COLLECTIVE WISDOM BLOGS

Welcoming Ibogaine Counselor Anders Beatty to the Awake Board of Directors

by Lakshmi | June 21, 2024 | Anders Beatty | 0 Comments

It is my great honor to welcome Anders Beatty to the Awake Board of Directors. Anders is a seasoned ibogaine counselor and coach skilled in the art of ibogaine integration. Anders honed his skills through helping first himself and then others to do ibogaine...

What is Organic Integration by Deanne Adamson, Women in Psychedelics Apr 2024

by Eric Swenson | May 21, 2024 | Addiction Recovery, Psychedelic Integration, Women in Psychedelics | 0 Comments

When and how do the lasting benefits of psychedelic therapies show up in a person’s life? What is that process that makes it so? How does one ensure their time, energy, and efforts count? What is organic integration and why is this essential to getting good, pure, and...

Welcome to the Polemics of Jack

by Jack Cross | August 26, 2021 | Jack Cross, The Polemics of Jack by Jack Cross | 0 Comments

The Polemics, as I lovingly refer to my writings, are intended to be a collection of short articles, art-i-facts, journey notes, diagrams, ecstatic poetry, slights-of-hand with Compass, Square and Pen, written exclusively under the influence of Mind-Soul-Manifesting...

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Entheogens: Master Plant Sacraments

by Lakshmi | April 23, 2021 | Addiction Recovery, Ayahuasca, Cannabis, Iboga/Ibogaine, Psilocybin | 0 Comments

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Crucified on the Cross of Self-Perfectionism: An Interview with Rick Doblin

by Lakshmi | March 28, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Iboga/Ibogaine | 0 Comments

Crucified on the Cross of Self-Perfectionism: An Interview with Rick Doblin Rick Doblin founded MAPS.org (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), a non-profit organization that has spent the last 35 years in an effort to get MDMA approved for...

Patient D: Microdosing Ibogaine for Parkinson’s

by Lakshmi | January 27, 2020 | Iboga/Ibogaine | 0 Comments

Interviewed by Lakshmi Narayan and Eric SwensonAt the time of this interview in 2019, Patient D was a 76-year old individual who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s five years before and was able to manage and improve his symptoms by microdosing ibogaine. He passed away in...

A Journey in Word 2 by Jack Cross

by Jack Cross | December 24, 2019 | Entheogens and Language, Jack Cross, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

There is a holographic awakening to be had from the words and letters of the English/Latin alphabet and author and psychonaut Jack Cross un-spells the Way in Part 2 of his series “A Journey in Word. The video is a mesmerizing visual experience that will put you...

Addiction and the Core Wound with Deanne Adamson

by Lakshmi | November 18, 2019 | Iboga/Ibogaine | 0 Comments

How does IBOGA work in a single treatment when traditional rehab and therapies fail? The answer is simple. It gets to the root cause. In the opinion of addiction expert Dr. Gabor Maté, who has worked with hundreds of addicts in the course of his practice, addiction is...

Hacking Addiction with Ibogaine: An Interview with Patrick Kroupa

by Lakshmi | November 10, 2019 | Addiction Recovery, Iboga/Ibogaine | 0 Comments

Patrick Kroupa, an early pioneer in the movement to medicalize ibogaine for opioid addiction with Howard Lotsof (right), the man who discovered as a young addict in 1962 NYC, that a “drug” from Africa called “ibogaine” had ended his addiction...

The Tree of Tough Love: An Interview with Ben De Loenen

by Lakshmi | August 15, 2019 | Addiction Recovery, Iboga/Ibogaine | 0 Comments

Benjamin De Loenen is the founder of ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Research, Education & Service) a philanthropic non-profit whose mission is to educate humanity about the power of plant medicines through gathering, researching, and sharing...

Anders Beatty ibogaine coach talks about preparing for a monomythic journey with ibogaine

by Lakshmi | September 19, 2024 | Addiction Recovery, Anders Beatty, Entheogens, Iboga/Ibogaine, Preparation & Detox, Topics | 0 Comments

Iboga Saves: Ending Addiction, Event 1 Sept 4, 2024 Replay: https://awake.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IbogaSavesLibrary.mp4 ...

