators are also dangers present to participants under those facilitators' care. Having a sense of what they are in advance empowers your capacity to better navigate the often murky world of underground facilitation. ... Importantly, this episode is a vignette into a portion of the 6-month course Jeronimo is putting on through ICEERS titled Increasing the Safety of Ayahuasca Sessions: A harm reduction course for facilitators in non-traditional contexts. The course begins on May 8 and the admission process ends on April 27. Meaning there is little time left to sign up, if you feel called to do so. More details (along with a video version of this interview) are available at bit.ly/ATTMind174 Or you can jump right over to the course page by heading to http://iceers.academy/ *** FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW** ***Featured image is courtesy of and copyright iceers.academy 2023   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso Paypal Donation: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS Merchandise:  https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ More Options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support Newsletter:  https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter Telgram Channel:  https://t.me/jameswjesso *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially my $23+ patrons, Andreas D, Ian C, Yvette FC, Alex F, Eliz C, Nick M, Joe A, Nanci BF, & Heartwood Mushrooms ——    Episode Breakdown (0:00) Opening (7:01) Increasing the Safety of Ayahuasca Sessions Course (7:50) Patron thanks (9:11)) Interview Begins (10:21) A harm reduction course for Facilitators in non-traditional contexts. (14:31) Why non-traditonal use contexts for ayahuasca require additional protocols to protect participants and facilitators (20:03) Dangers for participants: when the experience is too much, flight-response, disassociation, psychosis (29:18) The fine line between when to let difficult experiences unfold naturally and when to intervene (38:21) How to protect an ayahuasca participant from falling into disassociation (42:18) The dangers of "Ayahuasca told me that..." (50:15) Discerning between internal and external truths as a part of psychedelic integration (54:57) The 3 confirmations rule for psychedelic realizations (57:01) The 6 pitfalls for ayahuasca/plat medicine facilitators | Sex, Money, Power, Isolation, Intercultural Relationships, Legal situations (59:34) How the social structure of being an ayahuasca faciliator can push them into these pitfalls (1:10:11) The Pitfall of Money | the importance of payment, but the manipulations that can occur through payment (1:12:42) “Ayahuasca told me…” sex, love, and relationships (1:21:37) Its nice to be celebrated, but eventually it becomes a poison (1:27:31) The pitfall of “Intercultural Relationships” | relationships between non-traditional facilitators and traditional cultures (1:38:54) “How to avoid harming people who have put themselves under your care” | freedom vs responsibility (1:43:47) Follow-up links for the ICEERS course. (1:44:54) Closing

Hey everybody! Episode 109 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Jerónimo Mazarrasa. This is Jerónimo's second time on this podcast. Jerónimo works for a great organization called ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service). He came on this episode to speak about a new course that ICEERS is offering about harm reduction for facilitators of plant medicines in a non-traditional context. As this plant medicine work expands to the world at large, I think organizations like ICEERS play a crucial role in bridging traditions, bringing awareness and education, and offering support and assistance to practitioners as well as participants. I have a lot of respect for their organization and the work that they do, as well as their staff. Marc Aixalà and Irene Pérez, who both work for ICEERS, have also been on this podcast. I really enjoyed my last conversation with Jerónimo and was happy to have him on again to share about this new work. I think he speaks very well from a place of experience, wisdom, knowledge, humility, and as a bridgekeeper, and I trust you all will gain a lot from this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!This episode is sponsored by Real Mushrooms. As listeners, visit their website to enjoy a discount of 25% off your first order: https://www.realmushrooms.com/universe"Jerónimo M.M. is an ayahuasca community activist and independent researcher. He has produced and written two documentaries about ayahuasca. The first about the Brazilian Ayahuasca churches, the second about the use of Ayahuasca in the treatment of drug addiction. In the last 20 years he has travelled extensively through South America, researching a broad range of Ayahuasca practices, and has lectured internationally on ayahuasca tourism and the appropriation of indigenous knowledge. He works as Social Innovation Coordinator for the ICEERS Foundation, and is a founding member of the Plantaforma (Platform for the Defense of Ayahuasca in Spain) in the last 5 years he has devoted most of his energy to figure out how ceremonial plant practices can be integrated outside of their cultures of origin. He curates a list of ayahuasca news, a facebook account, and a blog." For more info about Jerónimo and his work, view above links or visit: https://www.iceers.org/And for the direct link to the course, with sign-up ending April 27, visit: https://iceersacademy.mykajabi.com/ayasafety-enIf you enjoy the show, it would be a big help if you could share it with your own audiences 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. That would be 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://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo book an integration call with me, visit: https://jasongrechanik.setmore.comSupport this podcast on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinDonate directly with PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of: Nuno Moreno (end song). Visit: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ And Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project (intro song). Visit: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4Hhttps://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

In the second of two Barcelona specials we focus on Malta, the first European country to legalize cannabis. We welcome two Maltese in our Barcelona AirBnB studio who know more than anyone about cannabis in the island state: drug-policy researcher Karen Mamo and ReLeaf Malta chairman Andrew Bonello. This NGO plays a pivotal role in the reforms. Just before we recorded this episode, Karen started working for the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC), the Maltese government agency responsible for the legalization. We talk about their motivation, the ins and outs of the Maltese regulation and the cannabis social club study tour organized by ICEERS, that they followed in the days leading up to Spannabis 2023. If you want to know what's really going on with cannabis on Malta, don't miss this episode!

En entrevista con Pamela Cerdeira, para MVS Noticias, Natalia Rebollo, abogada y defensora de todos los indígenas en ICEERS habló del caso de José Campos, curandero procesado por viajar con Ayahuasca.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are delighted to welcome Jerónimo M.M. back to mangu.tv for an episode of psychedelic confessions. Jerónimo is the social innovations director for the ICEERS foundation, his work is focused on integrating plant medicine into western society. He is fascinated by the fact that the same plants can be a blessing in some societies and a curse in others, and works to safely integrate medicinal plants into western civilisation with the same value and respect as in their cultures of origin. Jerónimo speaks about his introduction to the world of mind-altering substances, the first of those being cannabis. He discusses the positive impact this had on his creativity and the moment the rose-tinted spectacles fell off, so to speak. He then delves into MDMA and LSD, with stories that follow a similar suit of awe and then eventual disinterest before reaching Ayahuasca and Coca leaf in their indigenous contexts, which led him to the work he is doing today. Giancarlo and Jerónimo discuss mystical and transformative experiences. Jerónimo talks through personal experiences and discusses how looking at the culture of origin for psychedelic medicines can help to unlock their most beneficial and least harmful uses.

Today I speak with Marc Aixalà, an author and psychologist practicing in Barcelona, whose work sits at the intersection of psychotherapy, altered states and the facilitation of psychedelic integration. Having originally worked as a Telecommunications Engineer, Marc went on to become a Licensed Health Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Holotropic Breathwork facilitator, and he served as a team leader and trainer in emergency psychological assistance at Boom Festival through the Kosmicare harm reduction program. Since 2013 he has coordinated support services at the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service (ICEERS), and he worked on the first-ever medical trial on the use of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, a study chronicled in the 2018 documentary, “Magic Medicine.” During his time at ICEERS, he provided integration psychotherapy sessions for people going through challenging situations after experiencing transformative non-ordinary states of consciousness. This work led him to develop theoretical models of intervention which I'm excited to say he has shared in the publication of his new book: Psychedelic Integration: Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness. Tracing the evolution of psychedelic-assisted therapy and integration research from the 1960s to the present, this book offers different models of integration and practical therapeutic techniques, and it documents Marc's real-world observations on the deep work of healing and self-discovery. Recorded on 15th Nov 2022.

