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Myter och mysterier är enligt sig själva "en podradioserie om reinkarnation, magi, astrologi, mörka gudinnor, alkemi, Atlantis, Egypten och en okänd Jesus". Eric Schüldt och Per Johansson, som gör podden, brukar vara tämligen eftertänksamma och insiktsfulla. I deras avsnitt om psykedelia anser jag emellertid att de, lite tillspetsat och med en vink till Albert Hofmann, är ute och cyklar. Kortfattat argumenterar jag för att mycket av det de säger innehåller sanning, men helhetsbilden de ger skiljer sig från min och är även en bra bit ifrån "hur det faktiskt är". Avsnitt 00:00:00 Myter och mysterier 00:06:37 Sanningsanspråk och bias 00:08:41 Känslighet och rädsla för droger 00:10:43 Beroende och psykedelia 00:13:09 Risker med psykedelia och andra droger 00:16:29 LSD till grund för Anonyma alkoholister 00:18:31 Psykedelia och konspirationsteorier 00:23:19 Andliga och psykologiska risker med psykedelia 00:29:49 Riskminimering: set, setting och sitter 00:32:15 Risker med entiteter och den subtila dimensionen 00:40:33 Psykedelia är “onaturligt fusk” 00:55:27 Psykedelia “rubbar hjärnans ekologi” 01:03:21 “Det finns bara en väg och det är igenom” 01:04:45 Aletheia - att minnas 01:13:00 Nysnö - nysno.se Myter och mysterier: https://www.myterochmysterier.se/ Myter och mysterier om psykedelia: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pJ00jKt28Q2DDXmJlRSkR?_authfailed=1 Albert Hofmann bicycle day: https://psy-minds.com/albert-hofmann-bicycle-day/ Artikel om David Nutts “drug harm”-sammanställning: https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/what-does-science-tell-us-about-the-relative-dangers-of-drugs-alcohol-is-by-far-the-no-1-most-dangerous-drug/ Multidisciplinary association for psychedelic studies (MAPS): https://maps.org/ Populationsstudie om psykedelia och psykisk hälsa: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747247/ Gary Weber om meditation, magiska svampar och default mode network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCXQ2syNsKU Shinzen Young om schamanism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33u14OjeHpE Psilocybin och rökavvänjning: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27441452/ Zig Zag Zen, Buddhism and Psychedelics: https://www.bokus.com/bok/9780907791638/zig-zag-zen/ Self comes to mind av Antonio Damasio: https://www.bokus.com/bok/9781446493854/self-comes-to-mind/ How to change your mind av Michael Pollan: https://www.bokus.com/bok/9780141985138/how-to-change-your-mind/ How to change your mind Netflix-trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8LRb4jfZ9g Nysnö: www.nysnö.se Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIp2530u_bJV55_4nbXkwkA Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/andlighet/id1603002647?l=en Google podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83OGI5MjVmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CIB4x6sOyceoxShQvnKpZ?si=Hyo1wvOqTqCIKj5-BIXowQ

Today’s reading is the final chapter of Secret Drugs of Buddhism, 2016. Zig Zag Zen is a book recommended by the author, Mike Crowley, in the text. Secret drugs of buddhism, 2016, at Amazon Secret drugs of buddhism, 2nd ed., 2019, at Amazon Zig Zag Zen, at Amazon Show notes at PointingTexts.org My other podcast at Immediatism.com Email Cory@Immediatism.com

  Alchemical Tours Episode #5 – is an interview with Allan Badiner, author of Zig Zag Zen.Allan Badiner served as the editor in the first and second editions of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics(Chronicle Books, 2002; Synergetic Press, 2015), as well as two other books of collected essays, Dharma Gaia: A Harvest in Buddhism and Ecology (Parallax Press, 1990) and Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism (Parallax, 2002). Allan is a contributing editor of Tricycle magazine, and serves on the board of directors of Rain forest Action Network, Threshold Foundation and Project CBD. He has been a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh for more than 25 years. Copies of Zig Zag Zen are available from Synergetic Press,, Amazon, and good book sellers.https://www.synergeticpress.com/shop/zig-zag-zen-buddhism-psychedelics/      

Martin Lee (Project CBD), Julie Holland (psychiatrist and author of “Moody Bitches” and “The Pot Book”), Rick Doblin (MAPS), Marsha Rosenbaum (director, Drug Policy Alliance), Allan Badiner (conference convener and author of “Zig Zag Zen”), and Dr. Ben Sessa speak about the adaptive capacities of cannabis from a medicinal, therapeutic and historical perspective. Martin Lee then delivers a keynote address on cannabidiol (CBD) and the import of the body’s endo-cannabinoid system itself.

