Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas B Roberts

We sit down with Thomas B. Roberts, a prominent professor in the field of Psychedelic Studies, to continue our series on the profound potential of psychedelics in end-of-life healing – including how they can ease our fears and anxieties surrounding death. Roberts discusses the four stages of the Psychedelic Renaissance and how he got into this field, despite the risk to his career before diving deep into death and dying research.Join us as we explore the place of psychedelics in end-of-life healing and discuss the current research being conducted in this field. Don't miss it!“I hope people will try to use organizations that exist to have sessions and [start] talking about psychedelics”Thomas B. Roberts, PhD, an accomplished scholar and educator in the field of educational psychology. Dr. Roberts is widely recognized as the originator of the celebration of Bicycle Day, an annual event commemorating the first intentional LSD trip taken by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1943.Starting in 1981, Roberts taught Psychedelic Studies, predominantly as a seminar in NIU's Honors Program, making it the world's first such course. He has also authored several influential publications, including "Psychedelic Sacramentals," "Psychedelic Horizons," "The Psychedelic Future of the Mind," and "MindApps: Multistate Theory and Tools for Mind Design."In addition to his academic pursuits, Thomas B. Roberts has served as the co-archivist of "Huxley to Huston Psychedelic Sacrament Quotations" and maintained a private psychedelic email list since 1994. He has delivered lectures and speeches on psychedelics and related topics in several countries worldwide. Listeners can find out more about Roberts' work and background on his Amazon author page, NIU academia page, and Inner Traditions author page.Show notes:* The academic field that could have killed his academic career* The four stages of the Psychedelic Renaissance* Placebo ability and the power to consciously heal* The place of psychedelics in end of life healing* Comparing Near Death, Ego Death and Physical Death Experiences* Does religion create a fear of death?* How psychedelics can ease our end-of-life fears* Why psilocybin over LSD?* The current research being conducted on psychedelics and healingLinks and references:* Psychedelic Wisdom* Psychedelic Medicine* The Symington Study* Ligare* Heffter Videos* Harvard Divinity School Videos* California Institute of Integral StudiesWant the episode transcript and video? Join our Tribe!Mind Body Health & Politics is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. https://www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe Get full access to Mind Body Health & Politics at www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe

Daniel Pinchbeck interviews Thomas B. Roberts, PhD. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Dr. Roberts, author of The Psychedelic Future of the Mind and MindApps, among other books. Now 85 years old, Roberts became involved with the psychedelic movement way back in the late 1960s / early 70s. He attended seminars and conferences with Alan Watts, Stan Grof, and many other luminaries. For many years, he taught the only university course on the topic of psychedelics to be found in the US, at Northwestern Illinois University. I found it fascinating to get his perspective on the current psychedelic renaissance, which he thought would happen a long time ago! Thomas B. Roberts' website: niu.academia.edu/ThomasRoberts Buy The Psychedelic Future Of The Mind on Amazon. Buy MindApps on Amazon. ================================== Watch the interview on YouTube Please subscribe to my Substack Newsletter! https://substack.com/profile/2728693-... Please buy my books!: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Pinchbe... Please join my online courses and discussions at THE LIMINAL INSTITUTE: https://www.theliminalinstitute.com/ Buy the audiobook version of “2012: The Return Of Quetzalcoatl” https://www.theliminalinstitute.com/t... Buy the audiobook version of “Afterlife: Is There Consciousness After Death?”: https://www.theliminalinstitute.com/a... Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielpinchbeck Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielpinch... Official Website: http://www.pinchbeck.io/ #danielpinchbeck #liminalnews #podcast #thomasbroberts #psychedelic #mindapps

Reveals how these scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers have applied their entheogenic experiences in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands Includes contributions from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, psychedelic swami Dr. Allan Ajaya, “America's Doctor” Dean Edell, convicted psychiatrist Frederike Meckel Fisher, love doctor Charley Wininger, professor of psychedelics Thomas B. Roberts, ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna, the “Sunshine Makers” Tim Scully and Michael Randall, as well as many othersOver the past decade, many famous entrepreneurs and celebrities have begun to open up about their life-changing experiences with psychedelics that led to their personal successes. But less well-known are the wisdom-bringing psychedelic experiences of many top psychologists, psychiatrists, researchers, and others who have taken what they learned from their entheogenic experiences and applied it in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands.In this profound book, Dr. Richard Louis Miller shares stories of psychedelic transformation, insight, and wisdom from his conversations with 19 scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers, each of whom has been self-experimenting with psychedelic medicines, sub rosa, for decades. We hear from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, founder of the Beckley Foundation; ethnobotanical explorer Dennis McKenna; research advocate and head of MAPS Rick Doblin; and the “Sunshine Makers”: Tim Scully, the scientist taught to make LSD by Owsley Stanley, and Michael Randall, the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. We learn about recasting “bad trips” as unfamiliar challenges from psychedelic swami Allan Ajaya as well as the therapeutic uses of MDMA from “the love doctor” Charley Wininger and gain decades of insights from psychedelic professor Thomas B. Roberts as well as several others. Revealing the psychedelic wisdom uncovered in spite of decades of the “War on Drugs,” Dr. Miller and his contributors show how LSD and other psychedelics offer a pathway to creativity, healing, innovation, and liberation.