Hey everybody! Episode 98 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Marc Aixalà. Marc is a psychotherapist and has worked in collaboration with a very good organization called ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service). ICEERS worked in collaboration with a large ayahuasca center where I worked for many years (the Temple of the Way of Light) doing research on the therapeutic benefits of ayahuasca. We share a mutual friend, Irene Perez (who I interviewed in episode 36), who was doing the research on the ground for ICEERS. Marc recently published a book called Psychedelic Integration: Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness. It was great for me to sit down and talk with Marc as he is doing really good work in this field. As this emerging field of psychedelic therapy becomes more common, voices like Marc and resources such as his book are a vital part of how this work will be integrated and accepted into society. I hope and trust you all will get a lot out of this interview and the wisdom Marc shares. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!“Marc B. Aixalà is a telecommunications engineer, psychologist, psychotherapist and certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator specializing in supporting people who face challenging experiences with expanded states of consciousness. Since 2013, in collaboration with the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service (ICEERS), Aixalá has offered integration psychotherapy sessions for those seeking support after psychedelic experiences. At ICEERS, Aixalà also works to develop theoretical models of intervention and trains and supervises therapists.Aixalà has served as a team leader and trainer in emergency psychological assistance at Boom Festival through the Kosmicare harm reduction program. He also worked on the first-ever medical trial on the use of psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, a study chronicled in the 2018 documentary, “Magic Medicine.” He continues to work as a therapist in clinical trials researching psychedelic substances.Aixalà is trained in the therapeutic use of Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness as well as in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD) by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Aixalà works as a psychologist in his private practice in Barcelona, Spain and offers trainings, lectures, and talks related to psychedelic psychotherapy and integration.”To learn more about or contact Marc, visit his website at: http://www.marcaixala.com/To purchase his book, visit: https://amzn.to/3CPrHnu or https://synergeticpress.com/catalog/psychedelic-integration-psychotherapy-for-non-ordinary-states-of-consciousness/If you enjoy the show, it would be a big help if you could share it with your own audiences 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. That would be 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://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo book an integration call with me, visit: https://jasongrechanik.setmore.comSupport this podcast on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinDonate directly with PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of: Nuno Moreno (end song). Visit: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ And Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project (intro song). Visit: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4Hhttps://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

In this episode of the Plant Medicine Podcast, Adam Aronovich returns to discuss the phenomenon of psychedelic narcissism. Adam is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam regularly facilitates workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light, a prestigious healing center in the Iquitos area. In this wide-ranging conversation, Adam unpacks some of the darker sides of the modern psychedelic movement, discussing the psychosocial dynamics around psychedelic use which can lead to things such as ego inflation, conspiratorial thinking, and narcissism. Adam recalls his own experiences slipping into messianic fantasies during a period of initial enthusiasm around psychedelic experiences. He views issues of alienation and lack of social support as being instrumental in leading to these types of delusions following profound spiritual experiences. While it is difficult to reach people who've slipped into psychedelic narcissism, Adam suggests that communal support is the best safeguard against these dangers and the most effective strategy for grounding people who've lost touch with reality. Drawing on his academic expertise, Adam distinguishes traditional uses of plant medicines from the Western paradigm for approaching psychedelics. He stresses the relational and communal aspects of the spiritual traditions which use psychedelics ceremonially. The pro-social aspects of these wisdom traditions, he claims, help safeguard against the traps of psychedelic narcissism and ego inflation, as there are established mechanisms for keeping people grounded following intense spiritual experiences.  Adam closes the discussion with an insightful analysis of modern gurus and self-proclaimed shamans. Adam encourages people to beware of deeply held spiritual fantasies, where a master can appear as more than human. Instead, he emphasizes that even skillful and well-intentioned healers are themselves nothing more than human beings, so there will always be imperfection and messiness. This does not, however, mean that impactful work cannot happen—in fact, this insight helps protect against the idolization of charismatic psychedelic personalities, which can lead to harmful experiences.   In this episode: Defining psychedelic narcissism Clinical vs colloquial understandings of narcissism The intersections of the psychedelic movement and conspiracy theories The importance of social and communal support for avoiding ego inflation following psychedelic or spiritual experiences How psychedelic experiences can actually deepen ego attachments and accentuate narcissistic tendencies The importance of humor in combating spiritual narcissism   Quotes: “Many of the underlying ideologies upon which Western cultures were built, like hyper-individualism and so on, kind of predispose us and prime us for certain aspects of narcissism.” [5:36] “Ego inflation, spiritual narcissism, messianic episodes—all of these are things that are fairly common within both people who are in some sort of spiritual or psychedelic path.” [12:17] “In traditional societies for the most part really there isn't such a thing as a self-proclaimed shaman. A person doesn't wake up one morning and is like ‘oh, I'm the shaman'—that's a title or a role or a recognition given to that person by the community.” [38:03] “The best measure of whether somebody is genuine and helpful is not whatever credentials or titles he assigns to himself, but rather what other people feel. So, you know, you will know a tree by its fruits.” [45:08] “Having these experiences by themselves does not necessarily mean spiritual growth or psychological development or any enhanced benefit if we're not constantly, painfully, mindful of how we actually integrate and embody those things in daily life over very long periods of time.” [54:29]   Links: Adam on Instagram Temple of the Way of Light Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui

As psychedelics become increasingly popular in the US and beyond, it's imperative that new businesses honor, protect, and profit-share with the indigenous communities who are stewards of these medicines. Today on the show, Jesse Hudson, Chief Legal Officer at Woven Science explains the recent policy paper from Woven's nonprofit El Puente which focuses on reparations, education, preservation, and inclusion for indigenous wisdom keepers. We begin with Jesse's early work with ICEERS' Ayahuasca Defense Fund (ADF) and the case for religious freedom. We discuss the importance of corporate social responsibility in psychedelic medicine and some examples of organizations which are doing it well. Jesse shares El Puente's recent policy paper including the four pillars of biocultural conservation, appellations of origin, regulatory sandboxes, and financial sharing. We conclude our conversation with the value for psychedelic businesses of preserving, protecting, and giving voice to indigenous communities. Jesse Hudson has worked in the psychedelic space for 15 years as a lawyer, consultant, and advisor for organizations including ICEERS' Ayahuasca Defense Fund, Chacruna Institute, Enthea Health, Sage Institute, Journey Colab, and Vine Ventures. He is Chief Legal Officer at Woven Science, where he leads the non-profit El Puente, which promotes access and benefit-sharing with indigenous peoples and holds 10% of Woven's equity. Links Woven Science El Puente El Puente Policy Paper (English) El Puente Discord Channel "El Puente: an impact DAO" on Medium Woven Science Twitter Ayahuasca Defense Fund (ADF) Contact jessie@woven.science Timestamps :17 - ICEERS and ayahuasca defense fund (ADF) :21 - Woven Science and ecosystem approach :26 - Ethics in psychedelic business :43 - El Puente's Four Pillars: Biocultural conservation, appellations of origin, regulatory sandboxes, and financial sharing. :56 - Taxation and regulation exemptions for indigenous communities 1:03 - Financial benefits sharing, mandates, and ethics

We are excited to have Jerónimo Mazarrasa on the Mangu.tv podcast series. Jerónimo and Giancarlo delve into the past, present and future of ayahuasca, it has been Jerónimo's life mission is to optimize the way we will be allowed to consume the Amazonian concoction outside the jungle. Ayahuasca is a preparation (two plants cooked together), which is unlike many other familiar traditionally used psychoactive plants like peyote, magic mushrooms, or tobacco. We will never know exactly where, how or by whom the decoction originated, it was probably hundreds if not thousands of years ago and likely by indigenous Amazonian people, group, or even multiple indigenous people in different groups at the same time. There are around 70 indigenous groups that use ayahuasca in the Amazon. A few hundred years ago, it went from indigenous groups to urban populations in the jungle, expanding to the cities outside of the jungle and then into other countries. More recently in the last 20 or 30 years, it has expanded to the rest of the world. Nowadays you can find ayahuasca sessions in just about every country in the world. The call to take ayahuasca should not be taken lightly, and there is much to consider even though (and even more so) now that it is becoming more widely available. To hear more about these considerations and to find out more about Jerónimo's work with ICEERS, understanding the difference between the Brazilian, Colombian and Ecuadorian designs and the influence of African spirituality. Plus the importance of integration and how to make sense of what happened to you please listen to the full episode.

Hey everybody! Episode 70 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Jerónimo Mazarrasa. Jerónimo is the Social Innovation Coordinator for ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service). I was familiar with ICEERS as they collaborated with the Temple of the Way of Light, where I have worked, on one of the largest studies on the therapeutic use of ayahuasca. Jerónimo has been involved in this work for a long time and I really enjoyed this conversation. In fact, it is probably one of my favorites in terms of the topics covered, the knowledge shared, and the wisdom presented. We spoke about a number of topics from the history of ayahuasca, the different groups and ways it is used, how to navigate and think about its global spread, how to honor the traditions from which it came, and what the future of these medicines may resemble. I trust this episode will impart a lot of knowledge and thought and I felt I myself learned a lot from this dialogue. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!"Jerónimo M.M. is an ayahuasca community activist and independent researcher. He has produced and written two documentaries about ayahuasca. The first about the Brazilian Ayahuasca churches, the second about the use of Ayahuasca in the treatment of drug addiction. In the last 20 years he has travelled extensively through South America, researching a broad range of Ayahuasca practices, and has lectured internationally on ayahuasca tourism and the appropriation of indigenous knowledge. He works as Social Innovation Coordinator for the ICEERS Foundation, and is a founding member of the Plantaforma (Platform for the Defense of Ayahuasca in Spain) in the last 5 years he has devoted most of his energy to figure out how ceremonial plant practices can be integrated outside of their cultures of origin. He curates a list of ayahuasca news, a facebook account, and a blog." For more info about Jerónimo and his work, view above links or visit: https://www.iceers.org/This episode is sponsored by the Temple of the Way of Light: https://templeofthewayoflight.org/Share the show, Subscribe or Follow, and if you can 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 in advance!For more information about me and my upcoming plant medicine retreats with my colleague Merav Artzi, visit my site at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo support this podcast on Patreon, visit: https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinTo donate directly with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of: Nuno Moreno (end song). Visit: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ And Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project (intro song). Visit: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4Hhttps://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

