The Entheogenic Evolution

As promised, here's Part II of my short and whimsical audiobook,  God's Handbook for Operating Human Vehicles - a No Nonsense, No Strings Attached Approach to Universal Being.  After next week's interview, I'll be continuing with sharing of  Tales of Aurduin  with volume III of the series,  The Alchemist and the Eagle between interview episodes . If you've missed any of book I or II, you can find...

This week I've got another new addition to my "Psychedelic Oregon" series with Mike Kirkwood, proprietor of Shrooms Cafe, right here in my hometown of Ashland, Oregon. At this unconventional cafe, paying members can partake of low doses of psilocybin mushrooms, as allowed in the Oregon Psilocybin Program, and then stick around and enjoy a social event or musical performance. Mike and I talked all...

Before starting in with volume three of  Tales of Aurduin ,  The Alchemist and the Eagle,  I thought we'd take a fun, cheeky diversion into my quirky (and short) audiobook of  God's Handbook for Operating Human Vehicles - A No-nonsense, No Strings Attached Approach to Universal Being  (also available in full-color fractal art print and ebook versions). I've broken it up into two parts. Here's Part...

My guest this week is psychedelic integration guide and facilitator, Julian Bermudez, who joined me last month from his home in Portland, Oregon. Julian shares raw personal details of his own experiences with trauma and healing through psychedelics, which has deeply informed his approach of how he works with clients. You can learn more about his practice at his website, psychedelic-integration.net...

My guest this week is Heather Smith who runs The Moxie School in Asheville, NC (not to be confused with my home town of Ashland, Or!). At the Moxie School, Heather focuses on training individuals in the use of Internal Family Systems Therapy in conjunction with Psychedelic Assisted Therapy. This conversation adds to the growing body of interest in how these two work together and compliment each ot...

Tom Hatsis has just released his latest book, Psychedelic Injustice: How Identity Politics Poisons the Psychedelic Renaissance , and he joined me for a detailed conversation about it last week. In this book, Tom takes a critical eye on various ways that the "culture wars" have impacted the contemporary psychedelic movement where, in his assessment, narratives and ideologies have created divisivene...

My guest this week is Shannon Brown, sound healer and organizer of the four-day free online event, "Sacred Sounds Summit," which starts today, June 23rd. In this interview Shannon not only tells her personal story of turning to sound healing via psychedelic experience, but also all about the event, what inspired it, and what participants can expect. You do need to register to participate in this f...

My guest this week is Dr. Tracy Townsend, founder and facilitator at Meadow Medicine in Portland, Oregon, which provides legal psilocybin services. We had a great conversation about not only how the program and facility run, but also what inspired Tracy to turn from conventional medicine to psychedelic therapy. Also, as mentioned in the opening, my next guest will be Shannon Brown, who has organiz...

Author Elina Teboul is my guest this week, discussing her new book,  Feminine Intelligence: How Visionary Leadership Can Shape Business for Good. As a business leader, Elina found her own perspective deeply transformed by therapeutic work with psychedelics, and she doesn't shy away from sharing about her experiences and perspective in her book. While American culture has taken a radicalized shift...

Stephan Kerby, director of the Mindscape Institute , comes back on the podcast to share all about his new book, Trauma-Informed 5-MeO-DMT Facilitation: An Educational Manual , which we produced together expanding on materials used for the class of the same name with the institute. In this conversation we discuss not only the content, but also the process of how the book came about, what it offers,...

Author and psychedelic therapist, Ashley Booth, returns to the podcast after many years to share about her new book, Quieting the Storm Within: An Illustrated Introduction to Your Parts Through Internal Family Systems and Beyond . Going beyond the scope of the book itself, much of our conversations focuses on how and why IFS is being used in conjunction with psychedelic therapy and integration. He...

This week the play and musical, "Ayahuasca Inside Out," debuts at the NY Fringe Festival, opening on Monday, April 14th, and running through the 20th. To help hype up the event, I had a great conversation with Loren Crea Abbade and Anthony Hidalgo to tell us all about it last week to get this out in time to mark their opening day and celebrate how what originated as a birthday surprise ended up as...

