Psychedelic Salon

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Date this lecture was recorded: April 2021

Guest speaker:

Leonard Pickard

Today's Bicycle Day Podcast features a conversation that Leonard Pickard recently had with members of the London Psychedelic Society. After more than 20 years in prison, Leonard now is free to tell us about his prison ordeal and what his life is like today.

 

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Date this lecture was recorded: March 15, 2021Guest speakers: Jennifer Stell and Alex Karasik

Today's podcast features a conversation that we recently had in the live salon. Our guests were Jennifer Stell and Alex Karasik who are working with the Baystaters for Natural Medicine in Massachusetts. This group came together, online, in October of 2020. Already they have convinced the city councils in three Massachusetts towns to decriminalize drugs. I am hoping that hearing how they did it will inspire you to follow their lead.

Baystaters for Natural Medicine

Magic mushroom advocates following cannabis playbook

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Date this lecture was recorded: March 8, 2021

Guest speakers:

Various

This is a recording of a conversation that we had on a live salon the other day. It's about Non-Fungible Tokens, the NFTs that have been making news lately

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Guest speakers:

Kat Lakey, Alexa Lakey, Julie Holland, Julian Vayne, and Ralf Jeutter

Today we continue our reading of Leonard Pickard's novel, The Rose of Paracelsus. Chapter 4 is read by author and occultist Julian Vayne who was also featured in our introduction to this series. The reading of Chapter 4 is followed by commentary by Ralf Jeutter. Before the reading and commentary, Dr. Julie Holland tells about her recent conversation with Leonard Pickard.

Archive of Previous Podcasts FeaturingThe Rose of Paracelsus

Indigo’s Delivery: An Excerpt from The Rose of Paracelsus from The Oak Tree Review

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Date this live salon was held: January 7, 2021

Guest speakers:

Various

Today's podcast features a recording of the live salon that was held on the day after Trump's Insurrection. Only a few hours had passed since the middle of the night Congressional approval of Joe Biden becoming the 46th President of the United States. At the time of this recording, however, there was a great deal of uncertainty about were we would be heading in the days ahead. So that you don't forget your own feelings at this precipitous moment in time, I'm playing this recording of what some of our fellow saloners were thinking then.

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Guest speakers:

Ben Sessa, Tom Roberts, and Kat Lakey

Today's podcast features a reading of Chapter 3 from Leonard Pickard's novel, The Rose of Paracelsus. The chapter is read by Dr. Ben Sessa who is currently leading a psychedelic research project with Professor David Nutt in the UK. The reading is followed by commentary by Dr. Thomas Roberts. Long time listeners to the salon will remember Dr. Roberts from my Podcast 633 – “The Man Who Invented Bicycle Day”.

Leonard Pickard's email addressaphrodine (dot) 1 (at) gmail (dot) com

Links to previous Rose Garden Podcasts

Podcast 609 – “The Rose Garden – Introduction”

Podcast 629 – “The Rose Garden” 002

Podcast 644 – “The Rose of Paracelsus” – Chapter 1

Podcast 652 – “The Rose of Paracelsus” – Chapter 2

Ben Sessa's Current Project

Books by Thomas Roberts

Psychedelics and Spirituality: The Sacred Use of LSD, Psilocybin, and MDMA for Human Transformation

The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values

Mindapps: Multistate Theory and Tools for Mind Design Foreword by James Fadiman

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Date this lecture was recorded: November 16, 2020

Guest speakers:

Pat Murphy and Charlie Grob

Today's podcast features an interview in the Live Salon with filmmaker Pat Murphy and psychedelic researcher Dr. Charles Grob. During the course of the conversation the conversation drifted into several interesting tributaries. However, the main focus of our conversation was to discuss Pat's new film, Psychedelia.

PSYCHEDELIA​ ​is an hour-long documentary film about psychedelic drugs and their ability to induce mystical and religious experiences. The film chronicles their use in controlled research studies prior to the cultural upheaval of the 1960s, when LSD was regarded as a promising medical breakthrough, as well as their recent re-emergence in psychiatry.

Featuring leading experts in the field of psychedelic research, the film tells the story of medical professionals who have re-introduced these compounds into a legal and growing field of study. First-person accounts from a study on end-of-life anxiety explore the profound, life-altering insights psychedelics induce in participants and what these insights might mean for society at large.

Psychedelia(the movie)

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Date this live salon was held: October 22, 2020

Guest speakers:

Rio Hahn, Michael Shields, and Ron Turner

Today's podcast features a recording of a live salon in which former friends and associates of Dr. Timothy Leary shared their remembrances of him on the occasion of 100th anniversary of Dr. Leary's birth. Among other first-hand accounts, we learned the truth about why Timothy decided at the last minute to not have his head frozen after he died.

Archive of Timothy Leary talkson the Psychedelic Salon

Lorenzo's Days as a Drug DealerConfessions of an Ecstasy Advocate

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Guest speaker:

J. Krishnamurti

Today I am going to replay a recording of J. Krishnamurti that I first played here in the salon in January of 2009. A lot has happened since then, but I haven't noticed any overall change for the better in the way we humans interact with one another. My thought is that it may be worth our time to have another listen to these words of wisdom.

[The following quotations are by J. Krishnamurti in today's podcast.]

“Give your heart and your mind with every thing that you have to find out a way of living differently.”

“We are talking about a revolution, not physical, but a psychological revolution in which there is no, at the depth, conformity. … Conformity exists when there is comparison. For a mind to be totally free from comparison, that is to observe your whole history which is embedded in you.”

“What’s your answer to this question that human beings have lived this way for millennia upon millennia, why haven’t they changed? . . . Why don’t you, if you’re at all serious in this matter, why don’t you ask yourself that question? Why am I, a human being who has been through all of this, why haven’t I changed?”

“And when observed through history, through our life, all that hope and faith have no meaning at all, because what is important is what we are, actually what we are, not what we think we are, or what we think we should be, but actually what is.”

J. Krishnamurti Website

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Date this lecture was recorded: September 28, 2020

Guest speaker:

Gary Smith

Today's podcast features attorney Gary Smith who has just published a major compendium of drug laws in the United States as well as in several other nations. In this wide-ranging interview, which took place during a live session of the Psychedelic Salon, you may be surprised at what could happen to you if the federal government finds both cannabis and a firearm in your home. Even if you have a doctor's medical marijuana recommendation and a licensed firearm you have committed a felony.

Psychedelica Lexa comprehensive survey ofthe laws governing psychedelics

Gary Smith's YouTube Channel

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