Adventures Through The Mind

Dr. Darcia Narvaez joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to explore how early life experiences shape our morality and culture in adulthood and the kind of early life that leads to human thriving—what she calls The Evolved Nest.

We also explore the impact 10,000 years of unnested children is having on our psychology, our morality, and our civilization as a whole; how early life nesting experiences lead to what Narvaez's calls Cycled Of Cooperative Companionship; and how the undercare of being unnested leads to Cycles Of Competitive Detachment—the cycle most of us are locked into now, a cycle that is definably unhuman.

Furthermore, we explore what it means and what it takes to break that competitive detachment cycle and come back into healthy connection with ourselves, each other, and the natural world.

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(0:00) Opening (1:48) Episode Overture (7:09) Patreon Thanks (8:05) Setting up for this episodes content (11:03) The Nine Components of the Evolved Nest (see below for a list) (22:12) The cycles of adult behaviour, culture, and child rearing echoing from the impact of early life experiences. (27:08) Early life stress leads to self-centered morality in adulthood (30:30) Early life "nestedness" leads to Cycles of Cooperative Companionship (31:51) The early life experiences that lead to the Cycle of Competitive Detachment (34:33) How the cycle of competitive detachment impacts the community (38:18) Undercare of children leads to authoritarianism, tribalism, and supremacy in adult cultures (46:13) North American culture raises of to be unhuman (52:44) Connection is an essential nutrient and its deficiency creates a society of hungry ghosts (57:00) The differences between how undercare impact males vs females (1:03:46) The pandemic isolation has damaged our nervous systems (1:05:35) It's important to expand our sense of connection beyond our anthropocentric conditioning | Connecting with nature (1:09:58) Are we really more busy than before, or just more inclined towards an anxious stress response (1:11:47) Practices to increasing our sense of connection | https://ecoattachment.dance (1:18:02) The potential impact of psychedelics to increase our sense of connection (1:21:36) The wellness-informed pathway vs the trauma-informed pathway (1:24:18) My sense of the value of Darcia Narvaez's work (1:26:18) Links for further connecting with Dr. Narvaez (1:27:22) Closing

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Noah Cebuliak joins us to explore what Tarot and Asotlrogy are and are not; their use and history of involvement with psychedelic work; wagering fair skepticism with pragmatism and opportunity; the use of astrology for spiritual bypassing; how we can work with both astrology and tarot for our psychedelic preparation and integration; and more. For links to Noah's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind157 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter

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***Feature Image made from the art of Oliver Hibert and his Psychedelic Tarot Deck*** Episode Breakdown

• What Astrology is (and is not)
• Astrology is correlation, not causation (Grof and Tarnas)
• Using astrology to time our psychedelic journeys
• How "the godfather of LSD" Stanislav Grof discovered astrology's link to psychedelic experiences
• Wagering fair skepticism with pragmatism and opportunity
• Omen logic and navigating the brilliant mystery
• What a natal chart is, how to get one, and how to use it
• Mercury retrograde and Saturn's return—the good, the bad, and the bypassing
• We need to grow up out of cultural and spiritual neoteny
• Your life is not about you
• What Tarot is (and is not)
• Noah's perspective on how I (James) use tarot
• Debating the value of using a book reference to read tarot
• Reading tarot while on psychedelics
• The conflict between the medical model and encounters with entities?
• The bottom line is that we need to have humility to navigate the Mystery
• How astrology and tarot can help with psychedelic integration
• How to start with tarot
• Noah's contact info

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Sky Otter (Bill Pfeiffer) joins us to talk about Deep Ecology, the problematic place we are in as a planet, and the profound healing potential still available to us, personally and collectively, through coming back into ecstatic communion and relationship with the Earth.

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• Deep ecology, alienation, and spiritual activism
• The value of a spiritual connection to the earth
• The trauma of disconnection, perpetuated
• A civilization of misery and violence
• Hatred against our greatest villains
• Jeff Bezos is a hero (and a villain)
• The profound grief of collapse; the profound miracle of being alive
• What do we do about this? Deep Ecology
• Skepticism and the separate-self
• Changing our perceptual apparatus towards Connection and Mystery
• A moving quote from John Seed
• Finding balance in facing collapse 55 Feeling the pain of the earth; community holds the grief
• Doing the best we can, even though it's nearly impossible
• The role of psychedelic plants in healing our disconnection from nature
• A ceremonial community of psychedelic practice is vital
• Ceremonial maturity in our psychedelic practice
• Befriending our parts through psychedelic mushrooms
• Are psychedelics "tools"?
• The fungi open us up to the ongoing revelation of nature.
• Links to more of Bill/Sky's work
• Landscape Shamanism (course)
• Bill's dream for your life

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What are the healing potentials of expanded states?

