The Psychedologist

Psychedelic Summer School is a mini audio series of brief overviews of topics related to the use of psychedelics. This first episode is called Psychedelic Preschool because it is some general, basic basics to consider before embarking on a psychedelic or other altered consciousness journey.

Trigger warning: this episode briefly mentions suicide.

Permaculture, the state of the psychedelic movement, diversity is intelligence, ableism and counter-indications of psychedelics and the gray areas of psychedelic use for people with mental conditions, cultural and religious tolerance, patriarchy, suicide and my radical idea about cognitive liberty and our right to kill ourselves, ritual, secret magical mystery societies, ethics in psychedelic facilitation, Michael Pollan’s new book, and much more.

In this community event with Boston Entheogenic Network, we hear from local advocate and healer Abdul K Wilkins aka Brother Duli aka the “Beantown g.h.e.t.t.o. shaman” (Gifted Hearts Eternally Toward Total Oneness) on how we can deal with trauma through Sacred Teaching Plants and Fungi.

This episode is the audio of a discussion that took place in February 2018 at the Alchemist's Kitchen in NYC. The event was hosted by Katherine MacLean, PhD with panelists Sitaramaya Sita, Dimitri Mugianis, Britta Love, Lily Ross, and Oriana Mayorga. This is a wild ride from academia to the Amazon, as these panelists share from their personal and professional experiences to illuminate and critique the current atmosphere of cis-male domination within psychedelics.

For AJ Wildey, what started as a two-month adventure working on a cacao farm in the central Amazon of Peru quickly became a quest to share Peruvian chocolate—and the stories of the people dedicated to making it—with the world.

This episode is a riveting mashup of three short convos with women I had the pleasure of meeting on Cosmic Sister’s trip to Peru this March! Dawn is a Biochemist and Ecologist with a passion for sustainable agriculture development and bees! Chioma is a massage therapist, yoga instructor & meditation facilitator. Sarah Baldwin is immersed in the world of herbalism, writing and teaching about the physical and spiritual benefits of healing plants.

In this episode Leia interviews Suzanna from Finca Amrta, a small nature reserve and sustainable farm located in the foothills of the Talamaca mountains in Costa Rica’s southern zone. Since it’s conception in 1989, the Finca has been dedicated to creating a model farm, which demonstrates the goals of sustainability and ecological land use.

This episode is an audio journal of my journey to take Iboga to address my lifelong problematic relationship with food and body dysmorphia. Part I was recorded in the car on the way to the ceremony.  Part II was recorded 5 days after the experience- it’s a conversation with one of my partners, Matty, who brought me to and from the ceremony. Part III are my reflections at two months post-ceremony. Between the sections we have included recordings of the Bwiti songs which were played during my ceremony.

Fungi Academy is mushroom education center, a creative and educational co-living space, nestled in the hills above the mystical Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

I interview two pairs of amazing folks from Fungi Academy in San Marcos Guatemala. Tabea, Leo, and I discuss the Academy, their backgrounds, and what they've learned from joining the core team at the school. Then Alessandra and Seth dive into ecology, psilocybes, bioremeditation, psychology, and what led them down their individual paths.

All In A Day’s Sex Work; independent book distribution; the exploitation and victimization in any job under capitalism; demographic representation in the book; Power Dynamics, BDSM, and healing; stigma and the consequences; feminism and sex work; decriminalization, and asking sex workers for the laws they want.