Podcast appearances and mentions of Zoe Helene

Stephen Gray has been traveling spiritual and sacred medicine pathways for close to 50 years. He is a writer, educator, podcaster, psychedelic conference organizer, speaker, and cannabis ceremony leader. Stephen is the author/editor of three books. For the past 10 years, Stephen has been the creative director of the iconic Spirit Plant Medicine Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Since 2020 Stephen has also been interviewing leading influencers in psychedelics and consciousness transformation for the StephenGray Vision YouTube channel and related audio podcast formats. When not otherwise occupied, Stephen plays and composes music and indulges his love of photography. He lives with his wife and their female cat Henry in Vancouver. With contributions from Christopher Bache, Zoe Helene, Dennis McKenna, Martina Hoffmann, The Dank Duchess, Jamie Wheal, Grandmother Maria Alice, and others • Explores the immense healing intelligence of nature, the wisdom of ancient Indigenous prophecies and shamanic practices, the importance of the Divine Feminine for environmental regeneration, and the crucial role of psychedelic and entheogenic plants in initiating transformations of consciousness Exploring the way forward for humanity in the face of unprecedented crisis, more than 25 contributors show how the wisdom of Indigenous peoples and the power of psychedelics can help us enact the radical shift in consciousness necessary to navigate the collapse of the old world order and the birth of a new consciousness. How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World - Visionary and Indigenous Voices Speak Out Cannabis and Spirituality Returning to Sacred World stephengrayvision.com spiritplantmedicine.com Subscribe to Stephen Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UC-SJX4xgGPYdP25jShTVOTQ if you found this content beneficial please consider donating: buymeacoffee.com/typicalskeptic Help me keep making videos: Or maybe Join the Patreon for bonus content New Unreleased shows every week for less than a cup of coffee: patreon.com/typicalskeptic Check out what I'm selling: Typical skeptic podcast t shirts: https://merc.li/KmGQPE9Nb?sv=0 For more typical skeptic podcast interviews go to: www.youtube.com/c/typicalskeptic www.anchor.fm/typical-skeptic www.rokfin.com/typicalskeptic www.rumble.com/typicalskeptic Tachyon Living - tachyonliving.com/rob.html and use code skeptic free gift for a free gift -Book a reading with Debra Moffit Intuitive readings:Use Code TSP2023 https://www.debramoffitt.com?cc=STP2023 -Natural Shilajit and Monoatomic Gold from Healthy Nutrition LLC.use code: ROB And my affiliate link to share: https://glnk.io/77v6/3 -Starseed Activators https://www.indigoangel222.com/starseed-activators?ref=GdvC0Vib Coupon Code TypicalSkepticP #psychedelic #spirituality #consciousness #podcast #typical_skeptic #youtubepremiere --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/typical-skeptic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/typical-skeptic/support

Hey everybody! Episode 104 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Chris Kilham. Chris is also know as the Medicine Hunter and is an author, educator and yogi. He is the founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., and conducts medicinal plant research and sustainable botanical sourcing in over 45 countries. I met Chris a few years ago when I was working at the Amazonian plant medicine center, The Temple of the Way of Light, where Chris came together with his wife Zoe Helen (who I hope to have on in the next few episodes), and brought a group of guests there. Chris is really interesting guy and has led a fantastic life of exploration, discovery, and education in the field of plant medicine. He is the author of a number of book including Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook: The Essential Guide to Ayahuasca Journeying, The Five Tibetans, and The Lotus and The Bud: Cannabis, Consciousness, and Yoga Practice. It was a pleasure to have him on to speak about his work, medicinal plants, and the world at large. I think you all will enjoy and 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!This episode is sponsored by Real Mushrooms. Visit their website to enjoy a discount of 25% off your first order: https://www.realmushrooms.com/universe“Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author, educator and yogi. The founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., Chris has conducted medicinal plant research and sustainable botanical sourcing in over 45 countries.in over 45 countries. Chris works with companies to develop and popularize traditional plant-based food and medicinal products into market successes. These include ashwagandha, kava, maca, rhodiola, schisandra, tamanu oil, cat's claw, dragon's blood, ayahuasca, and hundreds of other plants. Chris also works to bridge worlds, regularly sharing information about other cultures through presentations and media. The New York Times calls Chris “part David Attenborough, part Indiana Jones.”…An avid body surfer and adventure traveler, Chris lives and works in Massachusetts with his wife, cultural activist Zoe Helene. Chris and Zoe travel the globe on Medicine Hunter expeditions, and work together to promote plant medicines, environmental protection and cultural preservation.”To learn more about or contact Chris, and for his full bio, visit his website at: https://www.medicinehunter.com/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