I'm welcoming Mario Garnier back onto the podcast this week. Mario is one of the founders of the World Bufo Alvarius Congress, held for several years in Mexico City. He's now running a mens' retreat program in Mexico called " Bufo Camp ," so I thought it would be a good time to bring him back on the podcast to share all about it. Mario also recently created an AI-generated conversation about Bufo...

I'm joined by Austin West this week sharing his journey into psychedelic medicines, healing through crisis, why "safety" isn't always the best priority, and more. Austin leads men's groups, offers mentoring, and also provides holistic approaches to wellbeing through Entheos Holistics. We had a great conversation the other month and here it is for your listening pleasure. You can find out more abou...

This week's episode is all about my personal creative process. I'm taking 5 tracks off my new album, "The Alchemist and the Eagle," and sharing with the listeners about the stories behind the stories behind the music. With each song, I share about what went into creating it, how it fits with the novel, and how events and experiences in my personal life shaped the characters and plot developments i...

This week I'm welcoming back to the podcast Canada-based 5-MeO-DMT facilitator, Chad Charles. Chad has just launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for a one-of-a-kind 5-MeO-DMT research project. As he shares with us here on the podcast, he's collected a wealth of notes and data from all of his sessions and is now looking to comb through this trove of data to find patterns, results, and insigh...

I'm taking a detour from my regular rhythm on the podcast this week to share some of my thoughts on the current state of the US and the fascist regime change underway, orchestrated with maximum chaos, brutality, corruption, and incompetency. Here I'm reading from three essays I've previously posted online where I'm applying my background as a professor of Religious Studies. The first, "What is a C...

I'm joined this week by Nick Sun from the Land Down Under - Psychedelic comedian, author, podcaster, and fun time medicine man. We hope this interview puts a smile on your face. You can learn more about Nick at NickSun.com.au

This week's podcast is a conversation between Stephan Kerby and myself about my upcoming class on 5-MeO-DMT Integration Specialist Training via Mindscape Institute . There are now only 3 spaces left in my class, so if you want in, the time to act is NOW. Class starts on Feb 26th (and next 5-MeO facilitator training starts April 27th). Also speaking of 5, I'm giving another shout-out to Pyasa and h...

For this episode I've invited Ezekiel Couper, who was one of the students in the first round of the 5-MeO-DMT Facilitator's course with Mindscape Institute onto the podcast to share his story and his post-class focus on providing integration services. Ezekiel comes with a rocky story of abuse, substance abuse, and finding healing and transformation with psychedelics. He shares his story, his exper...

I have a multi-guest interview for you to kick off the 18th year of The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast: Laurel Younis, Darron Smith, and Jenna Kluwe join me for an in-depth conversation about the psilocybin facilitator training program at Emerald Valley Institute in Eugene, Or. With the first legal psilocybin assisted services program in the country, Oregon is a model for how it can be done elsewhe...

My guest, Julio Rivera, offers super-heroic mushroom retreats in Jamaica for advanced practitioners which combines Jungian psychology with Tibetan Buddhist energetic parasite extraction. Sound exotic? Well, listen in to learn more! If it sounds like something you'd like to participate in, you can find more info about Julio and his offering at www.shape-my.life . We also discuss Julio's anonymous p...

My guest this week is new author, Wade Richardson, whose book,  The Psychedelic Mindmeld is being released this month. Wade's book address the phenomenon of psychic and energetic cross-over when normal egoic boundaries are suspended or dissolved. Our conversation covers examples, practices, and methods for getting into these profound states. Obviously, this is not work for beginners and is best su...

Shaun Ryan was my fellow panelist at Psychedelic Awakening 2024 in Los Angeles last month and is an ayahuasca and 5-MeO-DMT facilitator. Since we shared the stage together, I thought it would be fruitful to invite him onto the podcast so I could get to know him better and also bring you another great conversation, so that's what happened. Shaun shares his personal healing and transformation journe...

Nyx returns to the podcast this week to discuss her new book,  The Dawn of the Astrorganism: Aligning Humanity, AI, and the Earth's Future.  I'll let our conversation unpack all of that. You can learn more at her website, Astrorganism.earth