The Entheogenic Evolution

We continue with Tales of Aurduin with the next two chapters of The Alchemist and the Eagle. In chapter 20, "Innovations," Othu Yot struggles with the morality of his contributing to the clandestine war effort, and in chapter 21, "Intimate Unknown," Orobai, at Sto'orn's urging, confronts the Arnyar directly about their knowledge of Miraanni. 

Best-selling author and couples therapist, Jonathan Robinson, joins me this week to share all about his newest book, Ecstasy for Couples. Jonathan tells us that, as a profession couples therapist, he found that holding therapy sessions with couples while they are experiencing MDMA is far more impactful than standard talk therapy, and provides immediate and lasting results. He tells us all about in this episode. His new book is now available and you can learn more about Jonathan's work at XTCfourCouples.net

With this next installment of The Alchemist and the Eagle audiobook, I've got chapter 19 for your listening enjoyment. In this chapter, "Mirrors," some of our main characters reflect on their changing identities, purposes, and desires as they contemplate their new relationships, responsibilities, and possibilities with Ashi and Miraanni, Kalzhat and Nuya, and Ohada and Nuya ... 

My guest this week is Dr. Tracy Scott, founder of Revela Retreats in Costa Rica where she offers healing and transformation with iboga. In this in-depth conversation we get into Tracy's journey from medical school to west Africa where she was initiated into Bwiti tradition, her call to start serving iboga, and how she works with clients at Revela to offer safe and medically grounded healing with iboga. You can learn more about her work and Revela here.

This is my last bit of sharing from my recent trip to Iceland. In this episode, I'm sharing a recording of my standard "intro talk" that I formerly gave to my clients before undergoing nondual energy work with 5-MeO-DMT. I gave this talk to my students as a model for how a practitioner can prepare a new client for the unique properties of working with 5-MeO and also how facilitators can detail their own particular practices and methodologies when working with clients so that all clients are fully informed about what to expect and can give their consent to the proposed methodologies and practices. When working with students, I like to encourage them to develop their own info talk, such as this. Unfortunately, there are facilitators out there who don't bother to inform their clients or educate them before serving them psychedelic medicines and working with them. That was never my style, and I encourage all psychedelic facilitators to emphasize education, information sharing, and fully-informing potential clients about what they can expect to build trust. 

We return to the world of Aurduin for this week's episode with the next chapter from the audiobook of The Alchemist and the Eagle, chapter 18, "Inner Motu." With this installment, Orobai travels with Kalzhat into the inner reaches of Motu territory where he hopes to gain audience with the matriarchs and share the harrowing details of his vision with them ... 

This week I'm happy to share with listeners my recent public talk from The White Lotus in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Sunday Jan 18th, 2026. Int his 2.5 hour long talk I cover a lot of ground around the topics of 5-MeO-DMT, nonduality, energetic processing, personal transformation, liberation, and why I consider working with 5-MeO-DMT a fundamental human right as a direct access point into the universal ground of being - something we all deserve to know and experience directly for ourselves without any intermediaries, belief systems, dogmas, or doctrines. I hope you enjoy ... 

My guest this week is author and integration guide, Deva Arani, who joins me for her very first podcast interview of her career. In this conversation we explore her entry into the world of psychedelic medicines coming from the world of competitive long-distance running, how she approaches integration with clients, and the messages and topics explored in her two new books, Integration Alchmey and The Mother Ache. You can find out more about Deva and her work at her website, www.devaarani.com

Last week Hewkii (Helgi) and Flammeus invited me back on their show to talk about my time in Iceland, the work with 5-MeO-DMT I was doing there, and also give Helgi an opportunity to share about his experience of working with my students. This lengthy and engaging conversation is already available on their YouTube Channel, but we wanted to do some cross-pollination, so here it is for my audience. 

I'm joined this week by Morocco-based French podcaster and Youtuber, Ali Nuit. Ali is all about exploring research chemicals from the widely-known to the obscure and is also found of various psychedelic cocktails. We get into it all in this lengthy conversation. If you speak French, you can enjoy Ali's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@Nuit