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Psychedelic Salon episodes

January 28, 2015 Podcast 433 – “Consciousness Browsers”
Guest speaker: Rak Razam
PROGRAM NOTES:
Today's podcast features Rak Razam's 2014 Palenque Norte Lecture, which was originally titled “Cosmic Consciousness To Convergence: Activating the Species.” As you can see, I have shortened it to a phrase that Rak used in his talk, “Consciousness Browsers,” which is an excellent way to describe the psychedelic experience. During his talk, Rak ranges from a discussion of his research into the shamanic use of ayahuasca, to black holes, consciousness as a bit torrent, and the concept of a species swarm. One of my favorite quotes from this talk is: “The heroic thing really is doing what needs to be done, or discovering something of value, and bringing it back and sharing it with the tribe.”
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Ayahuasca Awakenings healing retreats
If you've read the book or seen the film, you'll know that 'Aya: Awakenings' takes you on a journey of shamanic discovery into the heart of the Amazon and the powerful plant medicine ayahuasca. Now you can be part of the awakening with these special 10-day healing retreats with Writer-Producer Rak Razam and legendary curandero Percy Garcia Lozano..."
Aya: Awakenings DVD by Rak Razam
1 hr 27 min
January 28, 2015 Podcast 433 – “Consciousness Browsers”
Guest speaker: Rak Razam
PROGRAM NOTES:

Today’s podcast features Rak Razam’s 2014 Palenque Norte Lecture, which was originally titled “Cosmic Consciousness To Convergence: Activating the Species.” As you can see, I have shortened it to a phrase that Rak used in his talk, “Consciousness Browsers,” which is an excellent way to describe the psychedelic experience. During his talk, Rak ranges from a discussion of his research into the shamanic use of ayahuasca, to black holes, consciousness as a bit torrent, and the concept of a species swarm. One of my favorite quotes from this talk is: “The heroic thing really is doing what needs to be done, or discovering something of value, and bringing it back and sharing it with the tribe.”
Download
MP3
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RakRazam.com
Ayahuasca Awakenings healing retreats
If you’ve read the book or seen the film, you’ll know that ‘Aya: Awakenings’ takes you on a journey of shamanic discovery into the heart of the Amazon and the powerful plant medicine ayahuasca. Now you can be part of the awakening with these special 10-day healing retreats with Writer-Producer Rak Razam and legendary curandero Percy Garcia Lozano…”
Aya: Awakenings DVD by Rak Razam
1 hr 27 min
January 22, 2015 Podcast 432 – “GAPS, MAPS, and PTSD”
Guest speakers: Katie Tomlinson & Rachel Hope
PROGRAM NOTES:
Today's podcast features two of the Palenque Norte Lectures that were given at Burning Man in 2014. The first talk is by Katie Tomlinson, founder of GAPS, the psychedelic student organization at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. For anyone interested in establishing student groups on other campuses this talk has some great pointers for you . Following Katie's talk we hear Rick Doblin, the founder of MAPS, introduce Rachel Hope, a participant in one of the MDMA studies sponsored by his organization. Rachel tells her amazing story of a very long struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how the treatment being perfected by Dr. Michael Mithoefer and his wife Annie has cured her of PTSD.
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The Evergreen State College
The Secret Chief Revealed
By Myron J. Stolaroff
MIT scientist links autism to Monsanto’s Roundup and predicts HALF of U.S. children will be autistic by 2025
“Confessions of an Ecstasy Advocate”
1 hr 22 min
January 22, 2015 Podcast 432 – “GAPS, MAPS, and PTSD”
Guest speakers: Katie Tomlinson & Rachel Hope
PROGRAM NOTES:

Today’s podcast features two of the Palenque Norte Lectures that were given at Burning Man in 2014. The first talk is by Katie Tomlinson, founder of GAPS, the psychedelic student organization at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. For anyone interested in establishing student groups on other campuses this talk has some great pointers for you . Following Katie’s talk we hear Rick Doblin, the founder of MAPS, introduce Rachel Hope, a participant in one of the MDMA studies sponsored by his organization. Rachel tells her amazing story of a very long struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how the treatment being perfected by Dr. Michael Mithoefer and his wife Annie has cured her of PTSD.
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The Evergreen State College
The Secret Chief Revealed
By Myron J. Stolaroff
MIT scientist links autism to Monsanto’s Roundup and predicts HALF of U.S. children will be autistic by 2025
“Confessions of an Ecstasy Advocate”
1 hr 22 min
January 15, 2015 Podcast 431 – “That Voice In Your Head”
Guest speaker: Tom Barbalet
PROGRAM NOTES:
Today's podcast features a conversation between fellow podcaster Tom Barbalet and his guest. Their discussion centers on what we have all come to think of as that voice in our head. As you will hear, it may not be anything like what you think it is. As Tom's guest says, “The idea for me is really very simple, break the identification with the voice in your head. It's not who you are. It's just your language machine. And you'll be in a much better position to evaluate your experience and formulate new actions if you language machine isn't filling your head with a bunch of stupid, really bad ideas.”
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Stone Ape podcast
Stone Ape Facebook group
1 hr 1 min
January 15, 2015 Podcast 431 – “That Voice In Your Head”
Guest speaker: Tom Barbalet