Anders Beatty on Addiction & Ibogaine • Episode 45 • Free •

by Shonagh | September 19, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Anders Beatty on Addiction & Ibogaine • Episode 45 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1838479/c1e-v634ps9qw15bw28g0-v61k9r1ztgdx-gwvvve.mp3 This latest episode features Anders Beatty, who has created a protocol for...

Playing Cards or Map of Life? • Episode 44 • Free •

by Shonagh | September 6, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Playing Cards or Map of Life? • Episode 44 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1819786/c1e-v634ps92zpxiw7nj1-25dr7d36tz8w-q7vmhd.mp3 I have been working with tarot and other cards for the past twenty years and have always...

“Religious forces are needed to overcome the egotism that divides humans.” Hex 59, I Ching

by Lakshmi | September 1, 2024 | I Ching | 0 Comments

A timeless message from the Wilhelm I Ching. I so love this book for the wisdom it has given me over the years. I believe sacred rites referred to in the text below were entheogenic journeys, what else could evoke such awe? “Religious forces are needed to overcome the...

The Trivium: A Timeless Gift from the Sages of the Past • Episode 43 • Free •

by Shonagh | August 23, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

The Trivium: A Timeless Gift from the Sages of the Past • Episode 43 by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1819786/c1e-0v1p7tjv6mdtg7wxz-v6199q3nb75p-5hzf7s.mp3 I have been wanting to do an episode on the Trivium for awhile and finally, here...

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Flood of Fire – an Iboga Experience

by Ian MacKenna | August 18, 2024 | Iboga/Ibogaine | 0 Comments

Trigger Warning: Iboga is one of the most powerful psychedelics in the world. This trip was certainly one of the strongest experiences of my life and I have tripped many hundreds of times, more than a few of which have been devastatingly intense. This report contains...

The Silver Branch and the Otherworld • Episode 42 • Free •

by Shonagh | August 9, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

The Silver Branch and the Otherworld • Episode 42 by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1819835/c1e-9jvq3fnp5jpsd1zxm-0vd88nrjfwz8-kflfjx.mp3 Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue joins me once again to discuss his new book, The Silver Branch and the...

Astrological Magic with Christopher Warnock • Episode 41 • Free •

by Shonagh | July 26, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Astrological Magic with Christopher Warnock • Episode 41 by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1819836/c1e-z3nkpsm4pjxaopxdv-gp277o46urdn-vriuys.mp3 Christopher Warnock is known as “the father of the traditional astrological magic...

Fate, Planetary Influences and More, with Astrologist Elsa Panizzon • Episode 40 • Free •

by Shonagh | July 12, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Fate, Planetary Influences and More, with Astrologist Elsa Panizzon • Episode 40 by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1783973/c1e-5z4odhm0nkmfroz7p-ok4wkxr4t5dw-qkhzds.mp3 Astrology is an ancient science that traces its roots back 4000 years...

Annie Oak: Harm Reduction for Psychedelic Communities

by Lakshmi | July 9, 2024 | Eric Swenson, Event Archives, Women in Psychedelics, Women in Psychedelics Apr 2024 | 0 Comments

Annie Oak has created harm reduction strategies for psychedelic events and communities since 2007. She will talk about how to develop safety systems for gatherings where people may be exploring psychedelics. These strategies include structures for mental health...

Jason Grechanik: A Deep Dive into Dieting Plants • Episode 39 • Free •

by Shonagh | June 28, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Jason Grechanik: A Deep Dive into Dieting Plants • Episode 39 by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1773253/c1e-0v1p7tjmk11fg7zmq-jk0w5o3nuvz5-bznlw6.mp3 Jason Grechanik has apprenticed for many years in the Amazon under the instruction of...

Livi Joy: First Goose! Embodying (Feminine) Leadership When There Is No Road Map

by Lakshmi | June 25, 2024 | Eric Swenson, Women in Psychedelics, Women in Psychedelics Apr 2024 | 0 Comments

Over the years my bios have often included words like “exploring,” “pioneering” and when in a more creative mood – “bushwacking”. These are helpful qualities for anyone wanting to do deep transformational work, but especially for those drawn to psychedelics and...