Inspiring teachings centered on navigating our world's collective challenges with indigenous wisdom and the power of psychedelics• With contributions from Christopher Bache, Zoe Helene, Dennis McKenna, Martina Hoffmann, The Dank Duchess, Jamie Wheal, Grandmother Maria Alice, and others• Explores the immense healing intelligence of nature, the wisdom of ancient Indigenous prophecies and shamanic practices, the importance of the Divine Feminine for environmental regeneration, and the crucial role of psychedelic and entheogenic plants in initiating transformations of consciousnessExploring the way forward for humanity in the face of unprecedented crisis, more than 25 contributors show how the wisdom of Indigenous peoples and the power of psychedelics can help us enact the radical shift in consciousness necessary to navigate the collapse of the old world order and the birth of a new consciousness.We hear from psychedelic visionaries Christopher Bache, Zoe Helene, Wade Davis, Chris Kilham, Laurel Sugden, and others on the promise of psychedelic medicines for spiritual and healing work. We learn about Indigenous stories to support our transformation from Native American leader Solana Booth, ancestral memory from Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire, cannabis's role in world building from Minelli Eustàcio-Costa, the ritual roots of talking plants from Michael Stuart Ani, and alchemy across the arc of time from shaman Ya'Acov Darling Khan. We also hear from cannabis grower The Dank Duchess; Tyson Yunkaporta, Australian Aboriginal artist and scholar; visionary artist Martina Hoffmann; activist Duane Elgin; Kohenet Rachel Kann, ordained Jewish priestess and ceremonialist; and several other wise leaders for our time.Throughout these profound essays we are reminded of the immense healing intelligence of our plant allies, of the wisdom of shamanic practices, of the importance of the Divine Feminine for environmental regeneration, and of the crucial role of entheogenic plants in initiating transformations of consciousness and healing our world's collective disconnection from Spirit.Stephen Gray is a teacher and writer on spiritual subjects and sacramental medicines. He has worked extensively with Tibetan Buddhism, the Native American Church, and with entheogenic medicines. He is also a conference and workshop organizer, leader, and speaker. The editor of Cannabis and Spirituality, he lives in Vancouver.

Conversation starts @ 4:36 In this episode I meet with Dr. Stephen Gray to discuss his latest book, How Psychedelics Can Help Save The World: Visionary and Indigenous Voices Speak Out. We begin by noting the cultural and individual issues that that psychedelic medicine is positioned to treat, we continue with the ways that we have lost our mythic and symbolic root and religious systems, overpopulation, planetary sickness, the universality of change and transformation, the Dunbar number and social systems, the nature of these reality revealing medicines, explore indigenous traditions as revelatory to the hegemony, healing cultural wounds, cultural dynamics exposed by psychedelic practice, psychedelic capitalism, medical and pharma intervention with psychedelics, the lost Mystery Schools, trusting what is, surrender as an attitude nourished by working with entheogens, and more. Bio: Stephen has been involved in spiritual work and psychedelics for 50 years. This includes more than 20 years as a student and occasional teacher of Tibetan Buddhism; a dozen years actively involved with Native American Church peyote prayer ceremonies; “guest” membership in the ayahuasca-using Santo Daime Church, and experience with a number of other entheogens. He is also the author of Returning to Sacred World: A Spiritual Toolkit for the Emerging Reality, and editor as well as one of 18 contributors to the popular Cannabis and Spirituality: An Explorer's Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally. Stephen teaches people about the spiritual benefits of intentional cannabis use and conduct cannabis meditation and sound-journeying ceremonies. Perhaps most relevant to the mission of StephenGray Vision, for the past 10 years, he's co-organized the influential Spirit Plant Medicine Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. That work has connected him to dozens of remarkable spokespeople on behalf of the skillful understanding and use of psychedelic/entheogenic sacramental medicines. About the book: Exploring the way forward for humanity in the face of unprecedented crisis, more than 25 contributors show how the wisdom of Indigenous peoples and the power of psychedelics can help us enact the radical shift in consciousness necessary to navigate the collapse of the old world order and the birth of a new consciousness centered on awakened-heart interconnectedness. We hear from psychedelic visionaries Christopher Bache, Zoe Helene, Wade Davis, Chris Kilham, Laurel Sugden, and others on the promise of psychedelic medicines for spiritual and healing work. We learn about Indigenous stories to support our transformation from Native American leader Solana Booth, ancestral memory from Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire, cannabis's role in world building from Minelli Eustàcio-Costa, the ritual roots of talking plants from Michael Stuart Ani, and alchemy across the arc of time from shaman Ya'Acov Darling Khan. We also hear from cannabis grower The Dank Duchess; Bruce Damer, a “mystic scientist” working on the question of life's origins and its future in space; Tyson Yunkaporta, Australian Aboriginal artist and scholar; visionary artist Martina Hoffmann; professor of religious studies G. William Barnard; activist Duane Elgin; Kohenet Rachel Kann, ordained Jewish priestess and ceremonialist; and several other wise leaders for our time. https://www.stephengrayvision.com John's Esalen Workshop: https://www.esalen.org/workshops/portals-and-pathways-ecstatic-experience-music-and-the-red-book-022723 Website for The Sacred Speaks: http://www.thesacredspeaks.com WATCH: YouTube for The Sacred Speaks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOAuksnpfht1udHWUVEO7Rg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/ @thesacredspeaks Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/ Brought to you by: https://www.thecenterforhas.com Theme music provided by: http://www.modernnationsmusic.com

