Halusanation

David Michael joins Halusanation to discuss his spiritual journey and how, after a twenty-year departure from Catholicism, his first dose of psilocybin redirected him onto a spiritual path—albeit in a radically new direction full of spiritual discoveries. On this path, he encountered feelings of reincarnation, as he experienced things that felt more like memories than new experiences. He also enco...

Another update episode where I give an update on the backyard opposums and connect some books together to help you set your expectations until 2033.  The books spoken about are "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss and Neil Howe, "The Fourth Turning is Here" by Neil Howe, "The Storm before the Calm" by George Friedman, "The End of the World is Just Beginning&qu...

I finish the story of the possums from the previous episode and explain what's ahead for the podcast, including my new lean edit-free approach so listeners can have more useful content vs 1 to 2 episodes a year. I explain how the goal is to work more in the present to connect with eros & heart & community instead of how I've usually worked focused on the future, locked in my head...

If we all were to assume we'd be extinct soon, could we put our differences aside and learn to love each other and enjoy the rest of our days? Support the show

Veteran Chad Hale picks up his story after he joined the military instead of choosing prison. Chad explains life in the Army as well as after the military, his time in a government job, and how PTSD continues to create havoc in veterans' lives once out of the military. Though he was working in beautiful Hawaii, he eventually had to leave that life behind and restart in East Texas, finally put...

An American Veteran shares his tale. Told in 3 parts, Chief Warrant Officer (ret.) Chad Hale walks us down his path to redemption after a series of circumstances in his youth landed Chad in the now closed & criminally indicted Glen Mills school for boys. Followed by a tumultuous path to enlistment in the military, Chad shares how he came close to losing himself within his 22 year career as an...

What should you tell your neighbors who are still waving a Trump flag? Guest Chad Hale shares his thoughts.  From the upcoming episode of the first filmed episode of Halusanation.  See the video at www.halusanation.live/news Support the show

On the next episode of Halusanation, of the several things guest Chad Hale talks about, one of them is heard here, regarding the abuse he witnessed while in the United States military. He also speaks re: the recently closed, abusive Glen Mills School for Boys which he was an unfortunate inmate of. After multiple decades of surviving through an American nightmare, he's finally found peace in T...

Whether it's zoomed out in a plane, up close, on the ground in a foreign land, or out of body on hallucinogens, Minneapolis native, recent college grad + artist Delaney Dornik shares his diplomatic perspective with host Dax Martinez-Vargas on how we Americans might benefit from listening more so as to help us break free from our nostalgic delusion patterns and reductive labeling of who we are...

Whether it's how Americans are passed the two party system or waking up from our cozy obsession with nostalgia, Delaney Dornik and I discuss American politics and the traps Americans and global leaders fall into.  - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - Support the show

Director of Communications of Decriminalize Nature Ann Arbor, Myc Williams, explains how he & his team was able to decriminalize all entheogenic substances in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and how anyone can do the same in their community.  Myc and Dax discuss the idea of a Global Hallucinogen Day and how that might work.  Music Featured by Fire Fire Red Star Down: https://firefireredstardown.bandcamp....

Decrim Nature's Myk Williams explains how his team was able to get entheogenic substances in Ann Arbor, Michigan, decriminalized. Myk also shares his perspectives on the benefits of psilocybin and other substances.  Support the show

Alex Pecor discusses what sort of topics, he, as an American, would like to hear about on Halusanation. Dax and he chat about some of these topics.  Support the show

Ousman Sanyang, 18 years old, from Gambia, West Africa, shares his story about his struggle in Gambia since his father died 3 years ago in a timber harvesting accident, leaving Ousman as the man of the house hold with a mother with Parkinson's & 5 younger siblings, one of which now has Maleria. Dax's goal is to make listeners aware of how they can help Ousman with a GoFundMe campaign...

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