It is this question that guides the conversation featured on this episode of Adventures Through The Mind, another Psychedelic Café episode.

Our guests are Maria Papaspyrou, Nir Tradmor, Natasja Pelgrom, and Renee Harvey.

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• Introducing participants
• One clear thought on the question (round 1): What is the healing potential of expanded states?
• Open discussion (round 2)
• Entering into the "we" space, relational work, the healing of connection
• Getting permission from the plant | giving permission to meet ourselves
• The shadow of the mainstream medical psychedelic narrative
• The judgments against "recreational" psychedelic use
• The importance of arriving to psychedelics with beginner's mind
• The psychedelic other | can we trust what "the medicine" tells us?
• The spirits have ego, too | negotiating with
• The purge as a healing mechanism
• Psychedelic marketing and the cringey direction of mainstream psychedelic culture
• "Who owns psychedelics?"
• The impact of psychedelics on how we approach death
• Reciprocity with psychedelics medicine
• Why do we sabotage ourselves?
• The healing potential of expanded states to help us connect with ourselves
• The value of sharing our gratitude for each other
• Belonging, feeling alone, and grieving the loss of belonging
• Psychedelics and working with psychosis
• Closing thoughts on the question (round 3)
• Social Media details for each participant

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Alex Dorr joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to provide us an overview of mushrooms and the fungi kingdom; the anatomy, life cycle, and evolutionary history of mushrooms; and the role fungi play in the very foundations of life on this planet.

We also talk about mycoremediation, mycotechnologies, and go in-depth about the health effects of functional mushrooms such as reishi, lion's mane, and cordyceps.

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• An overview of mushrooms and the fungi kingdom
• Mushroom evolution, anatomy, and life cycle
• How mushrooms support the foundation of life itself
• Mycoremediation (using fungi to fix industrial pollution)
• Using psilocybin is mycoremediation of human trauma
• Criticisms of the mainstreaming and industrializing of psilocybin
• Functional mushrooms and their benefit on human health
• The health effects of Lion's Mane, Cordyceps, and Reishi mushrooms
• Four guidelines to follow for finding good quality functional mushrooms (sourcing, extraction, lab-tested, dose)
• Issues around Chaga mushroom extraction and sourcing
• Importance of ensuring good extraction methods
• The importance of ensuring functional mushrooms are certified organic and lab-tested
• Getting the right dose for your functional mushrooms
• Mycoprotein, aka mushroom meat
• Mycowood for making musical instrument
• Mycopesticides for malaria mosquitos
• Malaria medication nightmares

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Jesse Gould of Heroic Hearts Project is on the show for this episode to talk about his own battle with PTSD and his recovery through ayahuasca therapy. We also talk about the challenges of integrating back into civilian life after combat, the tragic mental health and suicide statistics amongst veterans, and the role Heroic Hearts Project is playing to help those veterans.

More than that though, Jesse and I speak about what it's like as a soldier to find out that their government lied to justify the war they were traumatized by being in; the impact of military expansionism on the climate crisis; whether or not "the psychedelic cure" will be used by governments to justify continuing war; and, whether or not ayahuasca healing has any noticeable effects on one's political stance on the military.

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• What is Heroic Hearts Project?
• The mental health crisis amongst veterans
• The two extreme realities of veterans' life though
• The challenges of becoming a civilian after being made a soldier
• Jesse's journey from the Military, through PTSD, and to ayahuasca
• Harming and self-harming amongst veterans
• The mismanagement of mental health care on behalf of the Veteran Associations
• Jesse's journey into ayahuasca and what he learned
• A powerful story of a Veteran's transformation out of PTSD through ayahuasca
• The crisis of meaning when a soldier learns that the reason they were at war was based on lies
• Does ayahuasca change a veteran's perspective on the military-industrial complex?
• Does ayahuasca change a veteran's perspective on the military, itself?
• No, psychedelics do not fundamentally alter your political views or make you a better person
• Responding to the ecological destruction of the military-industrial complex and military expansionism
• Will "the psychedelic cure" for veteran PTSD be used by the military to justify continuing war
• The shifting cultural tides in the USA regarding kinetic warfare
• What Heroic Hearts is up to now (services and research)

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Dr. Monica Gagliano takes us on a deep dive into the results of her scientific research into plant intelligence. But she also shares the profound impact of her personal encounters with the living intelligence of the natural world, and what those encounters have revealed about herself, about life, and about the murderous consequences of modern scientific training.

We also explore definitions of intelligence and plant intelligence; the impact of anthropocentrism on our relationship to the natural world; listening to and learning from plants; and the role of altered states and psychedelics in our capacity to directly communicate with not only plants, but the intelligent life of nature itself.

