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Psychonautica episodes (merged)

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This week's episode of psychonautica contains the first half of the talk by Stanislav Grof - 'The roots of human violence and greed, observations from psychedelic research', from the World Psychedelic Froum 2008. Stanislav Grof talks about holotropic states of (non-ordinary) conscousness, their healing power, and revelation of the divine core of each individual., healing as becoming whole, holotropic breathwork the technique developed following the banning of LSD, Grof's original career plan in animated movies, Albert Hoffman's discovery of LSD, Grof's own experiences of unity consciousness with LSD, spiritual emergencies, the spontaneous self-healing of the human-organism, the insufficiency of modern psychology in accounting for non-ordinary states of consciousness, the need to include perinatal experiences in the cartography of the human psyche, the powerful effect of the birth experience on the life of the individual, Grof's conception of the 4 perinatal matrices and their relation to good and bad trips, types of experience such as becoming plants and animals, becoming enemies, past-life regression, seeing demonic entities, the vioence and greed of human history, the crisis in the evolution of consciousness, the inefficacy of military solutions to Western problems, the need for profound inner transformation, birth trauma as an explanation for horrific acts such as war crimes, astrology as a tool for predicting psychedelic sessions, the artwork of HR Giger, jung on synchronicity and hardwired archetypes, Buddhist conceptions of liberation, the fundamental ignorance of separate self and psychedelics as a tool to restore transcendental wisdom.


Playlist: LTJ Buken - Demon's theme

Mark W's links from psychonautica 31:
Radio show with Michael Horowitz
http://www.rusiriusradio.com/?p=86
Documentary about LSD
http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...=21&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
 
Thats so funny

The last Time I was coming down from a trip you posted the previous entry
..and now, that I am coming down from another, you've posted a new entry for me to finish it up with

Thank you
 
In this week's episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout first reads out an obituary of Albert Hoffman who died on 29/04/08, written by Dieter Hagenbach and Lucius Werthmuller, then plays the talk by Dennis Mckenna - 'Psychedelics in basic neuroscience and clinical practise' from the world Psychedelic forum. Dennis Mckenna talks about the ancient use of psychedelics by indigenus cultures, the role of the shaman, and shamanic techniques of ecstasy, the pharmacology of psychedelics, serotonin receptors, true psychedelics and quasi-psychedelics such as Salvia Divinorum and MDMA, the use of psychedelics for studying the neural substrate of consciousness, various neuroscientists and their research projects, comparison of psilocybin to meditation, psychedelics and mystical/religious experiences, and the use of psychedelics to treat addiction and obssessive compulsive disorder.

Heffter research institute website:
www.heffter.org

Playlist: Blow feat. Kyrian - Bassnectar

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This week's episode of psychonautica contains a talk from Dennis Mckenna, from the recent world Psychedelic forum, entitled "bitter brews and other abominations: the use of some little known psychoactive agents". Dennis talks about nature, the 'cornocopia of molecular diversity', the relation of DMT to tryptophan, the distribution of DMT in nature and Alex Shulgin's observations, Charles Nichol's research, Salvinorin-A receptors, psychotropic fish, the toxic pufferfish delicacy in Japan, psychedelic toads, bufotenine psychoactive frogs, near death experiences, spiders on drugs, insects in DMT visions, Jonathon Ott, ambrosia nectar and psychoactive honey, the 'bee-god' and cave-paintings of mushroom shamans from the Tassilli Plateau,psychoactive snakes, snake venom used to treat heroin addiction in India, Mimosa Hostilis and its orally active DMT component 'juremamine', pre-emptive prohibition of plant species.

