Psychedelic Salon

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Guest speaker: Terence McKenna

Minoan Crete

PROGRAM NOTES:

Date this lecture was recorded: June 24, 1989.

[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.]

"Addiction to natural substances, with the exception of tobacco, is something you really have to work at."

"There is something really insidious about synthetic drugs, about concentrating what is a vegetable essence, and very diffuse. Opium was no problem until morphine came along."

"One of the things I think we have to disabuse ourselves of is that science knows anything about these things. The human studies were never done."

"You may have the notion that we are a minority that feels this is important and there is a majority that feels that it's unimportant. That isn't the case. We are a minority who feels this is important, and there is a majority that knows nothing about it whatsoever, has no data, and no realization of what it is."

"People such as ourselves, we are the cutting edge of neuro-psychopharmacology, because the content is the frontier, and these scientists know very little about it."

"The official version of what can happen with these hallucinogens is very limited. There was never stress on content. The individual content of the psychedelic trip was treated like the ravings of a psychotic. In other words, it was never examined from the point of view that this person might be a reliable witness."

"What does it mean that the most powerful of all hallucinogens occurs naturally in the human brain? What does it mean that the most powerful of all natural hallucinogens is the shortest acting?"

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The Lands of the Saracen by Bayard Taylor

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Guest speaker: Terence McKenna

Mushroom ManLogo for the Palenque Norte LecturesPhoto by Lorenzo

PROGRAM NOTES:

Date this lecture was recorded: June 24, 1989.

Today we continue with a workshop that Terence McKenna led at the Esalen Institute in June of 1989. Although he begins with an exploration of ideas surrounding the use of sound during psychedelic experiences, he also tells some great stories, including one of my favorites. I'd only heard it once before, and for me it's the funniest story I've heard him tell, and this is a new version that you won't want to miss. Additionally, this may be one of the earliest talks in which Terence addressed the issue of global climate change. Also, for the first time I remember hearing it, Terence talks about his ideas concerning the concept of exo-pheromones.

[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.]

"Language is sound that stimulates ideas."

"Interesting, the world wide reliance on sustained tone in spiritual exploration."

"The ego is a neurotic response to separateness, and you cannot maintain your ego in the presence of strong hallucinogenic plant patterns of usage."

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Guest speaker: Terence McKenna

Finn and Terence McKenna

PROGRAM NOTES:

Today marks the official beginning of the 3.0 track of the Psychedelic Salon. The main difference between Salon 3.0 and the earlier podcasts from the salon is that this 3.0 track on Patreon.com will be where you will hear the programs three months before they appear on the "classic salon" feeds. So to mark this new beginning I am playing a recording of a Terence McKenna weekend workshop at the Esalen Institute that, as far as I know, has never been published before.

Date this lecture was recorded: June 23, 1989.

[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.]

"What is history? What is it that is acting on us to propel us, in such a short time, out of the matrix of organic nature and into a matrix of our own creation, the world of culture, and epigenetic coding systems, and the human imagination as created by the modality of language. What is it that is pushing us in this direction?"

"We fell into history. We became neurotic. We are, in a sense, the children of a dysfunctional relationship that we have forgotten all about."

"I've had to come to term with the fact that bad drugs have been a major part of the human story."

"The psychedelics are not ancillary. They're not peripheral. They're not secondary. They are the way to propel ourselves into these higher dimensional phase spaces. Eventually we will drag our computers with us."

"What we see in our visions is not hallucinations. What we see in our visions is the higher truth."

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Guest speaker: Rick Doblin

PROGRAM NOTES:

Date this lecture was recorded: August 31, 2018.]

Today we continue with the second part of the 2018 Palenque Norte Lecture given by Rick Doblin, the president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. In addition to learning some new information about the current state of MDMA research, Rick ends the Q&A session with some information about mescaline that I'd never heard before. As he says, "Mescaline is the most important psychedelic that isn't being researched." Also, there is an announcement about a screening of the film "From Shock To Awe" that was discussed here in the salon three years ago when the producers were first raising the funding for the project. It has now been completed and will be screened in select theaters on November 12, 2018. Full details are at the beginning of today's program.

[NOTE: The following quotations are by Rick Doblin.]

"We got an agreement letter on July 28th, and what it means is that the FDA is legally bound to approve MDMA if we get statistically significant evidence of efficacy from this design and no new safety problems come up."

"Mescaline is the most important psychedelic that isn't being researched."

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From Shock To Awe

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Guest speaker: Rick Doblin

The 2018 Palenque Norte Lecture Schedule

PROGRAM NOTES:

Date this lecture was recorded: August 31, 2018.

