Psychedelic Parenting Podcast

This week's guest is Mariavittoria Mangini, PhD, FNP. Dr. Mangini is a member of the board of directors of the Women's Visionary Congress, and has been a family nurse midwife for twenty five years. She has written extensively on the impact of psychedelic experiences in shaping the lives of her contemporaries, and has worked closely with many of the most distinguished investigators in this field. Her current project is the development of a Thanatology program for the study of death and dying.

Jonathan was alerted to her work and her resonance with Psychedelic Parenting when a listener passed along a digital copy of her 2000 PhD dissertation entitled Yes, Mom Took Acid: The Sociohistorical Influence of Prior Psychedelic Drug Use in Adults. We soon discovered that not only was she a WVC board member, but also working in a family practice that incorporated cannabis as a regular part of their work.

In this talk, Jonathan and Dr. Mangini discuss the upcoming Women's Visionary Congress NYC Salon (where the Psychedelic Parenting Away Team will be tabling), the role of psychedelics in the history of the baby boomer generation, the growth of interest and understanding of death in American culture as the boomers "run out of runway," and Dr. Mangini's role in the resurgence of Psychedelic Studies though her efforts, with George Greer and Charles Grob on the 1998 Monograph Edition of The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

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TOPICS AND WEBSITES DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST:

Women's Visionary Congress

NYC Salon

Tickets

Psymposia's "Visionary Women" afterparty event

Dr. Mangini's Bio (WVC board members)

Speakers at NYC Salon

Allyson Grey

Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (CoSM)

Katherine MacLean, PhD

Julie Holland, MD

Moody Bitches

The Pot Book (editor)

The Trips Festival

Wikipedia entry

The Trips Festival DVD

The Merry Pranksters

Wikipedia Entry

Stanislav Grof

Erowid Character Vault

Personal Website

Joan Halifax

Wikipedia Entry

Upaya Zen Center Bio

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 1998 Monograph Issue

Betty Eisner

Erowid Character Vault

Wikipedia Entry

The Trip Treatment by Michael Pollan

Shpongle

Ecofarm Conference

The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead

Tobacco: A Forgotten Healing Plant

Dr Frank Lucido

Alice In Wonderland Statue in Central Park

Map

LSD: Problem Child and Wonderdrug (Albert Hoffman 100th Birthday Symposium)

Thanatology

Order of the Good Death

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Ask a Mortician YouTube Channel

Undertaking L.A.

Death Salons

Mutter Museum in Philadelphia

Getty Villa Museum in L.A.

The Giver

1993 book by Lois Lowry

2014 Film starring Jeff Bridges

Wikipedia Entry

In this week's episode, Jonathan talks with Abdul "Duli" Wilkins, aka "The Beantown Ghetto Shaman." Duli is a visual artist, certified Massage Therapist, Reiki Master, Yoga Teacher and Intuitive Healer from Boston Ma. He grew up in the inner city of Roxbury and was influenced by his father and mother from a very young age to value the study of metaphysics, mysticism, occult information and spirituality. In college at Northeastern University Duli was introduced to psilocybin mushrooms which had a very mystical affect on him and ever since has been exploring the benefits of "Teaching Plants and Fungi".  Through personal experience he advocates the use of ethogens in a sacred manner. Duli strongly believes that "Urban Shamanism" can help heal trauma based issues, bring people together from various backgrounds/races and bring a new found awareness of self and connection to the earth and Great Spirit!

Duli and his wife and partner Yolanda are raising their 1-year-old daughter, Dendara, organize nature walks in Boston city parks, and are currently planning an Urban Shamanism Conference in Boston for this summer, which we will keep everyone updated on.

Jonathan and Duli's conversation topic include the recent passing of Kai Wingo, their mutual love and respect for Baba Kilindi Iyi, the role of plant teachers in healing the trauma that can come from life in the inner city, and how mushrooms can reconnect us with our children, our partners, and our ancestors. They also talk about the dynamic of race in the psychedelic community, and the actions that white members of the community can take to create a more welcoming environment for a greater diversity of people.

