Mormons on Mushrooms

Tess rejoins the podcast to discuss what she terms as "Empathic Escapism", where we use our empathy as a way to avoid our own experiences. As empathic beings, we can often fall into the trap of needlessly taking on the pain of other people or wallowing in the sorrows of humanity, instead of simply being present and holding space for them.

Along the way, we discuss:

• Sobriety is a high of its own
• Toad medicine
• The Weeping Buddha 
• God as the King of Germany and the Inventor of Short Pants
• Duality, or both?

As always, Tess is so wise, charming and eloquent. We had so much fun recording this one. Enjoy!


Featured artwork "A Mid Summer Night's Trip" by MEAR ONE (Kalen Ockerman). Check out more of his work at mearone.com  or on instagram @mear_one

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Tess rejoins the podcast to discuss what she terms as "Empathic Escapism", where we use our empathy as a way to avoid our own experiences. As empathic beings, we can often fall into the trap of needlessly taking on the pain of other people or wallowing in the sorrows of humanity, instead of simply being present and holding space for them.

Along the way, we discuss:

• Sobriety is a high of its own
• Toad medicine
• The Weeping Buddha 
• God as the King of Germany and the Inventor of Short Pants
• Duality, or both?

As always, Tess is so wise, charming and eloquent. We had so much fun recording this one. Enjoy!


Featured artwork "A Mid Summer Night's Trip" by MEAR ONE (Kalen Ockerman). Check out more of his work at mearone.com  or on instagram @mear_one

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Shelise joins us to discuss how plant medicine has shifted our views of meditation and prayer since leaving Mormonism. We discuss:

• How are meditation and prayer similar?
• How are they different?
• Sending out individual and collective energy/frequencies
• Reclaiming the spiritual experiences we had as Mormons
• Religious scripts we were given (e.g, praying only in a certain way or to certain deities)
• Telephone game in the temple
• Mormon words that still trigger us

We'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic as well! Feel free to chime in on Instagram or on our community Facebook page. Enjoy!

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Shelise joins us as we break down a recent trip featuring an internal battle between Ant Man and Iron Man. Along the way, we discuss:

• The constant battle between the ego and the self
• Healing the inner child to better align the ego with the self
• Dealing with insecurities
• Experiencing life as a lucid dream
• Manifesting our internal world into the external
• Loving the external to heal our internal
• Ditching the terms "husband" and "wife"
• Ancestral trauma

We had a blast recording this one! Hope it's a nice distraction on Election Tuesday.

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We are thrilled to be joined by Marian--medicine worker, sound healer and modern day witch! 

We discuss so much in this episode! Everything from:

• Witchy women--witches are voices of truth
• Divine Feminine 
• Women Who Run With The Wolves / Tale of Bluebeard
• History of marriage
• Monogamy as a mirror vs. exploring non-Monogamy
• Lilith as the first woman
• Ayahuasca 
• Sexual politics and candid conversations
• Buying condoms for the first time at the age of 28
• Gaia Nights events/retreats
• Illusion of American politics
• "Speaking truth to Power"
• Raising the consciousness of the planet
• What we meditate on is what we become
• And much more....

Marian is a delight and has such amazing energy! We hit the ground running and don't stop until the very end. Enjoy!


About Marian:
Marian is in service to illuminating a path to the Divine through the guidance, support  and advocacy for Plant and Fungi Medicine’s. Her passion was sparked after having her first non-ceremonial experience using Psilocybin Mushroom medicine in 2014. In 2016 Marian was introduced to Shamanism through the Madré Ayahuasca. She channels the wisdom and song of Plant and Fungi Medicines and offers herself in service to those who are drawn to seeking greater heights of consciousness through sound and vibration using medicine wisdom.


Instagram:  @the_path_to_eden

Gaia Nights Events/Retreats: @gaia.nights

November Retreat Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gaia-nights-retreat-tickets-123075302543

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Ayahuasca! Doug and Mike (finally!) share their ayahuasca journey that launched the podcast. Also, this episode is the first (of what will be many) featuring Janae and Eric, two of the most beautiful humans currently walking on Planet Earth. 

We discuss everything from:

• Connection to ancestors
• Ancestral trauma
• DMT Machine Elves
• Plight of the Empath, feeling others emotions as your own
• Holding space vs. carrying others' emotions
• Experiencing many deaths
• Harmonious purging
• Channeling the love of the Divine Feminine
• And so much more!