Stephen Gray is an author, editor, event organizer and speaker, and ceremony leader. He has been deeply involved with spiritual practices and sacramental (psychedelic) medicine work for over 40 years, including Tibetan Buddhism, the Native American Church (peyote prayer ceremonies), and ayahuasca. We hear from psychedelic visionaries Christopher Bache, Zoe Helene, Wade Davis, Chris Kilham, Laurel Sugden, and others on the promise of psychedelic medicines for spiritual and healing work. We learn about indigenous stories to support our transformation from Native American leader Solana Booth, ancestral memory from Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire, cannabis's role in world building from Minelli Eustàcio-Costa, the ritual roots of talking plants from Michael Stuart Ani, and alchemy across the arc of time from shaman Ya'Acov Darling Khan. We also hear from cannabis grower The Dank Duchess; Bruce Damer, a “mystic scientist” working on the question of life's origins and its future in space; Tyson Yunkaporta, Australian Aboriginal artist and scholar; visionary artist Martina Hoffmann; professor of religious studies G. William Barnard; activist Duane Elgin; Kohenet Rachel Kann, ordained Jewish priestess, and ceremonialist; and several other wise leaders for our time.More Psychedelic Radio at Cannabisradio.com

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

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

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

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

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

Zoe Helene is an artist and cultural activist best known for coining and popularizing the term Psychedelic Feminism and founding the environmental feminism group Cosmic Sister (@CosmicSister). She believes a true balance of power across the gender spectrum—globally—is the only way humans (and non-humans) will survive, and she sees Psychedelic Feminism as a realistic, practical yet hopeful approach to a much-needed shift of global consciousness. Zoe believes that ultimately, psychedelics are about kindness—to ourselves and to others, including non-human life forms, the world's soil and air and waterways. It's about doing our best to become the highest version of ourselves, first as individuals, then as larger socioeconomic communities, then as a species that's over-running the planet. The journey starts with ourselves, then moves ever outwards. It's our responsibility, as apex predators, to be in a healthy relationship with each other and with the Earth. Zoe's work has been featured in Forbes, BBC Travel, Outside Magazine, DoubleBlind Magazine, Bust Magazine, Playboy, VICE, Broadly, Tonic, LA Yoga, New York Magazine, Boston Magazine, ABC Australia, Radio New Zealand, and many other top-tier media venues. In this episode we discuss: - the gifts of the goddess archetype Artemis. - the need for wilderness and wildlife to be more core in our politics and news. - why she advocates for our right to journey with sacred plants and funghi as a way to jump-start rapid cultural evolution. - she explains what she means when she emphasizes our responsibility as Earth's apex predator!

Zoe Helene joins me on the show this week.  Zoe is an artist and cultural activist who founded the environmental feminism collective, Cosmic Sister (@CosmicSister), in 2007, to advocate for women, wildlife, wilderness and wildlife, and for our natural right to work with nature’s psychedelic medicines—our “co-evolutionary allies.”  She coined the term "Psychedelic Feminism" to describe a sub-genre of feminism, and believes that a true balance of power across the gender spectrum—globally—is the only way humans (and non-humans) will survive.  In this episode we talk much around archetypal psychology looking at ancient Greek myths and understandings, and the importance of language and culture.  Zoe recommends Christine Downing for a powerful feminist view of Greek Mythology and more.  Catch her talk at MAPS Canada Lecture Series 'Examining the Psychedelic Renaissance' on Tues Nov. 24. @cosmicsister on Instagram and facebook http://www.zoehelene.com/ https://www.linktr.ee/CosmicSister

 Join Stephen Gray and Marc Caron as they speak with Cosmic Sisters founder Zoe Helene and two members of the Cosmic Sisterhood, The Dank Duchess and Caitlin Moakley. Both Zoe and Duchess will be two of the featured presenters at this years Virtual Spirit Plant Medicine Conference. Discount Code: VSPMC2020 Zoe Helene Zoe Helene is […] The post Cosmic Sisters: Leading the Way in “Psychedelic Feminism” appeared first on Conscious Living Radio.