Duli can be reached by email at lovemotherearth33(at)gmail(dot)com

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TOPICS AND WEBSITES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

Dendara Temple Complex

Northeastern University

Baba Kilindi Iyi

"Mushrooms, Africa, and Transhumanism"

Brother Hankh's Podcast Magnets, Crystals and Pyramids

"Freeway" Ricky Ross

Kill the Messenger 2014 film

Freeway: Crack in the System 2015 Documentary

Kai Wingo

"Most Interesting People of 2015" Cleveland Magazine article

Kultured Mushrooms Community Organization.

We Remember Kai Wingo by Annie Oak (Women's Visionary Congress)

X-Files Season 10, Episode 5: "Mulder's Magic Mushrooms"

Epilepsy Foundation article on cannabis oil for seizures 

Lucy

Limitless

Harriet Tubman as Shaman 

Ryan LeCompte

Veterans for Entheogenic Therapy 

Interview on Havok Journal

China's Super Psychics by Paul Dong & Thomas E. Raffill

Men's Wisdom Council

Tim Wise, anti-racist essayist, author, and educator

In this episode of the Podcast, Jonathan talks with Brett Greene. Brett is a  co-founder of Psymposia, an organization dedicated to building community and honest dialogue around drugs and society through live events. They are the creators of the Psymposia Conference, now in it's third year, and of the "Psychedelic Storytelling" events, which could be described as "The Moth Radio Hour... On Acid."

 

Brett is also madly in love with the mother of 2 teenagers, and has been a part oftheir lives for twelve years. At the end of our conversation, Brett and I are joined by one of them. In this conversation, we talk about the work of founding and maintaining a psychedelic non-profit, about how psychedelics helped Brett heal his mental illness, and how he is sharing his knowledge and excitement about these substances with his family.

When we are joined by Brett's stepson, we discuss peer pressure, what he sees as the ideal form of drug education, and why he is choosing to NOT do drugs.

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TOPICS AND WEBSITES DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST

Psychedelic Parenting GoFundMe Page

Psychedelic Parenting MAPS Donation Page

Driftless Psychedelic Symposium

Women's Visionary Congress NYC March 11-13, 2016

KMO's C-Realm Podcast

KMO's Psychonautica Podcast

Psymposia

Psychedemia

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Paramhansa Yogananda

"Autobiography of a Yogi"

Wikipedia Entry

"Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman

You Say You Want a Revoluion, The Beatles

0n this episode, Jonathan talks with DanceSafe founder and director of the upcoming documentary MDMA: The Movie, Emanuel Sferios. Emanuel founded DanceSafe in 1998 with a goal of providing fact-based drug education and harm reduction at raves and parties. After a number of years working as an environmental activist, he has returned to the world of drug policy reform and education with this documentary project.

Jonathan and Emanuel discuss drug policy, drug education reform, how to talk to your teen about their interest and use, and why testing is so much more critical in today's drug climate than it was back in their day. Emanuel also weighs in on our BIG questions right now: "How to talk to your children with integrity about substances," and "How to come out to your parents about psychedelics." Emanuel also spends a great deal of time discussing the many popular substances out there right now, how they may differ from the party climate we grew up in, and how to help our kids make the informed choices about their use or non-use of plants and chemicals.

Jonathan also talks about the ongoing Psychedelic Parenting GoFundMe fundraiser, and announces 2 BIG pieces of news:

Robert Barnhart, producer of A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin, (who will be joining us on an upcoming episode) has pledged a $2000 matching gift to the fundraiser, which means anyone giving now will have their donation DOUBLED by Robert's generous gift. Also, Psychedelic Parenting is now being fiscally sponsored by The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), which means our supporters can now make tax deductible donations to our efforts though MAPS!

We would like to thanks everyone who has already given, David, Dasha, and Bodhi Gaian and the team at Pharmazonia. Dennis McKenna, and our anonymous donors TJ, Matt, SC, JYN, and VR. We are honored by your support and email messages.