For the Covid Update I discuss the variants and vaccinations.I also interview the distinguished clinical psychologist, author and researcher, Dr. Thomas B. Robert's on his very personal experiences with psychedelics. This interview is part of an upcoming book: Confessions of Psychedelic Elders.Tom's research investigates psychedelic mind-body states for the leads they provide for learning, cognition, intelligence, creativity, mental health, and abilities that reside in them. Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D., is professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University and a former visiting scientist at Johns Hopkins. The coeditor of Psychedelic Medicine and the author of Psychedelic Horizons, he has spoken at international conferences on psychedelics, consciousness, and psychedelic science.

For the Covid Update I discuss the variants and vaccinations.I also interview the distinguished clinical psychologist, author and researcher, Dr. Thomas B. Robert's on his very personal experiences with psychedelics. This interview is part of an upcoming book: Confessions of Psychedelic Elders.Tom's research investigates psychedelic mind-body states for the leads they provide for learning, cognition, intelligence, creativity, mental health, and abilities that reside in them. Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D., is professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University and a former visiting scientist at Johns Hopkins. The coeditor of Psychedelic Medicine and the author of Psychedelic Horizons, he has spoken at international conferences on psychedelics, consciousness, and psychedelic science.

Professor Thomas B. Roberts returns to discuss the new anthology he edited:  Psychedelics and Spirituality:  The Sacred Use of LSD, Psilocybin, and MDMA for Human Transformation, 3rd Ed.    In this book, more than 25 spiritual leaders, scientists, and psychedelic visionaries examine how we can return to the primary spiritual encounters at the basis of all religions working with entheogens.  This groundbreaking work contains contributions form Albert Hofmann, Huston Smith, Stanislav Grof, Charles Tart, Sasha Shulgin, Brother David Steindl-Rast, and many others. Professor Roberts earned his Ph.D. from Stanford and taught for many years at Northern Illinois University.  He taught the world's first and longest running catalog listed psychedelics course beginning in 1981.  Professor Roberts is a founding member of MAPS, and former visiting scientist at Johns Hopkins.  He originated the celebration of Bicycle Day. His full CV can be found here:  https://www.innertraditions.com/author/thomas-b-roberts or here:  https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-B.-Roberts-Ph.D./e/B00MD4IUXA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share This new anthology can be purchased here from the publisher Inner Traditions:  https://www.innertraditions.com/author/thomas-b-roberts Cover art for this podcast "MerKabala" provided by the awesome The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo.  More information about this denzien and information about his many works can be found here:  https://www.theungoogleable.com/ This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-133-professor-thomas-roberts-the-anthology-of-psychedelics-and-spiritualitysacramentsthe-intersection-of-entheogens-and-religion Have a great weekend!

Today, on the 20th of February 2020, thousands of people will “come out” on social media worldwide with their stories of personal healing and transformation using the hashtag #ThankYouPlantMedicine. To celebrate this occasion we are going to have not one but two guests on the podcast.First up is director Farzin Toussi who will talk about his documentary The Medicine. It’s a documentary about Amazonian shamanism, introducing Taita Juanito Guerillmo Chindoy Chindoy, both a teacher and student of the sacred plant medicine. As Ayahuasca gains popularity in the West, the film explores the science as well as the lore behind the plant and why it is used to heal. Check it out at themedicinedocumentary.com.Our second guest is Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D. who is professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University and a former visiting scientist at Johns Hopkins. The Psychedelic Future of the Mind and Mindapps are two of his books.Support the podcast.Music featured in this episode:Don Evangelino Murayaywww.cdbaby.com/cd/demurayay

Support Lorenzo on Patreon.com Guest speaker: Tom Roberts PROGRAM NOTES: Today’s podcast features a conversation from last Monday’s Live Salon with Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D., who is a professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University. Tom not only began teaching the world’s first university catalog-listed psychedelics course in 1981, he is also a founding member of […]

Guest speaker: Dr. Thomas B. Roberts PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: 2017 Dr. Thomas Roberts is one of the most forward thinking people in the field of psychedelics. This interview covers his experiences leading up to the idea of psycho-technologies. His book, “The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, […]

In the final installation of our series on Psychedelics, we talk with Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D. about the future of psychedelics. We learn about transpersonal therapy and mindbody states along with the exciting new concepts of mindapps and ideagens. 

