In this episode I break all of the rules. It is not (directly) about religion, entheogens, ancient mysteries or shamanism. But it is about the expansion of our (collective) consciousness. First I interview Dr. John Loftus, J.D., the former top US Justice Dept Prosecutor under the Carter and Reagan administrations about the history of Bush…
No show on entheogens and shamanism can go without a discussion on the religious use of Cannabis. In this episode I interview one of pioneering researchers into the ancient sacramental use of Cannabis (aka “Marijuana”) – Chris Bennett. Chris Bennett is the co-author of Green Gold the Tree of Life: Marijuana in Magic and Religion…
What do beer and alcohol have to do with gnosis and shamanism? Everything. In fact, they are a major part of understanding the ancient mysteries and religions – like the ancient and heavily psychoactive beer made by the Catholic brewers – Gruit, and the aqua vitae. And were the German and other beer purity laws,…
In May 2006 a Johns Hopkins University study on psilocybin (the active ingredient in Psilocybe varieties of mushrooms) was published stating that the religious experience had been proven through the use of the active ingredient in psilocybe mushrooms. The article by Dr. Roland Griffiths, et al, is titled: ‘Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial…
Thank you for understanding. A 2.5 hour whopper of an interview. In this episode I interview Dr. Stanislav Grof, the world’s foremost expert on LSD research, as well as one of the original founders of the field of Transpersonal Psychology. Is everything you know about LSD and other psychedelic drugs mass hysteria and propaganda? This…
This episode focuses on the Gnostics. Who were the Gnostics and what did they believe? I’ll be interviewing John Lamb Lash, the author of Not In His Image – Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, And the Future of Belief. Comparative mythologist, author and teacher John Lash is one of the foremost exponents of the power of…
What is the future of psychedelic research and what has been discovered so far? I interview Rick Doblin, Ph.D., the founder of MAPS – the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and president of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which he founded in 1986. His dissertation (in Public Policy,…
The conclusion of my interview with Dr. James DeMeo (Podcast #007), author of Saharasia – The 4000 BCE Origins of Child Abuse, Sex-Repression, Warfare and Social Violence in the Deserts of the Old World. What do sexual suppression, social violence, rape, child molestation, circumcision and warfare have to do with one another? You will be…
Originally released December 7, 2008. In our continuing investigation into the modern phenomenon of the New Age 2012 movement, I’m going to interview John Major Jenkins to discuss his work in his book Maya Cosmogenisis 2012. Last month in Podcast #004 – The 2012 Meme, I interviewed Prof. John Hoopes, who refuted the majority of…
What do sexual suppression, social violence, rape, child molestation, circumcision and warfare have to do with one another? You’ll be surprised. In this two part episode with Dr. James DeMeo we’re going to dig down into the deepest suppressed resources of the human psyche to find out. The information presented in this episode is essential…
Charles S. Grob, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He conducted the first government-approved study of MDMA, and was the principal investigator of an international biomedical psychiatric research project in the Brazilian Amazon of…
Originally released November 10, 2008. In this show we investigate a modern mystery and phenomenon that has recently swept the world. It can be found discussed at large conventions for $300 for an admission ticket – where the so-called experts gather to promote their ideas of this field of study – and also in popular…
In this episode I speak with Dr. Martin Ball about the spiritual use of entheogens, especially mushrooms and Salvia Divinorum, as well as religious vs. spiritual freedom. Do you think you have religious freedom? You’d better hear this show! Martin Ball earned his Ph.D. in Religious Studies with an emphasis on Native American religions and…
Today I interview Professor John Rush regarding his new book Failed God: Fractured Myth in a Fragile World. This is the first academic book since the publication of John Allegro’s The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross (1970) that argues Allegro was correct – and provides ample support for the mushroom foundations of Judeo-Christianity. This is…
For this episode I’m going to play a recording that I did back in April of this year, 2008. I went with Richard Andrew Grove of 8thestate media and Paul Verge of Divergent Films to the home of pioneering entheogenic researcher, Professor Carl A. P. Ruck of Boston University. Professor Ruck co-authored Persephone’s Quest with…