In this episode of HappyTalks, we interview Adam Aronovich and talk about his life, work and the differences in styles of treatments for mental health problems around the world. Adam is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice. Dr. Alice Fong is a naturopathic doctor, known as the “Virtual Stress Doc,” and she helps busy professionals break free from stress, anxiety, and burnout without having to quit their jobs using a 5-step holistic approach. She is the founder of Amour de Soi Wellness and her mission is to help people discover self-love and happiness. She has given several talks around the country for healthcare providers, corporations, women's conferences and for the general public. Donovon Jenson is a software engineer in the Bay Area and the founder of howtohappy.com. He is a Utah native who has long been interested in human development and health. He double majored in psychology and health policy, and graduated Magna Cum Laude through the Honors College at the University of Utah. How to Happy strives to provide thoughtful and actionable insights on living a happier life. We believe happiness is the result of self-awareness, balance and a positive mindset, among a myriad of other things. Our goal is to inspire you to see life through a new lens by adding strategies and exercises to your toolbox, then encouraging you to take action. We are all capable of being happier, let's work together to find the best pathways to get there. Together we're out to cause more happiness in the world! Adam Aronovich https://www.facebook.com/adamandros https://www.instagram.com/adamandros/ https://twitter.com/AdamAndros Dr. Alice Fong http://www.dralicefong.com https://www.facebook.com/DrAliceFong/ https://www.instagram.com/dralicefong/ https://twitter.com/DrAliceFong https://www.youtube.com/dralicefong https://ios.joinclubhouse.com/@dralicefong Donovon Jenson https://howtohappy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheHowToHappy/ https://www.instagram.com/thehowtohappy/ https://twitter.com/TheHowToHappy https://www.youtube.com/HowtoHappy Michael Lira, Voice Actor Opening Credits Voice https://www.michaelapollolira.com/ Information on this video is provided for general educational purposes only and is not intended to constitute medical advice or counseling. #community #psychedelics --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/happytalks/support

Adam Aronovich is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is the Co-Founder and COO of Hidden Hand Media, and the Director of Therapy and Integration for Rē Precision Health. Adam is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice. In his role as a workshop facilitator at the Temple of the Way of Light, an ayahuasca retreat center in the Amazon we met personally at the end of 2019. You'll hear Adam share some of the insights he has gained through his research, as well as personal experiences while working with different healing modalities like ayahuasca. A prevailing theme that emerges from his research is that the primary dimension of healing for most people is relational. We discuss the importance of the collective dimension of well-being, which is completely at odds with institutional approaches that focus only on the individual. And Adam explains why the healing process at a psychedelic retreat is a co-creative process that is shared rather than a passive process of becoming a consumer of a treatment that is handed to you. He describes how our stories and narratives influence our healing experience, which, according to his research, can be the biggest obstacle along a person's healing journey. On a more personal note, he shares how psychedelics have helped him with his own anxiety, enabling him to better contextualise whatever arises. You will also learn where most people in psychedelic work get stuck and how transgenerational trauma can affect our well-being. Finally, we talk about the reasons for our crisis of meaning in the Western world and how psychedelics can help to navigate a way between the needs of a system on the one hand and finding balance on one's own path on the other. I'm happy that Adam found the time to share his extensive knowledge on the topic with me. It brought back lots of memories and stories of my own first ayahuasca retreat in Peru where he served as a great facilitator and guide. To receive the latest episodes and updates on psychedelic retreats by mail every week, feel free to sign up for the newsletter. --------------------------------------- Connect with Adam on IG: @adamandros More about me: Coaching & Newsletter: https://www.alexanderfaubel.com Instagram: @alex_faubel @psychedelische_retreats

La invitada de la semana es la Dra. Raquel Peyraube, quien es entrevistada por Dra. Ericka Stahl, reconocida científica panameña y doctora con especialización en fitofármacos y cannabis medicinal. La Dra. Peyraube es Doctora en Medicina y especialista en Uso Problemático de Drogas, con formación en Psiquiatría, Toxicología, Psicoterapia Psicoanalítica, en temas de Infancia, Adolescencia y Exclusión social y cuenta con más de 28 años de experiencia. ExDirectora Clínica de ICEERS, en la actualidad es asesora ad hoc de la Secretaría Nacional de Drogas de Uruguay en la reforma de la política pública de drogas y del Instituto de Regulación y Control del Cannabis. Integra varios comités científicos internacionales y es miembro activo de la IACM (International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines). La Dra. Peyraube, fue nuevamente incluida en la revista Cannabis Newslette como parte de las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo en la industria del cannabis en la versión de 2021. Más aún, de acuerdo con la revista Forbes, es una de las 40 mujeres más influyentes en el cannabis medicinal. Actualmente, es directora del Diplomado en Endocannabinología, Cannabis y Cannabinoides en CEI-UNR. El podcast está conducido por Carlos Ossa en colaboración con Luris Higuera. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fullspectrum/support

Hey everybody! Episode 55 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with my friend Adam Aronovich. Adam and I met in the Amazon jungle working at the plant medicine center, The Temple of the Way of Light, where he originally came down working on his doctoral thesis. He ended up living, studying, and working in the jungle for five years. I think Adam brings a really unique and important perspective to this work, being able to merge his academic work and observations with his time spent learning from plants and working as a facilitator with guests going through a ceremonial experience. This podcast ending up going quite long, over four hours, which I thought it may, but it's filled with a lot of insights, observations, and knowledge from Adam's time and life. It was a pleasure for me to catch up and converse with him and I think you all will gain a lot out of this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!"Adam is a doctoral candidate focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College, where he is also a visiting student. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice, the co-host of the upcoming podcast "Healing from the Healing Path", and the co-founder of Hidden Hand Media, a creative agency in the space of transformation and technology.”For more info about Adam and his work, visit: https://www.healingfromhealing.com and https://linktr.ee/adamandros and https://www.hiddenhandmedia.comThis episode of the show is sponsored by the Temple of the Way of Light. To learn more or sign up for a retreat, visit:https://templeofthewayoflight.org/Share the show, Subscribe or Follow, and if you can 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 in advance!For more information about me and my upcoming plant medicine retreats with my colleague Merav Artzi, visit my site at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo support this podcast on Patreon, visit: https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinTo donate directly with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of: Nuno Moreno (end song). Visit: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ And Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project (intro song). Visit: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4Hhttps://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

La invitada de la semana es la Dra. Raquel Peyraube, quien es entrevistada por Dra. Ericka Stahl, reconocida científica panameña y doctora con especialización en fitofármacos y cannabis medicinal. La Dra. Peyraube es Doctora en Medicina y especialista en Uso Problemático de Drogas, con formación en Psiquiatría, Toxicología, Psicoterapia Psicoanalítica, en temas de Infancia, Adolescencia y Exclusión social y cuenta con más de 28 años de experiencia. ExDirectora Clínica de ICEERS, en la actualidad es asesora ad hoc de la Secretaría Nacional de Drogas de Uruguay en la reforma de la política pública de drogas y del Instituto de Regulación y Control del Cannabis. Integra varios comités científicos internacionales y es miembro activo de la IACM (International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines). La Dra. Peyraube, fue nuevamente incluida en la revista Cannabis Newslette como parte de las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo en la industria del cannabis en la versión de 2021. Más aún, de acuerdo con la revista Forbes, es una de las 40 mujeres más influyentes en el cannabis medicinal. Actualmente, es directora del Diplomado en Endocannabinología, Cannabis y Cannabinoides en CEI-UNR. El podcast está conducido por Carlos Ossa en colaboración con Luris Higuera. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fullspectrum/support

La Fundación ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service) es una organización sin ánimo de lucro y de utilidad pública dedicada a la integración de plantas de uso tradicional (etnobotánicas) como herramientas terapéuticas en la sociedad actual El estudio y promoción de políticas públicas basadas en evidencias científicas y derechos humanos. Así como a la preservación de las culturas indígenas donde se han usado estas plantas desde la antigüedad, de su hábitat y de su conocimiento botánico. Descarga gratuitamente el informe técnico sobre ayahuasca de ICEERS: https://www.iceers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ICEERS_Ayahuasca2020_report.pdf