Tavistock and Our Manipulated Reality • Episode 38 • Free •

by Shonagh | June 13, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Tavistock and Our Manipulated Reality • Episode 38 by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1762390/c1e-25q4mf8qvn5a6wdkn-xmz3w1o5f9gg-qaeldj.mp3 What the majority of people do not realize is that our reality is being created for us and our minds...

Bernhard Reicher: Magic and the Imagination • Episode 37 • Free •

by Shonagh | May 24, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Bernhard Reicher: Magic and the Imagination • Episode 37 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1749036/c1e-pkmxvi51qqqum5wn1-v0n97vkxtzvg-gcdpek.mp3 I discovered Bernhard’s work via the Magical Egypt podcast (...

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by Jack Cross | May 14, 2024 | Entheogens and Language, Jack Cross, The Polemics of Jack by Jack Cross | 0 Comments

I have slept, slumbering, yawning, and dreamt beautiful dreams. I have swallowed my own tears while salt parched lips, desert dry, cracking, crumbling, feared the next windy word would blow me away. My madness mumbling translucent traces of God. No arrogance would...

Jack Cross On Mushrooms & the Hidden Alphabet Code • Episode 36 • Free •

by Shonagh | May 10, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Jack Cross On Mushrooms & the Hidden Alphabet Code • Episode 36 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1738381/c1e-z3nkpsmm6w1hop6o8-gd4v25gobjo-6xzy1o.mp3 You may well want to listen to this episode more than once, as Jack has a...

Chandni Rodriguez: Daughter of a Yogi • Episode 35 • Free •

by Shonagh | April 19, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Chandni Rodriguez: Daughter of a Yogi • Episode 35 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1724110/c1e-7zv9xh43z4os288no-qxjoq61rhz4m-kz3hwz.mp3 Chandni Rodriguez was introduced to me by dear friends and our connection was immediate. In...

An Ode to the Plant Kingdom by Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon

by Dr Andrew ( Drew) | April 18, 2024 | Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon, Gaia's Pharmacy with Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon | 0 Comments

I saw an Amazon leaf kissing the ground, I felt Gravity’s graceful and tender bound, It whispered ancient tales of emerald seas, Where each and every fall is a flight that frees. I heard the Amazon brook’s melodious, enchanting sound, In silver ribbons, it...

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The Fat Lady

by Jack Cross | April 15, 2024 | Jack Cross, The Polemics of Jack by Jack Cross | 0 Comments

I dance with my Mother beneath the blue flame of Her skin silently begging not to be born again, and She laughs, and She sings, and the Die Man...

Vijaya aka Cannabis

by Dr Andrew ( Drew) | April 6, 2024 | Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon, Gaia's Pharmacy with Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon | 0 Comments

The discussion around whether Vijaya aka cannabis is an entheogen aka psychedelic is indeed rather nuanced and complex, as it intersects with varying definitions of entheogen aka psychedelic, (two-legged one aka) individual overall background, individual biological...

Alanna Moore On the Invisible Dimensions • Episode 34 • Free •

by Shonagh | April 4, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Alanna Moore On the Invisible Dimensions • Episode 34 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1712641/c1e-6z73qh2wxq5tn39zg-k5m2x90mhwx-vpf9as.mp3 Alanna Moore is an experienced geomancer, specializing in correcting geopathic stress...

Bobinsia

by Dr Andrew ( Drew) | March 31, 2024 | Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon, Gaia's Pharmacy with Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon | 0 Comments

Servings 4 Ready In: 2hrs 45min Calories: 610 Good For: Lunch Bobinsia A wonderful Amazonian medicinal, healing and master teacher plant Local name(s): Bobinsana Origin of the local name (s): It appears that bobinsana might be a name that has been given to the plant...

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Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue on His Roots, Feri, Mushrooms & More • Episode 33 • Free •

by Shonagh | March 14, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue on His Roots, Feri, Mushrooms & More • Episode 33 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1688697/c1e-qdgovb2zpmki0d211-04m6vm59b7k9-mj4c42.mp3 This multi-faceted man is a wisdom keeper, teacher, healer,...

