

Adventures Through The Mind
James W. Jesso
Adventures Through The Mind is an interview-based podcast hosted by Canadian author and public educator, James W. Jesso.
Although the show topics range---from spirituality, mental health, and emotional maturity; to love, relationships and sexuality; to history, philosophy, and neuroscience---there are two underlying themes that intersect them all: psychedelics & the mind.
James W. Jesso is the author of Decomposing The Shadow: Lessons From The Psilocybin Mushroom and The True Light Of Darkness, both about his experiences exploring the potentials of psychedelics.
Although the show topics range---from spirituality, mental health, and emotional maturity; to love, relationships and sexuality; to history, philosophy, and neuroscience---there are two underlying themes that intersect them all: psychedelics & the mind.
James W. Jesso is the author of Decomposing The Shadow: Lessons From The Psilocybin Mushroom and The True Light Of Darkness, both about his experiences exploring the potentials of psychedelics.
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May 15, 2015 • 1h 13min
Flowing Into Fear w/ The Dream Warrior, Rory Mac Sweeney ~ Ep 07
This week's guest is Dr. Rory Mac Sweeney, The Dream Warrior. Lucid Dreaming expert, host of the Reality Check Podcast, completive martial artist, and doctor (say what?), Rory brings an amazing selection of insight to the show this week. From his website: Dr Rory Mac Sweeney is an explorer of the Dream World. After over 20 years of martial arts training and achieving 2 European gold medals, he has fashioned his understanding of the ever elusive mind-body problem into a deep understanding, one which he believes must be experienced to be understood. We dive into The Warrior Psyche, "flowing into fear", lucid dreaming as a practice of consciousness expansion, entities in the dream world and a "theory of everything". Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp7 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

May 1, 2015 • 53min
Getting Far-Out In The Jungle w/ Rak Razam ~ Ep 06
Author and film producer Rak Razam is a special guest for a special show this week. This is not an interview but a conversation recorded between the two of us while we were both in the Peruvian Amazon on a plant 'dieta' retreat at Dios Ayahuasca Sanciones. This episode, (recorded September 17, 2014 in Peru) is admittedly one of far-out ideas, speculation, and heavy vernacular. From Terence McKenna as a pattern of potential consciousness analogs to The Christ to navigating the experience of entities in altered states, to the fundamental nature of reality as a play of archetypal patterns in divine consciousness, this is an interesting conversation. Enjoy. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp6 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

Apr 21, 2015 • 1h 24min
Liberation Through Unknowing w/ Martin W. Ball, Ph.D. ~ Ep 05
Author, musician, visionary artist (his art is on this show's cover), and the host of The Entheogenic Evolution Podcast Martin W. Ball Joins us this episode to talk about 5-Me0-DMT, the nearly- religious fundamentalism around Terrence McKenna, the role of the Ego, and your true nature in non-duality. This is a potent episode with some controversial topics and a conversation I am excited to share. Enjoy. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp5 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

Apr 3, 2015 • 1h 4min
Entheodelic Storytelling w/ Benton Rooks ~ Ep 04
This interview is with Benton Rooks, author of the TRETA-YUGA graphic novel trilogy, a writer for Reality Sandwich and Disinfo, and a generally awesome guy. In 2014 he co-coined the term “entheodelic storytelling” with Graham Hancock, shamanic filmmaker/author Rak Razam, and Jeremy D. Johnson, editor of the psychedelic culture section of RS. We speak about the often-marginalized power of the storytelling narrative in fiction and literature, the role of mythology in the contemporary culture, altered states for creativity, and generally what it's like to be a fringe writer in the modern world. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp4 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

Mar 20, 2015 • 1h 2min
Ibogaine Medical Subculture w/ Jonathan Dickinson ~ Ep 03
In this episode, we speak with Jonathan Dickinson about the history and current use of the powerful entheogen Iboga in Gabon West Africa, Iboga’s neurological actions and medical potential as well as the environmental instability of the current iboga trade and where GITA fits into the global iboga culture. Jonathan is the Executive Director of the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance (GITA). Since 2009 he has worked with ibogaine in therapeutic and sacramental contexts in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, and has published and presented on his work globally. He acts as a liaison between academics, government officials, researchers, not-for-profits, and care providers in regard to ibogaine research and practice. He has organized two international conferences on ibogaine, in Vancouver and South Africa, and, in 2014, he was initiated into Bwiti in Gabon. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp3 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin) ** Feature image source Ebando.org used with permission **

Mar 6, 2015 • 58min
Insight & Improv w/ Margarita Kozhevnikova ~ Ep 02
In this episode, we will talk with Margarita Kozheznikova, professional dancer, performer, choreographer, movement researcher and event facilitator. We talk about the depths of Contact Improvisation (aka Contact Dance), the skin as a sensory organ, somatics as a form of perception, the importance of movement complexity for emotional health, the body as a vessel of consciousness, the 'bodymind', and more. Full Show Notes at: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp2 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

Feb 18, 2015 • 1h 7min
Radical Mycology w/ Peter McCoy ~ Ep 01
For our first ever episode, we will welcome the Peter McCoy, one of the founding members of the group Radical Mycology and the author of the soon to be released book of the same name. We talk about what Radical Mycology is all about, the history of fungi in human cultures, the mushroom life cycle as a metaphor for human life and interactions, how we can work with the fungi kingdom to heal our world, and more. Relevant Links: Radical Mycology Homepage The Fungal Pharmacy Book Daitya's Soundcloud Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)