Playlist:
Pladavark - Singularity
 
This week's episode of psychonautica contains a talk from the recent World Psychedelic forum, by Amanda Feilding of the Beckley foundation, entitled 'expanded consciousness and its importance to survival'. Amanda talks about the specturm of states of consciousness, the benefits of expanding and altering consciousness, the neurophysiology of altered states, prehistoric mn, altered consciousness and cultural evolution, the psychedelic transformation of the 1960s, the Eleuinian mysteries, Benny Shannon's writings on the use of Acacia and Harmal (ayahuasca analogue) in ancient Egypt, the potential benefits of psychedelics for modern society, the ability of psychedelics to increase blood flow to the brain, the importance of increased cerebral circulation, the scientific understanding of consciousness, Beckley foundation's research projects, obstacles to scientific research into psychedelics, LSD assisted psychotherapy, using psilocybin to help with addiction problems and represssed memories, development of new antidepressant medications based on ketamine research, the antipsychotic component of cannabis, using an EEG on people meditating, trebination to increase blood supply to the brain, potential for use to delay the onset of dementia in old age, bringing the light of reason to drug policy, the evidence based approach to drug policy, the lack of attention being paid to the potential benefits of illegal drugs such as LSD and ecstasy, the road to a 'new Eleusis'.

Playlist: Ozric Tentacles - White Rhino tea

Beckley Foundation website:
http://www.beckleyfoundation.org/

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This week's episode of psychonautica is the first part of a two-part podcast primarily about ayahuasca ceremonies, featuring Peacekeeper and Max Freakout, recorded in the Greenhouse coffeeshop, Amsterdam. They talk about the varieties of ayahuasca ceremonies, variations between different traditions in light-levels, the importance of music to the experience, they ayahuacsa snake, methods of coping with nausea, purging and other physical effects, effect of adding Datura to the brew, Salvia divinorum, the idea of ego and controllership, Alan Watt's on ego, stepping back from ego on psychedelics, passive experiencing, dissociation and ego death, science and spirituality, psychedelic epistemology.


Playlist: Peacekeeper - any connection; Peacekeeper - we could wake each other up

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This week's episode of psychonautica contains the second part of the conversation between Max Freakout and the Peacekeeper, they talk about the apparent 'instant omniscience' experienced on nitrous oxide, Peacekeeper's experience of channeling mathematical formulae whilst on mushrooms, retaining information from psychedelic experiences, willfully relinquishing control, madness and the 'shamanic smile', Peacekeeper's 'present' from the DMT elves, DMT and alien abduction, oxygen as the drug of life, Stanislav Grof's theories about birth trauma, unwanted psychedelic revelations, alienation, meditations on breathing, the shaman's role as trip guide, different sizes of ayahasca ceremony, the qualifications of a shaman, pharmahuasca, synthetic and natural drugs,Western attitudes to shamanic cultures, modern Western spirituality, spiritual bookshops, gradual self-improvement vs rapid breakthrough/transformation, yoga and its combination with psychedelics, temporal lobe epilepsy and mystical experiences, combining psychedelic experiences with study of philosophy, Vipassana retreats, silencing the inner voice and anti-drugs attitudes in modern spiritual practises such as Vipassana. Email [email protected], and hang out with friendly psychonauts at www.thegrowreport.com

Playlist: Peacekeeper - brotherly love; Peacekeeper - queen of silence


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Thanks for providing these regularly, Max... always enjoyable. :)
 
^^Yup, I got a section on my external HD esp. for keeping these. Prepare to be sampled in the New Wave of Psychedelic Black Trance/metal max....:)

I have one query/suggestion- whats with the intro voice?

Also, do you want some theme music, I'm a producer of electronic sounds myself?
 
This week's episode of psychonautica contains talk by Michael Winkleman from the world psychedelic forum entitled 'psychedelic medicine'. Michael talks about the possible role of psychedelics in human evolution, psychedelics as psycho-integrators, serotonin as a neuro-modulator, bringing together levels of the brain and bringing unconsciousness into consciousness, the legal status of ayahuasca and peyote in the US, ayahuasca churches and tourism, native American's use of peyote, drug fatalities, psychedelics for treatment of substance abuse problems, medical assessments of psychedelics, treatment of cluster headaches, the moral imperative of psychedelic research, treatment of post traumatic stress disorder and the prevalence of PTSD and suicide in the US army, the psychedelic afterglow, treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder, treatment of anxiety in terminal cancer patients, the efficacy of alcoholics anonymous compared to psychedelics, ibogaine and its discovery by addicts, ketamine and its similarity to psychedelics, therapeutic use of peyote, alcoholism among native Americans, peyote as a de-semanticizing agent, the importance of sexual abstinence and fasting prior to entheogen use, and different approaches to the employment of psychedelics in therapeutic settings.


