

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.
Episodes
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Nov 13, 2015 • 1h 9min
How To Talk To Your Parents (and Kids) About Psychedelics w/ Jonathan Thompson ~ Ep 14
Jonathan Thompson is the Founder of PsychedelicParenting.org, a resource for building community and family traditions around traditional plant sacraments in the Global North. He is also the father of 3, committed husband, and "sunlights" as Office Manager for a well-established Holistic Health practice in Mid-Michigan. He has a BS in Anthropology from Michigan State University and has spent the last 10 years in management and human resources in the retail and healthcare industry. In this episode, Jonathan offers great suggestions on how and why to talk to your parents about the use of psychedelics. He also goes into a discussion on how parents can talk about their relationship to psychedelic with their kids. Make no mistake, this is not a purely conceptual discussion as Jonathan offers real world, practical advice. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp14 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

Oct 3, 2015 • 1h 14min
God, Somatics, & Psychedelic Sex w/ Serge Rokhman ~ Ep 13
Serge Rokhman joins us on ATTMind for this episode to discuss the philosophical paradigm of God, the brain, psychedelics and (what he calls) Tryptamine Awakened Intimacy. Serge is a researcher and technical innovator in various fields of personal, somatic, and psychological inquiry and self-development. Serge has studied deeply and widely in the fields of somatics, comparative religion, transpersonal psychology, spirituality, sustainability culture, alternative energy, and integral forms of leadership, management, and community building. Serge's main area of expertise is in the field of spiritual emergence and spiritual emergence that result from non-ordinary states of consciousness, especially as these relate to issues of relational intimacy, sexuality, and personal creative expression. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp13 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

Aug 13, 2015 • 1h
Ayahuasca: An Executive's Enlightenment w/ Michael Sanders ~ Ep 12
An author and master storyteller, Michael Sanders travels us through his transformational experiences drinking Ayahuasca in Jungles of Peru. In an engaging narrative, Michael takes us in and through his first Ayahuasca experience with all the psychedelic nuances intact. What follows is a discussion about the objective validity of ayahuasca visions and entity and the power of storytelling to inspire and educate others. This podcast was actually recorded several weeks ago but due to being on tour for The True Light Of Darkness, it is only being released now. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp12 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

Jun 29, 2015 • 1h 17min
Cultivating Extraordinary Relationships w/ Shivoso Phoenix ~ Ep 11
Shivoso Phoenix joins ATTMind Radio this week to speak about what it means to create an extraordinary relationship and the most common hurdles we face in achieving such a connection; the influence childhood experiences have on how we relate as adults; the "deeper purpose of relationships"; polyamory & monogamy; and the transcendental power of lovemaking. Shivoso is relationship coach with 4+ years studying with Charles Muir and the Source School of Tantra until becoming an ACTE (Advanced Certified Tantric Educator) and 10 years of studying and teaching all aspects of relationships including the psychology, physiology, cultural influences and spiritual dimensions. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp11 Support The Podcast

Jun 18, 2015 • 1h 1min
The Therapeutic Power Of MDMA w/ Dr. Ben Sessa ~ Ep 10
Dr. Ben Sessa is a leader in the field of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy (particularly MDMA) in the UK. Specializing in psychiatry, child psychiatry, and pharmacology, he's been using his medical degree to research psychedelics for the last 10 years. Join us in this episode as we go into the current face of psychedelics in academia, The life cycle of childhood trauma into PTSD, the potential of psychedelics for the treatment of PTSD, as well as the neurophysiological mechanisms and potentials of not only MDMA but also LSD, Psilocybin, and Ketamine. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp10 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

Jun 14, 2015 • 44min
Teaching Kids To Lucid Dream w/ Renee Frances ~ Ep 09
This is an episode for the parents amongst us. Renee Frances is an award winning author of a children's book titled 'A Visit From The goodnight Fairy', which intends to help small children sleep better by supporting them in overcoming bedtime anxiety. Most recently she completed a successful kickstarter campaign for her new book 'The Goodnight Fairy Helps Via Change Her Dreams' which intends to teach children how lucid dream in order to help them better deal with nightmares. ~*~ Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp9 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

May 29, 2015 • 1h 5min
Natural Sex & The Distinguished Man w/ Sasha Cobra ~ Ep 08
This week's guest is Sasha Cobra, an internationally-recognized teacher on human sexuality and what it means to act in alignment with one's authenticity. With a lucid quality, Sasha articulates model for human integrity as it pertains to Relating, Sexuality, and Spirituality. We also discuss masculine and feminine energies in the body and in the universe, the most common hurdle men and woman face in their early stages of maturation, how this model fits into the LGBT community, and what she means when she says "Natural Sexuality". This was a great learning experience for me and I am grateful to share it with you. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp8 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

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)