We've been wanting to share this one for a long time! Can't wait for you to listen.



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We are excited to be joined by David, as he shares with us his recent journey of healing through psychedelic medicine and eastern philosophy. A lifelong Mormon, David's world was torn apart when his young daughter passed away. David eventually sought healing through cannabis and when that proved effective, he dove deeper into other plant medicines and spiritual teachings.

We discuss topics such as:

• Processing Death and Grief, inside and outside of Mormonism
• Mushrooms, peyote, and other plant medicine
• Peyote Way Church of God
• Ram Dass and other spiritual gurus
• The Midnight Gospel
• How religions may have been influenced by psychedelics

Such a fantastic conversation! David has a powerful story and we can't wait for you to hear it.


Art from the Huichol tribe in Mexico representing their annual journey to the sacred mountain of Wirikuta to gather peyote. Artist unknown.

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We are so excited to be joined by our first guest couple...Julie and Dan Larson!

Apart from being an incredible human, Julie is a Kambo Practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist, Intuitive Energy Worker, Medium, and Reiki Master practicing in Provo, Utah. Julie and Dan share their journey of healing from ailments such as migraines, chronic fatigue, Epstein-Barr, depresion and more, through the use of plant medicine and alternative practices. They also share about Julie's work and we go into detail on what to expect from the frog medicine. We hit on topics such as:

• Chronic illness, fatigue, migraines, etc. 
• Treating symptoms vs. root cause
• Being an Empath, absorbing emotions of others
• Getting off SSRIs  
• Plant Medicine
• Kambo - What is it? What to expect on your first time?

You guys....such an amazing couple! You'll fall in love with them and their story. Enjoy!

More about Julie:

"I’ve spent most of my life not feeling all that great… Up until just a few years ago I had in my mind that this was just how my body worked. That part is true, my body is just more sensitive than most people’s, but as it turns out that’s not such a bad thing.  My body gives me almost instant feedback to know what’s right or wrong for it. Because I’ve been able to experience many illnesses first hand (Migraines, Epstein-Barr, Hashimotos, mycoplasma pneumonia, Candida, Hormonal Imbalances, depression, anxiety, PCOS, and believe it or not there’s more…), I understand how it feels to not feel good and I’m passionate about the body’s ability to heal itself (sometimes with a bit of extra help 😉).

As a Kambo Practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist, Intuitive Energy Worker, Medium, and Reiki Master I love to help people on their journey back to health. My journey to health and healing has been long and I continue to work on it everyday. I’m grateful that I have the opportunity to share what I’ve learned with my clients."

Instagram:  @kamboco
Website: https://www.kamboco.com 

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We’re so excited to be joined by Adam Mansfield and Eric Geels of the Blue Skies Collective.

Adam and Eric share their stories of healing from religious-based trauma and PTSD through plant medicine, therapy, and other inner work practices. In addition, they share their involvement in helping to heal others through the Blue Skies Collective.

Such a fantastic conversation! Adam and Eric are beautiful humans and we can’t wait for you to listen to their stories!


More on the Blue Skies Collective:

“We are wanderers, wayfarers, truth seekers and visionaries. Or goal is to reintroduce the feelings of human-connection, wonder and awe to those with an open mind. We think we've figured out the formula. We arrange and organize outdoor events and backpacking trips to some of the most incredible destinations the world has to offer. Come with us.”

Email:  [email protected]

Instagram:
Adam - @adammansfieldslc
Eric - @ericdgeels 

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Life after death! If you have left an orthodox religion, how has your view of the afterlife shifted? How has it been shifted by using plant medicine?

In this episode, we dive deep into these questions while comparing and contrasting our current views with those we had growing up as Mormons. Discussing topics such as:

• Baptism for the dead
• Are families really forever?
• Eternal polygamy / pregnancy
• Expansiveness of consciousness
• Perspective
• Dualities of our current existence
• Different dimensions and frequencies

Such a fun topic! So much we can discuss and learn from each other. We’d love for you to join in the conversation and share your views on Instagram or in our Facebook support group!

Enjoy!


Featured artwork "Alfega" by Marcelo Germana 
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