 TOPICS AND WEBSITES DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST:

Psychedelic Parenting GoFundMe campaign

MDMA: The Movie

DanceSafe

DARE program  (critical analysis)

Danforth et' al Research on MDMA and autism

DOPE Movie

IMDB

Roger Ebert.com Review

Nobody is putting Ecstasy in your kid's Halloween candy! (Free Range Kids)

Drug Testing Supplies

DanceSafe Shop (instant answer reagent testing)

Bunk Police (appears to be down at the time of this posting)

Ecstacydata.org (mail order gas chromatography)

A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin (Robert Barnhart's film, mentioned in the introduction)

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) 

Substances discussed (all links to Erowid.org)

MDMA ("Ecstasy," "Molly")

LSD ("Acid") 

25I-NBOMe ("2C-I-NBOMe," "N-Bomb," sometimes sold as "Acid, but is not LSD)

Cathinones ("Bath Salts," "Cat," "Qat," "Khat," sometimes sold as "Molly," but is not MDMA)

MDPV ("Flakka," "Bath Salts," sometimes sold as "Molly," but is not MDMA)

On this episode of the podcast, Jonathan talks with Harmony Haynie, author of the upcoming book Medicine Children. Harmony is the mother of two adult children, and is a former public school teacher, with a Master's Degree in Education. She has over 20 years of experience as an educator, mentor, and facilitator for young people, and has been deeply engaged with the entheogenic plant medicine traditions of Columbia for over a decade. She is also a musician, with a published CD of ceremonial music to her credit, called Opening to Ceremony. 

Harmony's book Medicine Children discusses the potential role of plantsacraments in the lives of children and teens, and the struggles of parents like us working to chart new cultural paths with our families. The book will incorporate Harmony's own personal experiences, as well as her research with families and children. She also discusses inappropriateness of current drug scheduling for psychedelics and plant medicines, and why our culture of addiction both resists and seeks healing through these substances.

Harmony is currently exploring Doctoral programs in Entheogenic Studies, and hopes that her book will broaden the conversation about plant medicines and their role in family life in the modern Western world. She is also currently seeking anonymous subjects to include in her research.

If you have a story you'd like to share for her book, she can be reached via email at:  harmonysue23(AT)gmail(DOT)com.

If you would like to support her research, she has a GoFundMe page.

LINKS AND TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

Harmony's Research Blog

Harmony's music and personal website

Medicine Children GoFundMe Page

In this edition of the Psychedelic Parenting Podcast, Jonathan sits down with Dr. Katherine MacLean, PhD. Katherine is formerly of the Johns Hopkins University's Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (BPRU), the home of the well-known Johns Hopkins Psilocybin Studies, where she held space for healthy individuals while under the influence of synthetic psilocybin.  While at Hopkins, Katherine was the lead author on the paper "Mystical Experiences Occasioned by the Hallucinogen Psilocybin Lead to Increases in the Personality Domain of Openness", and was instrumental in creating the currently ongoing study looking at the effects of psilocybin on people with a long-term mediation practice.

She is currently, with her husband, John, living and working at Happy Acres Farm in Sherman, CT, raising free-range chickens, grass-fed cattle, and a milk-fed infant. Katherine is also currently involved in a project building psychedelic community and support in New York City called the Psychedelic Education and Continuing Care Program with Ingmar Gorman at New York's New School.

During our conversation, Katherine discusses her path to motherhood, though her medicine work, Buddhist meditation, and the loss of her sister from cancer. She discusses the question of whether we should let our infants "learn to self-soothe," or should we commit ourselves to holding space for them 100% in their early years. She discusses how motherhood is a contract to being open to sacrifice and suffering.

Katherine and Jonathan also discuss the ways that our culture of "Protestant work ethic" contributes to disconnection from the self, how it minimizes the importance of being with, and caring for, ourselves and our loved ones in the moments of birth, death, and pain. They also re-imagine a new form of work that gives birth to future labs, offices, and kitchens where career and home life will be harmonized and balanced.

