29| Beyond Psychedelic Therapy and the Amanita Mushroom with Kevin Feeney, PhD
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Kevin Feeney, PhD, joins me for a conversation He is a cultural anthropologist and lawyer currently working as a Program Director and Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies – Social Sciences at Central Washington University. His primary research interests include examining legal and regulatory issues surrounding the religious and cultural use of psychoactive substances, with an emphasis on peyote and ayahuasca, and exploring modern and traditional uses of the Amanita Muscaria mushroom, with a specific focus on medicinal use and preparation practices. His research has been...
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28| Technology, Consciousness, and the Evolution of Mind with Hamilton Souther
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Master Shaman Hamilton Souther joins the show Hamilton Souther is a Master Shaman, and Founder of the Blue Morpho Tours, an Ayahuasca and Plant medicine Retreat Centre in Peru. Hamilton is also Co-founder Gaia Labs and Source Independent Entertainment (SIE), and Full Stock NFTs. Hamilton is a visionary leader, speaker, author and international leader for Amazonian Sustainability and Conservation. This was one of my favorite conversations so far on the show, and one of the best I’ve had around AI, the processes that seem to be taking place with technology in a larger sense. ...
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27| The Path to Meditation and the Luminous Psychonauts with Shaboy (PhD)
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Shaboy (PhD), joins me on the show Shaboy is a meditation instructor, reiki master, and spiritual teacher living in Japan. He has an honorary pHD from the dean OIUCM - Medicina Alernativa (UN) for his work in alternative therapies and spiritual psychology. He became a Rieki master in 2002, an EFT practitioner in 2011, a yoga teacher in 2009, and has recently qualified as a Breathwork guide with the Breathwork Alliance. Psychedelics and entheogens have also played a huge role in this, and it’s synthesis into these paths. Part of his current work includes helping people prepare, integrate, and...
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26| Time Loops, Technology, and Crafting the Collective Cathedral with Michael Garfield
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Michael Garfield joins the show This was an interesting and wide ranging conversation. We spoke of people and community as social molecules, time loops, AI and technology, and the need to come together in community towards some of the challenges facing us collectively, and much more. Also, brief appearance of Michael's daughter on the show for a moment! Michael is an incredible polymath. He is a visionary artist and live painter, a fantastic musician, podcast host (Future Fossils and until just recently Complexity Podcast for Sante Fe Institute), science communicator, writer and soon to be...
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25| AI, VR, and the Future of Art with Matt Semke of Catswilleatyou
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Matt Semke, the artist behind Catswilleatyou joins me on the show. Matt is an amazing multidisciplinary artist who has potentially the longest running daily art streak of any artist on the planet, with over 6000 days straight of posting his new art pieces online. He’s a VR artist, AR artist, digital artist, physical artist/painter, NFT Artist, and so much more. He works to really push the boundaries on art and tools that can be used for art. He has created his own art metaverse with I believe somewhere around 1-10% of his collection available to look at (and interact with to purchase)...
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24| On Music and Medicine with Alex Maas of The Black Angels
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Alex Maas of The Black Angels joins the show The Black Angels have been my favorite band almost immediately since I heard them about a decade ago, so this was an incredible episode for me. The conversation starts off talking about the Levitation music festival and how my Indigenous Web3 organization, 400 Drums, may do some work with them to help bring some Indigenous artists and representation to the event. After the little transition, the second half of the conversation is all around music and medicine, where these can tap us into, and the source and flow of inspiration. Tamara Goddard joins...
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23| Breath and the Alignment of the Cosmos with Kyle Espenshade
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Kyle Espenshade is back for another great conversation. Kyle is a SOMA Breath Master Instructor, Healing Tao Qigong instructor, Transformational Coach, music producer, and ecstatic dance DJ, with over a decade of experience in internal alchemy arts. He is the founder of Soma Alkhemy, a syncretic system of holistic healing and transformation for the modern day spiritual seeker which combines ancient alkhemy practices from both eastern and western traditions with modern technology and scientific understanding. We talk about psychedelics but largely from an angle of what it's pointing you towards...
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22| Revealing the Threads that Connect Us All with Trent Stephens
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Trent Stephens joins the show after another year away. I have some more episodes coming up so let’s hope I don’t have such an extended break again. Trent is many things. He lives on a somewhat self sustaining farm, studied as an eco tour guide, has worked to become essentially a self trained full stack developer, he’s working with web 3 and VR to facilitate some amazing project ideas he's had that we talk about on this episode. He’s also a Realtor, outdoorsman and survivalist, extreme sport enthusiast, a family man and more. We weave a lot of ideas in this episode, about consciousness,...
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21| Silence and Insight, Bliss and Fear with Jesse Shwaluk
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Jesse Shwaluk joins me after nearly a year away from the show! After a decade of close friendship I thought it was worth getting one of our conversations out. Jesse is a massage therapist near Vancouver, BC. In this episode, we go on a deep dive on meditation and our experiences going to . Stay tuned after the episode with Jesse, there's an extra few minutes talking about one of the worst experiences of my life, a bad trip off of a cannabis edible after coming back from my first retreat, definitely stick around to hear that. Find Jesse on instagram @sheepotato...
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20| Warm Data and the Wisdom of the Collective with Lucas Jackson
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Lucas is a biodynamic farmer living in Vermont. Working in these ways with understandings of permaculture has given him the inspiration for his own journey and inner work. He is a Holotropic Breathwork instructor after having studied under Stan Grof and Tav Sparks.
info_outlineCaitlin Moakley joins me on the show
Caitlin is the founder of Soil and Spirit, a consultation business she started for personal care brands, herbalists, ethnobotanists and more to make an impact on a local and global level on the ingredients that are put into products.
She is also a core member of of the psychedelic and environmental feminist group, Cosmic Sister, and works in the Cannabis industry in Massachusetts with Agrify working on vertical farming and indoor grow technology.
We talk about altered states of consciousness, ayahuasca, cannabis, and how stories help us heal individually and as a collective.
Check her out below
@Soilandspirit on Instagram and Facebook
Also check out @cosmicsister on Instragram, Facebook and around the web.