Healing from Narcissistic Abuse: My Journey with Ibogaine Therapy at Awakening In The Dream Treatment Center

by Zahra | March 14, 2024 | Addiction Recovery, Iboga/Ibogaine | 0 Comments

As I sit down to write this article, I am filled with a sense of both trepidation and liberation. For years, I have carried the heavy burden of growing up with a narcissistic father, enduring the emotional scars and deep-seated wounds inflicted by his abuse. Yet,...

Natalia Oganesyan: Good Medicine & the Shadow of Aya • Episode 32 • Free •

by Shonagh | March 1, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Natalia Oganesyan: Good Medicine & the Shadow of Aya • Episode 32 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1584951/c1e-mkrjwizvmmmhxx4nq-k5x67mwdf3ko-8pxyff.mp3 I have known Natalia Oganesyan for many years and have witnessed her...

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Veda Austin: Water As Healer • Episode 31 • Free •

by Shonagh | February 16, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Veda Austin: Water As Healer • Episode 31 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1640020/c1e-v634ps83z78aw260w-wnv2mzj5s6p3-0ztwhd.mp3 I had the great privilege of interviewing water researcher, Veda Austin, recently and what she...

A Stirring Interpretation of The Tree of Knowledge Biblical Story • Episode 30 • Free •

by Shonagh | February 2, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

A Stirring Interpretation of The Tree of Knowledge Biblical Story • Episode 30 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1678133/c1e-7zv9xh4gm84sd1mo2-332rgvodij59-5tsk0x.mp3 The oral tradition continued for who knows how many thousands...

A Psychedelic Facilitator with Heart and Wisdom • Episode 29 • Free •

by Shonagh | January 19, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

A Psychedelic Facilitator with Heart and Wisdom • Episode 29 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1662919/c1e-1pz57tj7n7nckxkrm-2o1pm15qcd36-hpz4cp.mp3 I first heard from Aaron Donne early last year when he contacted me and...

A Conversation with Vanese McNeill • Episode 28 • Free •

by Shonagh | January 5, 2024 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

A Conversation with Vanese McNeill • Episode 28 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1653175/c1e-v634ps8wgn5fw2g7k-7n5ndm27bmwn-mjmbhf.mp3 Happy New Year to you! For this year’s first episode I’m sharing a 2-hour...

Rak Razam: Psychedelic Elder & Man of Wisdom • Episode 27 • Free •

by Shonagh | December 22, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Rak Razam: Psychedelic Elder & Man of Wisdom • Episode 27 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1612620/c1e-kp39nt4n01ph9dxpr-8m7n78wvs0kk-sieop7.mp3 I had the pleasure of meeting Rak Razam over ten years ago when he interviewed...

Ibogaine for Addiction and Psycho-Spiritual Transformation • Episode 26 • Free •

by Shonagh | December 8, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Ibogaine for Addiction and Psycho-Spiritual Transformation • Episode 26 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/a540ac93-77ff-4be3-b42b-a75f9f6b9873-Podcast-Episode-26-First-Hour-.mp3 I am honored to introduce you to Richie Ogulnick,...

Truth Beauty and the Good • Episode 25 • Free •

by Shonagh | November 24, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Truth Beauty and the Good • Episode 25 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1653176/c1e-z3nkps8qvg9cop3qq-04mo2182fo51-depybw.mp3 Many are familiar with this phrase but few know its origins, nor do they realize just how bereft our...

Crowds, Propaganda, State Schooling, Oh MY! • Episode 24 • Free •

by Shonagh | November 22, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Crowds, Propaganda, State Schooling, Oh MY! • Episode 24 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1612624/c1e-qdgovb4g8wwt0q6g3-o8r27x6xamoq-ihpfcm.mp3 Having read French Sociologist, Gustave Le Bon’s, illuminating book, The...