playlist: Pladavark - pay attention

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swilow said:
Prepare to be sampled in the New Wave of Psychedelic Black Trance/metal max....:)


*cringe*

I have one query/suggestion- whats with the intro voice?

she is from Australia, her pseudonym is Black Beauty, she does her own podcast every now and then on the same podcast network, called 'BB's bungalow' which you can hear on www.dopefiend.co.uk.

It was KMO, of the c-realm podcast (http://c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/), who hooked that all up and produced the intro, he is the creator of psychonautica


Also, do you want some theme music, I'm a producer of electronic sounds myself?


see pm, im not really looking for a new intro as im not yet bored of the one im using now, but instrumentals and transition samples would be most welcome
 
what part of arkansas are yall in? im in fayetteville, glad to see some other arkansas folks on this board
 
Johnny-Ringo said:
what part of arkansas are yall in? im in fayetteville, glad to see some other arkansas folks on this board


it's kmo who lives in Arkansas, and he doesnt post here unfortunately


im from England
 
In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays the 2nd half of the talk 'psychedelic medicine' from the world psychedelic forum, including a talk by Thomas Roberts about modern practicalities and procedures involved in creating officially approved psychedelic medicines, and a question and answer session to finish it off. Thomas Roberts talks about a corporate model of psychedelic research, including a plan for the next 10 years, the lack of public awareness about psychedelics, public apathy towards the issue, the process of getting drugs made available to the public, how to obtain funding, modern culture's addiction to money, the procedures involved in drug trials and FDA involvement in the process, getting media coverage for drug trials in particular the importance of the financial media, the approximate number of psychedelic drug users in the US and worldwide animal studies with psychedelics, the failure of the CIA's attempts to use LSD for their evil purposes and the efficacy of ibogaine comparaed to methadone for treating heroin addiction.
Also in tis week's psychonautica, Max plays a recording of a trip session with himself and the Oracle in Amsterdam, trying out a smoking combination of Banisteriposis Caapi vine, and extracted freebase DMT, bith Max and the Oracle take turns at smoking the mixture and then report the effects and have a general conversation about psychedelics.


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Psychonautica 41

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In this week's edition of psychonautica, Max first plays a talk by Cynthia Palmer, from the recent world psychedelic forum in Basel Switzerland, entitled "she-shamans, an illustrated history of women and psychedelics", Cynthia talks about the connection of women to sacred plants, the role of the feminine in nature, women as yin in taoist philosophy, Cleopatra, the mountain girl and Maria Sabina, artefacts from Greece showing the poppy Goddess, Demeter and Persephone, the Goddess of sleep and her sisters ganja, coca, tobacco and amanita, morphine, datura, the feminine aspect of mushrooms, morning glories, Salvia Divinorum the shepherdess, yage, women in amazonian ayahuasca ceremonies, Isis as modern counterpart of Maria Sabina (the prototype shaman), mushroom veladas, the ancient shaman Pithia and her intoxication with henbane, cannabis and datura, the temptation of Eve in Eden to eat the forbidden toadstool, the hashish assassin's visit to the paradise of virgins, Mary Pinchot Meyer's relationship with president Kennedy, her assassination and destruction of her diary, anita hoffman and her friendship with Cynthia Palmer, Nancy Reagan and Brownie Mary's pot brownies, the ancient Greek poet Sappho, the ambrosia of the Gods, ancient Greek use of mixed psychoactive wine, Mary Robinson's poetry and use of opium, her laudunum visions, Coleridge's subsequent laudunum visions, Louisa May Alcott's writings about drugs, her own use of morphine and opium, Anita Berber, Grace slick, Billie Holiday, the psychedelic anthem 'white rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane, Mabel Dodge Luhan's account of a native american peyote ceremony, Gordon Wasson's mycophilic wife Valentina, their visit to Maria Sabina, Laura Huxley, Adele Davis, the hospice movement, medical marijuana, Jane Dunlap, the hookah smoking caterpillar from alice in wonderland as mushroom shaman, Sherana Harriet Frances, the transformation of her art by psychedelics, modern drugs culture, ibogaine, and the heroes of our time, psychedelic researchers.
In the second part of the podcast, Max interviews Caduceus Mercurius of www.psychonaut.com, they talk about the proposed Dutch mushroom ban, the proposal to include Amanita Muscaria into the proposal and the unusual reasoning behind this decision, the English mushroom ban in 2005, comparison of amanita mushrooms to psilocybe mushrooms, Christianity and mushrooms, the history of coffeeshops in Holland, Dutch tolerance, the banning of MDMA, the forthcoming Dutch release of pharmacratic inquisition, French ayahuasca ban and intolerant attitude to herbs, Dutch protests over the proposed mushroom ban, Dutch politician's behaviour, outdoor mushroom cultivation and the psychonaut channel on youtube.

