Psychedelic Salon

Guest speaker: Mark Haden

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Date this lecture was recorded: July 2017

It's rare to meet someone eager to tackle the law but in this interview with Mark Haden, the Executive Director of MAPS Canada, he wrestles with the thorniest problem of all: how to regulate these drugs.

You can see more about him and the work of MAPS Canada at:

http://www.mapscanada.org/whoweare/board/13-mark-haden

Mark's research and writing is at: http://www.markhaden.com/

Also, if anybody wants a first look at the Psychedelic History Project treasures, the first 500 items are scanned in. Reach out to help look them over, clean them up or add the metadata to these unique articles gathered from Timothy Leary's archive: https://www.instagram.com/thepsychedelichistoryproject/

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Guest speaker: Casey Hardison

 

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Date this lecture was recorded: July 4, 2017

This week we feature the underground chemist and cognitive liberty hero Casey Hardison. He served almost 10 years in the UK on drug charges, but now he's free and sharing his story from the Shulgin Farm on the Fourth of July.

 

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MAPS - Volume 10 Number 2 Summer 2000 - p. 11

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

by Casey Hardison

Casey Hardison, a graduate student at the University of Idaho, conducted an informal survey of 2C-T-7 users at the Entheobotany conference in Palenque, Mexico in February 2000. Noticing that quite a few people were conducting bioassays of the material, Hardison seized the opportunity to perform some informal impromptu research. He designed a survey which was handed out to conference attendees, and received 48 responses. The results of this survey were published in the Summer 2000 issue of the MAPS Bulletin under the title "An Amateur Qualitative Study of 48 2C-T-7 Subjective Bioassays."

Guest speaker: Paul Stamets

The last great mushroom conference of the millennium - Breitenbush, OR 1999

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Date this lecture was recorded: August 2016

Today's podcast features the 2016 Palenque Norte lecture by Paul Stamets, who is one of the leading mycologists in the world. In this talk Paul covers a wide range of knowledge about mushrooms and mycelium that will blow your mind. For anyone interested in biology, this talk is not to be missed. As Paul says, "There's a recurring lessen here folks, when we're facing extinction events pairing with fungi has an evolutionary advantage. And we should make use of that."

[NOTE: The quotations below are by Paul Stamets]

"If Terence [McKenna] was sitting here right now I'd tell him the same thing, 'Terence, 95% of the stuff you say is total bullshit. But you say it so well."

"There's a recurring lessen here folks, when we're facing extinction events pairing with fungi has an evolutionary advantage. And we should make use of that."

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Date this lecture was recorded: May 3, 2017

For convincing your relatives about the power of MDMA, have them listen to the first story in this episode and then read this article where Oprah's senior editor reports on the healing and then tries it herself: Inside the Investigation: Can MDMA Heal Psychological Trauma?

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Guest speaker: Mary Porter

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Date this lecture was recorded: 2017

Around the kitchen table, we hear from the powerhouse Mary Porter, a Native woman who, after her wild years staying away from the medicine, founded the Looking Glass Peyote Church. The episode ends with hearing from a discriminating young veteran about his experience, through Mary, finally finding a teacher and a path.

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Recommended Books

Black Elk Speaks: The Complete Edition by John G. Neihardt

My People the Sioux, New Edition by Luther Standing Bear

My Indian Boyhood, New Edition by Luther Standing Bear

Stories of the Sioux, New Edition by Luther Standing Bear

The Tragedy of the Sioux (Illustrated) y Chief Standing Bear

Fools Crow by Thomas E. Mails

Guest speaker: Various

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Date this lecture was recorded: April 26, 2017

Psymposia hopes that you enjoy these stories from Los Angeles. Besides the police officer Michael Wood & UltraCulture's Jason Louv and an array of other storytellers who have fathomed hell or soared angelic. This episode ends with one of the most powerful stories we have ever heard on on our stage.

Also there is an announcement about the Psychedelic History Project for which Lex Pelger will be archiving this summer in order to save a unique treasure trove acquired by Dr. Timothy Leary and saving it for the world.

To support that work or learn more about Lex's other projects in psychoactive history and education, go to his Patreon for No Nonsense Productions where you can get his Queer chapter for free.

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Guest speaker: Erin Rivera Merriman & Shonagh Home

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Date this lecture was recorded: May 2017

Today's podcast features a conversation between Shonagh Home and Erin Rivera Merriman who is an Esoteric Women's Health Practitioner, Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner, Priestess, Oracle, Artist, and Mother.

Erin has taught art to Brooklyn teens, volunteered as an Interfaith Chaplain in maximum security New York City prison, led women’s ceremonial circles and organized retreats with indigenous teachers since 2007.

Erin’s study as an Herbalist in the Wise Woman Tradition, combined with her training as a Zen hospice and prison chaplain, and recent studies in Kaula and Shakta Tantra have given her a unique ability to accompany you through life’s turning points as an ally on your journey toward liberated embodiment.

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Active Culture Family

 

Online Privacy Guide - 2017

 

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

Free Press Guide

Guest speaker: Matt Pallamary

Matt Pallamary

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Date this interview was recorded: April 28, 2017

After hearing from Matt Pallamary at the San Diego storytelling in last week's episode, here's an interview with him about the tools of shamanism applied to writing, the pitfalls of gurus and his many stories and lessons from his decades spent diving deep into the many paths of shamanism.

Check out his website ( http://mattpallamary.com/ ) to see the wide range of books he's written.

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A Sequel to DreamLand by Matthew J. Pallamary

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Guest speakers: Various

Lorenzo speaking at Psymposia's Blue Dot Tour stop in San Diego

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Date this lecture was recorded: April 27, 2017

Here's the storytelling session from San Diego. It's an especially powerful gathering thanks to the Aware Project creating community there. Plus, lucky story #7 comes from Lorenzo himself and includes a great history on the importance of the talks in Palenque, Mexico.

This episode also includes a request for your feedback about the Psychedelic Salon 2.0 now that we've got a few episodes under our belts. Feel free to shoot your comments, your critiques and your recommendations on who to interview or what topics to cover more to pelger (at) gmail (dot) com. I will always respond.

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Guest speakers: Rak Razam and Niles Heckman

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Date this lecture was recorded: August 2016

Today's podcast features the 2016 Palenque Norte Lecture by documentary film makers Rak Razam and Niles Heckman. In addition to discussing their work with indigenous people, they discuss the making of their documentary, "Shamans of the Global Village".

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Shaman's of the Global Village

More about

Phaze Theory

I was just wondering if anyone else out there on these forums is making psychedelic music with live instruments in or around London. I run Phaze Theory (phazetheory.com) which does a sort of Art Rock that is directly inspired by some incredibly high dose LSD sessions; literally 100 hits in some cases while listening to our heroes – Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis Electric, Jimi Hendrix and Funkadelic. We sing over the poetry of the great psychedelic poets and artists – William Blake, Aldous Huxley and W.b Yeats.

We take the light to the darkness.

I was hoping that someone might wish to open for us on 22nd of July in Servant Jazz Quarters (London). We are looking for someone who is also putting there psychedelic visions to the test in the crucible of live music. The gig is paid and you can see the details here.

http://www.phazetheory.com/phaze-theory-at-servant-jazz-quarters.html

You can hear some of the music here

Very Psychedelic ambient music – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE0XPduPQ5Y

Art rock on an incredible Yeats Poem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMzjshHxyCE

A Huxley poem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7qYH40wGcA