Gaia’s Pharmacy by Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon
The Primordial Sage: Buddha Shenrab) སངས་རྒྱས་གཤེན་རབ་, Sangs-rgyas Gshen-rab) Fountainhead of Bön and Medicine
The Awakening from Zhang Zhung (ཞང་ཞུང་) Before the snows learned grace, Before the mountains wore time’s face, A voice rang through Olmo’s space— “Awake, the dawn is yours to chase.” From Zhang...
The Universe as Celestial Crucible: The Teleological Ascent to Divine Consciousness
Philosophical and Teleological Foundations The proposition that the infinite universe exists to guide sentient beings towards full divine consciousness engages deeply with teleological...
The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and Its Convergence with Entheogenic Practice: An Integrative Perspective
Introduction The connection between the microbiota, gut, and brain—termed the microbiota-gut-brain axis—has garnered substantial scientific and clinical interest in recent years due to its...
Entheogenic Substances in Asclepieia Rituals Pt. 2
Prologue: Dreaming of AsclepiusIn the hallowed courts where shadows weave,Beneath the silent, watching eve,There stirs a breath of myth and bone,A truth by sleeping minds alone.I saw, within...
The Asclepieia: Sacred Dream Healing and its Legacy in Western Medicine Pt 1
The Dreamer in the Portico We arrived with bodies bent by ache, And left our doubt beside the lake. The archiereis (ἀρχιερεῖς) offered silence, cool and deep, Then laid us down to holy sleep. The...
A Holistic Examination of the Therapeutic Boundary
A Holistic Examination of the Therapeutic Boundary The Vessel The space between us, thin as breath, A sacred map drawn firm and sure. Not walls of stone, but threads of life, To hold...
Mansoa alliacea (Garlic Vine / Ajo Sacha)
Botanical, Medicinal, Ethnopharmacological, and Shamanic Perspectives 1. Botanical Overview 1.1 Taxonomy and Nomenclature Family: Bignoniaceae Genus: Mansoa Species: Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A.H....
Awakening from Illusion
You live in a world cunningly crafted to claim you long before you even become aware of what truly happened. From the moment you draw your first breath, they have already set the stage—naming...
An Ode to the Plant Kingdom by Dr Andrew Maclean Pagon
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...