In this episode of the Plant Medicine Podcast, Adam Aronovich returns to discuss the phenomenon of psychedelic narcissism. Adam is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam regularly facilitates workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light, a prestigious healing center in the Iquitos area. In this wide-ranging conversation, Adam unpacks some of the darker sides of the modern psychedelic movement, discussing the psychosocial dynamics around psychedelic use which can lead to things such as ego inflation, conspiratorial thinking, and narcissism. Adam recalls his own experiences slipping into messianic fantasies during a period of initial enthusiasm around psychedelic experiences. He views issues of alienation and lack of social support as being instrumental in leading to these types of delusions following profound spiritual experiences. While it is difficult to reach people who’ve slipped into psychedelic narcissism, Adam suggests that communal support is the best safeguard against these dangers and the most effective strategy for grounding people who’ve lost touch with reality. Drawing on his academic expertise, Adam distinguishes traditional uses of plant medicines from the Western paradigm for approaching psychedelics. He stresses the relational and communal aspects of the spiritual traditions which use psychedelics ceremonially. The pro-social aspects of these wisdom traditions, he claims, help safeguard against the traps of psychedelic narcissism and ego inflation, as there are established mechanisms for keeping people grounded following intense spiritual experiences.  Adam closes the discussion with an insightful analysis of modern gurus and self-proclaimed shamans. Adam encourages people to beware of deeply held spiritual fantasies, where a master can appear as more than human. Instead, he emphasizes that even skillful and well-intentioned healers are themselves nothing more than human beings, so there will always be imperfection and messiness. This does not, however, mean that impactful work cannot happen—in fact, this insight helps protect against the idolization of charismatic psychedelic personalities, which can lead to harmful experiences.   In this episode: Defining psychedelic narcissism Clinical vs coloquial understandings of narcissism The intersections of the psychedelic movement and conspiracy theories The importance of social and communal support for avoiding ego inflation following psychedelic or spiritual experiences How psychedelic experiences can actually deepen ego attachments and accentuate narcissistic tendencies The importance of humor in combating spiritual narcissism   Quotes: “Many of the underlying ideologies upon which Western cultures were built, like hyper-individualism and so on, kind of predispose us and prime us for certain aspects of narcissism.” [5:36] “Ego inflation, spiritual narcissism, messianic episodes—all of these are things that are fairly common within both people who are in some sort of spiritual or psychedelic path.” [12:17] “In traditional societies for the most part really there isn’t such a thing as a self-proclaimed shaman. A person doesn’t wake up one morning and is like ‘oh, I’m the shaman’—that’s a title or a role or a recognition given to that person by the community.” [38:03] “The best measure of whether somebody is genuine and helpful is not whatever credentials or titles he assigns to himself, but rather what other people feel. So, you know, you will know a tree by its fruits.” [45:08] “Having these experiences by themselves does not necessarily mean spiritual growth or psychological development or any enhanced benefit if we’re not constantly, painfully, mindful of how we actually integrate and embody those things in daily life over very long periods of time.” [54:29]   Links: Adam on Instagram Temple of the Way of Light Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui

Adam is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira I Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years, he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice.

Welcome, Shelby and Madison from DoubleBlind Magazine to the podcast! Shelby and Madison are the co-founders of DoubleBlind - a print magazine, digital media outlet, and education platform at the forefront of the rapidly growing psychedelic movement! In this episode we talk about:How DoubleBlind Magazine came to beHow Shelby and Madison discover untold stories in psychedelicsSacred reciprocity and the DoubleBlind communityShelby and Madison's journeys with psychedelics and their medicine of choiceHow psychedelics have aided Shelby and Madison's healingDrinking Ayahuasca in Peru versus the United StatesThe therapeutic use of MDMAHow to “come out of the psychedelic closet”Some “out there” psychedelics and “deep-state psychonauts”Caution against positioning psychedelics as a panaceaMentioned in the episode:DoubleBlind MagazineICEERS: Non-profit OrganizationDoubleBlind Mag Issue 2DoubleBlind Mag Issue 4DoubleBlind Mag: Issue 5 (Coming out June 2021)DoubleBlind CoursesTemple of the Way of Light - Ayahuasca Retreat CentreThe Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby (Book)The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo (Book)Pablo Amaringo PrintsMultidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)Thank You Plant MedicinePsychedelic CommunitiesZoeys Sananga YouTube VideoDonate to the podcast via PayPalHave you gained new insights and perspectives from us and our guests? Consider sending financial energy our way to help support to cost of creating this powerful content.If this episode sparked something within, please let us know and leave us a review!More Modern Psychedelics: Instagram | Facebook  | WebsiteMore Lana: Instagram | YouTubeMore Zoey:Instagram | YouTube

Hey everybody! Episode 36 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with my friend Irene Pérez Méndez. Irene and I met working at the Amazonian plant medicine center, the Temple of the Way of Light, where she initially came down to do research with ICEERS on the long-term effects of ayahuasca. While there, she also taught art therapy and worked with Jungian archetypes, and eventually started facilitating retreats. I've had the chance to know Irene for a number of years and she's one of my favorite people in this work. She brings joy, passion, humor, and integrity to her work. And she has a lot of knowledge about this work through her own experience and also through having worked with many people. It was a pleasure for me to sit down and catch up with her and I think there is a lot to be gained by her sharing. To view bonus material and extended conversations, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!"Irene Pérez Méndez is a certified TRE facilitator, art therapist and anthropologist. TRE is a somatic technique that helps us to release tension patterns in the body and regulate the nervous system; it is indicated for those who suffer from anxiety and stress. In the last 10 years, Irene has guided more than a thousand people in the process of working with master plants, focusing on the intention setting, facilitation and integration of experiences. She puts all her heart, respect and sense of humor in holding space and being at service, working for the health and balance of body, soul and spirit as fundamental parts of the human being."To learn more about Irene, visit her website at: http://www.lacasadelviento.es And her music at: https://soundcloud.com/samambai_a To view the study on ayahuasca and the Temple, visit: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31938878/ And finally to learn more about ICEERS and TRE, visit: https://www.iceers.org/ and https://traumaprevention.com/This episode of the show is sponsored by the Temple of the Way of Light. To learn more or sign up for a retreat, visit: https://templeofthewayoflight.org/Share the show, Subscribe or Follow, leave comments, and if you can 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 in advance!For more information about me and my upcoming plant medicine retreats with my colleague Merav Artzi, visit my site at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo support this podcast on Patreon, visit: https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinTo donate directly with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of Nuno Moreno. See his work at: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/.Thanks and until the next episode!https://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

Podcast: Adventures Through The Mind (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: How to Address Corporate Influence and 'Bad Actors' in Psychedelic Culture | Psychedelic Café 4Pub date: 2020-11-20What is the best way to address both the acute and systemic problems present in psychedelic culture? It's a big question, so we have invited a number of people to have a psychedelic café about it. Our guests, (in alphabetical order according to their last name, excluding host James W. Jesso) Marta Ketchmarchek, co-founder and coordinator of The Psychedelic Society of The Netherlands and Facilitator at Synthesis, a psilocybin retreat centre in Amsterdam Trevor Millar, owner of Liberty Root therapy, Chair for MAPS Canada, and on the founding board of the Canadian Psychedelic Association Jeronimo MM, member of ICEERS, which is the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service Anya Oleksiuk, psychedelic documentary filmmaker co-owner and co-director of The Psychedelic Society UK Brian Pace, the politics and ecology editor for Psymposia and lecturer of psychedelic studies at Ohio state university Mareesa Stertz of Film maker and co-founder of Lucid News Bett Williams, author of The Wild Kindness: A Psilocybin Odyssey --LINKS--   For links to our guest' work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/PsyCafe4 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below***   --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST —   ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/   ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter   *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Eliz C, & Chuck W       Episode Breakdown How psychedelic exceptionalism informs how we think about bad actor's in the scene The importance of community to resource people addressing conflicts and harm in psychedelic culture Introducing Psymposia and their perspectives and approach to addressing problems in the culture Introducing The Canadian Psychedelic Association and the value of community Creating events to help discuss serious issues psychedelic culture is otherwise bypassing Wondering about whether or not psychedelics should be held as part of a public politic Why anti-rival maturity is vital for actual progress in culture, psychedelic and otherwise Introducing the Netherlands' Guild of Guides and how they are dealing with bad actors The psychedelic industry is being led by huge players of corporate Influence Can the psychedelic experience help us change the business of psychedelics? What comes after the end of prohibition and how do we get there? Positive peer pressure and becoming a community that forwards culture towards the future we want to see The psychedelic community is not "one" community, so how do we work together? How the forces at work with colonialism are the same forces shaping the modern psychedelic industry through corporate influence The value of working where you can work rather than trying to work everywhere Optimism VS naiveté How distorted exceptions causes those “doing their best to do better” to get torn down for not already being perfect Medicalization is NOT access Capitalism and climate change Not letting ourselves get manipulated into tearing down the lowest hanging fruit Will the psychedelic industry actually be profitable?   ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST —   ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/     ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletterThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from James W. Jesso, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

