End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)

Shannon Duncan is an author, seeker, entrepreneur, and advocate for those looking to heal from trauma.  This podcast will focus on his two books:   Coming Full Circle:  Healing Trauma Using Psychedelics (2023) and Present Moment Awareness (2001 and 2023).   The latter book is also accompanied by the free app:  The Focus Tool which Shannon developed and is available on most platforms. For more info...

Jacob L. Cooper, LCSW, is the author of  Life After Breath (2020) and  The Wisdom of Jacob's Ladder (2023) , the ladder:-) being the focus of this podcast.  Jacob is a sought-after speaker on grief, wisdom, and consciousness, offering meditation and mindfulness seminars to help others find purpose and overcome fears of life after death. He is also a Certified Hypnotherapist specializing in Past Li...

Michael Stuart Ani is a writer, musician, director and explorer.  In the 1960s and 1970s, he lived in Mazateca's remote cloud forest and became the only outsider who was ever allowed to collect the sacred mushroom species of the region.  In the 1980s, he resided with the Yanomami people of the Amazon Rainforest, later co-founding the Amazonia Foundation in 1991.  With this foundation, he was instr...

Donna Wallace is the founder and CEO of the House of Orion, (Melbourne, Australia), dedicated to supporting the ascension process of of Mother Earth, her habitats, and her inhabitants.  In this podcast, we open portals to dive into meditation practices, engage boundaries and undermine intuition in a mischievous manner that continues to bring a smile to my face when I think about it.  Donna has cre...

In this podcast, we focus on Brian's new work  Masks of Origin: Regression in the Service of Omnipotence   which was recently published by Untimely Books.  Brian's work invites the reader on a journey beyond the normal categories of space, time, and narrative structure, toward a further shore of multidimensional and transcendent experience--and who doesn't want a little of that? Other forthcoming...

The legendary  teletai of Orpheus were not simply "hymns"--they were initiatic poems for meditation and ritual, magical, and ceremonial use, each one addressed to a specific diety or virtue.  In  The Magic of the Orphic Hymns , Tamra Lucid and Ronnie Pontiac recapture the magical vitality of the teletai that inspired mystery cults, Western esotericism, art, music and countercultures throughout Wes...

Marlene is an oil painter, writer, and teacher who has spent more than 20 years exploring esoteric and spiritual traditions, including Hermeticism, alchemy, surrealism, symbolism, tarot, psychology, magic, astrology, shamanism and mythology. Her work  Hermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy (2022)  was featured on episode 247 (link below). This podcast focuses on her new work,  The Hermetic Marri...

Eva Marquez is a spiritual consultant, soul healer, guide, teacher and writer with a Pleiadian starseed lineage. She has authored five books, and recently appeared on on Gaia TV's "Beyond Belief."  She works alongside her guides, the Lights of the Universe, a group of light beings from different star nations, including the Pleiades.  In her spiritual practice, she draws on Pleiadian energy, the La...

Steven Martyn, M.A. has spent over 30 years living co-creatively with the Earth, "where the Earth herself is our teacher, where we reside in the company of Gods and where we live surrounded by the reassurance of Her divinity, in all of Nature."  Steven is the co-founder of the Sacred Gardener School (link below) and is the author of three books, The Roundhouse: A Meditation and Guide to Building A...

Alexander Titov is a producer and founder of 108Records--Russia's first all mantra/all kirtan record label.  108Records honors these Ancient Vedic practices with a modern style that resonates with Western concert going audiences.  Indeed, it is Alexander's passion to bring this music which has transformed his life into traditional western music venues in Europe, Asia, and North America. For more i...

Brian James is a soul recovery guide, writer, musician and cultural activist.  He has published three books on yoga, psychedelics, shamanism and depth psychology; hosts a popular podcast called Howl in the Wilderness (formerly Medicine Path); and creates resources to support others on their journey of soul recovery. Brian regularly speaks on topics related to Soul Recovery including psychedelic in...

Richard Kretz has worked in the telecommunications and IT industries both in the military and civilian world.  He is an acclaimed master naturalist, caver, and a member of the prestigious Explorer's Club.  In the 1970s, he studied transcendental meditation under Maharishi Yogi and later spent three years with a Native American Medicine Man.  He was raised to the degree of a Master Mason and has he...

Tenali Hrenak is a folklorist, ethnomusicologist, Sonic Fluffer and Auditory Vernacular of Curiosities at KVMR Public Radio with nationwide distribution.  Field Recording has been a prime passion of his many years, often using them to "decorate" his shows.  Tenali has devoted close to 23 years recording at Rainbow Gatherings in the United States, New Zealand, Mexico and Panama.   This podcast focu...

