The Universe Within Podcast

Hey everybody! Episode 126 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Lila Lieberman. Lila was recommended to me by mutual friends of ours and I was really impressed when I listened to a few of her talks. Lila has had a fascinating life and we sat down and spoke about her journeys through S. America in her youth where she came across the cactus medicine in the desert and ayahuasca in the jungle, her journey back to S. Africa where she learned from the Zulu and Shona, and how her learning deepened and expanded into what she now calls the Five Pillars of Medicine and the Cedar Teachings, which she spoke in-depth about. It was a real pleasure to have her share and she has a beautiful way of weaving together different teachings and using universal macro and micro principles to help us better understand the nature of medicine and ourselves. I think you will gain a lot from this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

“Lila has been working with medicinal plants and indigenous ways of healing since 1996. Beginning her journey in the Atacama Desert of Peru, she later initiated as 'sangoma', a traditional healer and seer in the Shona tradition of South Africa in 2012. She has spent many years engaging cultural wisdom and plants in a medicinal capacity, both academically and culturally.

Her focus is on the living library held within the plant and human kingdoms, how their collaboration activates valuable pathways within us, and holds profound capacities for new perception and creative feedback. She explores the spectrum of cultural ways, rites, passages and ceremonies that open these channels of learning.

Her academic background is in Anthropology, Linguistics, Philosophy and Transpersonal Psychology, with a Diploma in Integral Coaching. She now lives in the Byron Shire, Australia.”

To learn more about or contact Lila, and for her upcoming live event on March 20, visit her website at: https://www.fivepillarsofmedicine.com

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Hey everybody! Episode 125 of the show is out. This episode is an interview I was on for another podcast called The Way to Change. It was a good interview where I spoke more in depth about tobacco as a medicine, the plant dieta, ayahuasca, and the archetypes of medicine. So I decided to release the interview as Part 2 of my previous episode entitled Sacred Tobacco (episode 4). I hope you all gain something from this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

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“For many years, Jason has had a deep interest in plants as medicine. After studying various modalities, he has lived, studied, and worked in the Amazon and Andes for more than a decade. He runs plant medicine dietas in the Sacred Valley of Peru and throughout the world and has facilitated for many years ayahuasca workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light. He also started a podcast called The Universe Within Podcast. In his free time, he enjoys practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, spending time in nature, woodworking, his motorcycle, and time at home.”

To learn more about his work, visit his website at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.org

To listen to The Way to Change podcast, visit Youtube & Spotify: https://www.youtube.com/@emmacrooks1189 & https://open.spotify.com/show/6HWGBlqrU6HagrWgc2udXL?si=a9df442919464c9b

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Hey everybody! Episode 124 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Kat Courtney. Kat has a company called Plant Medicine People and they work with sacred plants like ayahuasca, huachuma, and tobacco. She has been training and learning from these plants for over 20 years. We sat down and spoke about her background, the aforementioned plants, her training, what these plants mean to her, how these plants are worked with, why integration is so important, and many other topics. I feel Kat speaks from a really good place and a place of experiential wisdom, so it was a really pleasure to have her on and share. I think you all will gain a lot from this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

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“Before Ayahuasca, I knew portals of darkness so paralyzing I spent years and years dealing with depression, bi-polar reactiveness, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. When I met the medicine, I dealt with mind-numbing migraine headaches, severe asthma attacks, and regular bouts with intense waves of panic. Then came the indescribable gift of Plant Medicine.

After falling madly in love with the Plants and this ancient process of ceremony, I not only experienced healing on all imaginable levels, I was also blessed to meet a teacher that allowed me to apprentice in the Shipibo-Conibo and Quechua-Lamista traditions of Ayahuasca for over ten years so that I could learn how to give to others the magic that was given to me. I now practice the art of Vegetalismo, which simply means I work with plant consciousness to help humans heal and evolve, and I absolutely love holding Master Plant Dieta containers for those called to merge with plant consciousness.