What is the best way to address both the acute and systemic problems present in psychedelic culture? It's a big question, so we have invited a number of people to have a psychedelic café about it. Our guests, (in alphabetical order according to their last name, excluding host James W. Jesso) Marta Ketchmarchek, co-founder and coordinator of The Psychedelic Society of The Netherlands and Facilitator at Synthesis, a psilocybin retreat centre in Amsterdam Trevor Millar, owner of Liberty Root therapy, Chair for MAPS Canada and on the founding board of the Canadian Psychedelic Association Jeronimo MM, member of ICEERS, which is the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service Anya Oleksiuk, psychedelic documentary filmaker co-owner and co-director of The Psychedelic Society UK Brian Pace, the politics and ecology editor for Psymposia and professor of psychedelic studies at Ohio state university Mareesa Stertz of Film maker and co-founder of Lucid News Bett Williams, author of The Wild Kindness: A Psilocybin Odyssey --LINKS--   For links to our guest' work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/PsyCafe4 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below***   --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST —   ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/   ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter   *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Eliz C, & Chuck W       Episode Breakdown How psychedelic exceptionalism informs how we think about bad actor's in the scene The importance of community to resource people addressing conflicts and harm in psychedelic culture Introducing Psymposia and their perspectives and approach to addressing problems in the culture Introducing The Canadian Psychedelic Association and the value of community Creating events to help discuss serious issues psychedelic culture is otherwise bypassing Wondering about whether or not psychedelics should be held as part of a public politic Why anti-rival maturity is vital for actual progress in culture, psychedelic and otherwise Introducing the Netherlands’ Guild of Guides and how they are dealing with bad actors The psychedelic industry is being led by huge players of corporate Influence Can the psychedelic experience help us change the business of psychedelics? What comes after the end of prohibition and how do we get there? Positive peer pressure and becoming a community that forwards culture towards the future we want to see The psychedelic community is not "one" community, so how do we work together? How the forces at work with colonialism are the same forces shaping the modern psychedelic industry through corporate influence The value of working where you can work rather than trying to work everywhere Optimism VS naiveté How distorted exceptions causes those “doing their best to do better” to get torn down for not already being perfect Medicalization is NOT access Capitalism and climate change Not letting ourselves get manipulated into tearing down the lowest hanging fruit Will the psychedelic industry actually be profitable?   ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST —   ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/     ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter

In this episode, I have Adam Andros Aronovich, a researcher for the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC). He also conducts workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light in the Peruvian Amazon.Psychedelics, after being criminalized in the 1970s, for 4 decades of being in the shadows, have now started to be researched for its profound impact in curing mental diseases. But it also allows us to see a different perspective of reality, one that is not molded in the rationalistic, and materialistic world view that we are accustomed to.Here’s what to expect from the episode;- What exactly defines a psychedelic drug?- How does Ayahuasca work in the body?- What are the medicinal benefits being discovered? - What actually is a psychedelic experience?- How psychedelics awakes us from what we perceived as reality- What is the altered consciousness that made Adam realize?Adam Andros Aronovich is a doctoral candidate focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years, he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam regularly facilitates workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light, a prestigious healing center in the Iquitos area.*The Future Design Podcast does not endorse the recreational use of psychedelics. While these substances often carry a negative stigma and taboo, we ask that you learn for yourself and make an informed decision.Subscribe to our Weekly / Monthly Newsletter here Guest: Adam Andros Aronovich (Facebook) Temple of the Way of Light (Website)Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (Twitter | IG | LinkedIn) Music: ShowNing (Website)

LISTEN: APPLE  | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | YOUTUBE If You Enjoy This Show Please Subscribe and Give Us a 5-Star Rating ★★★★★ and Review on Apple Podcasts | Donate On Patreon :  https://bit.ly/3d0piI0 PayPal:  https://bit.ly/2AV4pAt   Adam is a PhD candidate in Medical Anthropology and Global Health. He lives in the Peruvian Amazon, working as Research Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator for the Temple of the Way of Light. In addition, he is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC- URV) in Catalunya, Spain, and a member of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at Chacruna.net. He has written for various publications around the world. Adam is a dear friend of mine. Adam and I share very similar existentialist, views, with an appreciation for dark and absurdist humor. I always love talking with Adam. He always has great insights into life, plant medicines, healing, mental health, the nature of reality, and is able to deeply critique the ills of our world, while maintaining his humor, warmth and compassion.   Adam recently gave a presentation at ICPR2020 called: Ayahuasca as Relational Medicine: Intimate encounters at the frontiers of liquid modernity   His presentation was given based on the three years of ethnographic and qualitative research conducted at the Temple of the Way of Light, an ayahuasca retreat center in the Peruvian Amazon, in collaborations with Imperial College, ICEERS and the Beckley Foundation.    The data is also abundantly informed by Adam's lived experience as a retreat facilitator on site. His aim is to address the social and political dimensions of health and wellbeing as elucidated by the participants’ ayahuasca experiences and contextualized by the setting provided by the retreat structure.    The interaction between ayahuasca and a group setting that promotes intimacy, horizontality and mutual responsibility amongst participants often encourages a social dynamic where participants can both safely express and listen to each others’ affliction narratives, difficulties and breakthroughs. This break with the individualistic, pharmacologically-oriented focus of bio-psychiatry alone greatly contributes to counteract the feelings of alienation and isolation that exacerbate psychic suffering when it remains private.    Shared experiences of communal struggle, breakthrough and healing allow participants to recognize the interdependent nature of health and wellbeing, prompting them to pay special care to their eroding social bonds and to reframe experiences of loneliness, alienation, anxiety, depression or trauma in all their multi-dimensional complexities, moving beyond an exclusively individualistic framework and visibilizing the impact that social, cultural, political or environmental factors have on their own wellbeing. Ethnographic approaches, can elucidate the multilayered complexities of affliction and healing that often are lost through a purely quantitative or biomedical lens.     Mikeadelic is Sponsored by SHEATH UNDERWEAR Get 20% off the most comfortable, unique pair of underwear you'll ever wear. www.sheathunderwear.com - Enter promo code Mikeadelic at checkout to get a sweet discount on some awesome under threads.   Connect With Adam:  Facebook: https://bit.ly/3mj07FF Instagram: @adamandros http://www.chaikuni.org/ https://templeofthewayoflight.org http://www.marc.urv.cat/en/ https://chacruna.net/   Connect With Mike: Website: https://bit.ly/2GqH7kX Patreon: https://bit.ly/3d0piI0 Email: https://bit.ly/2Dsv2v4 Facebook: https://bit.ly/2XCchg7 Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Pqc50B Twitter: https://bit.ly/2IwIhik   Listen Everywhere: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Vf2RKf Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W8w72c GooglePlay: https://bit.ly/2PlJiKG Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2DrRnc6 YouTube: https://bit.ly/2IzMz8I Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3mYzExX Also Available on Podbean, Speaker, Breaker, Tunein, Castro, I heart radio, Overcast, Soundcloud and everywhere podcasts are found  Subscribe to the Inner Sanctum Monthly Newsletter  https://bit.ly/2GqH7kX   Sponsored By: SHEATH UNDERWEAR Get 20% off the most comfortable, unique pair of underwear you'll ever wear. www.sheathunderwear.com - Enter code Mikeadelic at checkout to get a sweet discount on some awesome under threads. AND Student Loan Tutor: https://bit.ly/2X2meF4 * Say you found them through mikeadelic for extra special magical love and care.  If You Enjoy This Show Please Subscribe and Give Us a 5-Star Rating ★★★★★ and Review on Apple Podcasts | Donate On Patreon or PayPal  * Become a patron and get access to bonus episodes, fun extras,merch googies, community zoom calls, and the private inner sanctum discord channel.    Thank You Intro Music Provided by Danny Barnett & Galaxia:  https://bit.ly/2XB3sDr

Adam Aronovich is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry.  He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam regularly facilitates workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light, a prestigious healing center in the Iquitos area. In this episode of the Plant Medicine Podcast, Adam discusses a host of issues surrounding modern western paradigms of psychiatry and mental health and contrasts these with approaches taken by traditional cultures, such as those of the Shipibo people of South America.  Adam has spent years studying traditional societies as an anthropologist and his research specifically focuses on the different approaches to medicine in various cultures, and how people in different cultural milieus experience health and illness differently.  Through his work, Adam hopes to contribute to the field of medicine by translating the medical understandings of traditional cultures into terminologies and categories digestible by the Western medical establishment. In this conversation, Adam explains how the contemporary approach to mental health in the West is colored by a fixation on medicalizing peoples’ experiences into diagnostic categories and by a tendency to view health and illness exclusively on the level of the individual. In contrast to this approach, Adam draws on his ongoing research with the Shipibo people, showing how their approach to healing in ayahuasca ceremonies is much more communal and relational in nature.   In this episode: How traditional cultures conceptualize mental suffering The limits of Western psychiatry when crossing cultural boundaries How the animist perspective of Shipibo healers informs their approach to healing Dangers of over-emphasizing the medicalization of psychedelics The relational, rather than an individualistic focus of ayahuasca ceremonies Confronting our individual and collective shadows   Quotes “Every medical system or every medical approach is inseparable from the culture, the cosmology, the metaphysics that underlie the understanding of that culture.” [32:32] “The way the Shipibo medical system works… is that the healing doesn't necessarily only happen through the agency of the human healer, but the human healer works as a channeler of medical agency of different sources, of different spirits in the environment.” [36:34] “The most important benefits or the most important values that these substances have are not necessarily therapeutic in the sense of medical, or clinical, or psychological… but are actually much deeper than that and they’re epistemic, they’re ontological, they’re relational.” [52:25] “Ayahuasca oftentimes will get us to a place where we can actually experience that reconnection with the wider community of sentience that makes the ecosystem of our world.” [1:02:29] Links Adam’s lecture at Breaking Convention 2017 Adam’s lecture at the World Ayahuasca Conference 2019 Temple of the Way of Light Psychedelic Medicine Association Get 20% off everything at Octagon Biolabs with coupon code 'plantmedicine' Porangui

