Today’s guest is Dr. David Hillman, the author of The Chemical Muse – Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization. Is Western Civilization built on ancient Roman and Greek use drugs? How available were drugs in Classical times? Have the ancient texts been translated …
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Today’s guest is Prof. Michael Winkelman from Arizona State University. Are ritual and religion a part of human evolution? What are the benefits that religion and ritual provide humanity and society? Do other animals other than humans utilize ritualistic behavior? What part do psychedelic drugs …
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. Today’s guest is Prof. Michael Winkelman from Arizona State University. Are ritual and religion a part of …
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. Are Christianity and the story of Jesus based on more ancient sun worshiping religions? Does the story …
Are Christianity and the story of Jesus based on more ancient sun worshiping religions? Does the story of Jesus have its roots in Horus, the ancient Egyptian Sun god? Today we’ll be discussing Acharya’s brand new book – Christ in Egypt. Those of you who …
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. Do psychedelic drugs have the ability to increase or expand intelligence? What is the difference between multi-state …
Do psychedelic drugs have the ability to increase or expand intelligence? What is the difference between multi-state versus single-state intelligence? Why is it important to think about thinking; and what is placebo ability? Thomas B. Roberts (Ph.D. Stanford) investigates mindbody states for the leads they …
Archive: #019 - Eleusis, LSD, and Psychedelic Evolution - An Interview with Peter Webster
Feb. 23, 2009
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. In the original 1978 edition of The Road to Eleusis by R. Gordon Wasson, Dr. Albert Hoffman …
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Archive: #017 - Cannabis - Run From the Cure! - Interviews with Jack Herer and Rick Simpson
Feb. 9, 2009
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. What if everything you were ever told by the government and doctors about marijuana was a lie? …
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. In this episode I break all of the rules. It is not (directly) about religion, entheogens, ancient …
Archive: #015 - Cannabis and the Soma/Haoma Solutions - An interview with Chris Bennett
Jan. 28, 2009
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. No show on entheogens and shamanism can go without a discussion on the religious use of Cannabis. …
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Archive: #013 - Mushrooms & Mystical Experience - An interview with Dr. Roland Griffiths
Jan. 12, 2009
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. In May 2006 a Johns Hopkins University study on psilocybin (the active ingredient in Psilocybe varieties of …
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. A 2.5 hour whopper of an interview. In this episode I interview Dr. Stanislav Grof, the world's …
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Archive: #010 - MAPS - The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies - An interview wit
Dec. 23, 2008
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. What is the future of psychedelic research and what has been discovered so far? I interview Rick …
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. The conclusion of my interview with Dr. James DeMeo (Podcast #007), author of Saharasia - The 4000 …
ARCHIVE: This episode older than one year and is archived and available for $3 on the Premium page to help cover server costs. Thank you for understanding. In our continuing investigation into the modern phenomenon of the New Age 2012 movement, I’m going to …