The Great American Eclipse Cycle • Episode 23 • Free •

by Shonagh | October 27, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

The Great American Eclipse Cycle • Episode 23 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1584949/c1e-v634ps80zzdaw2mn2-92kz0ko2s5dr-7dgugm.mp3 This is my second time interviewing astrologist, Robert Phoenix, and he did not disappoint....

AIMS vs DEA: Right to Try Psilocybin for End of Life: Court hearing of DEA’s denial on petition to reschedule psilocybin, Friday Oct 20, 2023, 9 am Phoenix,

by Lakshmi | October 19, 2023 | Psilocybin | 0 Comments

Lakshmi Narayan: I’m interviewing Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, the co-founder of the Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute. He is suing the DEA for the right of end-of-life patients to have access to psilocybin. We’ll talk about the October 20 trial that will decide...

Magic Mushroom Q & A • Episode 22 • Free •

by Shonagh | October 12, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Magic Mushroom Q & A • Episode 22 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1612622/c87a1622-8aa9-4bdc-b896-26248f03a8fe-Podcast-Episode-22-FIRST-HOUR.mp3 Magic Mushroom Q & A . I recently requested questions on the subject of...

Iodine: The Capstone for True Health • Episode 21 • Free •

by Shonagh | September 22, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Iodine: The Capstone for True Health • Episode 21 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1678134/c1e-ww98pir4ko3i07m2j-60pmw7rqsn78-fcm4nq.mp3 Earlier this year I began researching Iodine in earnest, and discovered it is the capstone...

I Am an Outsider to Power Trips

by Lakshmi | September 12, 2023 | Entheogens, Lakshmi Narayan | 0 Comments

Because the real power is inside, and the synergistic total alkaloid plant medicines are by nature going to have a better effect on your body, mind, and spirit in the long term. Ketamine, the only legal psychedelic is synthetic, and as many will attest is highly...

The Spine of the Mind by Jack Cross

by Jack Cross | September 12, 2023 | Jack Cross, The Polemics of Jack by Jack Cross | 0 Comments

This is a difficult thing to explain, but it kind of reminds me of this observation of subatomic particles, where you cannot determine both WHERE and WHEN an event will occur, be-CAUSE, at the subatomic level, the observation of the observer appears to affect the...

The I Ching for Integration, Healing and Growth with Lakshmi Narayan • Episode 20 • Free •

by Shonagh | September 7, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

The I Ching for Integration, Healing and Growth with Lakshmi Narayan • Episode 20 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1584952/6b4b3e24-d1a6-40ad-add0-f2b637d5d2e0-Podcast-Episode-20-First-Half-.mp3 Lakshmi Narayan has been a...

Transgenerational Trauma

by Dr Andrew ( Drew) | August 18, 2023 | Dr Drew, Gaia's Pharmacy with Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Transgenerational trauma must be seriously taken into account, as it is a transference of one of the greatest distressing impacts where the mental-emotional, physical, social, cultural, racial, ethnic, religious or spiritual pain suffered by a person at a given moment...

BUYER BEWARE: Birch Boys’ Garrett Kopp On Medicinal Mushrooms • Episode 19 • Free •

by Shonagh | August 18, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

BUYER BEWARE: Birch Boys’ Garrett Kopp On Medicinal Mushrooms • Episode 19 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1584953/54e029d2-f95c-4ab4-b0da-9d099883f00f-Podcast-Episode-19-First-Half-.mp3 The medicinal mushroom market is rife...

Teonanácatl or flesh of the gods

by Dr Andrew ( Drew) | August 16, 2023 | Psilocybin | 0 Comments

( Psilocybe aztecorum( pictured), P. mexicana, P.baeocystis, and P. quebecensis, Family Hymenogastraceae ) and Xochipillior or Macuilxochitl-The Flower Prince The texts always use the flower in an entirely spiritual sense, and the aim of the religious colleges was to...

The Millionth Buddha

by Jack Cross | August 11, 2023 | The Polemics of Jack by Jack Cross | 0 Comments

Maybe there’s a quickening, a hundredth monkey, a millionth Buddha. Maybe its you, maybe its me…. Who do you say that I am? I am awake. In unison, I am awake. . . . ...