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

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

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

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

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

Support Lorenzo on Patreon.com Guest speaker: Zoe Helene PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: August 20, 2018 Today’s podcast features a conversation between Zoe Helene and Lorenzo. After successful careers in the arts as well as in the corporate world, Zoe has transitioned herself into an advocate for the use of psychedelics, ayahuasca in […]

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

Zoe Helene, psychedelic feminist and cultural activist, joins us to talk sacred plant medicines, cultural preservation, and the importance of diversity in psychedelic communities. Zoe shares how her experiences with ayahuasca have influenced her world view, especially around “plant spirit,” and the importance of preserving indigenous cultural traditions. We also discuss the far-reaching damages that have resulted from patriarchal oppression, and how the psychedelic renaissance is not immune. For show links, go here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-53-zoe-helene/ Join our world-leading microdosing community: https://thethirdwave.co/microdosing-course/

Zoe tells her story about how she became involved with Plant Medicines and shares her experience of Ayahuasca. She talks about early experiences that shaped her life and how Ayahuasca was an inspiration for the projects she's working on now. We discuss growing up in the '60s and '70s and Zoe talks about feminism now and then. She talks about her life, working in the jungle 'hunting for medicines' with her husband Chris Kilham, The Medicine Hunter. Zoe discuss some of the issues facing women working with Ayahuasca and Zoe offers some advice for women pursuing the medicine for the first time. It was a lovely hour discussing this magnificent medicine with a fellow female traveler. Support Ayahuasca Talks! https://patron.podbean.com/ayahuascatalks

Zoe tells her story about how she became involved with Plant Medicines and shares her experience of Ayahuasca. She talks about early experiences that shaped her life and how Ayahuasca was an inspiration for the projects she's working on now. We discuss growing up in the '60s and '70s and Zoe talks about feminism now and then. She talks about her life, working in the jungle 'hunting for medicines' with her husband Chris Kilham, The Medicine Hunter. Zoe discuss some of the issues facing women working with Ayahuasca and Zoe offers some advice for women pursuing the medicine for the first time. It was a lovely hour discussing this magnificent medicine with a fellow female traveler. Visit www.ayahuascamicrodosing.com/talks for information about microdosing with Ayahuasca vine drops to support preparation and/or integration and use the coupon code: TALKS for a 10% discount on your order! Unlike the brew used in ceremonies, these microdosing extracts are legal in the U.S., Canada and in most countries worldwide.