Download The future of psychedelic research is endless. There seems to be thousands of ways to get involved, and thousands of ways to approach the topic. In this talk, Kyle and Joe talk with Thomas Roberts Ph.D. -- author of the book, The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values. Tom shares his story with us about how he got involved in the field of psychedelic research and education. Starting in 1981, Dr. Roberts taught one of the world's first university-cataloged psychedelic course, "Foundations of Psychedelics Studies." We get into a great conversation with Tom about his early days at Esalen to talking about mindapps, mindbody states, and different ways to approach psychedelic research. Topics of Discussion: Esalen Institute -- Stanislav Grof, Holotropic Breathwork, and Maslow Psychedelics in humanities and religion Joseph Campbell How the, The Hero with a Thousand Faces relates to the new archetype of the conscious explorer The Good Friday Experiment Huston Smith Tips and advice about starting a psychedelic course/independent study A Really Good Day book review by the New York Times. Mindapps & Mindbody states How different "spiritual technologies" can produce various mindbody states Hints on Looking for Graduate Programs Tips and advice about getting started with psychedelic research in various departments -- for example, in the humanities or religious department. Using Grof's cartography of the psyche and Basic Perinatal Matrices to analyze art and literature About:  Thomas B. Roberts promotes the legal adaptation of psychedelics for multidisciplinary  cultural uses, primarily their academic and spiritual implications. He formulated Multistate Theory (2013) coined Singlestate Fallacy, mindapps, neurosingularity, metaintelligence, and ideagen, and he named and characterized the Entheogen Reformation (2016). He is a founding member of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a cofounder of the Council on Spiritual Practices and the International Transpersonal Association, originated the Rising Researcher conference sessions, and launched the celebration of Bicycle Day to commemorate the day that Albert Hofmann first intentionally took LSD. AB Hamilton College, MA University of Connecticut, PhD Stanford, Roberts is an emeritus professor of educational psychology at Northern Illinois University, where he taught Foundations of Psychedelic Studies as an Honors Program Seminar. Started in 1981 and taught through 2013, it is the world’s first university-cataloged psychedelic course. In the fall of 2006, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Medical Schools' Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (Griffiths psilocybin team).  His website is: www.niu.academia.edu/ThomasRoberts Writing & Articles: Roberts, T, B. (2013). The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values. Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT. The Psychedelic Policy Quagmire: Health, Law, Freedom, and Society (Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality)  Including chapters “You Have a Constitutional Right to Psychedelics” and “Mindapps and the Neurosingularity Project”. Praeger/ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA. Seeking the Sacred with Psychoactive Substances [2 volumes]: Chemical Paths to Spirituality and to God (Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality) Roberts, T. B. (2016). The Entheogen Reformation. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, Vol. 48, No. 1, pages 26-33. (PDF) Roberts, T. B. (editor, 2012). Spiritual Growth with Entheogens: Psychoactive Sacramentals and Human Transformation. Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT. Ellens, J. H. (editor, 2014). Seeking the Sacred with Psychoactive Substances: Chemical Paths to Spirituality and to God. (2 vols). Including chapters “From the 500-year Blizzard of Words to Personal Sacred Experiences —The New Religious EraLuther’s ‘A Mighty Fortress Is Our God’—Insights from Grof’s Perinatal Theory.”” and “ Winkelman, M. & T. B. Roberts (co-editors 2007). Psychedelic Medicine: New Evidence for Hallucinogenic Substances as Treatments (2 vols.) Including several chatgpers. Praeger/ABC-CLIO, Westport, CT. http://www.abc-clio.com/Praeger/product.aspx?pc=D6389C Roberts, T. B. (2006). Psychedelic Horizons:  Snow White, Immune System, Multistate Mind, Enlarging Education. (2006), Imprint Academic, Exeter, UK.  Roberts, T. B. & P. J. Hruby. (editors. 1995-2001). Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy.  How LSD Saved One Woman’s Marriage - New York Times Review: ‘A Really Good Day,’ Ayelet Waldman’s Better Living Through LSD - New York Times John Mack remembered by Grof - http://johnemackinstitute.org/2003/08/remembrance-of-john-e-mack-m-d-stanislav-grof/

Guest speaker: Shonagh Home PROGRAM NOTES: [NOTE: All quotations are by Shonagh Home.] “Plant medicines have long been the domain of women.” “We are taught to escape in this culture, and so what these [psychedelic] medicines will do is they'll take you to the heart of the truth of who you are and what needs to be addressed.” “I think of myself as a spiritual warrior, and a spiritual warrior seeks to know, they are on a quest to know.” “We still have an Inquisition, it's a Pharmacratic Inquisition, it's still around.” “. . . they say we are wanting you to see and understand what's going on, because when you see, you SEE, then it's game over, right? [Which is] another reason why these medicines are illegal, because if you use them enough, in the right set and setting, then you start to get what's going on, you start to really see.” “We are here to remember the truth of what we are.” “You are not the 'story' of what you think you are.” Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option Interview with Shonagh Home on Shamanic Freedom Radio Shonagh Home Web Site Love and Spirit Medicine By Shonagh Home The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values By Thomas B. Roberts