La Purga

by Dr Andrew ( Drew) | July 28, 2023 | Ayahuasca | 0 Comments

The non-psychoactive purge session aka purging, is a significant part and a common traditional practice in Upper Amazon shamanism of Peru ( as well as other places across the globe) before embarking on a medicinal shamanic dieting or entheogenic aka psychedelic plant...

Historical Trauma

by Dr Andrew ( Drew) | July 27, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Historical trauma and historical trauma response are concepts that originated in the field of psychology and psychiatry and have been used to try to understand how we deal with the long-lasting mental-emotional effects of collective and intergenerational trauma....

Clearing Mental-Emotional Blockages Creates Acceptance and Non Attachment

by Dr Andrew ( Drew) | July 21, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Opening oneself and clearing any mental-emotional and energetic blockages can indeed allow the energy of others to flow through one more freely. When one holds onto mental-emotional states and energies or resist them, it can create tension, stress and hinder the...

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Medicinal Mushrooms: Nature’s Miracle Workers • Episode 17 • Free •

by Shonagh | July 20, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Medicinal Mushrooms: Nature’s Miracle Workers • Episode 17 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/c1ee1aa7-ecd9-42b9-9268-4795d997acbf-Podcast-Episode-17-First-Half-.mp3 This next episode highlights one of Nature’s most...

Ibogaine for the World 2022 presentation on integration

by Anders | July 19, 2023 | Addiction Recovery, Iboga/Ibogaine, Psychedelic Integration | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/QGF1n5HflbE VIDEO...

Rune Magic with Tina Kemp • Episode 16 • Free •

by Shonagh | July 6, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

Rune Magic with Tina Kemp • Episode 16 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1482470/Podcast-Episode-16-First-Half.mp3 For those who are fascinated with Runes I have a special guest for you. I met Tina Kemp through the Women of Wisdom...

Divine Madness & Shamanic Trance

by Dr Andrew ( Drew) | June 22, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Divine madness, known in Ancient Greek as θεία μανία theía manía ( “ lit. “divine fury”), refers to unconventional, outrageous, unexpected, or unpredictable behavior linked to spiritual pursuits. It is usually explained as a manifestation of enlightened behavior by...

John Willmott: A Bard In the Woods • Episode 15 • Free •

by Shonagh | June 14, 2023 | Free Episodes | 0 Comments

John Willmott: A Bard In the Woods • Episode 15 • Free • by Shonagh https://episodes.castos.com/63d8a3ab738016-50838856/1521213/Podcast-Episode-15-First-Half.mp3 For two years in a row I had the great privilege and pleasure to pair up with poet and forest bard, John...

Psilomethoxin ~ A novel psychedelic medicine for self-realization and spiritual awakening

by Paulina Alanis | April 7, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Psilomethoxin:4-Hydroxy-5-methoxydimethyltryptamine, also known as 4-HO-5-MeO-DMT or psilomethoxin, is a novel psychedelic drug. It is the 4-hydroxy counterpart of 5-MeO-DMT, or the 5-methoxy counterpart of psilocin. In 1965 Marc Julia’s group at the Pasteur Institute...

Iboga Notes (Deep Dive)

by Ian MacKenna | April 7, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

These are some notes I compiled in response to a list of questions asked by a colleague. Not casual reading! This is just meant to be a high level overview of some interesting points for people particularly interested. How does iboga work...

What is Psycho-Spiritual Healing?

by Paulina Alanis | March 28, 2023 | Psychedelic Integration | 0 Comments

Psycho-spiritual is a term used for the integration of the psychological and the spiritual, usually heard in psychology and religion, a supplementation of the two fields. It is commonly used to describe a wide range of therapeutic systems which embrace a spiritual...

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What is a Psilocybin Sacred Ceremony?

by Paulina Alanis | March 28, 2023 | Psilocybin | 0 Comments

A psychedelic medicine ceremony is a therapeutic healing experience that provides a release of feelings and resolution of past trauma, it opens up a broader state of consciousness where everything in life makes more sense and life feels in better balance. Psychedelic...