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

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

MOTHER, SCHOLAR, TEACHER, REVOLUTIONARY: NEŞE DEVENOT Today is the last day of Lent, as tomorrow begins the Holy Triduum (the three days leading up to Easter), and this is our sixth consecutive episode, fulfilling our promise to bring you an episode every week of Lent without fail. Thanks go out to KMO for inspiring this goal with his 9+ years and 500 episodes of weekly C-Realm Podcasts! This effort has been so much fun and so energizing that we're just going to keep on going! To celebrate the goal and the return of Spring, we are asking that you help us reach 1000 "likes" by the end of March! Click the Button below to "like" our Facebook Page and invite others who might find us inspiring to do the same!     Nese and Ellis-D Today, Jonathan talks with his friend, Dr. Neşe Devenot, PhD., Neşe is an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities at the University of Puget Sound, where she teach classes on psychedelics and literature. She is also working on a book, Chemical Poetics: The Literary History of Psychedelic Science. Neşe was also a 2015-16 Research Fellow at the New York Public Library's Timothy Leary Papers and a Research Fellow with the New York University Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety Study, where she participated in a qualitative study of patient experiences. Neşe received her PhD in 2015 from the Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing her studies on psychedelic philosophy, the literary history of chemical self-experimentation (“trip reports”), and radical poetics.  She is the founder of the Psychedemia interdisciplinary psychedelics conference (which has a radical and profound influence on Jonathan and inspired the creation of this very website), and was a founding member of the MAPS Graduate Student Association. In this conversation, Jonathan and Neşe discuss her radical healing from crippling childhood social anxiety through the intervention of LSD, her struggles with postpartum depression, and her advocacy for human breastmilk sharing. They also talk about the founding of Psychedemia, her work on the Leary Papers, and their shared conviction in the urgent need for more women and voices of color in the psychedelic conversation.  Neşe also talks about her recent news that she is one of the recipients of the 2016 Cosmic Sister Spirit Plant and Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance Grants. As always, if you like what you hear and see at Psychedelic Parenting, please consider a tax-deductible gift to this work though our fiscal sponsor, The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, using the button below! Current donations are being used to pay for podcast hosting and the purchase books for our upcoming series of review articles. Future donations will also go toward a revamped website, forum capabilities, and the development of in-person and virtual events for Psychedelic Families. Thank you for your continued support! TOPICS AND WEBSITES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Neşe Chemical Poetics Neşe's Website and book project Neşe's work on Academia.com #StopTheRaids March Michigan Moms United Charmie Gholson Michigna NORML WomenGrow Bard College University of Pennsylvania, "UPenn" University of Puget Sound  Psychedemia Psychedemia: The Movie (a MUCH thinner Jonathan can be seen at 2:05) Home Page Facebook Group Jezebel: "It's a Lot More Fun to Play Make Believe with Your Kids If You're Slightly High on Weed" Psychedelic Parenting: "When Being Dad IS the Ceremony" Neurons to Nirvana New York Public Library Timothy Leary Archive "Greatest Hits" Page Hyperallergic "The Tim Leary Papers are Now Available to the Public" NY Times "Public Library Buys Tim Leary Papers" Chemical Poetics: "The Leary Papers" Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library @ Harvard hlc.harvard.edu "The Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection" Booktryst "The LSD Library Goes to Harvard" Psychoactive Substances Library @ Purdue Purdue Today: "The Psychoactive Substances Research Collection" Home Page for the collection C-Span: "Stephanie Schmitz Talks About the Collection"(video) Timothy Leary Archives:  "Acid Bodhisattva" (interview with Michael Horowitz Milk Sharing Eats on Feets Reality Sandwich: "It Takes a Village" by Neşe Food Safety News: "Human Milk-Sharing Networks, A Growing Movement" Microdosing to treat Depression IFL Science: "Small Doses of LSD Can Treat Anxiety and Depression" Vice: "This is What it Feels Like to Treat Depression with Magic Mushrooms" Metro UK: "Taking Magic Mushrooms Cured My Depression" James Fadiman, author of The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide Coming Out of the Psychedelic Closet Neşe's talk at Psymposia 2015 Rick Doblin on London Real Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power To Heal Audio Book "Pahnke's 'Good Friday Experiment:' A Long-Term Follow Up and Methodological Critique" by Rick Doblin Student Resources MAPS Grad Student Listserv Other Student Resources Feminism and Psychedelics Annie Oak: "A Brief History of the Women's Entheogen Fund" MAPS Bulletin, Autumn 2006 Joseph Gelfer: "Entheogenic Spirituality and Gender in Australia" Paranthropology October, 2012 Lilly Kay Ross: "Sex, Drugs, & Power" Psymposia 2014 ZoeHelene.com: "Psychedelic Femenism" The Cosmic Sister Spirit Plant Grant Alternet: "A Feminist on A Misson" Zoe Helene Dreamglade Retreat Center NYU Cancer Anxiety Psilocybin Study Literary History of Trip Reports Neşe at Psymposia's "Psychedelic Stories"  Darwin's Pharmacy by Richard Doyle Richard Doyle presentation LucidNYC The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness by Alan Watts

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

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

Amber Lyon joins ethnobotanist Chris Kilham to discuss their ayahuasca experiences while on an ayahuasca research trip in the Amazon rainforest at the Temple of The Way of Light. The two also discuss the healing power of plant medicines and why Kilham believes plants hold the cures for nearly all our ailments. Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author and educator. The founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., Chris has conducted medicinal research in over 40 countries. Chris is The FOX News Medicine Hunter and is also on the Medical Advisory Board of The Dr. Oz Show. Chris works with companies to develop and popularize traditional plant-based food and medicinal products into market successes. These include kava, maca, rhodiola, schisandra, tamanu oil, cat’s claw, dragon’s blood and dozens of other plants. Chris is the author of fourteen books, including Hot Plants, The Five Tibetans, Psyche Delicacies, Tales from the Medicine Trail and Kava, Medicine Hunting in Paradise. His latest book, The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook, releases in November 2014. Chris lives and works in Massachusetts with his wife, artist/activist Zoe Helene. Chris and Zoe travel the globe on Medicine Hunter expeditions, and work together to promote plant medicines, environmental protection and cultural preservation.