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Psychonautica 42:
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In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout, fresh back from holidays, first mentions the new psychedelic podcast 'blacklight in the attic' from Sancho and cody, and also the latest episode of Black Beauty's 'BB's bungalow' podacst which features several trip reports from the recent 4/21 dopestock group mushroom trip in Vondelpark, Amsterdam. Next, Max plays a talk by Jeremy Narby from the World Psychedelic Forum, entitled 'synergies between science and shamanism', Narby talks about Gordon Wasson and Maria Sabina, including comparisons that were made between Sabina and Quetzlcoatl's daughter, the use of ayahuasca to treat tuberculosis which was revealed in an ayahuasca vision, the relation of Amazonian cultures to hi-tech cultures, the volatile interface between science and shamanism, the difference between the scientific and shamanic understandings of the concepts of 'hallucination' and 'knowledge', the differing perspectives of shamanic subjectivity and scientific objectivity, combining systems of knowledge, bi-cognitivism, comparison of systems of knowledge to languages, Francis Crick's discovery of the DNA double helix, and the use of psychedelics as a visualizing tool.

'Blacklight in the attic' psychedelic podcast:
http://blacklightattic.podomatic.com/

Playlist: Peacekeeper - If you don't mind (I'm going home)

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Psychonautica 43:
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In this week's edition of psychonautica, Max first says R.I.P to George Carlin, then mentions a new psychedelic music podcast, 'behind the eyelids' by Zeke0. Next, Max plays a talk from the world psychedelic forum, from several members of the MAPs team, called 'kicking the habit, Ibogaine in the treatment of opiate addiction'. They talk about the ibogaine containing plant, Tabernanthe Iboga, and its shamanic use by the Bwiti tribe of Gabon, its use for 'binding across time' and meeting tribal ancestors, clinical studies of ibogaine with opiate addiction, the history of the Western discovery of ibogaine, the illegalisation of ibogaine in various countries, underground supplies of ibogaine, the ban of ibogaine for olympic athletes, ibogaine related deaths, the process of ibogaine therapy, the 24-36 hour long trips, the importance of aftercare following the trip, ibogaine as a catalyst, not a cure for addiction, ibogaine retreats, necessary precautions for ibogaine treatments, the range of substance addictions treatable with ibogaine, the duration of ibogaine treatments, the transpersonal approach to treatment, the difference between a guide, a sitter and a facilitator, statistics relating to ibogaine treatment success, and the ibogaine afterglow.
In the second part of the podcast, Max gives a detailed trip report from his recent ayahuasca initiation, involving 2 very different experiences over a weekend, with a shaman and a proper ceremonial setting..


