A dialogue with Samuel Barnes, Author of 'Missing Axions' and 'The Iconoclast: An anti-philosophy'. We explore the experience we both share of leaving our homeland the U.K to distant lands. Samuel presents his assessment of our consumer culture and it's 'god shaped hole' before sharing his surprising experience of conversion in Seoul, Korea.Find Samuel Barnes writing at:https://barnes.substack.com/Books at:https://samuelbarnes.com/ Youtube  @smlbarnes  1:13 The call beyond your homeland and philosophy of homelessness10:00 Being an identity mutant and rooting into a place14:40 Going beyond tourist mode23:00 Freedom through responsibility & The God shaped hole’34:00 Resurgence of Christianity in the liminal web and mainstream culture 44:00 The ‘me me’ consumer individual culture and God48:00 Attentional shift of being ‘turned on’ to God53:00 Reconsidering the notion of repentance58:00 Tolkien, Ayahuasca and Experiencing the Eucharist1:00:00 Finding an Anglican Cathedral in Seoul 1:03:00 Sam’s Conversion experience 1:08:00 The perennial dilemma of sensemaking vs wisdom work1:11:45 Entering the Attention Age1:19:00 Our wonderful opportunity

Integrating Christianity and Ayahuasca. Recorded at Nihue Rao, Peru [March 2025]

In March 2025 I journeyed to Nihue Rao in Iquitos Peru for my most significant ‘diet’ with the Plant Medicine of Ayahuasca to date. The retreat was held by Maestro Remi Delaune, and his Shipibo teacher Maestro Ricardo Amaringo. I first experienced Remi’s works at ‘Kumankaya’ the remarkable healing center he and his wife Ashley built in the jungle of México. As a curandero he brings a one of a kind mixture of presence, humor, devotion to the medicine and indescribable Icaros.

His near 20 years as an Orthodox monk in France and transition to a deep study of Shipibo Ayahuasca medicine make him a unique teacher on the experiential, mystical and synergistic integration of Christianity and Plant Medicine. Remi’s work represents a key inspiration for my ongoing project ‘Christianity Beyond Itself’.

We recorded this impromptu interview exploring what Ayahuasca is and and Remi’s understanding of the relationship between Ayahuasca, Christianity and the Shipibo tradition. He shares the key practices of the Curandero, the idea of a ‘natural pentecost’ and the importance of a strong spiritual practice when approaching ayahuasca and why he is not an emissary of the plant.

*A note on audio fidelity*

This podcast was recorded in the open air at Nihue Rao in Iquitos Peru. There are lots of wonderful bird sounds. However, there was also some construction on site which shows up for a couple of minutes. These noisy moments have been included to preserve clarity and meaning in the dialogue.

Chapters:

3:30 Why do we drink Ayahuasca

08:00 What is the Icaro?

15:29 The relationship between Shipibo Ayahuasca tradition and Christianity

16:50-19:32 construction sound

19:52 Remi’s background in Greek Orthodox and mystical experience

20:42 Deepening Christianity through Ayahuasca

24:19 A ‘natural pentecost’ rather than a psychedelic renaissance

25:43 Ayahuasca is not for everyone

27:30 It’s important to have a spiritual practice when we engage with ayahuasca

28:00 The Five points that make a good Curandero

A multi-dimensional dialogue with philosophers and players in what has come to be called "The Liminal Web" about what this scene really is, how we relate with it and what historical potentials are being born through it and more. O.G. Rosehttps://www.og-rose.com/Tim Adalinhttps://www.timadalin.xyz/Layman Pascalhttps://laymanpascal.substack.com/Jacob Kisherewww.jacobkishere.com/

n this dialogue with Hunt Priest, we explore how psychedelics can support a rediscovery of the fire of the holy spirit, reconnection with God re-imagining of the symbolic depth of Christianity. We consider the perennial tensions between the alive spirit and the church as institution. Colonial mindsets and evangelism. The Church's relationship to indigenous cultures. Jesus as Shaman and the overlaps between Shamanism and Christianity in the work of Mircea Eliade. Hunt Priest is the Executive Director and Founder of Ligare - A Christian Psychedelic Society. Hunt is a former Episcopal priest who, after a profound mystical experience during a psilocybin research study at Johns Hopkins, founded Ligare to help Christians explore psychedelic healing within a religious context.https://www.ligare.org/Jacob Kishere is a professional dialogue facilitator, writer, rapper, and philosopher. The creator of Culturepilgrim, SENSESPACE Podcast & Studio and The Resonant Man. He began my research into the crisis of the modern west with my award winning BA thesis (History, QMUL) and MA (Terrorism, Security & Society, KCL). Over the last decade I’ve searched deeper answers to that crisis , journeying into the depths of the mystical and drawing out insights for deeper resonance, healing and clarity of values in our paths, relationships and communities.www.jacobkishere.com

After many years, I sat down with Daniel Thorson whose Emerge podcast was an inspiration and leading voice in the liminal web/sensemaking/metacrisis space. This was a really special podcast & Daniel brought ro bear his unfoldment practice and the spirit of his substack Intimate Mirror to create a really unique space. We explored: life after monastic academy. Buddhism and trauma. The masculine wound in the west and our relationship with masculine authority. What it means to connect with essence. True safety as found in ‘making the leap’ into the the divine. What Daniel learned about the metacrisis through years of enquiry with leading heart-minds in the liminal web.Don't miss this one.Be sure to subscribe for more at:Daniel's substack & work with Daniel at: The Intimate Mirror https://intimatemirror.substack.com/Jacob's substack:www.culturepilgrim.substack.comThe Resonant Man:www.theresonantman.substack.comJacob Kishere Website [Re-launch pending]www.jacobkishere.com

The Resonant Man in SENSESPACE Studio from London for a rich dialogue exploring:

The opening event of SENSESPACE Studio in 2025 with guest speakers Matthew Green and Danny Cohen. The event was organised in collaboration with Resonant World a newsletter serving the global healing movement and The Resonant Man—an initiative by Matthew Green and Jacob Kishere.

I was interviewed by philosopher and prolific author Mark Vernon on my work and journey for the Realisation Festival Podcast. Mark and I connected at the festival in Dorset and have since co-held an online space.

We go on a wonderful journey through my work across myriad domains from the liminal web to dialogos, my journey with psychedelics and the understanding of healing they helped to yield. We closed exploring my cultural integration project 'Christianity Beyond Itself'.

To follow my work join my substack www.culturepilgrim.substack.com

To get tickets for the next Realisation Festival at St Giles House, Dorset.

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A reflection on the meaning of Cultural pilgrimage, Culturepilgrim as a journey through territories of the mind, world and soul. I also explore some of the adventures and insights of the Culturepilgrim substacks published this summer.

From the first 'Pilgrim's Road: Culturepilgrim Community Call'. To join more and tune in go to www.culturepilgrim.substack.com

A clip exploring the relation between christ consciousness, ancestral collective trauma healing in the context of the Noosphere from "Christianity Beyond Itself/Matthew Segall" a new series.