Amanita Muscaria to Treat Benzodiazepine Dependency

by Ian MacKenna | March 23, 2023 | Addiction Recovery | 0 Comments

Benzo Dependency Benzodiazepines such as Xanax, Klonopin and Valium are potent depressant drugs that interact with the GABA neurotransmitter system and are effective anxiolytics. “Benzos” can be some of the most useful medications at interrupting an acute panic attack...

It All Becomes a Chorus Line or Why We Need a Return to Original Knowledge

by Lakshmi | March 17, 2023 | San Pedro | 0 Comments

Religions, and the traditions and rituals that surround them are the remnants of an inner experience of knowing God such as that offered by moments of extreme suffering or joy, or through the consuming of an entheogenic master plant sacrament like iboga, ayahuasca,...

The Etymology of Healing

by Jack Cross | March 15, 2023 | Psychedelic Integration | 0 Comments

THIS Etymology of Healing revolves around the Greek name ‘Jason,’ and an enTheogenic and esoteric explanation of why ‘Jason’ means ‘HEALER.’ ‘EnTheogenic,’ meaning, ‘GENERATING-THE-DIVINE-WITHIN,’ ‘esoteric,’ meaning, ‘SECRET.’ And yet, you read on. There’s a cure in...

YOU are the Medicine (aka the Risk of Psychedelics) by Deus Fortune

by Lakshmi | March 7, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Over the last few years psychedelics has gone mainstream and many people are seeking them out with very little understanding of the territory they are stepping into. They’ve often listened to an interesting podcast, watched an insightful Netflix documentary, or...

The Language of Unity: An interview with Jack Cross about Entheogens, Shamanism and the Geometric structure of the English/Latin Alphabet

by Lakshmi | December 27, 2022 | Authors, Entheogens and Language, Lakshmi Narayan | 0 Comments

Jack and I met 24 years ago when I owned a small and short-lived company called Shamanismo which organized ayahausca journeys to the Amazon. Jack called one auspicious day to learn more about Shamanismo and mentioned during our conversation that he wrote poetry in his...

Donate to fund Kat’s ibogaine treatment to end opioid addiction

by Lakshmi | December 8, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The form is not published. WHERE THE MONEY GOES $7,500-10,000 ibogaine treatment +10-day stay at approved clinic$500 Awake.net administrative fees$900 tuition for nine-month Change Your Character course$1,100 preparation, integration, detox, therapy, or addiction...

Donate to Mike L’s FEAT Treatment to End Opioid Addiction

by Lakshmi | July 30, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Video Transcript: So, yeah, I’ve been on pain meds, opioid pain meds for at least 15 years now. I think it actually is a little bit longer I tell you the truth. And, you know, I’ve been thinking for years that I’d like to get off of them. But I had...

Memorial Service for ibogaine evangelist Bob Sisko

by Lakshmi | July 12, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

07/12/2022 to 07/12/2022, 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm, EST New York Time ZOOM LINK https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6193667788?pwd=T1FtZmlOZHZObmczc2dWTlJQOTI5QT09 Lotsof was unable to obtain ibogaine after 1963 due to the intervention of the FDA, and in 1967 the United States...

Integrating Ibogaine for Opioid Addiction moderated by Jeff Kamlet MD, CMO of Beond.us, Jul 25, 2022

by Lakshmi | July 12, 2022 | Event Archives, Iboga/Ibogaine | 0 Comments

07/25/2022 to 07/25/2022 08:30 pm to 10:30 pm EST New York Time We hosted this same topic last month but the 49 people who signed up on LinkedIn were unable to access the Zoom link so we are offering it again. Learn from an expert how to prepare for, navigate, and...

9-hex-matrix-table

by Lakshmi | July 8, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

10 CONDUCT 6 CONFLICT 25 INNOCENCE 1 THE CREATIVE 61 INNER TRUTH 58 JOY 38 OPPOSITION 15 MODESTY 36DARKENING OF THE LIGHT 46 PUSHING UPWARD 2 THE RECEPTIVE 62 THE SMALL GET BY 39 OBSTRUCTION 52 DESISTING 24 RETURN 2 THE RECEPTIVE 19 APPROACH...

