The Entheogenic Evolution

By Martin W. BallSociety & Culture Philosophy

The Entheogenic Evolution episodes

May 22, 2023 Episode 238: Psanctum Psychedelic Conference, 2023 with Tom Hatsis
Coming up this summer, July 21-23, is the Psanctum Psychedelic Conference happening in Portland, Oregon. Here's all the details about the event and other offerings from Tom Hatsis and the Psanctum crew including their newly-opened thrift shop, open mic events, and focus on inclusion and accessibility for psychedelic conferences and events. Learn more at www.psanctum.org
1 hr 6 min
May 15, 2023 Episode 237: A Sleep Story: Chapter 8, 2019 - The First Half
We've now come to the portion of my medical memoir where we return the point of the dramatic opening: when, in the beginning of 2019, I completely lost the ability to sleep for 10 consecutive days. This is, without a doubt, the most uncomfortable, disturbing, painful, and vulnerable portion of the story, and details the time that I wasn't sure I was going to make it. It's not a happy story, and it is challenging for me to share all this here on the podcast, but in the ongoing quest to be open and authentic, here it is . . .
1 hr 27 min
May 08, 2023 Episode 236: Cinesomatics with Andrew Daniel
My guest this week is the founder of the Center for Cinesomatic Development (www.cinesomatics.org), Andrew Daniel. We get deep into his own story of discovering his authenticity and how traumas and patterns are encoded in the body and our expressiveness, and how he developed the cinesomatic program to help others release and transform themselves
1 hr 42 min
May 01, 2023 Episode 235: A Sleep Story: Chapter 7, Post-Exploring Psychedelics 2018
This week we continue with the next chapter from my medical memoir, A Sleep Story. This chapter covers the summer and fall of 2018 as things were getting worse and worse with sleep, leading up to the big crash at the beginning of 2019.
32 min
April 24, 2023 Episode 234: Psilomethoxin, Usona, The Church, and EntheoGenesis
This week's episode is my reading of an essay I've been working on since returning from The Church of Psilomethoxin's event, EntheoGenesis, last weekend in Austin, Texas. While no definitive answers are provided, I explore the topic of Usona's "study" that psilomethoxin is "fiction" and "placebo effect" by taking a well-rounded look at claims made, the context of the church and their practices, and as a participant-observer in a truly wonderful and nurturing event.
49 min
April 17, 2023 Episode 233: Discover the Root with Tisha Ingram
This week's episode is all about healing with Iboga with Tisha Ingram of www.discovertheroot.com. Tisha is trained in traditional use of Iboga with the Bwiti in Gabon and seeks to bring healing to others with grounded ceremony and conscientious use of this powerful entheogen.
1 hr 37 min
April 10, 2023 Episode 232: A Sleep Story: Chapter 6, "More Travel, More Projects, Less Sleep"
"A Sleep Story," my medical memoir and audiobook, continues with with Chapter 6, which covers the time from approx 2015 to spring of 2018 and various issues and dramas that arose that contributed to my chronic struggles with sleep. The full audiobook, along with all my others, is available at Amazon, the iBookstore, and Audible
50 min
April 03, 2023 Episode 231: RageHeart with John Wood
My guest this week is man from the land down under, John Wood, the founder of www.rageheart.co, which focuses on helping people navigate and integrate psychedelic experiences with an emphasis on emotional expression and somatics, especially for men. Listen in and learn more about "The crazy Aussie who doesn't believe in meditation" . . .
1 hr 41 min
March 27, 2023 Episode 230: A Sleep Story: Chapter 5, Mexican Interlude
This week's selection of my medical memoir, A Sleep Story, was formerly a podcast episode back in 2015. I included it in my memoir as issues with sleep was a recurring theme of my 2015 visit with Octavio Rettig in Mexico, and it lays out some of the context of what comes later in the story with internet warriors, cancel culture, and backlash.
52 min
March 20, 2023 Episode 229: The Third Wave: Mastering Microdosing with Paul Austin
My guest this week is author Paul Austin and we talk about all things microdosing - health and wellbeing, flow states, creativity, problem solving, leadership and more! He's the author of the book, Mastering Microdosing, and is also the creator of the mircodosing support and education website, www.thethirdwave.co, which offers information about the practice, coach training, and molecule-specific instructions. Additionally, Paul was a co-founder of Synthesis (and is no longer associated with the business), which recently went bankrupt while in the process of training the first generation of psilocybin assisted therapists here in Ashland, Oregon, so we get into what went down and how others are picking up the pieces.
1 hr 35 min