PROGRAM NOTES:

Today’s podcast features a conversation between fellow podcaster Tom Barbalet and his guest. Their discussion centers on what we have all come to think of as that voice in our head. As you will hear, it may not be anything like what you think it is. As Tom’s guest says, “The idea for me is really very simple, break the identification with the voice in your head. It’s not who you are. It’s just your language machine. And you’ll be in a much better position to evaluate your experience and formulate new actions if you language machine isn’t filling your head with a bunch of stupid, really bad ideas.”
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Stone Ape podcast
Stone Ape Facebook group
1 hr 1 min
January 07, 2015 Podcast 430 – “The Danger is Madness”
Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
PROGRAM NOTES:
[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.]
“I sort of see [cannabis] as the pilot light of Gian consciousness.]
“The danger is [in using psychedelic drugs], just to put it out there, is madness.”
“LSD is different. LSD is like psychoanalytical Drano. It's not a personality.”
“Matter is simply a concept. The world is made of language.”
“If you're truly psychedelic the difference between living and dying is quite immaterial. No pun intended.”
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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
Directed by Brett Harvey
The Hasheesh Eater & The Poem of Hashish
By Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Charles Baudelaire
1 hr 29 min
January 07, 2015 Podcast 430 – “The Danger is Madness”
Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
PROGRAM NOTES:

[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.]
“I sort of see [cannabis] as the pilot light of Gian consciousness.]
“The danger is [in using psychedelic drugs], just to put it out there, is madness.”
“LSD is different. LSD is like psychoanalytical Drano. It’s not a personality.”
“Matter is simply a concept. The world is made of language.”
“If you’re truly psychedelic the difference between living and dying is quite immaterial. No pun intended.”
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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
Directed by Brett Harvey

The Hasheesh Eater & The Poem of Hashish
By Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Charles Baudelaire
1 hr 29 min
December 31, 2014 Podcast 429 – “Leprechauns, Elves, or Dead Souls?”
Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
PROGRAM NOTES:
[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.]
“History is anomalous, and there is no way to get used to it.”
“The miracle of our predicament is not how long everything has been in place but how brief it all has been.”
“Each stage of cosmic development proceeded more quickly than the stage which preceded it.”
“A singularity is a place where the rules are broken. A miracle is a singularity.”
“That's part of the nature of a fractal cosmos, nothing is utterly unannounced.”
“History is a series of approximations of the final singularity.”
“I believe in extraterrestrials, but I believe that real extraterrestrials are so peculiar that the job is to recognize them.”
“So when you look at the eschaton what you see, strangely enough, is your own face.”
“The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it's just a gloss. I mean, they're small, and they have the archetype. They're more like leprechauns, and this maybe raises a racial issue.”
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The Best Psychedelic Videos of 2014
1 hr 21 min
December 31, 2014 Podcast 429 – “Leprechauns, Elves, or Dead Souls?”
Guest speaker: Terence McKenna
PROGRAM NOTES:

[NOTE: All quotations are by Terence McKenna.]
“History is anomalous, and there is no way to get used to it.”
“The miracle of our predicament is not how long everything has been in place but how brief it all has been.”
“Each stage of cosmic development proceeded more quickly than the stage which preceded it.”
“A singularity is a place where the rules are broken. A miracle is a singularity.”
“That’s part of the nature of a fractal cosmos, nothing is utterly unannounced.”
“History is a series of approximations of the final singularity.”
“I believe in extraterrestrials, but I believe that real extraterrestrials are so peculiar that the job is to recognize them.”
“So when you look at the eschaton what you see, strangely enough, is your own face.”
“The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it’s just a gloss. I mean, they’re small, and they have the archetype. They’re more like leprechauns, and this maybe raises a racial issue.”
Download
MP3
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The Best Psychedelic Videos of 2014
1 hr 21 min