End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)

A native of Los Angeles, Dr. Strassman has degrees from Stanford, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (M.D.), general psychiatry training at UC Davis, and clinical psychopharmacology fellowship training at UC San Diego.  Joining the faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in 1984, his clinical research on melatonin discovered its first known function in humans.  

Between 1990-1995 he performed the first new US clinical research with psychedelic drugs-DMT and psilocybin-in a generation.  From 1995-2008, he practiced general psychiatry in community mental health and the private sector.  He has authored or co-authored nearly 50 peer-reviewed papers, has served as guest editor and reviewer for numerous scientific journals, and consulted to various government, non-profit, and for-profit entities.

His best selling book DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2002) has been translated into 13 languages and is the basis of a successful independent documentary that he co-produced.  In 2008, he co-authored Inner Paths to Outer Space. His interest in Hebrew biblical prophecy and psychedelia resulted in his 2014 book DMT and the Soul of Prophecy.  His first novel, Joseph Levy Escapes Death, was published in 2019.   The Psychedelic Handbook appeared in 2022.  

This podcast focuses on his latest work My Altered States which will be released in December 2024.  As discussed in the podcast, a limited  number of signed copies can be pre-ordered from Rick's website:  https://www.rickstrassman.com/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-302-rick-strassman-md-my-altered-statesdmt-the-spirit-molecule

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Ikara retreat center is located in the southern zone of Costa Rica.  Ikara is the western representative of Mboka A Nzambe -- one of the last traditional Bwete villages in Gabon.  

King Adumangana of Mboka A Nzambe invited Kuma to join the African village and be initiated as a Miobe Nganga.  During his initiation, Kuma was taken deep into the Babongo territories (the home of the Babongo Pygmies) in Dibios to do his rite of passage Mweli before his initiation could be completed.   Kuma was the first westerner to be initiated for this great privilege.  King Adumangana wanted Kuma to be his advocate for the west and convey the knowledge, teachings, and spirituality of Bwete.  

In this way, the main aim of Ikara is to screen people who may wish to visit Mboka A Nziambe in Gabon.  King Adumangana wants people to come and experience the traditional process of rebirth in its traditional manner.  Ikara offers traditional Babongo Miobe Ombudi Iboga ceremonies as taught by Spiritual Father King Adumangana.  All profits go directly to Mboka A Nzambe and the 7 Babongo villages supported in Dibois.

For more information about the Ethos and offerings of these sacred and special places, please see:  https://www.ikararetreat.com/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ikararetreat/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-301-kuma-bwenze-bweteibogareconciliationspiritual-possession

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Tim Wyatt is an esoteric writer, lecturer, researcher and organizer.  A broadcast and print journalist for half a century (BBC, ITV, Guardian, The Economist and SKY), he has won awards for his plays and TV documentaries.  He has produced numerous TV films and currently writes for various esoteric publications worldwide.   He is the author of more than fifty books including Cycles of Eternity:  An Overview of Ageless Wisdom and Everyone's Book of the Dead the latter being the focus of this podcast.

He is the founder of the The School of Applied Wisdom based in Leeds and also helps to run Leeds Theosophical Society.

For more information about Tim, be sure to check out his publishing company Firewheel Books: https://firewheelbooks.co.uk/

The Myth of Death documentary is available here:  https://youtu.be/tRgvhidRMN4

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/EsotericAuthorTimWyatt/

@ThatDeathShow:  https://www.youtube.com/@ThatDeathShow

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-300-tim-wyatt-everyones-book-of-the-dead

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In Embracing Paradox, Evolving Language (2024), L.E. Maroski proposes that humanity is poised on the cusp of a transformation of consciousness that requires not only a shift in values and perspectives, but also a shift in a basic technology we take for granted--language.  Maroski questions the cultural assumptions that are built into the structure of language and invites the reader to imagine and ultimately to help develop novel structures of language that arise from different assumptions.  To do so, she shows how we can draw inspiration from paradoxical topological forms, such as the Mobius strip and Klein bottle, as they embody both unity and duality/multiplicity.  By seeing our reality not simply in terms of either/or but also in terms of both(many)/and, perhaps we can better appreciate the wholeness of all existence.  

For more information about Lisa, please see: https://lisamaroski.com

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-299-le-maroski-embracing-paradox-evolving-language-expressing-the-unity-and-complexity-of-integral-consciousness

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Ian Duncan is a Daoist Priest and spiritual alchemist.  He transmits perspectives and methods direct from Source and study in the Dao and Dzogchen, and accomplishment in Inner Alchemy.  In the Daoist tradition, he carries these lineages:  30th Generation Complete Reality Dragon Gate Secret Lineage; 2nd Generation Wu Family Lineage; 25th Generation Complete Reality Dragon Gate XuanWu Lineage.  In the Bonpo tradition, he carries these Dzogchen transmissions:  A-tri Dzogchen Transmission from His Holiness the 33rd; Zhang Zhung Oral Transmission fromn Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. 