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• What is intelligence?
• What is plant Intelligence?
• Why we assume plants aren't intelligent
• Gagliano's transformation away from "cold-hearted scientist"
• How anthropocentric bias in Academia delegitimizes plant intelligence research
• Plant bioacoustics and shamanic medicine songs
• Voice, plant voice, and how we silence them
• An example of listening to plants
• Appropriation and the silencing of plant intelligence
• The history of our enslavement to wheat
• What if plants listened to plants as a "someone" and not a "something"
• Slowing down and letting yourself be confused is a good thing
• The role of altered states in communicating with and learning from plants
• The psychedelic experience is happening all the time
• The role of plant dietas in healing
• Allowing our encounters with the natural world to become meaningful moments of learning and insight
• What medicine means
• A closing poem from The Spoke The Plant

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Ed Prideaux joins us to discuss what Hallucinogen Perception Persisting Disorder (HPPD) is, its symptoms, its history, its association with other mental health conditions, how widespread it seems to be, and how it isn't necessarily a negative experience.

We also speak of psychedelic flashbacks--what they are and what they are not; the role of memory, trauma, and neuroplasticity in HPPD; the pathologizing of neurodiversity; and each of our personal experiences of the condition.

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• What is Hallucinogen Perception Persisting Disorder?
• James' personal experiences of HPPD
• HPPD is much more common than we realize, and not always negative
• The potentially serious negative consequences of HPPD
• The harm of drug stigma, cultural ignorance, and pathologizing of neurodiversity
• The urgency of HPPD
• The pharmacological treatments for HPPD
• Psychedelic flashbacks: what they are, and what they are not
• HPPD is not necessary the consequence of psychedelics
• Genetic predispositions to HPPD
• Memory triggers, Neruoplastiocity and being traumatized by psychedelics (bad trips)
• HPPD can be positive, too
• The current treatments for HPPD
• The relationship between Cannabis and HPPD
• Something everyone should know about HPPD
• Why do people who don't have HPPD think it's not real?
• How to create better awareness around Hallucinogen Perception Persisting Disorder
• Links to Ed Prideaux's Twitter, The Perception Restoration Foundation, and some Australia studies happening now/soon

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Chris Kilham joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to explore yoga, cannabis, and yoga and cannabis. We also explore the spirit of cannabis, psychedelics in general as a part of spiritual practice, and the dangerous pitfalls of spiritual narcissism and delusions that arise from all spiritual practice, and especially insular spiritual communities. For links to Chris' work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind151 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** OUR SPONSOR R/EVOLUTION: A Deep Dive Course for Psychedelic Explorers Use code JESSO for 15% off until November 1st Before then, there are also 15 tickets for a greater discount with code ADVOCATEJESSO until that tier sells out. For more info visit the course page.

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• Chris Kilham's yoga practice history
• Yoga and cannabis for chronic pain and back injuries
• What is Yoga and what is the point of the practice?
• Spiritual narcissism and insular spiritual communities
• Psychedelic use and messianic delusions
• Spiritual/psychedelic practice for the development of the healthy self
• The importance of a healthy community in your integration
• Is cannabis a psychedelic? How?
• Yoga and the spirit of cannabis
• What message are the different plant spirits trying to teach us?
• Different cultivars and the spirit of cannabis
• Don't anthropomorphize plant spirits
• The pharmacology of cannabis and endocannabinoid system (ECS)
• The wonder of LSD and the discovery of serotonin
• Is microdosing a placebo?
• the stigma again using drugs with spiritual practice
• The risk of psychosis with psychedelics
• Psychedelics are well beyond the therapeutic framework
• The value of psychedelics beyond therapy
• 2nd Gen psychedelics and the failings of the corporate mindset
• Important advice for your first cannabis-yoga experience

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Shelley and Charley Wininger join us to tell a story of great loss, one that provides the context to wonder about the potential of group MDMA experiences for grief and the recently bereaved, as well as questions about death and dying, feeling safe to be vulnerable, and the profound healing of togetherness in times of great loss. ... For links to Winingers's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind150 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below*** SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/ ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Eliz C, Chuck W, Nathan B, & Nick M Episode Breakdown

• The relevant background of Charley & Shelley's relationship and community
• The story of the death of Shelley's son
• Their yearly group roll
• The MDMA grief circle
• Shelley sharing during the MDMA grief circle
• "I never want to go to a conventional wake again"
• The muting of emotions during modern funerals
• Feeling safe to feel the full pain of grief
• MDMA and learning to feel safe to be vulnerable
• Integrating MDMA into community grief processes
• Grieving the loss of safety and connection
• The MDMA middle way
• The MDMA experience is a holy space of profound togetherness and Love
• How MDMA impacted Shelley's grieving process
• Learning to be wrecked on schedule
• Openly crying gives others permission to touch the tears in themselves
• Feeling safe to feel with MDMA
• Charley checks in with me
• The integration of a group MDMA grief circle
• Generational differences in stigma against MDMA

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