Ever wondered how to combine cannabis with spiritual practices? Or how to leverage your yoga, meditation or breathe work for fruitful psychedelic experiences? On today’s show I talk with the Institute for Embodiment Training founder Will Johnson for a talk about awakening the soma within, using cannabis for spiritual practices and what it means to have good posture in these practices, eliminating tension and breathing through the whole body.All the information he shares is invaluable for the psychonaut, experienced or not. Let’s lead and follow ourselves to embodying this natural state.Find Will and information on his centre - Embodiment Training.You can find Will’s books here, and the book mentioned in the podcast Zig Zag Zen can be found here.

Erik Davis is an author, a podcaster, an award-winning journalist, and a lecturer based in San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on the intersection of alternative religion, media, and the popular imagination. He is the author of several books, including Nomad Codes, The Visionary State, and TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information. His work has been translated into a dozen languages, and his essays have appeared in scores of books, including Zig Zag Zen, Magic in the Modern World, The World According to Philip K. Dick, and AfterBurn: Reflections on Burning Μan. Erik explores the cultures of consciousness on his long-running weekly podcast Expanding Mind, on the Progressive Radio Network. He has also written for The Wire, Bookforum, Arthur, Artforum, Wired, the LA Weekly, and the Village Voice, and he has been interviewed by CNN, the BBC, public radio, and the New York Times. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University, and recently earned his PhD in religious studies at Rice University. His next book, High Weirdness: Drugs, Visions, and Esoterica in the Seventies, will be out in the Spring of 2019 through MIT Press and Strange Attractor. Aaron Weiss is a doctoral candidate in philosophy and religion program at CIIS in San Francisco, where he studies Indo-Tibetan and Western philosophies.

From his early days of college activism, to decades of ecological stewardship, to Buddhism and then to psychedelics, Allan Badiner has had a colorful and impactful life. Allan is an important figure in the worlds of psychedelic exploration, Western Buddhism, and rainforest activism. He is the editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics and a 25-year board member of the Rainforest Action Network. In our latest Psychedelic Times Podcast, Allan speaks with Joe Mattia about his unconventional introduction to psychedelics, his awakening in a Buddhist monastery, and many other fascinating stories and insights. Sponsors: California Institute of Integral Studies Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research CIIS created the Center for Psychedelic Therapy and Research (the Center) in 2015 to address the demand for trained psychotherapists to work in the expanding field of psychedelic studies. The Center is directed by clinical psychologist Dr. Janis Phelps, who is also a professor in the East-West Psychology program. Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Dr. Bronner’s Dr. Bronner’s was founded in 1948 by Emanuel Bronner, a third- generation master soapmaker. He used the labels on his superb ecological soaps to spread his message that we must realize our unity across religious & ethnic divides or perish: “We are All-One or None!” Still family-owned and run, Dr. Bronner’s honors its founder’s vision by continuing to make socially & environmentally responsible products, and by dedicating our profits to help make a better world. Show Notes: Early days of college activism [10:00] Infiltrating Hollywood [13:00] Leaving Hollywood for India [15:00] First visit to a Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka [16:25] Becoming friends with Terence McKenna [21:00] Connecting to Nature [28:30] Interviewing Buddhism teachers for Zig Zag Zen [31:30] CIIS Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy program [33:30] Esalen and psychedelics [37:45] Cannabis’ history as a medicine in the US and India [44:15] Foods and spices that are also cannabinoids [52:30] The importance of psychedelic integration [54:30] Selected Quotes: On Allan’s introduction to psychedelics: “My interest in Buddhism is what brought me to psychedelics. Usually it's the other way around for people.” On his first stay at a Buddhist monastery: “So I went to a monastery in Sri Lanka in the mountains and I hated it; it was awful. It was just unbearable. The bed was basically a board and a thin blanket and there were bugs everywhere… I thought if I could just run out of here I would, but you had to book a week in advance to have a car come get you… About a day or so before I was supposed to be done there, I had an unbelievable experience. I just woke up to being different in so many ways. I looked at the dirt and I thought that’s not nothing, that’s Earth. The bugs were my friends. I felt this connection with them because they were alive. I woke up to no pain- all my joints had been bothering me before that. It was painless, and beyond that it was joyful, and I felt a connection and a profound sense of gratitude and joy to be alive. Everywhere I looked I was in awe. It was this amazing consciousness rebirth of some kind.”   On Terence McKenna giving him psilocybin: “Terence [McKenna] did effectively treat me with psilocybin. That really came close to the Sri Lanka experience; it’s the closest I’ve been. It was my first psychedelic experience, and it came right at a time where I met Sasha Shulgin and would go to his Friday night dinners.”  On connecting with Nature and activism: “One of the insights from the Sri Lanka experience was a connection to Nature, a connection to other beings- animals, bugs even. I felt that there was a strong connection between my own bliss and the connection that I had with other living beings. So that motivated me to get involved as an activist in preserving the life-giving systems of the planet and other species. I took that very seriously… I got to know the people at Rainforest Action Network… and they invited me to come work for them. I did and joined their board, and I’ve been on their board ever since. It’s been really an important part of my life to have that work going on and keep me in awareness of connection with other beings.” On interviewing Buddhist teachers about psychedelics: “In preparing for this book that I decided to do on Buddhism and psychedelics called Zig Zag Zen, I interviewed just about every well known American-born teacher of Buddhism about their previous experience with psychedelics, if they had any… and all of them did! It was ubiquitous- from Jack Kornfield to Joseph Goldstein, all of these teachers had a psychedelic experience or several prior to becoming involved in Buddhism. Jack Kornfield, for instance, openly said that he wouldn't even be a Buddhist teacher if he had not taken LSD- he wouldn't have been able to understand what they call ‘against the grain ideas’ that challenge fundamental assumptions that we make in Western society.” Allan also shared a beautiful quote at the end of the podcast from Dr. Albert Hofmann, who discovered LSD: “Alienation from nature and the loss of the experience of being part of the living creation is the greatest tragedy of our materialistic era. It is the causative reason for ecological devastation and climate change. Therefore I attribute absolute highest importance to consciousness change. I regard psychedelics as catalyzers for this. They are tools which are guiding our perception toward other deeper areas of our human existence, so that we again become aware of our spiritual essence. Psychedelic experiences in a safe setting can help our consciousness open up to this sensation of connection and of being one with nature. LSD and related substances are not drugs in the usual sense, but are part of the sacred substances, which have been used for thousand of years in ritual settings. The classic psychedelics like LSD, Psilocybin and Mescaline are characterized by the fact that they are neither toxic nor addictive. It is my great concern to separate psychedelics from the ongoing debates about drugs, and to highlight the tremendous potential inherent to these substances for self-awareness, as an adjunct in therapy, and for fundamental research into the human mind. It is my wish that a modern Eleusis will emerge, in which seeking humans can learn to have transcendent experiences with sacred substances in a safe setting. I am convinced that these soul-opening, mind-revealing substances will find their appropriate place in our society and our culture.” -Dr. Albert Hoffman in 2007 (at age 101) Explore Links Related to this Podcast: Esalen institute Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics Rainforest Action Network CIIS Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research Program International Cannabinoid Research Society Psychedelic Integration Workshop at Esalen