Chuck Hyde is the founder of the Boulder Light Club, a unique journey that combines Acoustic Resonance Therapy (ART) and Lucia No03 which is a Hypnagogic Embodied Meditation Light Experience.   In this podcast, as much as possible using words, Chuck walks us through the experience at the Light Club, then we explore other dimensions connecting with one of Chuck's favorite scientists of "Light"-- th...

In 2016, Akash was connected to the essence of Guruji, the Avatar of Hinduism's Lord Shiva, in a formless relationship.  Guruji guided him to study A Course in Miracles which is dictated by Jesus.  This study lead to the existence of the book, Introducing You to Your Own Perfection , which is the subject of this podcast. Introducing You to Your Own Perfection was written under challenging circumst...

Nicholas Pearson has been involved in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for nearly three decades.   He is the award-winning author of seven books, including  The Seven Archetypal Stones, Crystals for Karmic Healing,  and  Crystal Basics. Nicholas is among the foremost experts on crystals, combining his background in mineral science with his love of healing, spirituality, and folklore to illustrat...

Don Webb joined the Temple of Set in 1989, where he served as High Priest for 6 years as is recognized as an Ipsissimus.  The author of several books on Left-Hand Path practice and philosophy, including  Energy Magick of the Vampyre,  he lives in Austin, Texas. This podcast will focus on his wonderful new work:  How to Become a Modern Magus:  A Manual for Magicians of all Schools.   In his work, D...

Diego de Oxossi is a Chief of Kimbanda and Orishas Priest.  For more than 20 years he has been researching and presenting courses, lectures, and workshops on pagan and African-Brazilian religions.  He writes a weekly column at CoreSprit.com, is the publisher at Arole Cultural, and is the author of  Traditional Brazilian Black Magic which was featured on End of the Road Episode 194.  This episode w...

Joey Greenstone is a Wachumero (Wachuma/San Pedro Shaman) and founder of wachumAwaken, a Plant Medicine Healing and  Retreat service in the Sacred Valley of the Incas,  Peru.   In addition to guiding ceremonies, Joey provides  Consciousness Development Teaching, Plant Medicine Integration counseling and leads conscious tours to many of the sacred sites and places of power within Peru.    He has be...

Piers Kaniuka is at the forefront of reimagining addiction, recovery and community.    He is the author of Real People, Real Recovery:  Overcoming Addiction in Modern America .  Piers is also the former chair of the department of Transpersonal Psychology at Burlington College and is a core faculty member in the Contemplative Spiritual Direction certificate program at the Alcyon Center in Seal Cove...

Kute Blackson is a transformational speaker and author of the nationally bestselling books  You. Are. The. One and  The Magic of Surrender , the latter being the subject of this podcast.  Kute has been featured on Larry King Now, Fox and Friends, Dr. Drew and  Inc.  magazine calls him "The Mindfulness Guru Billionaires Go To for Advice."   Kute offers a fresh, bold look at spiritual awareness for...

Hamilton Souther is a traditionally trained Ayahuasca Shaman and founder of the Blue Morpho retreat center in Peru.  He is the author of The Mystical Secrets of Medicine vs. Sorcery: The Untold Story of Ayahuasca, Part 1; The Mystical Secrets of Ayahuasca Part 2; Journey of One:  Shifts in Consciousness--Insights from Shamanic Cermonies,  and others.  He also is a serial entrepreneur founding Full...

Angell is the founder of the Sanctuary Shamanic Healing Center and Founder and Executive Director at the New York Bee Sanctuary.  The Sanctuary touches over 50,000 people globally though nature based practices, meditation, sound and energy healing, ancient wisdom teachings, Native American connection, breathwork, permaculture training, herbalism, honey bees and pollinator observations, and organic...

Dr. Enna Reittort describes her journey as follows:  "After ten years in an esoteric caste-denying Indian subculture, I left my academic PhD behind to go barefoot as an aspiring peasant in the spirit of regenerative farming. Perhaps this is 'deep' anthropology rather than theoretical, and in apprenticeship to Nature, the greatest teacher whose language our subtle bodies can understand better than...

Ronnie Pontiac's American Metaphysical Religion is an in-depth exploration of four centuries of American occult and spiritual history, from colonial-era alchemists to 20th-century teachers.  Based on the latest research, Ronnie Pontiac shows how, from the very beginning, America was a vibrant blend of beliefs from all four corners of the world--from the indigenous peoples to colonial-era alchemist...