Be sure to check out his many offerings on these subjects, and links to his classes, and podcast "The Straight Hook" on his website:  https://completereality.org/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-298-ian-duncan-chinese-alchemydaoismintegration-vs-merging

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Paul Wyld is a singer-songwriter, artist, poet, and author of Jim Morrison: Secret Teacher of the Occult:  A Journey to the Other Side which is set to be released on September 10th.

In this podcast, we focus on Jim Morrison and the Doors, and how despite Jim Morrison's reputation (forwarded by the "Establishment") as lewd drunken performer, he was in reality a full-fledged mystical shamanic figure, a secret teacher of the occult who was not only central to the development of rock music, but to the growth of the Western esoteric tradition as a whole.

To connect with Paul, and connect with his work and offerings, please see:  https://paulwyld.com/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-297-paul-wyld-jim-morrison-and-the-occult-a-journey-to-the-other-side

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Darragh Mason is a writer, researcher, and award-winning travel and documentary photographer.  He has worked in post-war countries such as Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo.  He is best know for his work on the Aghori Hindu sect and work surrounding the Djinn. 

Darragh hosts the award-nominated podcast Spirit Box and is the co-creator of the Sigil Engine, a technomantic art project https://www.sigilengine.com/

This podcast will focus on his newly released book, Song of the Dark Man which is a study into the enigmatic devil of folkloric witchcraft and his many forms.  For more information about Darragh and to visit his gallery collection, please see:   https://www.darraghmason.com/index

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-296-darragh-mason-song-of-the-dark-manfather-of-witcheslord-of-the-crossroads

Have a blessed weekend!  (artwork courtesy of David Sekula)

Dr. David Shoemaker is a clinical psychologist in private practice specializing in Jungian and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy.  David is the Chancellor and Prolocutor of the Temple of the Silver Star, (https://totss.org/), a Thelemic initiatory and educational organization.  He is a long-standing member of the O.T.O and A.'.A.'., (https://onestarinsight.org/), and has many years of experience training initiates in these traditions.

David is the host of the "Living Thelema" podcasts, and is the author of Living Thelema (2013), Winds of Wisdom (2016), and Llewellyn's Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick (2020--with Lon Milo DuQuette) and many other workings.  This podcast will focus on his latest work The Way of the Will--Thelema in Action (2024).

For information about David's therapy practice, please see:  https://dr-shoemaker.com/.  You can also visit him at the upcoming "Thelemacon" in October https://thelemacon.org/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-295-dr-david-shoemaker-living-thelemathe-way-of-the-will

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Dr. Nicholas Brink is a psychologist (Ph.D. U.C.L.A. 1970) and Past President of the American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery.  He is Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology and is a Certified Teacher of Ecstatic Trance with the Cuyamungue Institute.  He is the author of 10 books (and counting) including:  Listening to the Spirits (2022); Loki's Children:  A Healing Story of Antiquity, Shamanism and Psychotherapy(2022); Grendel and His Mother: Healing the Traumas of Childhood through Dreams (2019); Ecstatic Soul Retrieval (2017); Beowulf's Ecstatic Trance Magic (2016); Trance Journey's of the Hunter-Gatherers (2016); Baldr's Magic:  The Power of Norse Shamanism (2014); The Power of Ecstatic Trance (2013).

He can be reached at:  [email protected] or by his publisher Inner Traditions at:  https://www.innertraditions.com/author/nicholas-e-brink

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-294-dr-nicholas-brink-the-power-of-ecstatic-trance

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Gary Lachman is an author and lecturer on consciousness, counterculture, and the Western esoteric tradition.  His works include Dark Star Rising, Beyond the Robot, and The Secret Teachers of the Western World.  A founding member of the rock band Blondie, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.   

This podcast focuses on his new work, Maurice Nicoll:  Forgotten Teacher of the Fourth Way in which Lachman explores the significance of Nicoll and the novelty of this thought, offering a profound, needed, and sympathetic but critical study of this man so instrumental to the development and legacy of the Fourth Way.  

More information about Gary and his offerings can be found at:  https://www.gary-lachman.com/

This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-293-gary-lachman-junggurdjieffouspenskymaurice-nicoll-forgotten-teacher-of-the-fourth-way

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