Jerónimo M.M. joins us on the show to discuss the cultural issues we are presented with insofar as integrating psychedelics into the mainstream of the Western World of the Global North. We also talk about preparing for the unintended consequences of ending prohibition and the amputation of culture that comes with our globalized export of psychoactive plants. --LINKS-- For links to Jeronimo's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind122 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter   *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, ` ************** Episode Breakdown How we are both coping with the pandemic What the pandemic look like on the ground in New York City Discussing the growth of COVID-19 reported cases and why there are so many more already and even more coming Is COVID-19 our great war? Humanity vs the destructive consequences of our civilization Rates of changes and the present dying of our civilization Will a better world come out of this or a totalitarian nightmare? The pandemic lockdown is forcing us to slow down and be in the present moment The impact of COVID-19 on people in poverty and people with drug dependence China is now in the aftermath and going about their business. What will our aftermath be like? Why flattening the curve is our most reasonable response, now that containment is impossible Canada's healthcare system and how it is already starting to cripple our care due to a lack of supplies Doug Ford is Ontario Canada's Trump-Lite (but apparently he is, personally, very supportive of psychedelic medicine) Test shortages for the population, mask shortages for the healthcare workers and why it's so important to follow social distancing measures The difference, for Patrick, between watching his friends die during and after overcoming his heroin addiction Comparing the experience of his friends dying with the recent death of his mother People we know are going to die of COVID-19 and we shouldn't ignore this fact Patrick's experiences of death offer us as perspective in these frightening, and fatal times Final thoughts and perspectives for all of us stuck in this together   ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST — ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/formula Use promo code "jesso" to get 20% off your first order. ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter   --- BOOKS — Decomposing The Shadow: https://www.jameswjesso.com/decomposing-the-shadow/ The True Light Of Darkness: https://www.jameswjesso.com/true-light-darkness/   --- LINKS — Website: https://www.jameswjesso.com/ Speaking Tour: https://www.jameswjesso.com/events/ Podcast: https://www.jameswjesso.com/podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/attmindpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso

Clare S. Wilkins is a former intravenous drug user & methadone patient who shed those chemical dependencies with the aid of ibogaine in 2005. As founder of Pangea Biomedics, she has facilitated over 800 treatments with a diverse team & has collaborated with MAPS to study the long-term effects of patients undergoing detoxification therapy with ibogaine for opiates. (Brown, Alper M.D., 2017) Since 2010 she has been an active board member of The Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance (GITA); is co-author of the Clinical Guidelines for Ibogaine-Assisted Detoxification, a comprehensive risk-management resource & minimum standard of care for opioid detoxification. She is also co-author of a noteworthy case study (Wilkins, Bouso, Ph.D., et al 2017) published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies. Mentored by Howard Lotsof, she is committed to advancing scientific research of iboga, including ibogaine, its alkaloids & analogs. She is currently collaborating with ICEERS in Spain, where a Phase 2 safety & efficacy study, using ibogaine for methadone patients has been approved, utilizing the cumulative administration method she developed over 13 years of clinical practice in Mexico. Clare is also part of a cutting edge cohort of experts who are advancing Parkinson's Disease treatment, utilizing a successful combination of ibogaine, orthomolecular medicine & nootropics. As these case studies build, data gathered will contribute to new methods that can become open-source material for the safest and best outcomes. As a member of INPUD, an international drug user rights organization, Clare is devoted to reducing stigma & harm, promoting the health, dignity & cognitive liberty for people who use drugs, and every human's basic right to compassion-based medicine.

Jonathan and his colleagues have started a global grassroots movement to raise awareness about the healing power of plant medicine and psychedelic-assisted therapy.  They are currently preparing a viral gratitude campaign to draw the attention of the mainstream news media. Specifically, on February 20, 2020, over 100,000+ people world wide will "come out" on social medial with their stories of personal healing and transformation, using the hashtag #ThankYouPlantMedicine. This movement is a coordinated effort of over 300 volunteers from 33 countries currently reaching out to hundreds of organizations, media channels, and high profile celebrities. ThankYouPlantMedicine has the formal support of organizations such as ICEERS, Chacruna.net and 1Heart Journeys and is gathering the latest academic research, safety, and legal information which will be made available on a non-profit website, that will also feature indigenous causes, conservation efforts and ways to take action. The intent of this campaign is to raise global awareness of the beneficial healing aspects of these medicines and the importance of integrating them into mainstream society, free from stigma and discrimination. For more information and details on how you can support this movement, please see their website:   https://thankyouplantmedicine.com/ Or facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/ThankYouPlantMedicine/  

Dear Listeners! In this episode you can get to know a bit about the plant medicine world, more specifically we talk about Ayahuasca. My guest on the show was Eduardo Carvalho who works on the plant medicine field as a musician for the past four years. In this episode through Eduardo’s stories you can get to know about his involvement with the plant medicines, his journey up until this point, but also some general information about Ayahuasca and its role in society. Indigenous plants and traditions play a significant role in how modern humans/societies can re-evaluate themselves while trying to find refuge from the technology and money driven materialistic systems. This episode can be also a useful resource if you wonder what these plants are all about, in what context are they being used. Moreover, check out the links below for further information about the mentioned organizations and their work. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIAOlPTWUYo Wachama's website: https://www.wachama.org/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3riwVYt20rySWH8RLNn2YD Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/wachama-podcast-personal-development-social-innovation/id1438770642 Eduardo's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EdZyFreQuency/ The World Ayahuasca Conference: https://www.synergeticpress.com/reflections-on-2019-world-ayahuasca-conference/? ICEERS: https://idpc.net/profile/iceers http://old.iceers.org/ Ayahuasca Foundation: https://www.ayahuascafoundation.org/ MAPS~Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies https://maps.org/ The War on Consciousness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0c5nIvJH7w&t=14s Beckley Foundation: https://beckleyfoundation.org/

Charla con José Carlos Bouso, director científico de ICEERS.org , psicólogo, PhD en farmacología. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drogasparatodos/message

One year ago this week we launched The Evolver podcast. This week we're doing a little retrospective, a taster of past episodes, where we revisit some discussions that reward another listen. With Kim Krans, Alex Grey, Josh Radnor, Paul Selig, 3 people from ICEERS — Dennis McKenna, Ben DeLoenen, and Andrea Langlois — and Starhawk. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram @TheEvolverPodcast: https://www.instagram.com/theevolverpodcast. Our email is TheEvolver@evolver.netThe Evolver is sponsored by The Alchemist's Kitchen, a botanical dispensary dedicated to the power of plants, where you can ask an herbalist to recommend the herbal remedy that's most right for you. Visit https://www.thealchemistskitchen.com. For a 20% discount off any online purchase, use the code: podcast20. Our theme music is “Measure by Measure,” courtesy of DJ Spooky, aka Paul D. Miller (@djspooky), from his album The Secret Song, and interstitial music are tracks by The Human Experience: "Sunu" from the album Soul Visions with Rising Appalachia, and Here for a Moment on the album Gone Gone Beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode my guest is Benjamin De Loenen, M.A. Benjamin founded the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service (ICEERS), a charitable non-profit organisation with United Nations consultative status, where he serves as Executive Director. Benjamin is the author of several publications and films, has presented at conferences around the world, and has participated in various leadership roles.At the end of May of this year the third World Ayahuasca Conference is held in Spain. Tickets are available, and I personally recommend anyone that can to go to this excellent event to do so.More information over at www.iceers.org and www.ayahuascadefense.com.Go here if you want to attend the conference: www.ayaconference.com.Support the podcast.Music featured in this episode:Car Seat Headrestcarseatheadrest.bandcamp.comwww.facebook.com/carseatheadrestwww.twitter.com/carseatheadrest