TOPICS AND WEBSITES DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST:

The Shamatha Project @ UC Davis

"The Psychedelic Art of Dying" (Katherine's talk at Psymposia 2014)

"The Moral Imperative to End 'Cry it Out'" Philly Voice

Happy Acres Farm

Johns Hopkins Psilocybin Studies

"My Experience as a Guide in the Johns Hopkins Psilocybin Research Project" by Mary Cosimano (MAPS Bulletin, Winter 2014)

"What it Means to 'Hold Space' for People, Plus 8 Tips on How to do it Well" by Heather Plett

The Center for Mindful Learning Zen Center in Johnson, VT

The Zendo Project

The Nomads Clinic

The Reinvention of Work by Matthew Fox

Link to the book at Powell's

Interview with Matthew Fox

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

1973 Film Version (narrated by the author)

Link to the book at Powell's

On this episode of the Psychedelic Parenting Podcast, Jonathan talks with Stephen Gray, author, speaker, and "emerging elder." Stephen is the organizer and MC of the Spirit Plant Medicine Conference, which will be held next weekend, October 24 & 25, 2015 at the University of British Columbia's Buchanan Building, Room A101, Vancouver BC, Canada, where Psychedelic Parenting host Jonathan will be speaking on the topic of "Reclaiming Religious Freedom and Family Values."  Stephen is the Author of the book Returning to Sacred World: A Spiritual Toolkit for Emerging Reality. He also has many years of experience with plant medicine ceremonies in both the Native American Church tradition, as well as the Santo Daime religion. Tickets for Spirit Plant Medicine Conference can be purchased HERE.

In this conversation, Stephen and Jonathan discuss the possibility of an emerging distinct medicine tradition for white North Americans, about the role of the sacred feminine in family and religious life, and of taking on the mantle of "elder" as one enters the latter part of life.

The highlight of this interview is Stephen's story of the powerful commitment of a friend and respected NAC Roadman whom Stephen calls "Kanucas." Kanukas made a promise to Stephen to attend and speak at the launch event for his book, and even though he was met with a great deal of personal hardships around the time of the launch, Kanucas fulfilled his promise to Stephen. The story is also recounted HERE on Stephen's blog. Enjoy.

TOPICS AND WEBSITES DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST:

 

Stephen Gray

Blog

Spirit Plant Medicine Conference

Order Returning to Sacred World at Powell's Books

The Native American Church

Wikipedia Entry

Oklevueha Native American Church

NAC and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

 

Santo Daime tradition

Wikipedia Entry

English Language Homepage

Short video on Church of the Holy Light of the Queen

 

The Jubilant People: a support and after-care community for medicine seekers in BC

 

Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche

Founder of Naropa University

 

Annie Oak

Founder of the Women's Visionary Congress

Founder of the Full Circle Tea House/Camp Soft Landing at Burning Man

Author of The Manual of Psychedelic Support

 

Kilindi Iyi

Founder of the Ta-Merrian Institute

Author of "African Roots in Asian Martial Arts" (Journal of African Civilizations)

"Africa, Transhumanism, & The Magic Mushroom" (Khanyisa Psychoactive Plant Conference, 2013)

"High Dose Mushrooms--Beyond the Threshold" (Breaking Convention 2013)

 

Dr Bruce Damer

Host of The Levity Zone Podcast

Co-Creator of the Palenque Norte lectures at Burning Man

Founder of The Digibarn Computer Museum

 

Conscious Living Radio

Stephen's recent appearance on Martin Ball's Entheogenic Evolution Podcast

On this episode of the Psychedelic Parenting Podcast, we talk with Dr. Neal Goldsmith, clinical psychologist and author of Psychedelic Healing: The Power of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development. Neal is also the father of a 16 year-old-son and the Speaker Curator and MC for the Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics conference, which will be held this weekend, Friday-Sunday October 9-11 in New York City, where your humble webmaster will be speaking on the topic of "Reclaiming Religious Freedom and Family Values." Neal will also be speaking on the topic of "Psychedelics and Death: A Brief Introduction".

During this conversation, Neal discusses his own history with Psychedelics, how an experience with LSD in middle age awakened his own understanding of how we are shaped by childhood interactions and how they can be a powerful tool for uncovering the true self. He also discusses his own experiences as a dad, and how he "came out" to his son as a cannabis user.

