Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast

Plants of the Gods: S3E6. Part 2 — Mushrooms, Magic, Medicine and Mortality: Paul Stamets in Conversation with Dr. Mark Plotkin

Jul 20, 2022

31:12

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Tolerance of Diversity

02:04

Psychedelics

02:42

Nature Bathing, Forest Bathing

03:10

Introduction

2min

The Fungus That Infects Cicata

3min

The Aztecs Use the Ide Mushrooms to See Into the Future

2min

Psychedelics

3min

Tolerance of Diversity

2min

Nature Bathing, Forest Bathing

3min

I Don't Want to Personify God

2min

The Collective Unconscious

3min

The Importance of a Real Healer

2min

10.

What's the Difference Between a Psychiatrist and a Psychotherapist?

3min

11.

Roots to Thrive

3min

12.

Death and Death and Life and Spirit

2min

13.

Is There a Spiritual Universe?

2min

Paul Stamets is a leading American mycologist, author of many books and best known for his role in the award-winning documentary and accompanying book "Fantastic Fungi". An advocate of medicinal fungi, Stamets' interests overlap with those of ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin. In this episode, Stamets and Dr. Plotkin continue their discussion pondering mushrooms, magic and mortality, while challenging some Western beliefs with personal observations, experiences and ideas.

Recorded by award-winning nature photographer Joshua Bloom (realityinbloom.com) at the ESPD55 – Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs – Conference (espd55.com). Special thanks to Joshua Bloom, Dylan Fitchett, Dennis McKenna, and the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy.

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