Con motivo de la feria Spannabis que tiene lugar en Barcelona esta semana, dedicamos un nuevo programa dedicado al cannabis, sus usos, regulaciones y diferentes negocios legales. Hablamos con Gabriel Miró, jurista de la Federación de Asociaciones Cannábicas de España, José Carlos Bouso, psicólogo clínico, farmacólogo, Director de Proyectos Científicos de la Fundación ICEERS, Carola Pérez, presidenta del Observatorio español de cannabis medicinal y Jouke Piepenbrink, jefe de marketing de Dutch Passion, empresa dedicada a la venta de semillas de marihuana. El programa se completa con dos reportajes, dedicados a los clubes de fumadores y a los negocios dónde se vende el CBD, un componente del cannabis con uso medicinal. __ Carne Cruda, el programa de radio que tú haces posible. La República Independiente de la Radio. Existimos gracias a las aportaciones de los y las oyentes. Difunde nuestros contenidos y si puedes: hazte productora o productor de Carne Cruda. Aquí tienes más información: http://carnecruda.es/hazte_productor/

Con motivo de la feria Spannabis que tiene lugar en Barcelona esta semana, dedicamos un nuevo programa dedicado al cannabis, sus usos, regulaciones y diferentes negocios legales. Hablamos con Gabriel Miró, jurista de la Federación de Asociaciones Cannábicas de España, José Carlos Bouso, psicólogo clínico, farmacólogo, Director de Proyectos Científicos de la Fundación ICEERS, Carola Pérez, presidenta del Observatorio español de cannabis medicinal y Jouke Piepenbrink, jefe de marketing de Dutch Passion, empresa dedicada a la venta de semillas de marihuana. El programa se completa con dos reportajes, dedicados a los clubes de fumadores y a los negocios dónde se vende el CBD, un componente del cannabis con uso medicinal. __ Carne Cruda, el programa de radio que tú haces posible. La República Independiente de la Radio. Existimos gracias a las aportaciones de los y las oyentes. Difunde nuestros contenidos y si puedes: hazte productora o productor de Carne Cruda. Aquí tienes más información: http://carnecruda.es/hazte_productor/

In recent years, as plant medicines like ayahuasca and iboga have gained traction in the West, there's been a lot of tension between our society's attitudes about what it calls “drugs”, and the sacred nature of these powerful messengers. In this episode, Ken speaks with three expert activists dedicated to society's healthy use of plant spirit medicines: Ben De Loenen, the founder and Executive Director of ICEERS, Andrea Langlois, ICEERS' Director of Engagement, and Dennis McKenna, who we welcome back to the podcast for a 2nd time and who is an ICEERS advisor. ICEERS - which stands for The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service - is an international non-profit working to shape a future where psychoactive plant practices are valued and integrated parts of society. It's a pioneering and inspiring NGO based in Barcelona, where it runs many programs focusing on the legalization of plant spirit medicines, as well as the adoption of best practices for the cultivation and use of these entheogens in modern Western society. Learn more about ICEERS at ICEERS.org, as well as their Facebook page. And you can follow Dennis McKenna on his Facebook page, as well. Follow us on Instagram @TheEvolverPodcast: https://www.instagram.com/theevolverpodcastThe Evolver is sponsored by The Alchemist's Kitchen, a botanical dispensary dedicated to the power of plants, where you can ask an herbalist to recommend the herbal remedy that's most right for you. Visit https://www.thealchemistskitchen.com. For a 20% discount off any online purchase, use the code: podcast20. Theme music is “Measure by Measure,” courtesy of DJ Spooky, aka Paul D. Miller (@djspooky), from his album The Secret Song, and interstitial music are tracks by The Human Experience: "Sunu" from the album Soul Visions with Rising Appalachia, and Here for a Moment on the album Gone Gone Beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download Today in the show, Joe talks to Maria Carvalho and Helena Valente, founding members of Kosmicare, a drug testing, and harm reduction service at the Portugal Festival, Boom. Joe talks to Maria and Helena on their personal backgrounds, how they got into Boom, research on recreational use, what harm reduction looks like, and what populations are underserved. Drug use is decriminalized in Portugal, and the focus of risk minimization has been useful in getting the population served versus putting people in prison. 3 Key Points: Kosmicare is a harm reduction and psychedelic emergency service starting at Boom music festival in Portugal. Working to support other events in Europe. Boom is in Portugal, where drugs are decriminalized and drug testing is legal. Drug policy has directly affected the number of emergencies that Boom has had. The Portuguese drug policy has resulted in fewer overdoses, drug-related deaths, and HIV infection. Other countries like the US should consider a drug reform with the current opioid crisis. Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on iTunes Share us with your friends – favorite podcast, etc Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics Show Notes About Kosmicare Kosmicare is a non-profit organization that looks to transform nightlife culture through humanistic, comprehensive and evidence-based policies and interventions They work toward a world where drugs can be used with liberty and wisdom Making festivals safe in Europe About Maria Psychologist, graduated in 1999 at University of Porto She started working in the field of problematic drug use Growing up in a difficult neighborhood was her purpose for getting into studying psychology and drug use She began focusing on recreational use Her younger brother was into the Electronic Dance scene and positioning himself with using substances She was interested in studying other motivations to use drugs than just using drugs to feed a problem She heard an announcement by MAPS in 2008 recruiting volunteers to do work in psychedelic emergency at Boom It was the perfect match considering her interest in psychology and drug use in recreational environments About Helena Helena is a Psychologist who was interested in drug use She wanted to have field experience, and she volunteered in a needle exchange program She began working for a harm reduction project to work in recreational settings that needed volunteers She became interested in the potential that drug checking has in the harm reduction strategy They are working toward a ‘drop-in’ where people can show up to a permanent space for drug checking and harm reduction The Numbers Over 20,000 people showed up to Kosmicare’s information session This year for the first time, Kosmicare had an HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) to identify LSD and pills They tested over 700 drug samples in 6 days Maria says half of the Boom population gets in contact with Kosmicare They serve 1% of the Boom population for psychedelic emergency (about 350 cases out of 35,000 attendees) The episodes usually have to do with psycho-spiritual situations versus just an emergency about the drug taken Psychedelic Emergencies Boom is a transformational festival that hosts attendees from over 50 countries Boom is different from Burning Man in that Boom is in Portugal which has a much more legal framework which helps with the services that can be offered Drug policy has directly affected the number of emergencies that Boom has Joe states that there are numbers of regulatory police at Burning Man Kosmicare is included in the entire setup of Boom, which helps reduce the number of scenarios that would cause an emergency at the festival, such as providing shaded areas all over It gets up to 43 degrees Celcius (108 Fahrenheit) But there is a water element so people can refresh themselves In the largest dance areas at the festival, they included medical emergency Teepees so attendees could be helped as quickly as possible Recreational Drug Use They did a survey on recreational drug use and most of the respondents said they use drugs in a beneficial way that doesn't interrupt their lives in a bad way Similarly with Boom attendees, most of them want to use harm reduction techniques so they have positive experiences and don't develop problems with their drug use Mat Southwell “drug users are calculated risk takers” “The legal framework has a terrible influence on people's relationship with drugs” - Helena Lessons Learned Maria says they have had many groundbreaking challenges In 2016 they had someone die on them while having a psychedelic emergency It made her really question why she was doing this Her first impression was that she was doing this work to save the inexperienced user She was caught off guard by the person who died because they were an experienced user and didn't taking unadulterated substances “People may go over the top for a wide variety of reasons, it was the biggest lesson I learned working for the Psychedelic Emergency services” - Maria It's hard to determine people's ability to calculate risks If the person had collapsed in front of an urban hospital in the city, the Hospital couldn't have done anything more than what they did at Kosmicare Collaborations Kosmicare has a collaborative relationship with Zendo MAPS was hired by Boom to direct the harm reduction services They use a lot of Stan Grof techniques for transpersonal psychology They are partnered with many other organizations in Europe that are trying to deliver the same type of psychedelic emergency and harm reduction services The Risks of Drug Policy Joe points out that there are so many festivals happening without these services The Rave Act prevents companies from attending festivals because it “harbors” drug use In Portugal, the fact that drug use is decriminalized, it opened up a legal framework around harm reduction Portugal is one of the few countries where drug checking is allowed by law The Portuguese drug policy has resulted in fewer overdoses, drug-related deaths, HIV infection, tuberculosis and other things Helena says that the US should rethink their drug policy considering the opioid epidemic In Portugal, there were only 12 overdose cases with heroin and opioids Portugal before the Drug Policy In the 80’s, there was a heroin epidemic, which had an epidemic of high infection rates and HIV. This motivated the policy change It was evident that prohibition was not working Usually when it affects only poor people, no one cares, but the fentanyl crisis is affecting all sorts of populations Links Website Facebook Check out this FREE online course, "Introduction to Psychedelics" About Maria Maria Carmo Carvalho, Kosmicare Manager, Boom Festival, Portugal, is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Catholic University of Portugal. She researches if the field of psychoactive substance use and has completed a MSc and a PhD at the University of Porto on the field of psychoactive substance use, youth and recreational environments. She is Vice-President of ICEERS and Kosmicare Boom Festival manager since 2012. About Helena Helena Valente began working with people that use drugs in 2004, focusing in nightlife settings. Helena has a vast experience in coordinating national and European projects in the drug field. At the moment she is a researcher and PhD. Candidate at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the Porto University and founding member of Kosmicare Association.