This is part one of a three part series on the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. This topic is also explored in depth in the now seminal book by Allan Badiner called "Zig Zag Zen" which is of course highly recommended.  On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Rev. Kokyo Henkel and James Fadiman, Ph.D., engaged a diverse crowd in Santa Cruz with a discussion about the similarities between psychedelic and Buddhist experiences. Rev. Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen Buddhism since 1990 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. He was ordained as a priest and received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Anderson Roshi, and is currently the Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center. James Fadiman, Ph.D., author of The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys (2011) has been teaching about, working with and doing research on psychedelic and entheogenic experiences for decades. He has taught at Brandeis, San Francisco State, Stanford, and is now at Sofia University.    

My guest today is editor of a wonderful book called, "Zig Zag Zen." More to the point he's also a wonderful human being. In addition to being a wonderful human being Allan is a writer, eco-activist and all-around wise person. We talk about Buddhism, psychedelics, Burning Man and the future of the world. A lot going on in this one. Below is a brief description of "Zig Zag Zen." The use of psychedelic drugs is that dark little secret behind the popular origins of Eastern spirituality in America, but if they really open the mind in the same ways meditative experiences do, why shouldn't they be legitimated and brought out into the open? In Allan Hunt Badiner and Alex Grey's Zig Zag Zen authors, artists, priests, and scientists are brought together to discuss this question. Opinions fall on all sides. Ram Dass, for instance, discusses the benefits as well as the limitations. Rick Strassman outlines his work in the first federally funded psychedelic study in two-and-a-half decades. Rick Fields sets the historical scene. China Galland offers a wrenching personal experience. Robert Jesse introduces the varieties of entheogens, drugs that engender mystical states. Lama Surya Das tells of his early drug years. And a roundtable discussion with Ram Dass, Robert Aitken, Richard Baker, and Joan Halifax caps it all.   Subscribe to Synchronicity today. Get "Zig Zag Zen" on Amazon.

Mystic, buddhist, psychedelic visionary and author of the seminal book "Zig Zag Zen" - Allan Badiner stops by the IAH studio to hang out with Zach and Elijah. Allan explores the relationship between buddhism and psychedelics with ease, grace and some evidence that may blow your mind. "Zig Zag Zen" is available at book stores everywhere and of course, at Amazon.com Buddhism and psychedelic exploration share a common concern: the liberation of the mind. The new edition of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics has substantially evolved from the landmark anthology that launched the first serious inquiry into the moral, ethical, doctrinal, and transcendental considerations of the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics.