Episode 316: Troy Valencia: "Living Beyond the Mind"/Bwiti/Remembering
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Release Date: 05/30/2025
Episode 323: Carrie Asby: Rituals/Retreats/Ecotherapy
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Carrie Asby is an author, retreat founder, wellness instructor, and yogini who is trailblazing the world of ecotherapy and holistic healing. She is the author of Your Morning Ritual: Mindful Habits for Peace and Resilience (2025) a guide that offers readers practical tools and gentle guidance to create daily practices that foster peace, resilience, and a deeper sense of wellbeing. Carrie is also the Founder and Guide of Nature Heart Retreats and has volunteered at Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa. She is the founder of Yoga in the Park in Portland,...
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Episode 322: Emrys Abner: "Solomonic Pentacles: Wisdom and Magic for the Modern Age"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Emrys Abner has spent his life chasing the divine through history, theology, music and art. This podcast will focus on his most recent book: Solomonic Pentacles: Wisdom and Magic for the Modern Age (Llewellyn Books 2025). When he is not performing as a professional musician and raising a family, he runs a sacred workshop business called the "Acoustic Alchemist" and cohosts the Random Illusions podcast. He is also the founder of the Fellowship for Spiritual Advancement nonprofit organization. To connect with all his magical projects, please see:...
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Episode 321: Anthony Rella: "Slow Magic"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Anthony Rella is a psychotherapist, author, and magic worker. He has been studying and practicing in the Western Esoteric Traditions of witchcraft and magic for more than fifteen years, and he has been a mentor and teacher at the Morningstar Mystery School for the past five years. Anthony is also a founding member and former vice president of the Seattle Temple of the Fellowship of the Phoenix. This podcast will focus on his new book, Slow Magic (Llewellyn 2025). To connect with Anthony in his private practice or magical practice, please see: This podcast is...
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Episode 320: Mo Edjlali: "Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Mo Edjlali is the founder and CEO of Mindful Leader, the world's largest provider of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training. A computer engineer with over two decades experience spanning NASA, FICO, Accenture, and Fortune 500 companies, Edjlali brings a unique analytical perspective to contemplative practices. Under his leadership, Mindful Leader has certified 550 workplace mindfulness facilitators and created "Meditate Together," the field's largest community driven practice platform. His new book "Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness" challenges the...
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Episode 319: Von Braschler: "Programming Your Lucid Dreams"/Thought Forms
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Von Braschler is the author of many books on consciousness development, dreams, energy healing, thought forms, and time. He has lectured and led workshops throughout the United States and the U.K and served as a faculty member at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in New York. He has also appeared on many radio and TV programs and was a runner up finalist for a COVR national book award. His previous works include, but are by no means limited to: Manifesting: Using Thought Forms to Visualize Real Change (2021), Seven Secrets of Time Travel, Moving in...
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Episode 318: Reggie Hubbard: Activism/Sound/Yoga/Mindfulness/Political Strategy
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Reggie Hubbard is a senior political strategist who is also a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher. He was the former Senior Political Strategist and Congressional Liaison for MoveOn.org, served as the National Advance Lead for the 2016 Bernie Sanders Campaign, and was an Advance Consultant for then Vice President Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama. Reggie is the founder of Active Peace Yoga, a practice rooted in inclusion, healing, and accessibility--regardless of race, gender, body type, or experience level. Through this platform, he offers yoga and meditation...
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Episode 317: Richard Kaczynski, PhD: "The Sword of Song"/Aleister Crowley
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Richard Kaczynski, PhD is an author and lecturer in the fields of social psychology, metaphysical beliefs and new religious movements. He is known for his biography of the occultist Aleister Crowley, Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley, described by The Times Literary Supplement as "the major biography to date". This podcast will focus on Richard's scholarly presentment of Crowley's The Sword of Song which was just released by Inner Traditions. In other wide-ranging academic pursuits, Richard has held positions as assistant professor at Wayne...
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Episode 316: Troy Valencia: "Living Beyond the Mind"/Bwiti/Remembering
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Troy Valencia is an accomplished researcher, author, musician, and practitioner with a unique interdisciplinary background in science, psychology, and traditional Bwiti spiritual practice. He holds Master's degrees in Analytical Chemistry and East-West Psychology and is completing his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Troy is also the founder of Root & Wisdom, an Iboga platform in Costa Rica with his wife Joaly Trinidad, and the founder of Sacred Roots Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to supporting Indigenous peoples and communities. Of...
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Episode 315: Mike De La Rocha: "Sacred Lessons"/Revolve Impact & On/Notice
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Mike de la Rocha is a strategist, musician, author, and one of the most effective change makers of our generation. As co-founder of Revolve Impact (an award-winning social action and creative agency), he participated founding Artists for 47, a coalition assembled to pass California's historic proposition 47 that has impacted more than 1 million people and led to the largest record change effort in U.S. history, launching the Justice Policy Network, the country's first bi-coastal fellowship focused on increasing the number of leaders in government advancing a new safety agenda, and...
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Episode 314: Ananda Forest: "Good News About the World Falling Apart: The Third Turning of Human Consciousness"
End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Ananda is the author of Here For The Joy (2022) and Good News About the World Falling Apart (2025) the latter work being the subject of this podcast. Ananda went to Andover, Oberlin and Yale Law School and later taught English at St. Ann's School in Brooklyn. In 1994, he left the city for upstate New York where he worked as a carpenter and mechanic and started seriously following his bliss. He retired from carpentry when he hit 56, but never stopped teaching: twelve years guiding students of shamanism at Spirit Hollow, the nature and spirituality center he...
info_outlineTroy Valencia is an accomplished researcher, author, musician, and practitioner with a unique interdisciplinary background in science, psychology, and traditional Bwiti spiritual practice. He holds Master's degrees in Analytical Chemistry and East-West Psychology and is completing his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
Troy is also the founder of Root & Wisdom, an Iboga platform in Costa Rica with his wife Joaly Trinidad, and the founder of Sacred Roots Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to supporting Indigenous peoples and communities. Of Gabonese lineage on his paternal side, Troy integrates his cultural heritage with scientific and psychological expertise.
This podcast will focus on his new work, Living Beyond the Mind: The End of Personal Suffering (2025). For more information about Troy and his blessed life, please see: https://rootandwisdom.com/our-team/
https://www.instagram.com/troyvalencia_/
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