Ancestral Medicine Weekend Retreat

by Any Support | June 8, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

07/29/2022 to 07/31/2022 04:00 pm to 04:00 pm PST Los Angeles Time 🐸 Feeling called to awaken your highest and most authentic reality ? Join @thewhitelightcollective for our next transformational healing retreat 🏕 🌞 We join as a tribe in the...

Tonantzin Brito

by Tonantzin | June 7, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

What does the future hold for Oregon psilocybin facilitators and religious freedom? 06/09/2022 to 06/09/2022, 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm PST Los Angeles Time As Oregon’s revolutionary psilocybin program via Ballot Measure 109 nears implementation, many questions and...

Detroit Mind Symposium

by Any Support | May 28, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

10/01/2022 to 10/01/2022 09:00 am to 09:00 pm CST Chicago Time An in-person summit featuring live talks from psychedelic leaders and thinkers. Contact Kathrine Nolley for more info or to participate. ...

The Ibogaine Evangelist-Coming Soon

by Lakshmi | May 23, 2022 | Addiction Recovery, Iboga/Ibogaine | 0 Comments

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Website in a Week Workshop with Expert Handholding

by Lakshmi | May 22, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

ENTHEOGENIC ENTREPRENEURS: If you have something to say, teach, or initiate around the use of entheogenic plant medicines and are thinking about how you can quickly launch that online landing page, podcast or blog brand, this workshop is for you. Join me in an...

MAY 16 When the Ego Dies It Doesn’t Hurt Part 2

by Lakshmi | April 26, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

Email(Required) Welcome to Awake Circles. We’re hosting the same topic for next month’s circle because our meeting got derailed by a fixed opinion by one of the attendees about what an ego death is and as a result many members who wanted to share did not...

APR 25 When the Ego Dies It Doesn’t Hurt

by Lakshmi | April 5, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

What is an ego death? Especially one that occurs inside of an entheogenic journey? In this integration circle we will discuss what the ego is, and what it isn’t, how to have a healthy definition and relationship with your ego-personality, and how to evolve the...

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MAR 21 Generating the Divine Within: Awake Integration Circles

by Lakshmi | April 1, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

AWAKE INTEGRATION CIRCLE MAR 21, 2022, 5:30pm to 7:30pm PST FREE BECOME A VOLUNTEER MODERATOR Welcome to Awake Circles We are holding space for something greater to occur within these virtual walls, a greater comprehension, a greater sense of community, and a greater...

FEB 21: Reversing the Flow: Turning Bad Trips into Good

by Lakshmi | February 21, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

AWAKE INTEGRATION CIRCLE FEB 21, 2022, 5:30pm to 7:30pm PST FREE BECOME A VOLUNTEER MODERATOR READ MORE The traditional wisdom of indigenous cultures often contradicts modern views about a mental health crisis. Is it a ‘calling’ to grow or just a ‘broken brain’? The...

CALLING ALL MEDIAMAKERS

by Lakshmi | February 20, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Do you have a message that can change the world? A technique for transforming consciousness? An idea that can influence culture? BECOME AN AWAKE MEDIAMAKER Awakening With Entheogens APPLY TO TEACH OR PRESENT AT AWE 2024 All Categories Entheogens Shamanism Ayahuasca...

MAR 27 I Awakenings & Epiphanies: Catalyzed by Entheogens & Other Life Events I Sunday Speaker Series

by Lakshmi | February 7, 2022 | Event Archives | 0 Comments

AWAKENINGS & EPIPHANIES CATALYZED BY ENTHEOGENS AND LIFE EVENTS AWAKE SUNDAY SPEAKER SERIES MAR 27, 2022, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm PST HOSTED BY LAKSHMI NARAYAN, KRIS SHANKAR & TIM CEBULA What does it mean to awaken? Is it a peak experience that lasts forever? Is...

Repositioning Psychedelics in the Collective Consciousness

by Lakshmi | December 12, 2021 | Lakshmi Narayan, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

“I once heard of a behavioral study conducted at a university, years ago, long before I became interested in altered states of consciousness, that involved a group of chimpanzees who were placed in a room with a metal ladder, and in the middle of the...

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