This is the third and final installment in the ayahuasca talks series, recorded in the Peruvian Amazon. This episode is with the multitalented wonder woman, Irene. Born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, she's been working as an ayahuasca facilitator and teacher at the Temple Of The Way Of Light in Peru.  Studying cultural and social anthropology opened Irene to a new way of seeing the world and led her to discover art therapy as a tool to explore the human psyche. Irene has been a volunteer with ICEERS (the International Center for Ethno-botanical Education Research and Service, www.iceers.org ) since 2010 and is currently in collaboration with the Temple to research how the use of Ayahuasca among Westerners can be useful in the treatment of depression, anxiety, PTSD and grief in a three-year study. Stay tuned till the end of the episode where Irene sings us one of her many beautiful songs.  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 To find out more about the amazing work being done at the Temple you can visit their website at https://templeofthewayoflight.org/  

Benjamin De Loenen, founder of plant medicine non-profit ICEERS, joins us for a discussion on ayahuasca and iboga. We discuss the wide-ranging impact that plant medicines could have on modern society, and the implications of disrespecting their power and origin. Benjamin lays out the various traps the psychedelic movement could fall into, and the best approaches to getting psychedelic medicines accepted by policymakers and the public. For show links, go here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-51-benjamin-de-loenen/ Sign up to our microdosing course: https://thethirdwave.co/microdosing-course/

Las microdosis están de moda en Sillicon Valley (y a tu alrededor, aunque no lo hayas notado). Consisten en ingerir dosis muy pequeñas de sustancias psicodélicas (LSD, psilocibina, mescalina...), siempre por debajo del umbral psicodélico (evitando cualquier efecto visual, corporal o perceptivo típico de un "viaje" propiamente dicho), tomándose con el fin de elevar el estado de ánimo, aumentar el nivel de creatividad o incluso para aliviar ciertas dolencias como migrañas o dolores menstruales. Pinta muy bien, pero nos gustaría saber más... ¿Existen estudios sobre microdosificación? ¿Cuáles son sus beneficios y sus riesgos? ¿Es posible hacerse adicto a las microdosis? ¿Cómo es posible que tengan efectos tan positivos si las cantidades que se ingieren son tan pequeñas? Nos ayudarán a resolver todas estas cuestiones y muchas más el Dr. José Carlos Bouso, psicólogo clínico, doctor en Farmacología y director de Proyectos Científicos de la Fundación ICEERS, y Genís Oña, psicólogo y máster en Neuropsicofarmacología y Neurotoxicología. Dos verdaderos cracks en el mundo de la investigación psicodélica de este país, ¡disfrutadlos! Al final del programa, como viene siendo habitual, os ofreceremos el Terencediario a cargo del Sr. Mutante, con noticias procon de lo más interesante (#placebos #prevencióndelsuicidio). Y vosotros, ¿qué opináis? ¿Habéis probado las microdosis, o bien estaríais dispuestos a ello? ¿Os han sido útiles en algún sentido? ¿Creéis que vale la pena que los Estados empiecen a facilitar la investigación sobre psicodélicos, para descubrir de una vez todo su potencial terapéutico? (Esta semana no hay serial :( pero la semana que viene sí :))

Guest speaker: Benjamin De Loenen PROGRAM NOTES: Year this lecture was recorded: 2017 In today’s podcast Benjamin De Loenen, the founder of ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education Research and Service), talks about things that led him to start this organization, which comes to the defense of plants and is dedicated to sharing the science […]

Experiential journalist Rak Razam chats with Ben De Loenen, founder and Executive Director of ICEERS (International Centre Enthnobotanical Education Research & Service). These fellow filmmakers have been drawn in by their plant medicine experiences making documentaries to explain the worlds of the spirit and have both gone on to form NGOs to help facilitate the integration of shamanic medicines into the West. Ben studied audiovisual media in The Netherlands, and received his Masters degree with honors as a film director and editor for his documentary ‘Ibogaine-Rite of Passage’ (2004), which he directed and produced. He helped form ICEERS in 2009 as a philanthropic, tax-exempt non-profit organization dedicated to the integration of ayahuasca, iboga and other traditional plants as therapeutic tools in modern society, and the preservation of the indigenous cultures that have been using these plant species since antiquity. Listen to this revealing and intimate conversation on the edge of the worlds of shamanic medicine and public policy… For more information see: http://www.iceers.org/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

Dedicamos este programa a la ayahuasca, esa “planta de poder”, sustancia psiquedélica o “medicina” como prefieren llamarla algunos, cuyo consumo está tan en auge en Occidente, y hasta las celebrities hablan de sus bondades (Nacho Vidal, Sting, Isabel Allende, Tori Amos, Chelsea Handler, Gustavo Biosca… Lindsay Lohan). Con nuestro enfoque pretendemos satisfacer tanto a los curiosos como a los escépticos, hablando no solo de espiritualidad o crecimiento personal sino también de ciencia. Entrevistaremos a Pep Cuñat, presidente de la asociación ayahuasquera La Maloka, situada en Mataró (Barcelona, España). Nos hablará de su caso personal (cómo resolvió una adicción severa mediante un duro y prolongado tratamiento mediante ayahuasca) y de cómo realiza sus trabajos en la asociación. En nuestro debate/coloquio invitaremos a Guillermo Rubio, psicólogo humanista, con quien charlaremos sobre los posibles beneficios y riesgos de la ayahuasca y también comentaremos nuestra asistencia a las I Jornadas de Integración Psiquedélica organizadas por la fundación ICEERS. Para poner la guinda a este emético pastel, acabaremos con las secciones “Testimonio Psicodélico”, con Rosa Maria, que nos explicará cómo ha cambiado su vida tras un viaje muy turbulento con ayahuasca (reconociendo que la dureza de las experiencias le hizo pensar más de una vez en tirar la toalla), y “El Ansia de Saber”, con un fragmento del libro “La suma de los días”, de Isabel Allende. Créditos: Cita introductoria: Todo cambia (Canción original de Julio Numhauser, ¿basada en un poema de M. A. Castillo?) “Crimson Tree” de Redthread está sujeta a una licencia de Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) “Sewing machine” de Jagadamba en “Historias del abuelo procon” está sujeta a una licencia de Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Música de impacto en “Historias del abuelo procon” de “Museo Coconut” (Maricón y Tontico) “Ram Das” de Esponja en “Testimonios Psicodélicos” está sujeta a una licencia de Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) “Broken Brains” de Esponja está sujeta a una licencia de Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) Fuentes: https://www.facebook.com/CONEIXTEICREIX/ http://iceers.org/ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Numhauser http://www.laweekly.com/music/ten-celebrity-ayahuasca-users-4169438 http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/21/chelsea-handler-joins-other-stars-in-exploring-ayahuasca.html http://enbuscadelosagrado.blogspot.com.es/2009/11/la-experiencia-de-isabel-allende-con-la.html

Download Natalie Ginsberg - MAPS Policy and Advocacy Manager In this discussion, Natalie shares her insights surrounding U.S. and international policy around drugs. We talk about The opiate and opioid crisis Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna Ibogaine to help combat the crisis U.S. and International Drug Policy United Nations - The Commission on Narcotic Drugs -  Special Session on the World Drug Problem Ways to get involved in advocacy ICEERS - The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service Titrated doses of Ibogane instead of larger bolus doses Ayahuasca Defense Fund MDMA-assisted psychotherapy The Trump Administration and what does it mean for scientific and academic research We understand that this episode had a bit of static/noise. We believe that it was due to technology difficulties. We have attached a transcript of the conversation below. Enjoy! Click here to download the episode transcript: Natalie Ginsberg Transcript Bio: Natalie earned her Master's in Social Work from Columbia University in 2014, and her Bachelor's in History from Yale University in 2011. At Columbia, Natalie served as a Policy Fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance, where she helped legalize medical marijuana in her home state of New York, and worked to end New York's racist marijuana arrests. Natalie has also worked as a court-mandated therapist for individuals arrested for prostitution and drug-related offenses, and as a middle school guidance counselor at an NYC public school. Natalie's clinical work with trauma survivors spurred her interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy, which she believes can ease a wide variety of both mental and physical ailments by addressing the root cause of individuals' difficulties, rather than their symptoms. Through her work at MAPS, Natalie advocates for research to provide evidence-based alternatives to both the war on drugs and the current mental health paradigm. Links: Episode Transcript Privilege and Safety in the Psychedelic Community Catharsis, A Burn on the Mall to Heal from the Election Get in touch with Natalie: Twitter MAPS.org Psychedelics Today Natalie Ginsberg Transcript Facebook Recent Posts & Episodes [pt_view id="34a4e22z59"]