I also carry the Chavin tradition for Huachuma passed on to me by the late + great Howard Lawler…”

To learn more about or contact Kat, visit her website at: https://www.plantmedicinepeople.com

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Hey everybody! Episode 123 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Dmitry Alexeev. Dmitry is a scientist who specializes in the gut microbiome. The microbiome is a subject I have wanted to cover on this podcast for a while, as it relates to the plants we ingest, our physical and mental health, intelligence, and has a correlation to many indigenous cosmovisions of life and spirits. It was a pleasure to sit down with Dmitry and this was a really fascinating episode delving into this unseen world that is becoming a forefront of science, health, and consciousness. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

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“Dmitry Alekseev - PHD, Professor. Worked in scientific institutes and companies in Russia, Netherlands, USA and UK. Author of more than 100 scientific articles on microbes and molecular medicine.”

To contact Dmitry via Telegram: @dr_indibiome

For Dmitry’s book: https://a.co/d/he7gMil

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Hey everybody! Episode 122 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with my friend, mentor, and teacher, jubb david. Jubb’s was one of the first people who introduced me and opened my eyes to the world of plants as food, nutrition, medicine, and life-force. I met jubb’s when we were both living in the East Village of New York and where he had a cafe. I would attend his lectures with my friend John Keegan (who I interviewed in episode 60). I was fascinated by jubb’s knowledge, warmth, healing abilities, and insight. Many of the things he said would prove to come true in science many years after he had already been speaking about them. So it was real pleasure and honor to have jubb’s on the podcast. This interview is quite different from previous ones in that it’s not a Q&A format, but more of a stream of consciousness into jubb’s mind. I did my best to splice everything together, but it may take a few listens to pick up on everything he is saying, as there are a lot of gems imbedded in there. I hope you all enjoy and can share in jubb’s wisdom. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

“As a PhD, neurobehavioral physiologist, language expert, plasma physicist, inventor, scientist, expert in blood formation, psychosomatic specialist, neo shaman of Toltec traditions and one of the world’s top naturalists, jubbdavid is renowned around the world for his ability to “read the body like a book” and has been a pioneer in non-surgical non-druggist approaches to healing through vitalization and positive neurolinguistic induction. For the past 40 years, jubb’s has been underneath the radar compositing compelling tactics & strategies to methodically achieve state-specific behaviors by means of neurolinguistic patterning, whole body calibration and beneficial modus operandis herein. He is the coauthor of “Secrets of an Alkaline Body” “LifeFood Recipe Book” alongside many unpublished manuals, manuscripts, and books on whole brain functioning, gender roles, cellular cleansing, colloidal biology, communication & relationship wellness, lifefood, economic egalitarianism and loads in addition soon to reach the light of day.”

To learn more about or contact jubbdavid, visit his website at: https://www.jubbdavid.com

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Hey everybody! Episode 121 of the show is out. In this episode, I was interviewed on another podcast called Mi Yuyabo. It was a nice interview and I was happy to share a bit of my background, what brought me to plant medicine, some things I have learned, and going a bit deeper into the world of plants. I hope you all are able to learn something new from this interview and my sharing. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

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“For many years, Jason has had a deep interest in plants as medicine. After studying various modalities, he has lived, studied, and worked in the Amazon and Andes for more than a decade. He runs plant medicine dietas in the Sacred Valley of Peru and throughout the world and has facilitated for many years ayahuasca workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light. He also started a podcast called The Universe Within Podcast. In his free time, he enjoys practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, spending time in nature, his motorcycle, and time at home.”

To learn more about his work, visit his website at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.org

To listen to Mi Yuyabo Podcast, visit: https://open.spotify.com/show/50m1D510ujMwaWf4wNy08C?si=769ab12858704ca5

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Hey everybody! Episode 120 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Jacob Toddson. Jacob has a really excellent YouTube channel called The Wisdom of Odin where he explores his own journey delving into his wandering the ancient world in search of information pertaining to the religions of the past. Jacob is a photographer by trade and it really shows in the production value of his videos. I was really impressed by his work and his looking into, speaking about, and educating about ancient traditions, especially those of Nordic and Celtic traditions. As this has become part of my own work, I was really happy to have Jacob on to talk about his own journey and what he has learned along the way. We had a really nice conversation and I think you all will learn a lot from him and this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

"I am currently wandering the ancient world, in search of information pertaining to the religions of the past. I am not a historian, or any form of scholar, I am a photographer who wishes to capture the beliefs of the past first hand. I do this by practicing these ancient traditions, and talking with others who still keep old beliefs alive today. I believe by wandering and sharing this information, I can help breathe new life into the old ways, as well as get one step closer to the wisdom of Odin.”