Today's podcast features the 2018 Palenque Norte Lecture given by Rick Doblin, the president of MAPS. In addition to a detailed description of the interaction between MAPS and the Veterans Administration, Rick also gives a detailed account of the now concluded Phase 2 study along with an explanation of how they believe MDMA works to relieve the symptoms of PTSD. As he says about the efficacy of the process he says, "What we found at twelve months is that people keep getting better. So at twelve months, two-thirds of the people no longer have PTSD. And of the one-third who still have PTSD, most of them have had a clinically significant reduction in symptoms, even though they still have PTSD."

[NOTE: The following quotations are by Rick Doblin.]

"I think we can look very carefully in our society and see that a lot of the people who are suffering but who might try to block what we're trying to do, if we really look deep into their suffering, a lot of them are really wanting us to succeed."

"What we found at twelve months is that people keep getting better. So at twelve months, two-thirds of the people no longer have PTSD. And of the one-third who still have PTSD, most of them have had a clinically significant reduction in symptoms, even though they still have PTSD."

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Guest speaker: David Nickles

PROGRAM NOTES:

Date this lecture was recorded: October 8, 2018

Today's podcast features David Nickles, whose work may be found at the DMT-Nexus Website. The program is actually a recording of last week's regularly scheduled live version of the Psychedelic Salon, which takes place every Monday evening from 6:30-8:00 pm (Pacific) via a Zoom conference available to all of Lorenzo's supporters on Patreon. In this conversation, David provides some alarming details about the intersection of politics, psychedelic research, and big money.

The DMT-Nexus

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Guest speaker: Will Siu

PROGRAM NOTES:

Date this lecture was recorded: August 29, 2018.]

Today's podcast features Dr. Will Siu, an MD and psychiatrist specializing, among other things, in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Dr. Siu is also one of the participating researchers in the MAPS MDMA study. In this 2018 Palenque Norte Lecture, he not only provides us with an inside look as some of the issues now arising as the possibility of psychedelic therapy morphs into a reality. For anyone considering a career in the vast field of psychedelic medicine, this thought-provoking talk is not to be missed.

Will Siu MD, DPhil

Capitalism on Psychedelics: The Mainstreaming of an Underground by Eric Davis

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Guest speaker: Shonagh Home

PIKAL and TIKAL Commemorative Editions

PROGRAM NOTES:

Date this lecture was recorded: August 11, 2018

Today's podcast features a recent talk given by Shonagh Home at the New Moon Mycology Summit that was held in Wingdale, New York. As she speaks of humankind's loss of some of the powerful symbols that paganism once provided, Shonagh weaves in specific examples of ways in which her clients have leveraged the imagery experienced in mushroom trips to resolve issues in their everyday lives. Shonagh also tells the story of how she came to be a medicine woman.

"Our state-run, Prussian education system, which is worldwide by the way, is designed to shut down imagination and creative genius to produce a predictable and compliant populace." --Shonagh Home

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Visionary Mushroom Practicum:

A Medicine Woman's Perspective

on the Practical and Mystical Layers

of Visionary Mushroom Medicine

Shonagh Home

Shonagh Home is a shamanic therapist, teacher, writer and poet. Her specialized private sessions and retreats are probing and revelatory, assisting clients to break chronic, self-defeating patterns, and move into empowered personal sovereignty. Shonagh is an international public speaker on the subject of visionary shamanic-spirit medicine, a voice for stewardship of the honeybees, and a teacher on the subject of Traditional Foods. She is author of the books, ‘Ix Chel Wisdom: 7 Teachings from the Mayan Sacred Feminine,’ ‘Love and Spirit Medicine,’ ‘Poetic Whispers from the Green Realms,’ and ‘Honeybee Wisdom: A Modern Melissa Speaks.’

Website: www.shonaghhome.com

The Mycelium Underground (TMU)

are organizers devoted to bringing people together

for the love of learning and embracing the world

of fungi and all with which fungi intertwines.

 

PIKAL and TIKAL Commemorative Editions

Psychedelic Chemistry Cookbooks Reissued In Stunning Boxed Set

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Guest speaker: Kim Hewitt

PROGRAM NOTES:

Date this lecture was recorded: September 2018

Dr. Kim Hewitt talks about her research into the history of psychedelics and their current manifestations. Her most recent academic paper is on psychedelic feminism.

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Empower an Indigenous Ayahuasca Initiative 

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The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival

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Guest speaker: Lorenzo

PROGRAM NOTES:

Date this lecture was recorded: September 8, 2018

Today's podcast features a talk that Lorenzo gave at the recent Imagine Orcas Island Music and Arts festival. The title of this talk is "Psychedelics in the Age of AI", and it is followed by a question and answer session. At the end of the podcast Lorenzo plays a song from the newly emerging psychedelic/country/rock band The Burned. Lorenzo also talks about the festival as well as the Imagine Convergence that will take place on Orcas Island in March of 2019.

Main Stage & LakefrontImagine Orcas Island Music & Arts Festival

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The Burned Website

The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival

October 1 - 7, 2018

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