Websites and topics covered in this podcast:

Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics

Personal/Professional website of Dr. Neal Goldsmith

Psychedelic Healing: The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development (at Powell's)

More information on "Nesting Agreements:"

"Nesting: Will it Work for You?"

"What is 'Bird's Nest Custody' and How Does it Work?"

"How to Implement a Bird's Nest Custody Arrangement: 6 Steps"

Liveblogging a Nesting Divorce (nestingdivorce.blogspot.com)

Imago Relationship Therapy

Wikipedia Entry

Imago Relationships International

It's Just A Plant (at Powell's)

Erowid.org: Documenting the Complex Relationship Between Humans and Psychoactives

After a long hiatus, the Psychedelic Parenting Podcast is back with a candid conversation between Jonathan and "Connor," a friend of Psychedelic Parenting who recently shared ceremony space with his Silent Generation Father. Connor discusses strategies for bridging the gap and asking parents to join you in your medicine work, as well as the struggles of growing up in a household with mental illness and how the lessons of his work as a community organizer in a post-industrial urban center can translate into the building of a real, lasting psychedelic community.

Topics and articles discussed in this podcast:

The Religion That Has No Name: The Persecution of Psychedelic Spirituality by Cognitive Liberty UK

How and Why "Conscious" Festivals Need to Change by Humburto Braga II

Bioenergetic Therapy

In this episode of the PsychedelicParenting.org Podcast, Jonathan talks with Psychedelic Iconoclast and genuine nice guy, Martin Ball. Conversations discussed include Martin's encounter with Radical Honesty on the Playa of Black Rock City in 2007 and the aftershocks in his life and his relationship with his daughter.  Jonathan talks about his own healing though Ayahuasca, and how profound it is to be in a workplace where you can be yourself.

Martin also discusses his upcoming Exploring Psychedelics Conference (Thursday and Friday, 6/4-6/5) at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, OR. Exploring Psychedelics is 2 days, 19 speakers, 1 movie, and 1 night of music, all FREE of charge! Jonathan will be speaking about the "5 Psychedelic Family Values" via Skype at 9:00 AM PST on Friday. Also featured in person will be a friend of PP.org, and EPIC Michigander, Kilindi Iyi , on "Psilocybin Mushrooms for Exploration."

Towards the end of the conversation, Jonathan asks Martin about the issues of safety and maintaining the integrity of the family in the face of the threats posed by the DEA and Child Protective Services, and whether it's worth the risk to be a public advocate for these medicines. Martin had this to say:

"The State has the power to destroy your life. There's absolutely no question about that, and so the state is incredibly dangerous in that sense. And it's vindictive, it's misguided, it's built on illusion upon illusion upon illusion. The problem is that these illusions can still come to get you, even if they're illusions. It's a difficult call that ultimately people have to judge for themselves. But other other side of that is this: If no one stands up, nothing's going to change. Somone's got to do it. Personally, reality is more important than anything I might want to protect, such as my own personal well-being or comfort, so I'm not going to hide myself in any way. Although there are certain details I'll avoid discussing on podcasts. But if they really wanted me, the data is all right there. I'm all-in at this point. Don't get me wrong, I love my family and the last thing I want would be to be separated from them, and although prison would profoundly suck, I'm not going to edit myself in order to avoid something that I don't have any real certainty is actually going to happen. Reality will always win, eventually."

Martin's new book, a memoir, is entitled "Being Infinite - An Entheogenic Odyssey into the Limitless Eternal: A Memoir from Ayahuasca to Zen" is both self-published or avalible for download on the Kindle or at Scribd. Read it to get the full story of Martin's 2007 encounter with Radical Honesty at Burning Man, his dramatic life and personality changes that resulted, and the long journey of healing with his now-teenage daughter that was the aftermath.

 

Links discussed in this show:

Martin Ball's Facebook Page

Martin's Website

Martin & Jessalynn's band Fractal Love Jam

Exploring Psychedelics Main Page

Santo Daime 

The Temple of Awakening Divinity