To learn more about or contact Jacob, visit his YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWisdomOfOdin

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Hey everybody! Episode 119 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen. Rune was introduced to me by a listener of the podcast. It was serendipitous timing as I had been wanting to bring on guests to speak more about European myth and tradition, especially about Celtic and Nordic traditions. So it was a pleasure to sit down with Rune and have him share in his experience with Nordic animism, myth, his work in general, and also his time with the Brazilian Candomblé tradition. He has a really good YouTube channel as well where he speaks about these topics. I think you all will be interested by and get a lot out of this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

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"Rune Hjarno Rasmussen is an historian of religion, Ph.d., educated from the Universities of Uppsala and Copenhagen.

Rune has lived in many countries and done fieldwork in a number of contemporary (primarily Afro-descendant) religions, but since childhood he has had Nordic religion as a strong field of interest.

Today Rune is working on applying contemporary developments in anthropology to rethink the way we address Nordic religion both in terms of scholarship, but also as a reservoir of cultural knowledge for environmental activism and sustainability sensitization.”

To learn more about or contact Rune, visit his website at: https://nordicanimism.com and his YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@NordicAnimism

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Hey everybody! Episode 118 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Larry Pahl. Larry was introduced to me by a mutual friend who is a fan of Larry’s work. As someone who is deeply interested in ancient cultures, esoteric wisdom, and the interconnectedness of life and cultures, the pyramids of Giza have fascinated me since childhood. Therefore Larry was a wonderful guest to bring on as all of these are his specialty. He has been studying the pyramids of Giza for decades and has made a number of discoveries. I think he does a beautiful job at bridging both the more rational scientific views as well as bringing in the often forgotten theological views. This was a fascinating conversation and I hope to do a part two as a follow up and go deeper into his findings. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

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"Larry has been studying the Egyptian pyramids for decades. He has made presentations of his discoveries at major Egyptological conferences. He directs our work in the field and maintains contact with our associates around the world. He has led 10 tours to Egypt and outfitted several research expeditions which have yielded major discoveries including the Holy Shaft and Circle, the origin of the Fibonacci Spiral that goes through the center of 4 Giza pyramids, the complete correlation of Orion stars on Egyptian soil, the Hemiunu Template, and the deciphering of pavement markings around Giza.”

To learn more about or contact Larry, visit his websites at: https://larrypahl.com & https://www.greatpyramid.org

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Hey everybody! Episode 117 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Andrew Camargo. A friend of Andrew’s, Jude, recommend I interview Andrew a while back as he lives quite close to me. I am grateful for this recommendation as I really enjoyed sitting down with Andrew and having him share in his life story and work. He has an excellent free webinar series about the call of shamanism that is about 16 hours in length and I was very impressed with the knowledge and depth that Andrew goes into. I would highly recommend it. I feel Andrew is doing great work at bridging many of these shamanic and esoteric, occult, and alchemical traditions. He has a real grasp and depth of knowledge of the history and the broader implications of how these lineages come together and where they are going. We went four hours on this talk which for me is always a sign of a talk with depth. I learned a lot from Andrew and I think you all will as well. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!

"…In 2009 I earned my M.A. from the Pacifica Graduate Institute studying Jungian Psychology and Mythology. Since 2006 I have participated in and extensively journaled over 700 Ayahuasca ceremonies in the Santo Daime tradition. I now live in the Sacred Valley of Peru with my wife and daughter, where we lead a Santo Daime church and community.

Throughout my esoteric studies, I realized that the art of spiritual Alchemy was Western civilization’s own version of shamanic initiatory wisdom, and as such, it had something very unique and valuable to offer the modern seeker – provided its arcane symbolic language could be decoded. So I embarked on a sustained effort to decode the magical connection between Esoteric Alchemy and Entheogenic Shamanism, Jungian Psychology, and Modern Mythology...and nothing could have prepared me for what I discovered: A magic key to unlock a vast treasure of "western shamanic" wisdom.”

To learn more about or contact Andrew, visit his YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@theschoolofmodernsoulscience/

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