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Guest speaker: Ram Dass

Ram Dass & Lorenzocirca: 2001

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[NOTE: All quotations are by Ram Dass.]

"I was addicted to the experience of being high. I was not addicted to the chemicals, but just to the state. I had touched something so pure, and so fulfilling, that I had to keep going back. And I tried every method I knew to stay high."

"What is required on this trip is renunciation of attachment."

"Psychedelics show a possibility, but beyond that you still have a lot of stuff to do."

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Guest speaker: Terence McKenna 

 

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We return once again to the land of Terence McKenna's workshops.



As you will hear, his question and answer format leads him into telling some of the old stories we heard early on in Terence's talks but some of which were dropped later on. As far as I can remember, this is the only time he talked about taking psychedelic substances in his dreams.



Podcast 700 – Plants That Talk


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Guest speaker: Terence McKenna 

 

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In this talk, Terence approaches the topic of how little of what was considered to be established science 100 years ago has now been overturned.



One of the things he says in this talk may resonate with you is where he says, "You could almost describe psychedelics as enzimes for the activity of the imagination."



The Dawn of Everything by Graeber and Wengrow



The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler



Podcast 699 – Kneading the Bread of Evolutionary Adaptation


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Guest speaker: Terence McKenna 

 

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Today begins our 20th year of podcasting from the Psychedelic Salon with a talk that Terence McKenna gave in the late 1980s. Near the end he talks about his daily cannabis use and how he and Kat got together. As far as I can remember, this is his only time that he got so personal.



Podcast 698 – Uncomfortable About Psychedelics?


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Guest speaker: Casey Hardison and Patreon Saloners 

 

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Today's podcast features a recording from a recent Live Salon. As usual, the conversation was free-form and didn't follow any script. One of the people who dropped by for the conversation was Casey Hardison, and his story captivated us.



Links from this salon:



An Amateur Qualitative Study of 48 2C-T-7 Subjective Bioassays



2C-T-7

Podcast 697 – “The Adventures of Casey Hardison”

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Guest speaker: Charles Grob 
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Charlie Grob and Lorenzo (circa: 2012)





Today we feature a talk that Dr. Charles Grob gave at the 1994 Transpersonal Association Conference in Killarny, Ireland. The focus of this talk concerns Dr. Grob's work with ayahuasca users in Brazil.



As far as I know, this was the first government approved human study of the physiological effects of ayahuasca on humans. This study compared 15 long-term ayahuasca drinkers with healthy individuals and found that UDV members had lower levels of anxiety and many had overcome alcohol abuse.



Another study by Grob and Dartiu Xavier Silveira compared 40 adolescent ayahuasca drinkers with non-drinkers. The research showed positive outcomes, such as reduced alcohol consumption among UDV teenagers and improved mood, self-acceptance, and interpersonal relationships in participants. These studies contributed to understanding the therapeutic potential of ayahuasca



ARCHIVE of Dr. Charles Grob on the Psychedelic Salon















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