web links:
http://rev_zeke.podomatic.com/

Playlist: Alpha Rhythm - open ending

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In this week's episode of psychonautica, Max first mentions a new psychedelic podcast, 'psychedelic shaman', then, Max plays the second half of the talk started in psychonautica #44, from Annie Mithoefer and Sameet Kumar, called 'developing LSD, psilocybin and other psychedelics into legal prescription medicines'. First Annie Mithoefer talks about MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, using drugs such as benzodiazepine to combat anxiety encountered in MDMA sessions, other challenges of MDMA therapy, integrating anger and other strong emotions, talking about patient's emotions with them, therapy as a 'path', and a personal account of a course of MDMA therapy. Next, Sameet Kumar talks about using psilocybin to deal with end-of-life existential anxiety in patients with advanced terminal cancer. Sameet talks about the depotentiating effect of SSRIs on psilocybin, the medications which are usually used to treat cancer such as interferon, anxiety experienced by cancer patient's care-givers, the inclusion criteria for psilocybin therapy, and the setting of therapy sessions.
Finally, Max talks about the similarity of the process of medicinal psychedelic therapy, to ordinary recreational use of psychedelic use, the recent news of a mushroom-related suicide in Holland, and its implications for the proposed dutch mushroom ban, the effect of psychedelic drugs on the experience of spontaneous self-control, and more information about the recent update on the psilocybin research from John Hopkins university.


web links:
psychedelic shaman podcast and blog - http://psychedelicshaman.blogspot.com/2005/12/psychedelic-shaman-podcast-1.html

Playlist: Wookie Foot - muerte y suenos

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In this week's episode of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays the first half of a panel discussion from the World Psychedelic forum, called 'the birth of the psychedelic movement, a look back at another America', featuring Carolyn Garcia, Ralph Metzner, Cynthia Palmer, Michael Horowitz and Dale Pendell. First, Dale Pendell talks about the successes and failures of the 1960s psychedelic movement, its exposure by the media and eventual co-option, the main contributors to the movement, and his own experiences. Next, Cynthia Palmer talks about the conservative, repressed 1950s, her experiences as a teenager during this period, her introduction to drugs and move to New York, growing cannabis and getting busted. Next, Ralph Metzner talks about his forthcoming book with Ram Dass, the consciousness-expanding experience of being born, and various other metaphors for consciousness expansion, Paul stamet's new book 'mycelium running', the mutual understanding between psychedelic people, the illegalisation of psychedelic drugs and different approaches to psychedelic expression. Next, Michael Horowitz talks about the high doses of LSD routinely used in the 1960s, the release of the Beatles' 'Sergeant Pepper's lonely hearts club' album in 1967, the abundance of love in the 1960s and his first trip alone. Finally, Carolyn Garcia talks about the concept of a chemically enhanced human being, the miraculous size of an LSD dose, the rapid changes and uncontrollability of the 1960s psychedelic movement, the political backdrop of the period, the music scene of the 1960s, and the protection it provided, Grateful Dead concerts as a conduit of the psychedelic movement, the end of the 1960s and its loss of freedom, the lasting effect of the 1960s on computer technology.
In the second part of the podcast, Max documents fan5tastic's first DMT experience, with a written trip report, and a recording of the aftermath of the trip, involving an account of a visit to an intense world of geometric patterns.
 
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In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout plays the second part of the panel discussion started last week between Carolyn Garcia, Ralph Metzner, Dale Pendell, Cynthia Palmer and Michael Horowitz entitled 'The birth of the psychedelic movement, a look back at another America'. This is the question and answer session at the end of the discussion, topics that are discuused include the books written by switched on academics in the 1960s, the importance of dialogue and circle formation for the psychedelic movement, the importance of the internet, the Gaia hypothesis, what psychedelics can contribute to the modern world, psychedelic churches and the possibility of setting up an LSD church, Orwellian doublespeak in the capitalist marketplace, the initial flowering of the psychedelic movement with Albert Hoffman's discovery of LSD and the public availability of scientific data, the progress of the psychedelic movement and visionary subcultures. Finally Max mentions the new book by Paul Stamets
'Mycelium running - how mushrooms can save the world' and talks about the discovery of fungus growing inside the disused nucear reactor at Chernobyl.

Playlist: The Kumba Mela experiment - East of the river Ganges

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